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Air Guard Critical-Care Air Transport Team brings wounded closer to home
May 4, 2011
Air Force Col. (Dr.) Charles Chappuis, a surgeon on a three-member Air National Guard critical-care air transport team, talks with Spc. Adam Castagna, one of three critical patients under his care during a C-17 Globemaster III flight from Ramstein Air Base, Germany, to Joint Base Andrews, Md., as Castagna's brother, Mike Castagna, looks on, April 29, 2011.
Alaska Guard unit plays major role in rescue of 'fallen angel'
May 4, 2011
Maj. Jesse Peterson and Tech. Sgt. Shane Hargis, 83rd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron Guardian Angel team members, practice a hoist mission, April 22, 2011, the day before they were called upon to recover the pilots of a downed Army helicopter.
Arkansas Guard rescues boy scouts stranded by flood waters
May 4, 2011
Members of a Boy Scout group from Louisiana who were stranded by floodwaters in a remote section of the Ouachita National Forest in southwest Arkansas enjoy the view from an Arkansas National Guard helicopter that rescued them early Tuesday, May 3, 2011. The six Scouts and two adult leaders had been stranded without communications since Sunday.
Dale Jr. optimistic going into weekend, rest of season as he represents National Guard
May 4, 2011
Dale Earnhardt Jr. driver of the No. 88 National Guard NASCAR racecar, checks his gauges moments before the race at Richmond International Raceway in Richmond, Va., April 30, 2011. Jr. looked promising the day before during practice, but started the race in the 24th position and would struggle all night to cross the finish line in 19th.
Guard operates in several states as relief efforts continue
May 4, 2011
A team of Illinois Army National Guard Soldiers, with the 2nd Battalion, 130th Infantry Regiment are taken by a Sheriff Department's boat to the water and sewer treatment facility in Murphysboro, Ill. April 30, 2011.
Missouri National Guard Citizen-Soldiers rescue woman in dramatic flood video
May 4, 2011
Missouri National Guard Citizen-Soldiers Spc. Junior Bombard, of Ozark and Sgt. Tim Bridges, both of the 1138th Military Police Company, located in West Plains and Springfield, earned the title Citizen-Heroes after being caught on videotape while completing a daring rescue of a 93-year-old woman on the swollen Black River.
Mrs. Mullen spotlights family issues in new blog
May 3, 2011
Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and his wife, Deborah, speak with Fort Bliss enlisted spouses in El Paso, Texas, March 10, 2011. Deborah Mullen is launching a new blog to pass on information and resources to military spouses around the world.
Mongolians' visit to Alaska continues success of State Partnership Program
May 3, 2011
Mongolian Col. Davaadorj Rendoo, Mongolian armed forces general staff, observes U.S. military medical professionals perform veterinary services on a dog in Northway, Alaska. During Operation Arctic Care, medical teams deploy to remote areas of Alaska to treat general health patients, in addition to providing dental care, eye exams and veterinary care.
U.S. service members, FARDC make final push to exercise finale
May 3, 2011
Air Force Maj. Michelle Mulberry, an aeromedical evacuation flight nurse and instructor with the Wyoming Air National Guard's 187th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, conducts training to members of the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s armed forces quick response force, about C-130 Hercules familiarization during MEDLITE 11, May 2, 2011.
Utah Guard units, local Iraqi police conduct joint humanitarian mission
May 3, 2011
On April 4 members of A Company and Headquarters Company, 141st MI Bn., coordinating with C Battery, 2-11th Field Artillery stationed at Joint Base Balad, Iraq, conducted a humanitarian mission with the local Shehabi Iraqi Police Department.
Florida Guard unit supports force protection at Bagram
May 2, 2011
Spc. Joseph Deramo, left, and Spc. Xavier Flores, right, look on as Army Pfc. Audrey Triplett monitors input from one of three 107-foot Rapid Aerostat Initial Deployment towers and eight other sites the 164th Air Defense Artillery operates to provide force protection at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, and for troops operating outside the wire.
‘Business as usual’ not so usual for Missouri National Guard
May 2, 2011
Army Col. Wendul Hagler, task force commander of Operation Rising Tide and commander of the 70th Troop Command, Jefferson Barracks, assesses flood conditions in southeast Missouri on April 27, 2011
ROUND-UP: Significant week in Defense Department news
April 30, 2011
Department of Defense Seal
Panetta would bring decades of service to Pentagon
April 30, 2011
Department of Defense Seal
Texas Guard's Afghan ties growing roots
April 30, 2011
Army Maj. Gen. Darren Owens, special assistant to the director, Army National Guard, helps plant a tree symbolizing cooperation between Afghan government officials and National Guard Agricultural Development Teams during a ceremony at the National Arboretum in Washington, D.C
Congolese teach important skills in disease prevention to U.S. service members during MEDLITE 11
April 29, 2011
KINSHASA, Democratic Repulic of Congo -- Congolese Col. Omer Djembe Kitenge, Coordinator of the fight against malaria for the DRC military, answers questions from U.S. military members during a Congolesian lead training at the Centre Superior Militiare Academy here today as part of MEDLITE 11. MEDLITE 11 is a joint medical exercise focused on aeromedical evacuation, to improve the readiness of U.S. Air Force and DRC personnel. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Todd Wivell)
Tornado damage to Lambert Air National Guard base tops $10 million
April 29, 2011
Cleanup efforts continue at the 131st Bomb Wing just days after a category EF2 tornado hit Lambert-Saint Louis International Airport and swept across the Lambert-Saint Louis Air National Guard Base, April 22, 2011. No injuries were reported to Air National Guard personnel, but there was widespread damage across the south side of the base. Estimates for repair to the base could top $10 million.
New York National Guard to host US/Canada senior military leader conference
April 28, 2011
Canadian army soldiers from the 1st Battalion, Novia Scotia Highlanders (North), prepare to fire on a range at Fort Pickett, Va., Feb. 16, 2009.
Department of Defense Issues Purple Heart Standards for Brain Injury
April 28, 2011
Military Order of the Purple Heart
UPDATE: About 3,000 Guard members respond to domestic weather-related disasters
April 28, 2011
About 1,100 Alabama National Guard members are supporting civilian authorities after tornadoes ravaged the state Wednesday.