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Army National Guard’s top enlisted leader acknowledges Soldiers’ sacrifices
June 15, 2011
Army Command Sgt. Maj. Richard Burch, the command sergeant major of the Army National Guard, shakes the hand of Army Spc. Vernon Moore, a military policeman and gunner from with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Squadron, 113th Cavalry Regiment, Task Force Redhorse, a part of the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 34th Infantry Division, at the entry control point on Joint Combat Outpost Pul-E-Sayad, Afghanistan May 27, 2011. Burch visited the JCOP during a battlefield rotation he conducted with Army Command Sgt. Maj. Raymond Chandler, the command sergeant major of the Army.
VA expands housing for homeless veterans, families
June 14, 2011
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Army celebrates 236th birthday
June 14, 2011
The U.S. Army celebrates its 236th birthday.
California Guard supports battlefield circulation
June 14, 2011
Army Lt. Col. David Ceniti, battalion commander of 749th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 4th Sustainment Brigade, 310th Expeditionary Sustainment Command, addresses the troops of the 941st Transportation Company, 749th CSSB about the great responsibility and importance of each Soldier in conducting a successful mission on Contingency Operating Base Adder, Iraq.
Iowa Guard truck drivers deliver under fire
June 14, 2011
Army Sgt. Jared Henkle and Army Spc. Tyler Parker-Bellinger, both truck drivers with Company E, 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry Regiment, Task Force Ironman, a part of the Iowa National Guard's 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 34th Infantry Division, Task Force Red Bulls, listen to a mission brief June 6, 2011, on Forward Operating Base Mehtar Lam, Afghanistan, shortly before going on a convoy. The pair recently found themselves resupplying soldiers from the 133rd who were under heavy fire in Nuristan province.
Maryland Guard members keep radios 'on air'
June 14, 2011
Army Sgt. Gerard Chappell, a radio and communications repair specialist with the 1729th Forward Support Maintenance Company, 749th Combat Support Sustainment Battalion, 4th Sustainment Brigade, 310th Expeditionary Sustainment Command, runs a diagnostic test on a radio system at Contingency Operating Base Adder, Iraq, May 22, 2011.
DOD seeks input from Guard, Reserve employers
June 13, 2011
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COMMENTARY: Georgia Guard works with Georgia nation
June 13, 2011
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Iowa Guard cooks sustain troops' morale
June 13, 2011
Iowa Army National Guard Sgt. Antonia Santiago IV, one of two American food service noncommissioned officers with Company F, 334th Brigade Support Battalion, supports Company B, 1st Battalion, 168th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 34th Infantry Division, Task Force Red Bulls at Combat Outpost Dand Patan, Afghanistan, with three on meals a day working out of a small, crowded kitchen the size of a shipping container on May 28, 2011.
Missouri Guard Airmen tell of increased airlift over Afghanistan
June 13, 2011
Missouri Air National Guard members deployed as part of the 774th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, Bagram Air Base, transport medical patients during aeromedical evacuation operations in Afghanistan.
DOD seeks input from Guard, Reserve employers
June 13, 2011
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Wyoming Guard members, ANSF train together
June 13, 2011
Army Sgt. Andy Monnin, a flight medic with Company C, 5th Battalion, 159th Aviation Regiment, Wyoming Army National Guard, hooks two soldiers to a UH-60 Black Hawk hoist at Combat Outpost Wilderness, Afghanistan, on June 3, 2011. The exercise was training to reinforce the skills of the medics assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 6th Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Task Force Duke, and to train Afghan National Security Forces in evacuation procedures.
Georgia Guard mentors Latvian Army in Operation Summer Shield
June 10, 2011
A Latvian soldier engages targets with a High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle mounted .50 machine gun during an exercise as part of joint U.S./Latvian training for Operation Summer Shield in Adaži, Latvia, on May 24, 2011. Latvia is paired with Michigan in the National Guard State Partnership Program.
Alaska National Guard “Guardian Angels” save 107 in Afghanistan
June 10, 2011
Air Force Maj. Jesse Peterson and Air Force Tech. Sgt. Chris Uriarte conduct tactical training in the mountains of Afghanistan, April 22, 2011.
Four Iowa National Guard Soldiers wounded in Afghanistan
June 10, 2011
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Texas Guard member taking care of Soldiers in Iraq
June 10, 2011
Trust is a key ingredient when dealing with Soldiers -- or with a parrot named Loco, who “runs” the headquarters office of al-Bahar and Bardawil Service, the company in charge of maintaining and fixing all non-tactical vehicles for the U.S., British and Iraqi personnel living and working on Contingency Operating Base Basra. Army National Guard Sgt. 1st Class Daniel Leon, the readiness noncommissioned officer for B Company, 36th Division Special Troops Battalion, has become a familiar and friendly face at B & B Service, a place he visits frequently when he puts on his additional hat as the contracting officer representative.
SPECIAL: Missouri National Guard assists tornado-devastated Joplin
June 9, 2011
Army Sgt. Eric Wilmarth and Army Spc. Christopher Muiller were manning the check-point station at 20th and Ridgeline in Joplin.
Panetta vows to put national security, troops first
June 9, 2011
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Minor injuries to pilot from Tuesday's F-16 accident
June 8, 2011
OVER THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA -- Two F-16 Fighting Falcons begin to roll into position for a rapid decent during an Operation Noble Eagle training patrol March 16. The F-16s are assigned to the California Air National Guard's 144th Fighter Wing in Fresno, Calif. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Lance Cheung)
SPECIAL: 18,479 workdays and counting in extended North Dakota flood fight
June 8, 2011
Army Sgt. Sean Windsor and Army Spc. Joseph Scanlan, of the North Dakota National Guard’s 164th Engineering Battalion of Minot, perform levee patrols in one section of more than 20 miles worth of levees from Minot to Burlington that the Guard is patrolling. Soldiers walk the levees to inspect for any damages that may impact structural integrity, as well as provide a security presence along to river to discourage theft or vandalism.