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MacArthur awards go to Guard company-grade leaders
May 12, 2009
Army Chief of Staff Gen. George W. Casey Jr. presents the MacArthur Award to Capt. Cliff A. Morales from the Pennsylvania Army National Guard during a Pentagon ceremony Friday as the MacArthur Foundation's Henry Harris III observes the presentation.
A New Kind of "Boss Lift"
May 12, 2009
The 2009 U.S. Army Soldier Show commences this month with their national tour, and members of the Guard and Reserve are encouraged to attend the show and bring their civilian employer.
Montana Guardsman 'mothers' unit in Iraq
May 12, 2009
Army Sgt. Anne M. Mitchell misses her children in Montana while she's deployed in Iraq, but those her serve with her say she brings her mothering instincts to their unit, the 143rd Military Police Detachment, Baghdad, 2009.
New York Air Guard conducts 100th shuttle mission
May 12, 2009
Col. Michael Canders, commander of the New York Air National Guard's 106th Rescue Wing, based at Westhampton Beach, explains how NASA astronauts would bail out of the Atlantis Space Shuttle (background) if a parachute descent to safety was required, known as a Mode 8 Emergency Egress. On May 11, 2009, the 106th Rescue Wing participated in its 100th mission in support of NASA's Space Shuttle launch program at Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Fla.
Three states respond to spring floods
May 12, 2009
Breathitt County, Ky. resident Jeffrey Johnson (left) surveys the remains of his mobile home with Army Spec. Deborah Holbrook, Det. 1, 207th Engineer Co., following flash flooding that swept through Jackson, Ky, on Saturday, May 9, 2009.
Sexual assault prevention videos available from DoD
May 11, 2009
New MAFFS system prepares for fire season
May 11, 2009
Guardsman sets up Camp Ramadi education center
May 11, 2009
Army Spc. Ryan Severson from Headquarters Company, 81st Brigade Combat Team, Washington Army National Guard, spends his off time working at the Camp Ramadi testing and education center. Severson and some of his friends and co-workers created the testing center after he discovered how few education resources were available on Camp Ramadi, Iraq.
266th MP Company makes a difference in Iraq
May 11, 2009
Staff Sgt. Michelle Smith of Henrico, Va., watches to make sure that the training being taught is well received after every demonstration. Members of the 266th assisted Al Hartha police officers by conducting weapons training and movement techniques.
North Dakota Soldiers support others in mom’s day event
May 8, 2009
Shelle Michaels, of Grand Forks, N.D., writes a letter to a deployed service member at Military Island in Times Square in New York City. Michaels is the national communication director for Soldiers' Angels and founded Ladies of Liberty as part of that group. Both are nonprofit groups that support deployed service members, with Ladies of Liberty focusing on the special needs of female service members.
Illinois Air Guard spouse named top in Air Force
May 8, 2009
Susan P. Webb, right, and her husband, Air National Guard Master Sgt. Ken Webb, pose for a photograph at the 2009 Military Spouse of the Year awards ceremony in Washington, D.C., May 7, 2009.
Army officials outline Guard budget items
May 8, 2009
Ohio Army Guard wins 2009 Army COE award
May 8, 2009
Upcoming GI film festival highlights famous Guard unit
May 8, 2009
Kansas ADT arrives in Afghanistan
May 8, 2009
A ceremony to mark the arrival of the Kansas Agribusiness Development Team takes place in the Mehtar Lam district of Afghanistan's Laghman province, May 3, 2009.
New York Air Guardsmen stay on alert to save lives
May 8, 2009
First Lt. Brent McCall, 101st Expeditionary Rescue Squadron combat rescue officer, and Tech. Sgt. Jedediah Smith, 101st ERQS pararescueman, load up their gear for a training mission in Northeastern Afghanistan, April 20. In addition to an M-4 assault rifle, combat medical gear and body armor, Sergeant Smith also packs his four-year-old daughter Mia's pre-school class teddy bear. The seven-year New York Air National Guardsman said he brings the little guy along with him on all his missions and writes letters to her school on behalf of the bear. "He pretty much goes everywhere I go," Sergeant Smith said, including the eight combat search and rescue missions he's done since he deployed here.
Guard mom sacrifices tradition for country
May 8, 2009
Army Sgt. 1st Class Angela Amundson, left, discusses correct wording for awards with one of her soldiers at Contingency Operating Base Basra, Iraq, May 6, 2009. The mother of two will spend Mother's Day helping other deployed mothers observe the day.
Software proves effective in avoiding aircraft crashes
May 7, 2009
Vaughn retires after 40 years in Army Guard
May 7, 2009
Lt. Gen. Clyde A. Vaughn, director of the Army National Guard, listens as Gen. Craig McKinley, chief of the National Guard Bureau, makes his remarks during Vaughn's retirement ceremony May 6, 2009 at the Army National Guard Readiness Center in Arlington, Va.
MAFFS training prepares units for upcoming fire season
May 7, 2009
Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve units converged on Tucson, Ariz., in May to take part in Modular Airborne Firefighting System (MAFFS) certification and training 2009. MAFFS is an important and effective tool used to fight wildfires nationwide and is placed onboard the C-130 Hercules aircraft. Four units across the country continue the MAFFS legacy which began in the early 1970s; the 153rd Airlift Wing of the Wyoming Air National Guard, the 145th Airlift Wing of the North Carolina Air National Guard, the 146th Airlift Wing of the California Air National Guard, and the 302nd Airlift Wing, and Air Force Reserve unit based at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo.