Guard News - The National Guard

Gates: 'Bait-and-switch' pulled on reserve components?
March 12, 2010 — A U.S. MILITARY BASE IN SOUTHWEST ASIA - The recently releasedrequest for proposals for the Air Force's next-generation tanker aircraft wasfair, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said here March 11,... MORE

Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates speaks to members of 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment at a forward operating base in Afghanistan, March 9, 2010.

Alaska Army Guard partners with Coast Guard to save hiker
March 12, 2010 — CAMP DENALI, Alaska - The Alaska Army National Guard and CoastGuard teamed up March 10 to help rescue a 28-year-old hiker stranded withoutfood for days on Meade Glacier near Haines, Alaska.The 11th... MORE

An Alaska Army National Guard UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter sits on Meade
Glacier while Juneau and Douglas mountain rescue teams aid a hiker stranded since March 7, 2010. Army Guard and Coast Guard crews were finally able to reach the hikers location after four unsuccessful Coast Guard attempts due to dense fog and various weather conditions. Alaska State Troopers estimated the area he was stranded in has received 12 feet of snow since Feb. 20.

Renuart: Guard vital to U.S. Northern Command mission
March 12, 2010 — ARLINGTON, Va., - The National Guard is critical to U.S. NorthernCommand's mission, the combatant commander told a congressional committee onThursday."National Guard and Reserve forces are critical to... MORE

The National Guard is critical to U.S. Northern Command's mission, Air Force Gen. Victor E. Renuart Jr., the combatant commander told the Senate Armed Services Committee in Washington, D.C., March 11, 2010. Renuart is photographed here at the National Guard's 2009 Joint Senior Leadership
Conference in National Harbor, Md., on Nov. 20, 2009.

Tavares reflects on golden Olympic memories
March 12, 2010 — WHISTLER, British Columbia - U.S. Army World Class Athlete Programbobsled coach Sgt. Bill Tavares was the man behind Team USA's athletes asthey blasted off the starting block throughout the 2010... MORE

U.S. Army World Class Athlete Program bobsled coach Sgt. Bill Tavares (right) and Army National Guard Outstanding Athlete Program Sgt. Mike Kohn of Virginia peruse a timing chart between runs at Park City, Utah.

Employment program to resume for enrolled spouses
March 11, 2010 — WASHINGTON - The Military Spouse Career Advancement Accounts program, commonly known as MyCAA, will resume March 13 for the more than 136,000 spouses who already have established an account, the... MORE

Sharing medical ideas during Botswana workshop
March 11, 2010 — GABORONE, Botswana - Lt. Col. Rick Vatt, an officer from the North Carolina Air National Guard and U.S. Army Africa's Maj. Terry Clark and Sgt. 1st Class Roddy Rieger spent the last week of January... MORE

Guardsman earns bronze star with 'V' device
March 11, 2010 — WASHINGTON - A Soldier being treated at Walter Reed for wounds sustained in Afghanistan received the Bronze Star Medal with "V" Device during a ceremony here in Doss Memorial Hall Feb. 26.Spc... MORE

Spc. Christopher M. "Kit" Lowe receives the Bronze Star Medal with "V" Device during a ceremony in Doss Memorial Hall at Walter Reed Feb. 26, 2010. Lowe is recovering at Walter Reed from wounds he received as a result of actions he took during the combat operations in Afghanistan.

Chief visits Washington Guard facilities
March 11, 2010 — CAMP MURRAY, Wash., - The Washington National Guard welcomed Gen.Craig R. McKinley, the chief of the National Guard Bureau here on Wednesday.During his visit, McKinley was briefed by several key... MORE

Maj. Gen. Timothy J. Lowenberg, the adjutant general of Washing ton, and
Brig. Gen. Jeff Mathis, the acting commander of I Corps at Fort Lewis,
Wash., present a model Stryker vehicle to Gen. Craig R. McKinley, the chief
of the National Guard Bureau at Camp Murray, Wash., March 10, 2010. The
conversion of the 81st Heavy Brigade Combat Team of the Washington Army Guard into a Stryker BCT was one of the main topics of discussion.

Colorado Army Guard provides disaster relief to quake-ridden country
March 11, 2010 — CENTENNIAL, Colo., - The task of rapidly transporting small groups of people to remote places of the world is no problem at all for one particular Colorado Army National Guard unit.The COARNG's... MORE

Colorado Army National Guard Chief Warrant Officer 4 Timothy Ames, commander of Detachment 33, stands next to the unit's Fairchild C-26 Metroliner fixed-wing turboprop air transport plane. He and four other members of his unit flew Department of Defense contractors to and from Florida and Haiti in support Operation Unified Response - the U.S. military's response to the 2010 Haiti earthquake.

