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Casualties show tough week in Afghanistan
June 10, 2010
Alaska Guardsman, active-duty Airman perform heroically during plane crash
June 10, 2010
Capt. Erik Boltman an air weapons officer with the 176th Air Control Squadron, Alaska Air National Guard, works as a combat air traffic controller at Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska June 7, 2010.
Macedonia Rangers partner with Vermont Guard in Paktya
June 10, 2010
U.S. Army 2nd Lt. Dan Silver, platoon leader from Dover, N.H., of 4th Platoon, D Company, 3rd Battalion, 172nd Infantry Regiment smiles as his Macedonian counterpart Capt. Burche Turturov, the commander of the Macedonian Ranger Platoon from Skopje, Macedonia, shakes hands with an Afghan National Army soldier during a patrol, June 5. The Macedonians are embedded with the D Company Soldiers of the Vermont National Guard as part of their state Partnership for Peace Program. They are the first state partnership involved in the program to embed and run combat operations.
Vermont commander says troops making a difference in Afghanistan
June 10, 2010
U.S. Army Capt. Stephen Iaquinto from Berlin, N.J., and a member of the 86th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, shows Afghan children a picture from his camera that he took of them. Members from Task Force Wolverine conducted a dismounted patrol through the Bagram Bazaar to find out information from the recent attack on Bagram Airfield, Parwan province, Afghanistan, May 24.
Air Guard pauses to reflect on suicide, high-risk behavior
June 9, 2010
Col. John Slocum, the Air National Guard’s safety director, discusses high-risk behavior, suicides and Wingman concepts with Airmen from the Air Guard Readiness Center at the base theatre on Joint Base Andrews, Md., during an Air Force-wide Wingman Stand-down June 9, 2010.
Families eligible for MyAirForceLife.com photography competition
June 8, 2010
Airmen inspired by Good Grief camp on Memorial Day weekend
June 7, 2010
Staff Sgt. Mandi Hagen of the North Dakota Air National Guard's 119th Wing hugs her mentee during the Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors (TAPS) at a Good Grief Camp in Washington, D.C., May 29, 2010. This is Hagen’s fourth year volunteering her personal time and money to take part in the camp that focuses on helping children of military families who have lost loved ones. Hagen is one of five Airmen from the North Dakota Air National Guard who participated in the Good Grief Camp this year.
National Guard aviators from five states support Louisiana
June 7, 2010
Louisiana National Guardsmen of the 205th Engineer Battalion hook sling cables, attached to sandbags to the bottom of a Florida National Guard CH-47 Chinook helicopter, in Buras, La., June 5, 2010.
Guardsmen hold duck-calling contest in Kosovo
June 7, 2010
Army Spc. Nicolas Salvaggio of the North Dakota National Guard shows off his duck-calling skills on stage on Camp Bondsteel, Kosovo, for a Memorial Day weekend Morale Welfare and Recreation duck-calling contest May 30, 2010.
Earnhardt runs in top 15th all day, finishes 19th
June 7, 2010
On two wheels in Ghazni
June 7, 2010
Spc. Skyler W. Genest a military policeman assigned to Troop B, 1-172nd Calvary Squadron, 86th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Mountain) of the Vermont National Guard, takes his project bike for a ride, April 13, 2010. Genest found this project bike in the back of a storage bunker and decided to spend some of his free time fixing it up. Genest is an admitted tinkerer back home likes the challenge of trying to fix a 40-year-old motorcycle. He is quick to point out the .50 caliber ammunition box that he modified to be the gas tank.
Illinois Guardsman falls for his job hook, line and sinker
June 7, 2010
Sgt. Adam Lock, a recruiter with the Illinois National Guard, has found a way to enjoy his two favorite hobbies: fishing and talking about the National Guard. The 29-year-old is the only National Guard member on the Forrest L. Wood (FLW) Fishing Tour, which is sponsored by the National Guard.
North Dakota Soldiers provide force protection in Haiti
June 4, 2010
Indiana National Guard receives critical homeland security mission
June 4, 2010
National Guard mission in Kosovo evolves over time
June 4, 2010
Louisiana signal company enhances tower communication in Iraq
June 4, 2010
Ohio, Washington Guard to start Homeland Response Forces
June 4, 2010
OSAA takes over Sinai air missions
June 4, 2010
Colorado Airmen win Guardian Challenge 2010
June 3, 2010
Members of the 137th Space Warning Squadron of the Colorado Air National Guard's 140th Wing won best Space Operations team and best Security Forces Tactics team to take home Air Force Space Command's 2010 Aldridge Trophy as part of Team Buckley, May 21, 2010.
Mississippi beekeeper uses hobby at Gitmo
June 3, 2010
Tech. Sgt. Rodney Buntyn calms a beehive with smoke as he prepares to move wooden frames from a work site April 2, 2010, at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The 474th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron supports Joint Task Force Guantanamo by maintaining the Expeditionary Legal Complex and Camp Justice facilities and infrastructure power production craftsman with the Mississippi Air National Guard's 186th Civil Engineering Squadron, deployed to Joint Task Force Guantanamo with the 474th Expeditionary Civil Engineering Squadron,.