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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
Air Guard engineers prepare for deployment
March 12, 2009
Air National Guard Staff Sgt. Robert Thomas, an engineer with the 474th Prime Base Engineer Emergency Force, repairs a hole in the diaphragm of a pump at Joint Task Force Guantanamo's Camp Justice, Sept. 19, 2008. Air Guard civil engineer squadrons manned by hundreds of construction and repair experts will involuntary deploy overseas in historic numbers and scope during the next 24 months.
National Guard engineers work closely with Iraqis
March 12, 2009
Capt. Phil Benner, assistant brigade engineer for 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 28th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division - Baghdad, points out to a Soldier about what needs to be done to make a pump operational at the Khark Water Treatment Plant south of Tarmiyah. The plant services much of the greater Baghdad areas.
Afghan farmers get help from Nebraska ADT
March 12, 2009
(left to right) Army Sgt. Allen Abbott and Army Staff Sgt. Joseph McMurtrey, 28th Forward Agri-business Development Team, use a compass and measuring tape to accurately measure and mark a local farmer's field for the future planting of a vineyard, Feb. 28.
Obama considers deploying National Guard to border
March 12, 2009
C-130s undergoing inspections
March 11, 2009
Army creates suicide prevention task force during 'stand down'
March 10, 2009
109AW praised for another successful Operation Deep Freeze
March 10, 2009
Maj. David Lafrance, a LC-130 Hercules pilot for the New York Air National Guard's 109th Airlift Wing, surveys a remote camp in Antarctica Nov. 4 before landing there to transport a critically injured Australian expeditioner to medical care. The Wing's citizen-Airmen flew more than 8.7 million pounds of cargo and 3,800 passengers during nearly 300 missions in support of the 2008-2009 Operation Deep Freeze season that ended Feb. 28.
Alaska Guardsman competes in Iditarod
March 10, 2009
Staff Sgt. Harry Alexie, Alaska Army National Guard, Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 1/297th Cavalry stands with friend and mentor Lance Mackey, a two-time consecutive Iditarod winner, at the 37th annual Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race start in downtown Anchorage March 7, 2009. Alexie will be running 16 dogs from Mackey's Comeback Kennel.
U.S. Customs & Border Protection AMOC director visits 1AF
March 10, 2009
Air & Marine Operations Center director Tony Crowder (center) is assisted by Supervisor Detection Enforcement Officer Jessica Brand (left) and Detection Enforcement Officer Hidee Lehnert (right) at the Center's headquarters in California.
Pentagon plans sexual assault prevention campaign
March 9, 2009
Chairman, President discuss U.S. support to Mexico
March 9, 2009
Director: Air Guard attracts cyberforce for DoD
March 6, 2009
Vaughn: Army Guard needs delayed entry program
March 6, 2009
CSTs provide situational awareness for DTRA
March 6, 2009
Army Col. Ernesto Audino, the director of nuclear support for the Defense Threat Reduction Agency, speaks to the audience at the National Guard Domestic Operations Conference March 5, 2009.
Wyatt names new ANG deputy director
March 6, 2009
Maj. Gen. Patrick J. Moisio
National Guard essential at home and abroad, says Chief
March 6, 2009
The National Guard is playing an essential role at home and overseas, Gen. Craig McKinley, the chief of the National Guard Bureau, told about 700 National Guard leaders attending the National Guard's 2009 Domestic Operations Workshop in Baltimore, Md., on March 6, 2009.