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Retired Army Guard member, others take home silver at Warrior Games
May 4, 2012
Retired Maryland Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Jesse White takes aim during the 2012 Warrior Games Archery Competition at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo. May 4, 2012. White said following the steps to hit a target in archery helped him to recover from mild traumatic brain injury.
North Dakota Guard members succeed at national marksmen competition
May 3, 2012
The North Dakota National Guard's Team Bravo at the Winston P. Wilson Championship in Little Rock, Ark., April 27, 2012. The marksmen run to the shooting area and engage the metal silhouettes with shotguns. From left to right, Army Sgt. 1st Class Russell Gerhardt, Air Force Tech. Sgt. Josh Vonbank, Army Spc. Slade Ternes and Air Force Master Sgt. Brian Rook.
Realistic training for deploying Guard, Reserve Soldiers helps with flexibility in mission changes
May 3, 2012
Members of the New York Army National Guard's B Battery 27th Brigade Support Troops Battalion, compare stock numbers with the non-rolling stock in a container March 18, 2012. This training was part of the Redistribution Property Assistance Team Academy that brought to Camp Shelby Joint Forces Training Center. The 27th BTSB is the first unit to receive this training prior to deployment.
Gunnery Range helping Guard members hone targeting skills in the fight
May 3, 2012
Air National Guard Senior Master Sgt. Alan VanPate communicates with an aircraft while in a control tower at the Grayling Aerial Gunnery Range, near Grayling, Mich., April 24, 2012. VanPate is a joint terminal attack controller and helps to provide training to visiting Joint Terminal Attack Controllers personnel to the Grayling range. JTACs are Air Force enlisted members who embed with infantry or other U.S. Army or Marine Corps ground forces to provide coordination of air power support with the Soldiers or Marines on the ground.
Some Guard, Reserve members to start paying dental premiums directly soon
May 2, 2012
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Family Matters Blog: Website helps kids on the move
May 2, 2012
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Hero 2 Hired program helps redeployed National Guard, Reserve Soldiers
May 2, 2012
Army 2nd Lt. Joseph Spears, of the Mississippi National Guard's 113th Military Police Company, enters his personal information in the "Heroes 2 Hired" Kiosk at Camp Shelby Joint Forces Training Center, April 30, 2012. To better equip redeploying soldiers in finding jobs during their redeployment, the Army implemented the H2H program, which is part of the Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Program.
Pennsylvania Army Guard veteran volunteers with Colorado middle school students
May 2, 2012
Pennsylvania Army National Guard veteran Sean Hook demonstrates the proper shot put throwing stance for a group of Fort Carson, Colo., middle school students April 26, 2012. Hook will represent the Army at the 2012 Warrior Games from April 30 to May 05, 2012. The Warrior Games bring together wounded, ill and injured service members from the Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, Marine Corps, Navy, National Guard, Reserve and Special Operations Command in a sporting competition hosted by the U.S. Olympic Committee.
Texas National Guard performs multi-agency exercise, allows junior service members to lead
May 2, 2012
Soldiers from Texas National Guard's 436th Chemical Company and the 236th Military Police Company assist a casualty while conducting a collective training exercise at the Govalle Water Treatment Facility in Austin, Texas, April 26 to 27, 2012. This exercise helps Joint Task Force 71 maintain readiness to conduct the Homeland Response Force mission throughout Federal Emergency Management Agency Region 6.
Former National Guard Bureau senior enlisted leader retires, leaving a legacy for others
May 1, 2012
Army Command Sgt. Maj. David Hudson, who served as the second ever senior enlisted advisor to the chief of the National Guard Bureau from 2006 to 2009, retired May, 2012, after serving 38 years. Hudson, who served in the Air Force before transitioning over to the Alaska Army National Guard in 1984, last served as a special assistant to the adjutant general of the Alaska National Guard.
2012 Warrior Games kick off, five Guard members on all-Army team
May 1, 2012
At the 2012 Warrior Games, consisting of 200 wounded, ill or injured service members from the Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard and Special Operations Command competing in a Paralympics-style competition, athletes sit and listen to opening day remarks April 30, 2012 in Colorado Springs, Colo. The competition is from May 1 to 5, 2012.
Executive order safeguards military from predatory schools
April 30, 2012
President Barack Obama signs an executive order preventing scams used to con veterans out of their federal education benefits, at Fort Stewart, Ga., April 27, 2012, as First Lady Michelle Obama and Fort Stewart Soldiers and civilians look on.
Afghanistan: Afghan National Army maintenance soldiers complete training with Texas Guard members
April 30, 2012
Army 1st. Lt. Aaron Graves presents Afghan National Army Spc. Menawal his certificate of completion March 24, 2012 for maintenance training completed at Forward Operating Base Gamberi.
Alabama National Guard preparing for hurricane season
April 30, 2012
Alabama Guard members brief hurricane plans April 28, 2012, on a spanned map that measuring 40 feet wide and 85 feet long.
Guam, New Mexico Guard CSTs perform disaster training
April 30, 2012
Members of the joint Civil Support Team collect, mark and bag unknown chemical samples on the suspected terrorist tugboat Pono during a simulated training event in Honolulu, April 24, 2012.
Kuwait: Director of Army National Guard visits Camp Arifjan
April 30, 2012
Army Lt. Gen. William Ingram Jr., the director of the Army National Guard, presents a National Guard coin of excellence to Army Sgt. Ferrell Reynolds of the North Carolina National Guard's 1452nd Transportation Company. The trip gave Ingram the opportunity to visit and talk with guardsmen and to see for himself the health and welfare of Army National Guard soldiers in Kuwait.
Afghanistan: "Yak team Wahed" - One team united in Afghanistan
April 27, 2012
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Montana Air Guard unit's asset makes disaster communication simpler
April 27, 2012
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Afghanistan: Texas Guard member shows Afghans "sweet" business opportunity
April 27, 2012
Local honey bees from Ghanzi province take flight for the first time since being moved from their home at the Texas National Guard Agribusiness Department Team 5's greenhouse on Forward Operating Base Ghazni, Afghanistan April 4, 2012.
Wyoming Guard focuses on fire safety at Camp Guernsey
April 27, 2012
Wyoming Honor Conservation Camp Smokebusters Duane Cox (left) and Dustin Steele, clear debris left from past fires on property at the Camp Guernsey Joint Training Center, Wyo., April 10, 2012. The camp is working to clear potentially hazardous debris to allow for increased use of roadways and trails throughout the camp.