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Joint National Guard, Air Force Reserve team takes Gold Medal in NATO competition
August 7, 2012
On the Gold Medal platform in the center, from the left, Pennsylvania National Guard Staff Sgt. Matthew Stern, Air Force Reserve Maj. Brendon Ritz and Pennsylvania National Guard Staff Sgt. Mark Jones pose with their Gold Medals for 1st Place in the Novice category Aug. 3, 2012. Ritz is an operations officer with the Pacific Command J3. Jones is an Infantry squad leader with Company B, 1st Battalion, 111th Infantry Regiment. Stern is a recruiter with the Pennsylvania National Guard Recruiting Command. The three were competitors with Team USA Military competing at the NATO Military Skills Pentathlon held in Hoevelte, Denmark.
National Guard expands Midwest, Southwest wildfire support
August 7, 2012
Nebraska National Guard crew members of Company C, 2nd-135th General Support Aviation Battalion, dump water from a Bambi bucket onto flames of the High Park fire, in Larimer County, Colo., approximately 15 miles west of Fort Collins, June 18, 2012.
Rwanda: Texas National Guard members, Rwandan Defense Force exchange best practices
August 7, 2012
Rwanda Defense Force soldiers and policemen practice their combat casualty care skills at a combat lifesaver course held June 11 to 15, 2012. The RDF invited U.S. Army medics from Task Force Raptor, 3rd Squadron, 124th Cavalry Regiment, Texas Army National Guard, to attend the seminar. The Texas National guard members participate in various military-to-military training sessions in support of Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa, whose mission is to strengthen partner nation military capacity in East Africa.
Family Matters Blog: job fairs join spouses, employers
August 2, 2012
Kentucky Air Guard member earns National Guard Bureau top flight-safety award
August 2, 2012
Air Force Lt. Col. Todd Lally (right), chief of the Kentucky National Guard's 123rd Airlift Wing Safety Office, received the 2011 Air National Guard Outstanding Individual for Flight Safety Award.
Missouri Guard shares homeland response process with Chilean officers
August 2, 2012
Missouri National Guard Brig. Gen. Randy Alewel, commander of the Missouri National Guard's 35th Engineer Brigade, center, greets Chilean Army Maj. Gen. Mario Puig, left, at the brigade armory at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. Puig, the commander of engineers of the Chilean Army, and his staff were on post for a week to learn about U.S. Army Engineer practices and the Missouri Guard's approach to homeland response.
Botswana: Hawaii National Guard provides helicopters to support Southern Accord 12 in Botswana
August 2, 2012
Soldiers of Hawaii Army National Guard's Bravo Company, 1-171st Aviation Regiment, based at Wheeler Army Airfield in Wahiawa, Hawaii, assemble the last of four Chinooks they transported to Botswana in support of Southern Accord 12. SA 12 brings together U.S. military personnel with their Botswana Defense Force counterparts to enhance military capabilities and interoperability.
Air National Guard, Reserve MAFFS-equipped C-130s integral part of wildfire suppression
August 1, 2012
The Wyoming National Guard's 153rd Airlift Wing use a Modular Air Fire Fighting System equipped C-130 Hercules aircraft in support of the Waldo Canyon wild fire in Colorado Springs, CO on June 27, 2012. Four MAFFS-equipped aircraft from the 302nd Airlift Wing - an Air Force Reserve unit - and 153rd flew in support of the U.S. Forest Service as they fought fires in Colorado. MAFFS is a self-contained aerial firefighting system that can discharge 3,000 gallons of water or fire retardant in less than five seconds, covering an area one-quarter of a mile long by 100 feet wide.
Ohio Guard members, Marines work jointly to clear rubble, evacuate survivors during Vibrant Response 13
August 1, 2012
Search and extraction team members pull a "victim" from the rubble July 27, 2012 during Vibrant Response 13, a major incident exercise conducted by U.S. Northern Command and led by U.S. Army North. The team of Ohio National Guard members, are part of the Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Enhanced Response Force Package, Homeland Response Force Region V.
Pennsylvania National Guard and civilian emergency responders train together
August 1, 2012
Four Pennsylvania National Guard Soldiers carry an actor playing an injured victim of a natural disaster July 25, 2012 at Lancaster County Public Safety Training Center. The Army and Air Guard members participated in a weeklong training event to prepare to aid other first responders in a large-scale emergency.
