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Awards program strives to improve Army Guard installations
July 30, 2008
Guard capability tears down communications walls between first responders
July 30, 2008
First Lt. Michael Malloy, left, of the National Guard's Joint Communication, Command, Control and Computer Coordination Center in Smyrna, Del., briefs Paul McHale, assistant secretary of defense for homeland defense; LTG H Steven Blum, the chief of the National Guard Bureau; and Deputy Secretary of Defense Gordon England at the Pentagon on July 25, 2008, about the National Guard's Joint Incident Site Communications Capability. Deployed in all 54 states and territories by the National Guard Bureau, JISCC is a communications bridge between first responders and other local, state and federal agencies that can provide initial communications capability within one hour after arrival at an incident scene.
New Mexico flood victims look to the skies for help
July 30, 2008
Maintenance: 'Heartbeat' of JTF Sentinel's flying mission
July 30, 2008
Army Specialist Matthew Dawson, a UH-60 Black Hawk mechanic, installs the tail rotor cover on a Black Hawk. Specialist Dawson is deployed to Mather Field from the 1106th Aviation Classification and Repair Activity Depot in Fresno, Calif.
Georgians train 'Georgians' to save lives in combat
July 29, 2008
A Soldier from the Georgian army's 4th infantry Brigade lets his combat lifesaver instructor know he's completed the steps necessary for giving mouth-to-mouth resuscitation to Pvt. Daniel Williams, an infantryman with Company D, 1st Battalion, 121st Infantry.
Families tied by war: Sisters pilot Afghan skies
July 29, 2008
Army Chief Warrant Officer Amber Smith (left) and Air Force Capt. Kelly Smith (right) celebrate at a graduation for their younger sister, Army Chief Warrant Officer Lacey Smith (center). All three Smith sisters are pilots in the armed forces.
California Guard rescues nation's largest Ponderosa Pine
July 29, 2008
ARNG Soldier writes contest's top country song
July 29, 2008
Air Force communications support aids fight against California fires
July 29, 2008
An Electronic Systems Center team recently helped establish remote communications capabilities that were used for command and control of firefighting efforts in California. ESC is located at Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass.
Exercise Helps Partner Nations Overcome Cultural Barriers
July 28, 2008
After the storm: Hurricane Dolly brings out the Texas Guard
July 28, 2008
Pvt. Mark Rivera, A Co., 72nd Infantry Brigade, and Pvt. 1st Class Joseph Davora, A Co., 1-41 Infantry Regiment, carry a woman stranded by flood waters to a waiting truck, where Pvt. John Paul Borrego and Pvt. 1st Class Christopher Culbelier, both from Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 72nd Inf. Bde. wait to lift her in.
Strike teams push out aid for Hurricane Dolly victims
July 28, 2008
Truck driver Fernando Rios watches hurricane victims arriving from South Padre Island, Texas, looking for relief aid July 24 while U.S. Army Specialist Luis Dominguez prepares bags of ice to be loaded into vehicles. Texas Task Force 1 members passed out nearly 4,000 bags of ice, 50 tons of water and 1,200 self-heating meals to vicitims of Hurricane Dolly. Specialist Dominguez is stationed with the 133rd Aviation Battalion at New Braunfels, Texas.
PATRIOT '08 exercise meets units' training needs
July 28, 2008
Two Louisiana Guard Blackhawks respond to Yosemite fire
July 28, 2008
British soldiers join forces with Georgia National Guard in Patriot '08
July 28, 2008
Soldiers with the British army's 4th Battalion, The Yorkshire Regiment, head out on a foot patrol during exercise Patriot '08 at Fort McCoy, Wisc., Monday July 21, 2008. Patriot '08 was a large-scale training exercise that brought together elements from the U.S. Army and Air Force as well as units from the British, Dutch and Canadian armies.
McKinley: Airmen play key roles in joint National Guard
July 25, 2008
Lt. Gen. Craig McKinley, the director of the Air National Guard, and his wife, Cheryl McKinley, attend the National Guard Bureau Joint Family Program Volunteer Workshop and Youth Symposium in St. Louis, Mo., on July 21, 2008. The secretary of defense has nominated McKinley to be the next chief of the National Guard Bureau and to be the National Guard's first four-star general.
Mullen: National Guard essential to the warfight
July 25, 2008
Adm. Michael Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, tells 1,500 people gathered for the largest-ever National Guard Bureau Joint Family Program Volunteer Workshop and Youth Symposium in St. Louis, Mo., on July 21, 2008, that, "I put family support on an equal plain with individual and unit performance and sacrifice and service, because we cannot do it without you."
Guard pilot's fitness program goes nationwide
July 25, 2008
Maryland Civil Engineers Restore Bosnian Memorial
July 25, 2008
Master Sgt. Robert A. Gordon and Tech. Sgt. Shaun Blische, both members of the 175th Civil Engineer Squadron of the Maryland Air National Guard, restore a monument at Mount Igman, Bosnia-Herzegovina. The monument memorializes three American diplomats and their French driver, who were killed at the site in 1995. The memorial is being restored by members of the Maryland National Guard as part of a humanitarian civic action project under the auspices of the National Guard's State Partnership Program.
Mullen: Guard families connect America, the armed forces
July 25, 2008
Adm. Michael Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, tells 1,500 people gathered for the largest-ever National Guard Bureau Joint Family Program Volunteer Workshop and Youth Symposium in St. Louis, Mo., on July 21, 2008, that caring for wounded servicemembers and the families of those killed serving their country is a national responsibility. "In the end, it's America that can do this," Mullen says. "It's not DoD, and it's not the VA. We've all got to do this together."