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Louisiana Air Guard completes simulated deployment training
April 2, 2009
A Louisiana National guardsman uses force protection procedures to detain a suspicious person outside the medical clinic during the Louisiana National Guard's 159th Fighter Wing's Operational Readiness Exercise at the Trent Lott Combat Readiness Training Center in Gulfport, Miss. The ORE represents real-world deployments to combat zones and tests readiness and training.
Expeditionary entertainer returns to Arizona Air Guard
April 2, 2009
Tech. Sgt. Chandra Smith visits with children in Honduras during Tops in Blue's performance at Soto Cano Air Base in January. The team's visit to three Honduran orphanages was the highlight of Smith's tour with the Air Force expeditionary entertainment group.
North Dakota leadership thanks South Dakota Guardsmen
April 2, 2009
North Dakota Guard Soldiers keep watch
April 2, 2009
Guardsmen patrol Fargo's dike lines around the clock
April 2, 2009
Sgt. 1st Class Steve L. Groth multitasks as he prepares to brief the next group of Soldiers and Airmen heading out to patrol dikes in 12-hour shifts around Fargo.
North Dakota Guardsmen keep it light at traffic control points
April 2, 2009
Spc. Keith J. Pic, of Fargo, and Airman 1st Class Paul W. Bartron, of West Fargo, wait in their Humvee at a major intersection while staffing a traffic control point in downtown Fargo.
Guard QRF responds to flood threat near Kindred, N.D.
April 2, 2009
Quick Reaction Force members wait near Mike Schmidt's home for more sandbags after using their first shipment to form the base of a temporary dike on April 1, 2009.
Minnesota National Guard breaks the ice
April 1, 2009
National Guard spending economic stimulus money
April 1, 2009
Army Guard joins WWE for tag team event
April 1, 2009
Shriners support Guardsmen conducting flood missions
April 1, 2009
Vehicles sit covered in snow outside the El Zagal Shrine in Fargo, N.D., while the North Dakota National Guard's Quick Reaction Force waits for a mission.
Helping families as they plan for their Soldier's return
April 1, 2009
Maj. Tammy Duckworth talks to a reporter following a recent family academy in Springfield. Duckworth, former director of the Illinois Department of Veterans' Affairs, said Vietnam veterans taught America a lot of lessons. She said "It doesn't matter where you stand on war, you must love the warrior." Illinois National Guard Family Academies were implemented in 2008 to prepare Soldiers' loved ones for their return and give families the tools and insight to ease the challenges of reintegration.
South Dakota Guard defends school from floodwaters
March 31, 2009
"Sand bombs" were delivered by a UH-60 helicopter to the Oak Grove Lutheran School in an effort to stop the water from flowing into the school on Sunday, March 29, 2009.
Pennsylvania Guard teaches life saving skills in Germany
March 30, 2009
Pennsylvania Army National Guardsman Sgt. 1st Class Ronald James (left), the noncommissioned officer in charge of the mobile training team teaching combat life saver skills to 21st Theater Sustainment Command Soldiers at Panzer Kaserne, keeps a close eye on a Soldier, who is practicing his needle-chest decompression skills March 25.
Exchange officer reflects on Air Guard experience
March 30, 2009
Staff Sgt. Bryon Best, left, an F-16 crew chief assigned to the 162nd Fighter Wing in Tucson, goes over maintenance issues with Chilean Air Force exchange officer 1st Lt. Cristobal Desmaras.
Wisconsin Guard to help with North Dakota flood relief efforts
March 30, 2009
South Dakota Guardsmen assist North Dakota flooding operations
March 30, 2009
Soldiers from Battery A, 1st Battalion 147th Field Artillery of the South Dakota Army National Guard, perform sandbagging operations on Thursday, March 26 along Brown County Highway 14 to help stop flooding waters from flowing into Moccasin Creek.
South Dakota Soldiers observe water levels near capital
March 30, 2009
A look out over the flooded streets one block from the Fargo City Hall from the top of a dike where Soldiers of the 153 rd Engineer Battalion out of Huron went on a recon this afternoon to become familiar with the dikes they are assigned to patrol during their 12 hour shift to report leaks or breaches to the North Dakota joint operations center.
North Dakota community takes break from flood duty to send off deploying troops
March 30, 2009
North Dakota chaplains ensure military flood fighters' spirits are up
March 30, 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.