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C-130s drop retardant over Texas wildfires
April 21, 2011
Air Force Staff Sgt. Anthony Hayes, 145th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, North Carolina Air National Guard, prepares to refill a C-130H Hercules, equipped with the Modular Airborne Firefighting System, with fire retardant as it taxis into the pits at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, April 19, 2011. MAFFS is capable of dispensing 3,000 gallons of water or fire retardant in under 5 seconds. Wildfires have spread across various parts of Texas and have burned more than 1,000 square miles of land.
Earnhardt Jr. continues to move forward in Sprint Cup Series standings
April 20, 2011
Dale Earnhardt Jr., driver of the No. 88 National Guard racecar, pushes or ‘bump drafts’ teammate Jimmie Johnson during the race at Talladega Superspeedway in Talladega, Ala. April 17, 2011. Earnhardt finished fourth and moved up three positions in the points race.
UPDATE: National Guard responds to Texas wildfires
April 20, 2011
Air Force Master Sgt. Jeff Tschacher, 153rd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, Wyoming Air National Guard, directs a C-130H Hercules equipped with the Modular Airborne Fire fighting System, or MAFFS, to start engine two in preparation to fight wildfires burning in Texas, April 19, 2011. MAFFS is capable of dispensing 3,000 gallons of water or fire retardant in less than five seconds. The wildfires have spread across various parts of Texas and have burned 1.6 million acres miles of land.
Missouri Air Guard members showcase training mission for Reserve director
April 19, 2011
Lt. Gen. Charles E. Stenner Jr., the chief of Air Force Reserve and commander, Air Force Reserve Command speaks with Air Force Brig. Gen. Stephen Cotter, assistant adjutant general for air, Missouri National Guard, at Rosecrans Air National Guard Base, Mo., April 18, 2011.
Prisoner of War Medal presented to family of Kentucky Air Guard pilot
April 19, 2011
1st Lt. Merlin R. "Bob" Kehrer was a P-51 pilot in the U.S. Army Air Corps when his plane was shot down over enemy territory during World War II. He spent 13 months in a German Prisoner of War camp before returning to the United States to help found the Kentucky Air National Guard. (Courtesy photo)
National Guard Soldiers, Ugandans participate in Atlas Drop 11
April 19, 2011
Ugandan Defense Forces Soldiers, assisted by Army Staff Sgt. Ian Eggbert, a rigger with 197th Special Troops Company, Utah Army National Guard, attach a wing to a copter box aerial delivery system at Soroti Airfield, Uganda, during Atlas Drop 11, April 14, 2011. Atlas Drop, an annual joint aerial-delivery exercise sponsored by U.S. Army Africa that brings together U.S. Army personnel with counterparts from the Ugandan Peoples Defense Forces, is designed to enhance the readiness of both countries’ resupply and logistical capabilities, and will consist of classroom instruction and a field training exercise.
Guard part of Total Force 'calico' wing supporting worldwide operations
April 18, 2011
The 313th Air Expeditionary Wing, which is supporting Operation Unified Protector, was given a nickname Calico Wing by the wing's commander, Brig. Gen. Roy Uptegraff. The 313th AEW operates from an air base in Western Europe. Operation Unified Protector is part of the international response to the unrest in Libya and enforcement of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1973 of a no-fly zone over Libya. (U.S. Air Force graphic) (Released)
North Dakota Guard continues flood fight
April 18, 2011
Army Sgt. Michael Bauder, assigned to the 231st Brigade Support Battalion, operates a Mobile Tracking System in a vehicle in Valley City, N.D., April 18, 2011. The MTS is capable of acting as a navigation system and uses maps to mark roads that have been blocked off and communicates this information with other vehicles. The MTS has only been used during training until now.
Montana Guard’s Outlaws on the road from dusk ’til dawn
April 18, 2011
Spc. John York, an M240B gunner and a Tulsa, Okla., native with Bravo Company, 163rd Combined Arms Battalion, 1st Infantry Regiment, 4th Sustainment Brigade, 310th Expeditionary Sustainment Command, looks out his gunner’s hatch during a convoy escort and security mission March 29. The 163rd CAB’s escort teams have been conducting convoy escort missions in support of Operation New Dawn since November.
Utah Guard’s 118th Sapper Company delivers security through counter-IED efforts
April 18, 2011
Improving driving conditions for local citizens, Soldiers of 1st Platoon, 118th Sappers, repair a road near Yaqubi Village, Khowst Province, Afghanistan, March 24, 2011.
