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Vermont Soldiers celebrate Mother's Day in Afghanistan
May 7, 2010
Sgt. 1st Class Maureen A. Houston and Spc. Brion Houston, both of the 86th Infantry Brigade Combat Team of the Vermont Army National Guard, are currently deployed together to Afghanistan.
Army Guard continues search for those eligible for earned pay
May 7, 2010
National Guard Bureau Seal
National Guard chief views MQ-9 Reaper in New York
May 7, 2010
General Craig R. McKinley, chief of the National Guard Bureau, meets with instructors at the 174th Fighter Wing's Field Training Detachment, which trains all MQ-9 Reaper maintenance personnel to perform various maintenance functions. The detachment is responsible for training all Air Force components: active duty Air Force, Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve personne
Casey says Army changes will be institutional
May 7, 2010
Connections with Hooligans continue after Ghana mission ends
May 7, 2010
Airmen with the North Dakota National Guard's 119th Wing Civil Engineer Squadron work on gutting a building in Accra, Ghana. The Airmen are on a two-week humanitarian mission as part of the Department of Defense-sponsored State Partnership Program.
Kentucky Guard battles floods after weekend rains
May 7, 2010
After the weekend's damaging storms, Kentucky National Guard members from 1st Battalion, 623rd Field Artillery and local volunteers build a sandbag wall to help prevent the Green River from flooding a water treatment plant in Canmer, Ky., May 3, 2010.
MacArthur awards recognize seven Guard officers
May 7, 2010
Texas Guardsman to compete in Warrior Games
May 7, 2010
Spc. Shawn Porter of the Texas Army National Guard demonstrates the bow and arrow he will use during the Warrior/U.S. Paralympic Games in Colorado Springs, Colo., May 11-14, 2010.
Oregon governor to recognize military families
May 6, 2010
Obama signs veterans, caregivers legislation
May 6, 2010
Army surgeon general describes WTU challenges
May 6, 2010
Airmen work as nighttime 'Guardians of the U.S. mail'
May 6, 2010
Tech. Sgt. Monique Evans, a North Carolina Air National Guard member serving as the 386th Expeditionary Communications Squadron mail control activity nighttime supervisor, handles the administrative side of the mail activity in Southwest Asia, April 27, 2010. Evans is a member of the 145th Airlift Wing.
Soldier becomes citizen
May 6, 2010
Army Spc. Carlos Baptista (middle) of the Rhode Island Army National Guard’s 115th Military Police Battalion, takes the U.S. Oath of Allegiance during his naturalization ceremony at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, April 19, 2010. Deployed to Joint Task Force (JTF) Guantanamo, Baptista was born in Cape Verde.
Alabama Guard deploys first contracting team
May 6, 2010
(From left to right) Staff Sgt. Daniel Martin, Grant, Ala., Capt. Todd Floyd, Cullman, Ala., Capt. Jeffery Campbell, Madison, Ala., and Staff Sgt. Lesly "Rich" Richardson, Toney, Ala., stand ready to deploy as the Alabama Army National Guard's first contingency contracting team (CCT). The four men make up the 1960th CCT. It is the second CTT from the Army National Guard to deploy to Afghanistan.
Obama signs veterans, caregivers legislation
May 6, 2010
The Presidential Seal.
Oregon governor to recognize military families
May 6, 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.
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.