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National Guard assists Alaska community buried in snow
January 10, 2012
Alaska National Guard members clear a building roof in Cordova on Jan. 9, 2012. There are currently 57 National Guard members assisting citizens in this small Alaska town dig out from a series of winter storms.
Senior enlisted leaders from U.S. European Command, Maine National Guard visit Montenegro
January 9, 2012
Chief Petty Officer Roy Maddocks, U.S. European Command's Senior Enlisted Leader, and Command Sgt. Maj. Terrence Harris, senior enlisted leader of the Maine National Guard, discuss noncommissioned officer corps development with Colonel Zoran Lazarevic, chief of staff of the Montenegrin General Staff.
Alaska National Guard responding to Alaska community buried in snow
January 9, 2012
Personnel in the Alaska National Guard's Joint Operation Center work to resource a request from the State Emergency Operation Center to send more than 50 Guard members, supplies and equipment to Cordova on Jan. 7, 2012.
Chicago Army National Guard Soldier prevents robbery
January 9, 2012
Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Jaime L. Witt.
Siblings reunite in Afghanistan
January 9, 2012
Army Sgt. Nicholaus A. Hale, left, Army Capt. Rikki Salyers and Army Sgt. Adam M. Hale talk to a public affairs official on Forward Operating Base Salerno, Afghanistan, Jan. 6, 2012. The three siblings reunited after four years with help from Army Maj. Gen. Daniel Allyn, Regional Command East commander, after the general received an email from their father.
Tell the Air Guard story, command chief tells Milwaukee Airmen
January 9, 2012
Command Chief Master Sgt. Christopher E. Muncy, command chief of the Air National Guard, prepares to eat lunch and talk with 15 members of the 128th Air Refueling Wing's enlisted Airmen in Milwaukee on January 8, 2012. Muncy was at the 128 ARW as part of a tour of all the Air National Guard bases located in Wisconsin.
Obama vows to 'keep faith' with families
January 6, 2012
Gunner Butt, son of Sgt. 1st Class Walter Butt, stands with his family waiting for the return of their deployed Soldier at the Indiana National Guard, 3-19th Agribusiness Development Team from Afghanistan at Stout Field, Indianapolis, Ind., Aug. 10.
Maryland Guard welcomes Bosnia-Herzegovina liaison officer
January 6, 2012
Lt. Col. Dzevad Buric works as the Bosnia-Herzegovina liaison to the State of Maryland.
Deadline nears for employer support award nominations
January 6, 2012
Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve logo
Florida governor, adjutant general visit 101st AOG
January 6, 2012
Florida Gov. Rick Scott talks with Florida Air National Guardsmen from the 101st Air and Space Operations Group, which provides the manning for the 601st Air and Space Operations Center, during a visit to Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla., Jan. 5, 2011. Scott came to Tyndall to visit with the Airmen and to see firsthand the capabilities and assets Tyndall has to offer.
Changes in AER include family dental assistance, spouse scholarships
January 5, 2012
Army Capt. Martha Mitchell, a dentist at the U.S. Army Garison-Stuttgart Dental Clinic, examines 7-year-old Parker Weedon's teeth during a visit to his second-grade classroom at Robinson Barracks Elementary School. Assistance for family dental care up to $4,000 per case is now available through Army Emergency Relief under new guidelines that expand eligible categories.
Changes in AER include family dental assistance, spouse scholarships
January 5, 2012
Army Capt. Martha Mitchell, a dentist at the U.S. Army Garison-Stuttgart Dental Clinic, examines 7-year-old Parker Weedon's teeth during a visit to his second-grade classroom at Robinson Barracks Elementary School. Assistance for family dental care up to $4,000 per case is now available through Army Emergency Relief under new guidelines that expand eligible categories.
Kansas National Guard combat medic covers Africa
January 5, 2012
Army Spc. Michelle Lawrence, 35th Military Police Company combat medic currently serving as a unit public affairs representative for the 1st Battalion 161st Field Artillery, Kansas Army National Guard, adjusts her camera settings at Camp Lemonnier, June 30, 2011. Lawrence is a combat medic, but was designated as a unit public affairs representative for the 1-161 FA BN shortly after deploying to Africa. She calls Dighton, Kan., home.
Rules restrict political activity by DOD personnel
January 5, 2012
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Texas Guard unit signs forward operating base over to Afghan control
January 5, 2012
Panjshir Provincial Governor Keramuddin Karim triumphantly raises a key of the city given to him by U.S. Army Lt. Col. Daniel Gajewski, Chicago native and 321st Civil Affairs Brigade, Provincial Development Support Team commander, during a transfer of authority ceremony at Forward Operating Base Lion Dec. 28. The ceremony marked the official handover from U.S. forces to Afghan control.
Afghanistan: Oklahoma Guard combat medic demonstrates resiliency
January 4, 2012
Oklahoma Army National Guard Spc. Ashley Jones receives the Purple Heart from Army Brig. Gen. Gary Volesky, deputy commanding general for maneuver with Combined Joint Task Force-1, at Craig Joint Theatre Hospital on Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, on Dec. 19, 2011, for injuries sustained as a result of an improvised explosive device the previous day.
The National Guard's contribution: 300,000-plus Iraq deployments
January 4, 2012
Citizen-Soldiers with the Kentucky National Guard's 223rd Military Police Company conduct a briefing at Camp Liberty, Iraq, before an escort mission in 2008 in front of their vehicles. (Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Jim Greenhill)
Health concerns prompt Exchanges to remove dietary supplements
January 4, 2012
U.S. Army Medical Command patch.
The dos and don'ts of the political season
January 4, 2012
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Wisconsin prepares to leave Iraq
January 4, 2012
Spc. Andrew Alexander of the Wisconsin National Guard scans the roads from the gunner's turret of a Mine-Resistant Ambush-Protected vehicle.