National Guard responds to Texas wildfires
April 18, 2011
A C-130 from the 146th Airlift Wing located in Port Hueneme, Calif. drops water over the treetops in South Carolina. Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System, known as MAFFS, commenced annual training and certification this week in Greenville, S.C. April 26 to April 30, 2010. Photo by Airman 1st Class Nicholas Carzis
Ghanaians get up-close look at how North Dakota Guard handles flooding
April 15, 2011
North Dakota National Guard Joint Task Force-East leaders and visiting Ghanaian dignitaries tour flood protection measure April 14, 2011, including this AquaFence in Fargo, N.D. The Ghanaian dignitaries are visiting the North Dakota National Guard as part of a State Partnership Program between the African country of Ghana and the North Dakota National Guard. Since 2003, the North Dakota National Guard has developed a professional relationship with Ghana as part of the National Guard State Partnership Program. This program aligns states with partner countries to encourage the development of economic, political and military ties.
Guard members train to win at All Army Championships
April 15, 2011
Pfc. Jeremy Westover of the Vermont Army National Guard fires his M-16 rifle from a hedgehog beach obstacle during the combined arms match of the 2011 U.S. Army Small Arms Championship March 25 at Fort Benning, Ga. These obstacles were made famous during the World War II D-Day invasion of Normandy, France.
Organization honors Guard children
April 15, 2011
Keegan Neverett performs a song for the audience at the Our Military Kids of the Year awards ceremony at the Navy Memorial in Washington, D.C., April 14, 2011. Neverett, whose father serves in the Army National Guard, was one of four children honored by Our Military Kids, a nonprofit organization that provides artistic, athletic and educational grants to children of deployed National Guardsmen and military Reservists.
Defense Department launches sexual assault helpline
April 15, 2011
Dr. Clifford L. Stanley, undersecretary of defense for personnel and readiness, Department of Defense, cuts the ribbon, officially announcing the DoD Safe Helpline for sexual assault support at the Pentagon April 15, 2011. The event followed an award ceremony that recognized the top sexual assault response coordinator from each of the active duty services, including National Guard member, Senior Master Sgt. Kelly Wilkinson (left), Minnesota National Guard.
First Lady, Dr. Biden urge military family support
April 15, 2011
First Lady Michelle Obama speaks about the White House's "Joining Forces" military family support campaign to a crowd of National Guard and local families as Dr. Jill Biden stands by during a "Joining Forces" community event in Columbus, Ohio, April 14, 2011. The event was the final stop on Obama and Biden's two-day tour around the nation to spotlight communities doing outstanding work to support military families.
Guard’s Quick Response Force protects veteran’s home from river
April 15, 2011
Air Force Staff Sgt. Paul Williams and Air Force Staff Sgt. Sam Wagner, both of the 119th Civil Engineer Squadron, toss sandbags along a line of Soldiers and Airmen who are members of a North Dakota National Guard quick response force team April 14, 2011, near Kindred, N.D. The QRF were responding to a request from a rural farm resident, living along the Sheyenne River, for sandbag assistance to create a flood levee barrier to rising water around his house. As of April 14, more than 500 N.D. National Guard Airmen and Soldiers were conducting flood operations in North Dakota, with the vast majority in Cass County.
SMA visits Guard Soldiers at BCTC-Leavenworth
April 15, 2011
SMA Raymond F. Chandler III fields questions from ARNG Soldiers at the BCTC-Lvn on April 14, 2011.
Guard’s Quick Reaction Force holds back Maple River’s move toward farm
April 14, 2011
Air Force Master Sgt. David Bush, of the 119th Civil Engineer Squadron, right, is one of several members of a North Dakota National Guard quick response force team throwing sandbags into the bucket on a farm tractor April 12, 2011, near Enderlin, N.D. The QRF is responding to a request from a farm resident through the Cass County Emergency Operations Center for sandbag assistance to create a flood levee barrier to rising water around his house. The tractor is one of the few vehicles light enough and high enough to cross a precarious section of flooded roadway leading to the farmstead without damaging the road.
Kentucky Guard ADT helps Afghans open soybean facility
April 14, 2011
Haji Abdul Robate Qahir (far left), the Director of the Baston Seed Company, cuts the ribbon across the entrance of his new soybean processing facility in Bagram, April 2, 2011. Mohammad Sharif Sharif (back left), an engineer with Soy Nutrition Services Afghanistan, Abdul Kabir Farzam (center), the Parwan Director of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock, and Shamir Amiri (right), the Panjshir DAIL hold the ribbon for Qahir.