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Time critical in North Dakota Guard's battle against flooding
March 27, 2009
Army Col. Jim Hrdlicka, commander, Joint Task Force-East, and his deputy, Air Force Col. Ron Solberg, discuss efforts to corral the Red River in the face of potentially historic water levels during a meeting at the task force's operations center at the Armed Forces reserve Center in Fargo, N.D..
Guardsman honored by Canadian military for bravery
March 27, 2009
U.S. Army Col. Steve R. Williams (center) receives a framed citation and the Canadian Meritorious Service Medal from Canadian ambassador Michael Wilson (left) and Canadian Maj. Gen. Douglas Langton, commander Canadian Defense Liaison Staff, Washington, March 24 at the Canadian Embassy in Washington.
EMEDS put to the test in disaster exercise in Puerto Rico
March 27, 2009
Senior Airman Kara Nicholas, a medic with the 161st Air Refueling Wing, Arizona National Guard, and 2nd Lt. Tomas Chavez, a flight surgeon candidate with the same, check the vital signs of an incoming patient during Exercise Vigilant Guard, Wednesday, March 25, 2009, in Camp Santiago, Puerto Rico. Vigilant Guard is an exercise that tests disaster readiness, and the 161st's response with the Expeditionary Medical Support system, a full-service deployable field hospital.
Wyoming amputee pilot completes third deployment
March 27, 2009
Major Alan Brown rides a stationary bicycle March 21 at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. Major Brown is an amputee C-130 Hercules pilot deployed with the 774th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron from the 187th Airlift Squadron of the Wyoming Air National Guard. He lost his leg in a hunting accident 10 years ago, and after seven years he regained his qualifcations to fly. Major Brown works out daily riding the stationary bike using a custom strap developed by the unit's life support crew.
South Dakota Guard moves from blizzard support to flood support mission
March 27, 2009
Minnesota Guard joins with community to battle flood
March 27, 2009
Residents of Moorhead, Minn., unload sandbags from the back of a Palletized Loading System truck from the Minnesota Army National Guard's E Company, 2nd Combined Arms Battalion, 136th Infantry regiment, and stack them in an area along the Red River, Thursday, March 26, 2009. Moorhead is expected to be hit with major flooding as the Red River continues to rise as a result of rain and snowmelt and is expected to crest at 41 feet by the end of the week. More than 250 Minnesota National Guard Soldiers and Airmen have been calle dup to state active duty to assist local authorities with traffic control, security as well as other tasks.
Guard leaders stress the importance of equipment on Capitol Hill
March 27, 2009
Lt. Gen. Harry M. Wyatt, director of the Air National Guard, (left) and Clyde A. Vaughn, director of the Army Guard, testify before the U.S. Senate's Subcommittee on Appropriations-Defense in Washington March 25.
Communication key to success during Vigilant Guard
March 27, 2009
Brig. Gen. Antonio J. Vicens-Gonzalez, the adjutant general for the Puerto Rico National Guard, stands with civilian and military authorities during a press conference of Exercise Vigilant Guard in Camp Santiago, Puerto Rico, Wednesday, March 25, 2009. Vigilant Guard is a National Guard exercise that sharpens coordination between the National Guard and civilian agencies such as the Federal Emergency Management Agency and Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
S.D. Guard remains ready to support communities after winter storm
March 26, 2009
Air Guard engineers improve facilities for Gitmo troopers
March 26, 2009
Texas Airmen provide show of force
March 26, 2009
Staff Sgt. Vida Reveles, 447th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron heavy weapons operator, observes the flight line at Sather Air Base, Iraq while manning a .50 caliber machine gun, March 26. Sgt. Reveles provides show of force for the base making sure that no unauthorized personnel are allowed on the base. Sgt. Reveles is one of a few security forces members qualified on the .50 cal here. Sgt. Reveles is a native of Las Cruces, N.M. and is deployed from the 204th Security Forces Squadron at Biggs Army Airfield, Fort Bliss and El Paso, Texas Air National Guard.
Convoy ops with Hustler 21
March 26, 2009
Sgt. 1st Class Elwin Farnsworth from Hotel Company, 1-161st Infantry (Combined Arms Battalion), 81st Brigade Combat Team, Washington Army National Guard, discusses the route to Scania with Lead KBR controller Dennis Bos minutes before departure.
Deployment-hardened Soldiers, Airmen use familiar barriers to dam rising floodwaters
March 26, 2009
Spc. Joshua Klundt, of the 817th Engineer Company (Sappers), pulls one end of a collapsible barrier device called a HESCO March 24 in Fargo, N.D. The sections of HESCO are being linked together and filled with sand to create a flood barrier from the rising waters of the Red River.
Air Guard keeps air mobility in the fight
March 25, 2009
Alaska Guard protects aircraft from volcano's ash
March 24, 2009
DHS looking at options on SW border; Secretary "still considering" use of National Guard
March 24, 2009
New York intelligence troops train for wartime tasks
March 23, 2009
Massachusetts air operations group stands up
March 23, 2009
South Dakota Soldiers conduct hand-to-hand combat training
March 23, 2009
Army Capt. Shannon Machmiller (left), a civil affairs officer with the 196th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade in Sioux Falls, S.D., grapples with her opponent, during training for the Modern Army Combatives Program held at the 196th Regiment, Regional Training Institute on March 12, at Fort Meade, S.D.
Alaska Army Guardsmen assist with Arctic Care 2009
March 23, 2009
Soldiers from the Alaska Army National Guard's 1st 207 Aviation Regiment guide a Black Hawk onto the flight line in Bethel, Alaska, March 12, 2009. The 1st 207 Aviation Regiment is responsible for transporting all medical teams and supplies during Operation Arctic Care, a Navy-led readiness exercise providing no-cost health care to 14 villages in Western Alaska's Yukon-Kuskokwim region.