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South Dakota Soldiers united in flooding efforts
March 21, 2009
Pfc. Jess Krantz (left) and Spc. Eric Peters, both of Watertown, S.D., and members of the 139th Brigade Support Battalion of the South Dakota Army National Guard, patrol the dike to check the water level and look for weak spots on Saturday, March 28, 2009.
National Guard's media contest winners announced
March 20, 2009
At NCO induction ceremony, Guardmembers reflect on the rank
March 20, 2009
Thirteen National Guard members were among thirty Soldiers inducted in the NCO corps at a ceremony at Conmy Hall on Fort Myer, Va., Thursday, March 19, 2009. The event was part of the Year of the NCO celebration, an initiative highlighting NCO contributions. From left: Sgt. Osvaldo Cruz, Staff Sgt. Misael Santamaria, Sgts. Jamie Coleman, Annette Bowen and Jasmin Vazquez, Sergeant Major of the Army Kenneth Preston, Staff Sgt. Michael Noyce Merino (The Army's NCO of the Year), Sgt. Justin Wanat, Cmd. Sgt. Maj. John D. Gipe, the command sergeant major for the Army National Guard, Sgt. Jennifer Rosario, Staff Sgt. Keli Foultner, Sgt. Jackie Williams, Sgt. Irizarry, and Staff Sgt. Valerie Jones.
DoD to fund family travel to Dover
March 19, 2009
Stop loss to end for Army Guard in September
March 19, 2009
Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates responds to a reporter's question during a press conference at the Pentagon, March 18, 2009. Gates announced a comprehensive plan to eliminate the current use of "stop-loss" policy while retaining the authority for future use under extraordinary circumstances.
Education, contact key to cutting suicide rate, Army personnel leader says
March 18, 2009
Gates pays respects to fallen Guardsmen at Dover
March 18, 2009
DoD releases sexual assault statistics
March 18, 2009
New York Guard leads NYC's Saint Patrick's Day Parade
March 18, 2009
This year's Saint Patrick's Day Parade in New York City was led up Fifth Avenue by the historic 1st Battalion, 69th Infantry, the famed Irish combat unit known throughout the Army and the nation as the "Fighting 69th." For 157 years the Citizen Soldiers of the Army National Guard have led the city-wide celebration past Saint Patrick's Cathedral.
Rolling with new technology
March 17, 2009
Soldiers assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 3rd Battalion, 157th Field Artillery, Colorado Army National Guard, watch as four of their peers experience the Humvee Egress Assistance Trainer at Fort Carson in Colorado Springs, Colo., Feb. 20, 2009.
Soldiers put to test in Florida's first Air Assault course
March 17, 2009
Soldiers rappel from a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter during the Air Assault Course at Camp Blanding Joint Training Center, Fla., March 5, 2009.
Army Guard works to eliminate the stigma of seeking help
March 16, 2009
Killey, Arnold recognized at dedication ceremony
March 16, 2009
Maj. Gen. Hank Morrow (left) and Maj. Gen. Larry Arnold unveil the new street sign dedicating the access road to the new 1st Air Force headquarters complex in the former 1st AF commander's honor at a ceremony March 13.
ANG TEC welcomes new commander
March 16, 2009
Col. Richard B. Howard assumes command of the I.G. Brown Air National Guard Training and Education Center at McGhee Tyson Air National Guard Base, Tenn., March 13 in a change of command ceremony presided over by Lt. Gen. Harry M. Wyatt III, the director of the Air National Guard. Howard is the former director of logistics for the National Guard Bureau at Andrews Air Force Base, Md.
Air Guard captain mentors teens in Senate Youth program
March 16, 2009
Air Force Capt. Ladonna Singleton, a communications officer with the 254th Combat Communications Group in Garland, Texas, was the only Air Guard member to participate in the Senate Youth Program. The weeklong program that brings young people from across the country to learn more about the political process.
Special screening of new Sesame Street program available to Illinois Guard families
March 13, 2009
Gary Knell, president and CEO of Sesame Workshop and Sesame Street's Elmo and Rosita, speaks with Elmo and Rosita during the screening of "Coming Home: Military Families Cope with Change," a Sesame Street special, at the Pentagon, March 18, 2009. Sesame Workshop, a nonprofit educational organization, has spent the past two years creating materials to help military families with young children cope with deployments, homecomings and changes.
New Lakotas delivered to D.C. Guard
March 13, 2009
Soldiers with the 121st Medical Company (Air Ambulance) fly their UH-72A Lakota Light Utility Helicopters over the Washington, D.C., area during an orientation flight, Friday, March 06, 2009. The unit is the first medical evacuation unit to receive the new helicopters, which will eventually replace the unit's aging fleet of UH-1 Iroquios helicopters.
Top-ranked enlisted leader praises Guardmembers in combat zones
March 13, 2009
Command Sgt. Maj. David Hudson, senior enlisted leader of the National Guard Bureau, speaks with the National Guard's Citizen-Soldiers and -Airmen serving at Balad Air Base, Iraq, March 1. Hudson and Gen. Craig R. McKinley, chief of the National Guard Bureau, visited Citizen-Soldiers and -Airmen serving in Afghanistan, Iraq and Kuwait Feb. 28 - March 4.
Petraeus recognizes Rhode Island medic
March 13, 2009
Army Staff Sgt. Matthew, a decorated army medic who served a tour in Iraq with the Rhode Island Army National Guard, poses with an award he accepted at the 3rd annual Armed Services YMCA 'Angels of Battlefield' gala in Washington, D.C., on March 11, 2009.
ESGR: How to avoid employment issues before they happen
March 12, 2009