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Iowa ADT members donate blood to save Soldier’s life
September 17, 2010
U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman 1st. Class Mark Chase, who is assigned to the Kunar Provincial Reconstruction Team Field Surgical Team at Forward Operating Base Wright, prepares to take blood from U.S. Army Master Sgt. John Storey, noncommissioned officer in charge of operations for the 734th Iowa National Guard's Agribusiness Development Team. The blood was needed for immediate infusion into a seriously wounded Soldier, who needed whole blood of a particular type.
National Guard reaches 1,200 mark on border
September 17, 2010
Members of the California National Guard stand in formation before undertaking operations on California's Southern border. Slightly more than 1,200 National Guard members from the four Southwest border states are in training or already deployed in support of the border mission
Louisiana Guard conducts marriage enrichment retreat
September 16, 2010
Coins were given to Louisiana National Guardsmen and their spouses to remind them of the three important parts of a marriage: faith, hope and love. The marriage enrichment retreat was hosted by the Louisiana National Guard Chaplains Corps to help couples with relationship building in New Orleans, Sept. 10-12, 2010.
South Dakota Guardsmen plan new security measure for Afghanistan elections
September 16, 2010
A new Persistent Surveillance System (PSS) begins its assent above Camp Julien Sept. 14, 2010, to provide the Afghan National Security Forces and International Security Assistance Force officials with an extra level of surveillance capability for security operations around Kabul, Afghanistan. The PSS, a floating aerostat (or blimp), has high-tech camera equipment able to provide 360 degree views of the city.
Air Guard dedicates Shepperd Hall at Andrews
September 16, 2010
From left to right: Chief Master Sgt. Denise Jelinski-Hall, the National Guard Bureau senior enlisted advisor; Gen. Craig R. McKinley, the chief of the NGB; retired Maj. Gen. Donald W. Sheppard, former director of the ANG; retired Lt. Gen. John Conaway, former chief of the NGB; Lt. Gen. Harry M. Wyatt III, director of the ANG; and Command Chief Master Sgt. Christopher Muncy, the ANG command chief, cut a ceremonial ribbon on the new addition to the ANG Readiness Center named “Shepperd Hall.”
Mullen: 'It's your money; come and get it'
September 16, 2010
Admiral Mike Mullen
Ohio National Guard and Hungary: ‘Graduate-level’ state partnership
September 16, 2010
Army. Maj. Gen. Gregory Wayt, the adjutant general of the Ohio National Guard, awards the Ohio Commendation Medal to Hungarian Defense Forces soldiers who served in a joint unit with Ohio National Guard members in Afghanistan at Tata, Hungary, on Sept. 15, 2010. A delegation of Ohio National Guard leaders was in Hungary for National Guard State Partnership Program activities.
Vermont brigade in ‘third quarter’ of Afghan mission
September 16, 2010
Army Col. Will Roy, left, commander of the Vermont National Guard's 86th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, poses with “Lashkar,” an Afghan army officer, and Vermont National Guard Sgt. Erik K. Morrill in Afghanistan.
COMMENTARY: A chaplain's view on a day off
September 16, 2010
Washington Air Guardsman earns bronze star with ‘V’ for seven-hour firefight
September 16, 2010
Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz hangs the bronze star with valor award on Staff Sgt. Kenneth I. Walker III during the Air Force Association's Air and Space Conference and Technology Exposition at the National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Md., Sept. 14, 2010. Walker, a member of the Washington Air National Guard, earned the award for heroism as a member of Detachment 2, 817th Expeditionary Air Support Operations Squadron and Task Force Spader while engaged in ground combat in Ghosleck Valley, Afghanistan
Wyatt: Air Guard a more cost-effective, operational forc
September 16, 2010
Girl’s alertness, quick wits thwart terrorist attack
September 15, 2010
U.S. Army Capt. Daniel T. Rosseau, a Florida National Guard member, who works with the Iraqi Police Transition Team based at Joint Security Station Shield, demonstrates a typical placement for a magnetically adhesive improvised explosive device.
Rhode Island Air Guardsmen provide network security at Combined Endeavor
September 15, 2010
Air Force Master Sgt. Jeptha Gibbs, a member of the 102nd Network Warfare Squadron of the Rhode Island Air National Guard watches Master Sgt. Darryl McCaffrey also of the 102nd as he protects the computer network from malicious activity during a communications exercise during Combined Endeavor. Combined Endeavor 2010 is the world's largest communications interoperability exercise, preparing international forces' command, control, communications and computer systems for multinational operations.
Louisiana Guard completes training mission in Haiti
September 15, 2010
Soldiers of the Louisiana National Guard’s 205th Engineer Battalion, 225th Engineer Brigade, pour concrete to secure the wall for the U.S. Army South New Horizons- Haiti 2010 Diaquoi project site in Gonaives, Haiti, July 14, 2010.
McKinley: National Guard is a national treasure
September 15, 2010
Air Force Gen. Craig McKinley, chief of the National Guard Bureau, speaks to a room of Air Force leaders during the 2010 Air Force Association Air and Space Conference, in Oxon Hill, Md., Sept. 14, 2010.
RENO AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Nev., - "Pest" is a four-letter word to Air Force Staff Sgt. Damien Falconer of the Nevada Air National Guard's 152nd Civil Engineering Squadron.
September 15, 2010
Air Force Staff Sgt. Damien Falconer is the lone pest management specialist in the Nevada Air National Guard. It is his job to eliminate all of the creepy-crawly nuisances on his base in Reno. The mice were used for illustrative purposes and were safely returned to a pet store.
Wisconsin Guardsman receives bronze star with valor device
September 15, 2010
Army Brig. Gen. Mark Anderson, commander of the Wisconsin Army National Guard, congratulates Michael A. Olivas who was awarded a Bronze Star medal with "V" device for valor during a ceremony at Stricker Pond Park in Middleton, Wis., Sept. 14, 2010. The award recognizes Olivas' heroism during an insurgent ambush on a Wisconsin Army National Guard convoy security mission in southern Iraq on Jan. 30, 2005.
Air Guard families encouraged to register with AFPAAS
September 14, 2010
Colorado Guardsman qualifies for Ironman World Championship
September 14, 2010
Capt. Robert Killian of the Colorado Army National Guard competes in the 13.1-mile run during the first-ever Boulder half-ironman. Prior to the run, he completed a 56-mile bike ride, and a 1.2-mile swim. His time of 4 hours and 10 minutes qualified him to be the Army’s male athlete at the World Championship Ironman in Kona, Hawaii, Oct 9, 2010.
DoD report urges increase in Guard’s civilian technicians
September 14, 2010
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