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JET Airmen MOVE to 386th AEW as part of drawdown in Iraq
August 30, 2010
A Joint Expeditionary Tasking Airman assigned to the 732nd Air Expeditionary Group serves as an advisor to Iraqi military members. JET Airmen typically work for other U.S. military services and often perform functions not usually associated with the Air Force. The 732nd AEG recently moved its headquarters staff out of Iraq to join the 386th Air Expeditionary wing here, but its JET Airmen will remain in Iraq to perform a variety of combat support missions like construction, communications and logistics.
Oregon Guard, port officials visit Bangladesh
August 30, 2010
Maj. Dan Schilling, the former director of the Oregon National Guard’s State Partnership Program, meets with Lt. Gen. Mohammed Abdul Wadud, the principle staff officer for the Armed Forces Division of Bangladesh in Dhaka, Aug. 9, 2010. Schilling and officials from the Portland International Airport met with Bangladeshi transportation officials to discuss security and safety protocols, based on a collaborative work plan developed in April. The group also discussed joint training and information sharing for disaster response, humanitarian aid, and training exercises as part of an overall SPP strategic plan.
Kentucky Airman helps establish first air coordination cell in Pakistan
August 30, 2010
U.S. Air Force airmen place equipment and prepare to establish operations with the Pakistan Air Force's Central Flood Relief Cell in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Aug. 29, 2010. About 40 airmen assigned to the U.S. Air Force's 621st Contingency Response Wing are working with Pakistani officials to support humanitarian airlift operations and deliver relief supplies to locations throughout Pakistan.
Eagles soar for last time at Hickam
August 27, 2010
F-15 Eagle crew chief Airman First Class David Lairsey and pilot Lt. Col Mark "Odie" Ladtkow of the Hawaii Air National Guard's 199th Fighter Squadron conduct a visual inspection before Colonel Ladtkow's last F-15 training mission at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam on Aug. 25, 2010. The 199th is transitioning from the F-15 to the F-22 Raptor, which is a fifth generation fighter. The 199th has flown the F-15 since 1987 and received their first two Raptors on July 9, 2010.
Contractor to provide overseas TRS support for Guardsmen
August 26, 2010
Guam kicks off major training exercise
August 25, 2010
Air Force Lt. Col. Jackie Federico-Lopez, a clinical nurse with the 162nd Medical Group of the Arizona National Guard, and Maj. Janet Campion, a flight surgeon also with the 162nd, evaluate a victim during Vigilant Guard Guam, Aug. 24, 2010. The Airmen are part of the emergency medicine portion of the training exercise.
Gulf state veterans may qualify for delayed mortgage payments
August 24, 2010
Rhode Island Guards hosts Operation Purple camp this week
August 23, 2010
Army Guardsman receives Purple Heart from World War II
August 23, 2010
Sgt. James Ader of the New York Army National Guard's 501st Ordnance Battalion congratulates John Sidur after he was presented long overdue recognitions 65 years after his actions in the Pacific during WWII.
Kentucky ADT delivers motorcycles for inspectors
August 23, 2010
Members of the Kentucky National Guard Agribusiness Development Team with Provincial Reconstruction Team Panjshir delivered four brand-new Corola motorcycles to the Panjshir Province National Environmental Protection Agency director on Aug. 17, 2010. Now, the director says the agency can enforce standards and do the government’s work.
Guardsmen volunteer to fight fires, save lives on Camp Phoenix
August 23, 2010
First Lt. Joelle Mulder, left, a volunteer firefighter with the South Dakota National Guard's 196th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade listens and watches as Pfc. Josh Haley, the captain and volunteer firefighter with the Massachusetts National Guard's 1st Battalion, 101st Field Artillery explains the proper way to use a hand saw at the Camp Phoenix Fire Station in Kabul, Afghanistan, Aug. 19, 2010. Mulder and other volunteers at the fire station train twice a week to better prepare themselves for any fire emergency that might happen at Camp Phoenix.
Massachusetts transportation company moves heavy equipment in Iraq
August 23, 2010
Sgt. John Spagna, a driver with the Massachusetts National Guard's 2nd platoon, 1166th Combat Heavy Equipment Transport Company, 164th Transportation Battalion, secures a Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle to a CHET trailer, Aug. 15, 2010. The MRAPs, were picked up from Forward Operating Base Warrior and delivered to Contingency Operating Base Speicher in support of the responsible drawdown of forces in Iraq. From COB Speicher, the MRAPs will go to Kuwait, from there, the Army will send them to the U.S. or to Afghanistan to support Operation Enduring Freedom.
Alaska Guard trains with Mongolian armed forces
August 23, 2010
Capt. James Johnson, 761st Military Police Battalion of the Alaska National Guard, discusses logistics with Capt. Michael Moller, Khaan Quest 2010 exercise observer from the German armed forces, in the Battalion Tactical Operations Center at Five Hills Training Area, Mongolia, Aug 16, 2010. Moller is one of several observers from countries in the surrounding area.
Louisiana, Belize strengthen partnership during Haiti mission
August 23, 2010
From left to right, Task Force Kout Men Commander Col. Michael J. Borrel, Lt. Rogelio Pop with the Belize Defence Force, Belize Denfence Force Commander Brig. Gen. Dario O. Tapia, Louisiana National Guard’s Adjutant General Maj. Gen. Bennett C. Landreneau and Louisiana’s State Senior Enlisted Advisor Command Sgt. Maj. Caillier tour the Desronvilles engineering site in Gonaives, Haiti, Aug. 19, 2010.
Virginia Guard chaplains serve Soldiers in Gulf
August 23, 2010
Chaplain (Capt.) Jeffery Hicks, left, provides chaplain services to Louisiana National Guard Soldiers. Two Virginia National Guard chaplain support teams headed to Louisiana in late July to provide chaplain services to military personnel from all over the country assisting with recovery operations for the Deep Water Horizon oil spill. A chaplain support team consists of one chaplain and one chaplain’s assistant, and the teams provide chaplain support in the form of religious services, Bible study and counseling.
Texas father, son reunite in Afghanistan
August 23, 2010
Army Sgt. 1st Class Marc Seal, left, stands with his son, Army Pfc. Nolan Seal, at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, Aug. 9, 2010.
California Guardsmen honored for valor during fire fight
August 23, 2010
Illinois ADT trains at Carbondale university
August 23, 2010
Sheryl King, director of equine studies at Southern Illinois University Carbondale, demonstrates the correct way to clean a horse's hoof to members of the Illinois National Guard's Agriculture Development Team. The team of agricultural specialists will deploy to Afghanistan in 2011 as part of a program to bring more modern agricultural practices to Afghanistan.
Rhode Island Guards hosts Operation Purple camp this week
August 23, 2010
Civilian, military leaders: Guard is America’s solution in changing times
August 23, 2010
Air Force Gen. Craig McKinley, the chief of the National Guard Bureau, addresses the 132nd general conference of the National Guard Association of the United States in Austin, Texas, on Aug. 21, 2010. "Maybe for the first time in our 364 years, we're more operational than we've ever been for a sustained period," he said.