Tanzania: Texas National Guard members mentor Tanzanian soldiers
August 1, 2012
Texas Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Fabian Alban, Troop A, 3rd Squadron, 124th Cavalry Regiment, and a Tanzania People's Defense Force soldier exchange best practices at a crew-serve weapons seminar held July 2 to 13, 2012. The Texas National Guard members conducted various military-to-military training sessions in support of Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa, whose mission is to build partnerships with nations in East Africa.
Family Matters: Joining Forces exceeds expectations
July 30, 2012
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District of Columbia Guard members celebrate history, partnership with Jamaica counterparts
July 23, 2012
Army Maj. Gen. Errol R. Schwartz, commanding general of the District of Columbia National Guard, tours Jamaica Defence Force facilities with Jamaican Maj. Gen. Antony B. Anderson, commander of the Jamaica Defence Force, June 27, 2012. Schwartz's visit was in honor of the Jamaica Defence Force's first Military Tattoo in almost 30 years. Jamaica is partnered with the District of Columbia National Guard through the National Guard Bureau's State Partnership Program.
National Guard, active duty medics work together to achieve common goals in Cambodia
July 19, 2012
Cambodian Capt. Prum Sanghoun, a Royal Cambodian Armed Forces doctor, explains the care of a patient to Army Staff Sgt. Erin Smith, a medic with the Idaho National Guard's Charlie Company, 145th Brigade Support Battalion, during a tour of the Phnom Penh Military Hospital June 27, 2012. The Idaho National Guard conducted the subject matter expert exchange as part of its ongoing relationship through the National Guard Bureau's State Partnership Program with the Royal Kingdom of Cambodia.
Florida Army Guard's 13th Army Band assists Guyana partnership mission
July 17, 2012
Sgt. 1st Class Seth Innes of the Florida Army National Guard's 13th Army Band practices with the Guyana Defense Force Band during an exchange as part of the National Guard's State Partnership Program.
Railways Industry announces job opportunities for veteran service members
July 16, 2012
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Vermont Air National Guard members among U.S. service members providing humanitarian aid in Senegal
July 12, 2012
U.S. service members carry a local woman unable to walk into the gates of the clinic in Thies, Senegal, July 11, 2012. The medical care provided by U.S. service members is part of Exercise Western Accord 2012, a multi-lateral exercise with Senegalese and several West Africa nations. The training exercise runs from June 26 - July 24 and involves the armed forces of Senegal, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Gambia and France, as well as U.S. service members – primarily Reservists from the Marines, Army, Navy, and Air Force.
South African National Defense Force leaders learn logistics from New York Guard members
July 11, 2012
Army Lt. Col. Kaarlo Hietala, deputy director of logistics for the New York Army National Guard, and other logistic support leaders, shares some best practices with members of the South African Defense Force logistics team during a visit by the South Africans to the New York Army National Guard's Lexington Avenue Armory in New York July 3, 2012. The engagement was part of the New York Guard's partnership with the Republic of South Africa through the National Guard Bureau's State Partnership Program.
New Hampshire Air National Guard medics travel to El Salvador, take part in urban search and rescue exchange
July 10, 2012
Tech. Sgt. Shawn Theberge, a medical technician with the 157th Medical Group, plays the role of a victim during a training exercise at the Santanita Fire Training Complex in San Salvador, El Salvador, as a member of the local fire department begins to extract him.Personnel from the New Hampshire Air National Guard traveled to San Salvador to participate in a Chemical Biological Radiological Nuclear High Yield Explosive Enhanced Response Force Package (CERFP) exchange with local search and rescue authorities.
State Partnership Program part of Africom's theater engagement plan
July 6, 2012
Sgt. 1st Class Paul Deegan, right, leads Ghanaian army soldiers off of the pop-up target marksmanship range at Camp Grafton Training Center in Devils Lake, N.D., Sept. 18, 2011. The Ghanaian soldiers visited North Dakota as part of an engineer instructor exchange under the State Partnership Program. North Dakota and Ghana have been partners under the program since 2004.