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New York Aviator ends career that spans 43 years and two wars
March 26, 2010
Chief Warrant Officer Herbert Dargue, an Army pilot since 1967, will fly his last flight with the New York Army National Guard on March 26, 2010. Dargue, who has more than 21,000 hours flight time in military and civilian helicopters, will be honored by his unit. Dargue is an expert at flying in New York City's congested airspace.
Happy Hooligans prepare for Ghana deployment
March 26, 2010
OSAA adapts to support warfight, domestic missions
March 26, 2010
Guard's nighttime dike patrols allow Harwood residents to rest
March 26, 2010
Senior Airman Anthony Rezac of the 119th Civil Engineer Squadron, (left) and Spc. Nick Strom, of the 815th Engineer Company, walk along an earthen levee during the evening hours in Harwood, N.D., March 24, 2010. The pair of North Dakota National Guard members are part of a quick reaction force (QRF) team staging out of the Harwood Community Center, who take a turn monitoring the flood water as residents sleep. The residents of Harwood are able to monitor the levees themselves during the daylight hours. The night-time levee walking is one the remaining tasks for the QRF teams as much of the flood water in the area begins to recede.
Guard's QRF called out for vehicle recovery
March 26, 2010
Sgt. Preston Steele and Spc. Jeremy Kasperson, both of the 815th Engineer Company, attach a towing chain to a partially submerged vehicle March 25 on a washed out portion of a gravel road a few miles west of Harwood, N.D. Steele and Kasperson are members of a North Dakota National Guard quick response force team that is being called to the scene by the Cass County Sheriff's Department to assist with the vehicle recovery. The driver of the vehicle was able to get clear of the car and make his way through the freezing water to safety before help arrived.
Virginia reinforces partnership with Tajikistan
March 26, 2010
Lt. Col. Bill Mahoney, Virginia State Partnership Program coordinator, gives senior members of the Tajikistan Army a 183rd Regiment, Regional Training Institute coin and patch as a symbol of appreciation and continued partnership between the Virginia Guard and Tajikistan.
National Guard releases CPI guidebook
March 25, 2010
Gates, Mullen report on Merida Summit in Mexico
March 25, 2010
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, greet Mexico's Secretary of the Navy Adm. Mariano Francisco Saynez during a visit in Mexico City, March 23, 2010
Theater hospital wall preserves memory, sacrifice
March 25, 2010
Names and messages are scribbled on the wounded warrior wall at the contingency aeromedical staging facility at Joint Base Balad, Iraq
Leaders say Guardsmen want to remain 'operational'
March 25, 2010
U.S. Sen. Christopher "Kit" Bond talks with Air Force Lt. Gen. Harry M. Wyatt III, director of the Air National Guard, before a hearing of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense in Washington, D.C., March 24, 2010.
March 25 is Medal of Honor day
March 25, 2010
NORTHCOM, NORAD, Guard inextricably linked
March 25, 2010
Demand for Guard lessens as flood waters recede
March 25, 2010
Army Maj. Gen. David Sprynczynatyk, the adjutant general of the North Dakota, passes a sandbag to a civilian flood fighting volunteer along the Red River in the south end of Fargo, N.D., March 16, 2010. The Guard is decreasing the number of Soldiers and Airmen on state active duty for the floods.
Army graduates new master resiliency trainers
March 25, 2010
Soldiers in a Master Resiliency Training class at Fort Hood, Texas, interact via video teleconference with Soldiers, including Sgt. First Class Steven Mashack of the Army National Guard's Soldiers and Family Support Division (on screen), at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, March 12, 2010. The 10-day MRT course, held at First Army Division West headquarters in conjunction with the Philadelphia class, is only the fourth Army-wide MRT session that has been held.
Colorado Guardsmen conduct medical mission in Hawaii
March 24, 2010
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Harry Mitchell (left), a medical technician with 140th Wing Medical Group of the Colorado Air National Guard, reads a data sheet to the group about the Hawaiian population during a cultural familiarization briefing at the Kahuku Medical Center in Kahuku, Hawaii, March 14, 2010. Mitchell and more than 60 of his fellow Colorado Air Guardsman are on the island of Oahu providing services to the medically under-served within the state of Hawaii
Connecticut Air Guard breaks ground on $8.3 million project
March 24, 2010
Connecticut Gov. M. Jodi Rell falls in with the troops of the 103rd Maintenance Squadron's Centralized Intermediate Repair Facility for a photo opportunity after throwing the first shovelful of dirt during a groundbreaking ceremony March 6, 2010. The new facility will boost work and training space to roughly 30,000 square feet and will house about 80 technicians, who will work on the engines for Air National Guard and active-duty A-10s.
DoD relooks at plans for Guard response capabilities
March 24, 2010
Christine Wormuth, principal deputy assistant secretary of defense for homeland defense and Americas' security affairs, addresses attendees of the National Guard Bureau's Domestic Operations Workshop held in the Washington, D.C., area, Tuesday, March 23, 2010. Wormuth spoke on changes to the structure of CBRNE response forces and the Guard's role in the new organization of forces.
Gates, Mullen extend military support to Mexico
March 24, 2010
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, greet Mexico's Secretary of the Navy Adm. Mariano Francisco Saynez during a visit in Mexico City, March 23, 2010
South Carolina C-130 airlifts new dogs for local polic
March 24, 2010
Master Sgt. John Jones and Master Sgt. Bo Heustess, both of the 169th Fighter Wing at McEntire Joint National Guard Base, secure Kkaplan and Sisko, two bomb and drug detection dogs from Lackland Air Force Base in Texas for the flight to South Carolina March 18, 2010.
Military gears up for 2010 Census
March 23, 2010