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Alaska hosts Vigilant Guard exercise this week
April 27, 2010
A member of the 103rd Civil Support Team (Weapons of Mass Destruction), left, decontaminates a local first responder after responding to a simulated chemical spill as part of the training scenario of exercise Vigilant Guard in Anchorage, Alaska, Monday, April 26, 2010. Vigilant Guard is an annual, disaster-based training scenario that tests the coordination of National Guard units with local, state, regional, and national disaster preparedness organizations.
New York aviators practice survival skills
April 27, 2010
Staff Sgt. Stephen Tschiderer, a flight medic with the New York Army National Guard's 249th Medical Company (Air Ambulance), adds fuel to a Dakota stove during survival training near the Mount Morris Dam April 22, 2010. Since it gives off less light than an ordinary fire, the stove is used for cooking and warmth in situations where soldiers are trying to evade the enemy.
Alaska Guard CST Responds to Massive Simulated Earthquake
April 27, 2010
VA urges Gulf War vets to seek VA care
April 27, 2010
Air Force officials have opened access to Internet-based social media sites via the Air Force Network for official use and limited personal use. All Airmen must use due diligence when posting information online and must always follow Joint Ethics regulations, operations security and pubished rules of engagement.
Mongolian emergency managers observe Vigilant Guard exercise
April 27, 2010
Amgalan Jambalsuren, captain of the Mongolia Metropolitan Police Department, learns about plans management from George Mayberry, a plans management intelligence specialist for Alaska Department Homeland Security and Emergency Management, during the Vigilant Guard exercise. Vigilant Guard is a premiere joint training exercise designed to increase interoperability between federal, state and local volunteer agencies in case of a disaster.
Utah Guard special forces soldiers learn mountain rescue in Morocco
April 27, 2010
A Morroccan Soldier watches as Utah National Guard members from the 19th Special Forces Group train with the 1st Ski Battalion of the Royal Morroccan Armed Forces in March. At 10,000 feet, the altitude of the training location, the focus of the exercise was on disaster preparedness, snow movement and mountain-rescue techniques.
DOD announces replacement unit for Iraq rotation
April 27, 2010
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Air Guard to get social media access May 6
April 27, 2010
Air Force announces candidate list for several aircraft
April 26, 2010
Alabama Guard graduates six new chaplains
April 26, 2010
From left to right in the front row, 2nd Lt. Jon Whitley, Col. Robert Hicks, State Chaplain Col. Coy Hallmark and Capt. Robert Baylis, Second row, 2nd Lt. Meredith Davenport, 2nd Lt. Edward Solomon, 2nd Lt. Adam Cochran and 2nd Lt. James "Mike" Chitwood. Once the chaplain candidates have finished their seminary schools, they will take their place among the ranks as new chaplains in the Alabama Army National Guard.
Arizona Air Guard's ASA unit named best in country
April 26, 2010
First Air Force, Air Forces Northern, awarded the 2009 Air Sovereignty Alert Unit of the Year award to the Arizona Air National Guard's 162nd Fighter Wing Alert Detachment, an F-16 unit based at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, April 13, 2010.
Chief says Guard should reach for 'promised land'
April 26, 2010
Georgia Guardsman serves as enlisted manager for deployed communications squadron
April 26, 2010
Chief Master Sgt. Michael P. Sipps is the chief enlisted manager for the 380th Expeditionary Communications Squadron in Southwest Asia April 14, 2010. As a chief enlisted manager for the squadron, he's responsible for the overall care and management of all deployed enlisted members of the squadron. Sipps is deployed from the 116th Air Control Wing at Robins Air Force Base, Ga.
Mississippi Guard responds to governor's tornado mobilization
April 26, 2010
Louisiana Guard set to lead new Haiti mission
April 26, 2010
Members of the 118th Civil Engineering Squadron, Tennessee Air National Guard, work various construction projects at a home for children in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Friday, March 12, 2010. The Louisiana National Guard is scheduled to lead a New Horizons humanitarian assistance exercise in Haiti beginning June 1 that will involve about 500 Soldiers.
Air Force announces candidate list for several aircraft
April 26, 2010
National Guard Exercise Participants Arrive in Alaska
April 23, 2010
Oregon Air National Guard, Master Sgt. Cody Pemberton, 173rd Fighter Wing Security Forces, from Kingsfield, Ore. listens intently to the Joint Reception Staging Onward Movement Integration briefing given by the Alaska National Guard prior to his unit's arrival to Alaska April 21 to participate in Vigilant Guard 2010. Vigilant Guard is a premiere joint training exercise designed to increase inter-operability among state, federal , local and volunteer agencies in case of a disaster.
North Dakota governor recognizes military children
April 23, 2010
North Dakota Gov. John Hoeven welcomes Jennifer Vannurden and daughter, Alaina, while holding Vannurden's son, Mark, before signing the Month of the Military Child proclamation at the North Dakota State Capitol building in Bismarck, N.D., April 22, 2010. Jennifer's husband, Capt. Walyn Vannurden, is currently deployed to Afghanistan as the commander of the North Dakota National Guard's 188th Air Defense Artillery Rapid Aerostat Initial Deployment (RAID) IV.
Army Guard celebrates Earth Day
April 23, 2010
Children of servicemembers pet a European eagle owl at the Army National Guard Readiness Center in Arlington, Va., April 22, 2010. The owl was one of several birds of prey that were brought in for the Guard's Earth Day/Take your Child to Work Day celebration. Other activities for the children included face painting, musical guests, aerobics and science demonstrations.
Air Force F-35 completes first test flight
April 23, 2010
This Air Force version of the F-35 Lightning II completed a test flight from Naval Air Station Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base, Texas, April 20, 2010. The F-35 is the first aircraft to be developed to meet the needs of three services - the Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps - and U.S. allies, with variants being developed simultaneously by prime contractor Lockheed Martin.