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Operation Red Snow tests cold weather training, multi-agency tactics
February 29, 2012
Army National Guard 1st Lt. Edward Baon, the 95th Civil Support Team medical operations officer and exercise Operation Red Snow director, leans on a Bandvagn, an all-terrain vehicle, at the Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center about 20 miles northwest of Bridgeport, Calif. Nearly 100 California Air and Army National Guard members conducted cold weather training here Feb. 13-17, 2012 as part of Operation Red Snow.
Schwartz: Smaller Air Force will concentrate on key capabilities
February 29, 2012
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FEMA administrator: National Guard part of whole-of-community disaster response
February 28, 2012
Craig Fugate, administrator of the Federal Emergency Managment Agency, addresses attendees at the 2012 Domestic Preparedness Workshop at the Gaylord National Harbor Convention Center near Washington, D.C., on Feb. 23, 2012. Fugate touched on a re-tooling of the national disaster response strategy to ensure a streamlined process for response assests to get to the disaster site.
Nation's Gratitude: White House recognition includes National Guard members
February 28, 2012
President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama pose in the State Dining Room of the White House before the Governors dinner, Feb. 22, 2009.
DOD takes steps to remove spouse employment barriers
February 27, 2012
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Kosovo: Georgia Guard members, Kosovo soldiers remove northern roadblock
February 27, 2012
U.S. Army Spc. Ronald Williams, an infantryman from the Georgia Army National Guard's 3rd Squadron, 108th Cavalry Regiment, helps remove a tree from a roadblock near Jaringe, Kosovo, Feb. 17, 2012.
Nigerian man serves his new country in the Missouri National Guard
February 27, 2012
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Ohio Air National Guard units, Airmen still excelling in times of tightening budgets
February 27, 2012
A crew chief directs the pilot of an F-16 Fighting Falcon to a parking spot after the jets arrived in Iraq Oct. 1, 2011. F-16 pilots, maintenance specialists and support personnel from the Ohio Air National Guard's 180th Fighter Wing deployed to Iraq in support of Operation New Dawn and provided close air support for more than 40,000 U.S. troops leaving the country near the end of last year.
Virginia Guard members participate in Global Guardian exercise
February 27, 2012
U.S., Dutch and Canadian medical specialists unload a simulated casualty from a Virginia National Guard Lakota helicopter Feb. 21, 2012, during Global Guardian 2012, a joint Army and Air Force exercise held at the Georgia National Guard Combat Readiness Training Center in Savannah.
Deputy Defense Secretary meets with Polish troops, discusses Illinois Guard State Partnership
February 24, 2012
U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter greets a Polish battle group commander on Forward Operating Base Ghazni, Afghanistan, Feb. 23, 2012. Carter is in Afghanistan meeting with troops and NATO members.
Virginia Guard D-Day veteran recognized for award
February 24, 2012
Army Command Sgt. Maj. Dennis Green, senior enlisted leader of the Virginia National Guard, presents a Virginia flag to Carl "Chubby" Proffitt Feb. 20, 2011. Proffitt was recently honored at the French Embassy in Washington, D.C., for his actions with the 29th Infantry Division during the D-Day invasion on June 6, 1944.
DOD spotlights value of financial fitness
February 23, 2012
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Afghanistan: Georgia Army Guard member presented award by Chairman of the Joint Chiefs
February 23, 2012
Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, the 18th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, poses with Georgia Army National Guard Spc. Robert Schrader after presenting Schrader with an Army Commendation Medal Feb. 10, 2012 at Forward Operating Base Shank, Afghanistan. Schrader received the award for his actions following a vehicle born improvised explosive device attack on Command Outpost Sayed Abad September 2011.
Alaska Air Guard members help family 3,000 miles away
February 23, 2012
Members of the Alaska Air National Guard's 213th Space Warning Squadron perform an official flag folding ceremony at Clear Air Force Station to replace one burnt in a house explosion in Kansas Aug. 23, 2011. The home belonged to Annette Cook, a childhood friend of Alaska Air National Guard Tech. Sgt. Ricky Ramos, from Clear Air Force Station, who was spurred into action to help the Cook family after seeing pictures of the destruction online. The team also built a shadow box to display the new flag at Cook's new home.
Puerto Rico National Guard enhances response force package
February 23, 2012
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USNORTHCOM, National Guard leaders: Partnerships key to domestic response
February 23, 2012
Army Gen. Charles H. Jacoby Jr., Commander United States Northern Command, gives welcome remarks during the opening ceremony of the DomesticPreparedness Workshop at the Gaylord National Harbor, Md., Feb. 22, 2012.
Virginia National Guard member scratches the itch to serve after eight-year break
February 23, 2012
Two Canadian army soldiers from the 36th Canadian Brigade Group out of Nova Scotia, Canada, jump off the side of a rappelling tower with the encouragement of Army Staff Sgt. Matthew T. Woyansky, an infantry air assault instructor, assigned to the Virginia National Guard's 1st Battalion, 183rd Regiment, Regional Training Institute, at Fort Pickett, Va., Feb. 21, 2012. The Canadian troops were participating in the joint-annual exercise, Southbound Trooper.
Afghanistan: New Jersey Air Guard maintainers keep F-16s flying
February 22, 2012
Airmen with the Arkansas National Guard's 188th Fire Emergency Services Flight conduct training at the 188th Fighter Wing during a Air Force Airman 1st Class Jonathan Nieves works on an F-16 aircraft at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, Jan. 12, 2012. Nieves is an aircraft electrician with the 16th Aircraft Maintenance Unit and is deployed from the New Jersey Air National Guard's 177th Fighter Wing.
Air Force working to update disability hiring records
February 22, 2012
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Fired up: Arkansas Air Guard Fire Emergency Services Flight shows wide variety of skills
February 22, 2012
Airmen with the Arkansas National Guard's 188th Fire Emergency Services Flight conduct training at the 188th Fighter Wing during a Unit Training Assembly Feb. 11, 2012. In addition to the 188th FESF's primary mission of providing fire protection to military aircraft and installation facilities, it also responds to emergency calls for commercial and civilian aircraft as well as medical emergencies through a joint-use agreement with the Fort Smith Regional Airport.