National Guard announces media contest winners
March 11, 2010 — ARLINGTON, Va., - Judges waded through a record-setting number of entries in the National Guard's annual media contest this year, which included more than 700 print stories and about 140 broadcast... MORE

Employment program to resume for enrolled spouses
March 11, 2010 — WASHINGTON, - The Military Spouse Career Advancement Accounts program, commonly known as MyCAA, will resume March 13 for the more than 136,000 spouses who already have established an account, the... MORE

Georgia Guardsmen on the Pakistan border
March 11, 2010 — DAND PATAN, Afghanistan - Combat Outpost Dand Patan clings to the side of a hill about 200 yards from the Pakistan Border."You can throw a rock and hit Pakistan," said 1st Lt. Timothy Moran, executive... MORE

U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Teddy Gribbins retrieves the mail from a helicopter at Combat Outpost Dand Patan, Afghanistan, Feb. 18, 2010.

U.S. Navy builds new Guam readiness center
March 11, 2010 — SANTA RITA, Guam, - Naval Facilities Engineering Command Marianas awarded a $18.4 million firm-fixed-price contract March 10 to dck pacific guam LLC of Barrigada Guam for the design and construction... MORE

Indiana firefighter protects base, Airmen
March 11, 2010 — SOUTHWEST ASIA - With the alarm sounding and 60 seconds on the clock, Senior Airman Joshua Wolff must be fully geared and heading to the truck to leave the station.As a crash and fire rescue... MORE

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Joshua Wolff, a Monroeville, Ind., native, assigned to the 122nd Fighter Wing, Indiana National Guard, is currently deployed with the 386th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron fire department at an air base in Southwest Asia.

Airman joins President in Rose Garden ceremony
March 11, 2010 — WASHINGTON, - President Barack Obama recognized nine military members along with other federal, state and nongovernment relief workers here today for their service to earthquake-ravaged Haiti."Today I... MORE

Texas trains with Czech public affairs officers
March 11, 2010 — AUSTIN, Texas - Scientist and inventor Alexander Graham Bell once said, "Great discoveries and improvements invariably involve the cooperation of many minds."For the military public affairs... MORE

Capt. Jolana Fedorkova, Capt. Jan Sulc, Capt. Miroslava Stenclova and 1st Lt. Denisa Smitalova, all of the Czech Republic Armed Forces, look at some materials during the annual Texas Military Forces Public Affairs Conference Feb. 23-24, 2010.

Utah Airmen among first military responders to Chilean earthquake
March 11, 2010 — ARLINGTON, Va., - First they feared for their own lives, then Utah Air National Guardmembers helped others as a training mission in Chile took a no-notice turn to humanitarian relief.Air Force Lt... MORE

Support helps children cope with deployments
March 10, 2010 — WASHINGTON - Children with a strong nondeployed parent or caregiver and a solid support system have a better ability to cope with deployments, two recent studies have shown.Anita Chandra, a behavioral... MORE

National Guard program boosts Africa Command, Ward sa
March 10, 2010 — ARLINGTON, Va. - The National Guard's State Partnership Program is a superb tool for Africa Command, the combatant commander told a congressional committee on Tuesday."The benefits … are many and... MORE

In this file photo, Gen. William E. Ward, commander of U.S. Africa Command, speaks to attendees at the USEUCOM Adjutants General State Partnership Program Conference in Germany in 2007. He told the Senate Armed Services Committee on March 9, 2010 that SPP is a superb tool for Africa Command.

Georgia CBRNE unit participates in Florida exercise
March 10, 2010 — NAVAL AIR STATION JACKSONVILLE, Fla., - More than 200 Soldiers and Airmen of Kennesaw's Joint Task Force 781 (JTF), their Florida Guard counterparts and the naval hospital and Navy Region Southeast... MORE

Idaho Guard Conducts Two Rescues in Nine Days

Connecticut Guard Soldier Aids Rollover Crash Victim in Dramatic Highway Rescue

Arkansas Air Guard Participates in REFORPAC 25 Exercise

Fox EMBER Sharpens Airmen’s Skills in Joint Environment

Puerto Rico Air Guard Conducts Deployment for Training at Aviano