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ACOE outlines Minnesota Guard's accomplishments
May 5, 2010
Members of the Minnesota Army National Guard were the overall winner of the Army Guard's Army Communities of Excellence (ACOE) award at the Army Guard Readiness Center May 4, 2010. Guard officials called the ACOE program "invaluable to the implementation of organization-wide improvement" of the readiness of the Guard's units, organizations and installations.
Virginia's 'Bedford Boys' carry history into deployment
May 5, 2010
Dusty skies set in as a lone Virginia National Guard Soldier from 1st Battalion, 116th Infantry Regiment, headquartered in Lynchburg, Va., looks down across a valley from the Ziggurat of Ur near the Tallil Airbase in Iraq. The 1/116th is currently deployed with the Louisiana National Guard's 256th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 13th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
McKeague: Diversity strengthens U.S. military
May 5, 2010
U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Kelly McKeague, assistant to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff for National Guard Matters, addresses those in attendance at the 2010 Forum on Asian Pacific American Council, at the Gaylord Convention Center in National Harbor, Md., Monday, May 3, 2010.
Yellow Ribbon event provides rest, eases redeployment
May 5, 2010
Participants of the Yellow Ribbon Reintegration event register and peruse the exhibition tables at Hershey Lodge in Hershey, Pa., April 16, 2010. The two-day event provided deployed Airmen resources to help ease their transition home after a deployment.
F-16 training bolsters U.S., Pakistan relations
May 5, 2010
Pakistan Air Force Squadron Leader Azman Khalil, left, goes over flight information with Capt. Andy Wittke, an instructor pilot with the Arizona Air National Guard's 162nd Fighter Wing, before a training mission April 27, 2010. Khalil and seven other Pakistani pilots graduated from F-16C/D upgrade training at Tucson International Airport on May 4, 2010.
Gates approves federal money for Guard units in Gulf
May 5, 2010
Maj. Gen. Bennett C. Landreneau, adjutant general of the Louisiana National Guard, thanks members of the 1022nd Engineer Company, 527th Engineer Battalion, at the Breton Sound Marina for their help during operations related to the oil spill off the coast of Louisiana, May 4, 2010. The 1022nd is assisting St. Bernard Parish officials and Oil Mop, LLC, with oil booms support.
Members of Royal Thai air force observe during MAFFS training
May 4, 2010
Maintenance technicians from the 145th Airlift Wing of the North Carolina Air National Guard service and reload an aircraft preparing for another Modular Airborne Firefighting Systems (MAFFS) training mission in Greenville, S.C., April 26-30, 2010.
Earnhardt battled for position at Richmond
May 4, 2010
Dale Earnhardt Jr. races the No. 88 National Guard-sponsored NASCAR racecar May 1 at Richmond International Raceway, Va.
Arkansas, Kentucky continue to recover from tornados
May 4, 2010
Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear points out the counties declared states of emergency on a map at a press conference held at the Emergency Operations Center in Frankfort, Ky., May 3, 2010.
Workshop touts '3 Cs' for better prevention, intervention
May 4, 2010
Army Maj. Gen. Larry H. Ross, director of manpower and personnel at the National Guard Bureau talks with Command Chief Master Sgt. Denise Jelinski-Hall, NGB’s senior enlisted leader, during a break at this year’s National Guard Health Promotion and Annual Training Prevention Workshop at Buck Head’s Grand Hyatt Hotel in Atlanta, Ga., April 27, 2010.
National Guard to hold virtual career fair
May 4, 2010
Military supports federal oil spill response
May 4, 2010
Pentagon prepares for possible oil spill response
May 4, 2010
Happy Hooligans complete mission in Ghana
May 4, 2010
Louisiana Guard assists in St. Bernard boom operations
May 4, 2010
Members of the Louisiana National Guard's 1022nd Engineer Company, of the 527th Engineer Battalion, load oil booms and wooden stakes onto boats at the Breton Sound Marina in Hopedale, La., May 3, 2010. The 1022nd is responding in support of operations related to the oil spill off the coast of Louisiana.
KFOR Soldiers at Camp Bondsteel get a leg up on National Guard Marathon
May 4, 2010
Sgt. Luke J. Mostoller finishes the Lincoln Memorial marathon on Camp Bondsteel in Kosovo, May 2, 2010. Mostoller, a vending service analyst of the 160th Finance Detachment, completed the event in 3 hours and 28 minutes that took the runners up and down hills for 26.2 miles.
National Guard stands ready if called to border
May 4, 2010
National Guard boots on the ground assisting with oil spill
May 3, 2010
Arkansas ADT stands up operations in Zabul province
May 3, 2010
Guardsmen from the 1176th Transportation Company, Tennessee Army National Guard, stationaed in Smyrna, Tenn., help offload victims rescued from their homes due to severe flooding in Gallatin, Tenn. on May 2, 2010. Storms caused severe weather conditions throughout the South, forcing many residents to evacuate their homes.
Golf, life lessons available to Guard children
April 30, 2010