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Seven states participate in Yama Sakura 55
December 17, 2008
CAMP ASAKA, JAPAN - Army Sgt. 1st Class Tony Bowling (left), first sergeant for Headquarters Company, 8th Theater Sustainment Command out of Fort Shafter, Hawaii, gets a lesson in the art of Calligraphy from Sgt. Maj. Kazuhiko Shimizu of the JGSDF's 104th General Support Battalion, Dec. 3, 2008, at the camp's Freedom Room. Bowling, who hails from Canton, Ill., is one of more than 1,000 American Soldiers, Sailors, Marines and Airmen participating in Yama Sakura 55, along with their counterparts from the Japanese ground, air and maritime services. Yama Sakura is a bilateral U.S.-Japan, computerized command post exercise designed to better the defense of Japan, and to protect each country's interests throughout East Asia.
Guardsmen selected for Army All-American Bowl
December 16, 2008
New forces to bolster homeland defense mission
December 15, 2008
Guard taking on sexual assault through support, education
December 15, 2008
California guardsmen train for Kosovo deployment
December 15, 2008
Army Capt. Michael Riley, commander of Company C, 1-185th Combined Arms Battalion, and Army Brig. Gen. Keith Jones, assistant deputy adjutant general for California's Army National Guard, get front-row action as they observe a M2 Bradley fighting vehicle live-fire exercise at Camp Shelby, Miss. The exercise is part of training to ready the 1-185th CAB for a deployment to Kosovo.
Religious support teams help heal invisible wounds
December 15, 2008
Chaplin (Maj.) Wendell Rome, Staff Sgt. Terry Mueth, Capt. Lawrence Onyejekwe and Capt. Anna Mann pray with Airman 1st Class Wyndal Boothe in the Air Force Theater Hospital Nov. 25 at Joint Base Balad, Iraq. Airman Boothe, a force protection augmentee with the 332nd Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron, received treatment for pneumonia. He is deployed from Charleston Air Force Base, S.C., where he is an aerospace maintenance apprentice. His hometown is Lubbock, Texas.
Connecticut Guard responds to neighbor's call for help
December 15, 2008
Guardsmen from the 379th Engineer Company of the Massachusetts Army National Guard, use a front end loader to get a better look at a damaged utility pole in Phillipston, Mass., on Dec. 14, 2008. The 379th was mobilized when Gov. Deval L. Patrick declared a state of emergency on Dec., 12, 2008.
Public invited to comment on draft rules for spouse employment
December 15, 2008
CNGB birthday message
December 12, 2008
Reservists may qualify for early retired pay
December 12, 2008
Face of Defense: Fire Chief Moonlights in National Guard
December 12, 2008
Army Pfc. Steven P. Fitzgerald and his fiancé, Army Spc. Viviana B. Molina, of the 3-142nd Assault Helicopter Battalion, review intelligence reports before a briefing in Iraq. Fitzgerald, an 18-year veteran of the New York City Fire Department, joined the National Guard when he was 41 years old.
Minnesota Guard to command active-duty forces in Iraq
December 11, 2008
Air Guard to host three KC-135 associate wings
December 11, 2008
Boom Operator Sgt. Mike Girouard controls the boom of a KC-135 from 157th Air Refueling Wing of the New Hampshire Air National Guard as he refuels an F-15 Eagle out of Otis Air Force Base over the skies of New Hampshire.
LA Guard offers job training to at-risk youth
December 11, 2008
Louisiana National Guard Job Challenge Program cadet, 17-year-old Madie C. Denning of Houma, La., takes her final exam, which includes ambulance operations, gaining access and rescue operations, special operations and EMS response to terrorism, to become a certified emergency medical technician. JCP, which is located at the Gillis W. Long Center in Carville, La., helps at-risk youth get back on track while receiving valuable job-skill training. Emergency medical technician is one of eight trade certifications JCP has to offer.
Alaska Guard continues Operation Santa Claus tradition
December 11, 2008
Gov. Sarah Palin helps Santa pass out gifts during Operation Santa Claus 2008 in Kivalina Dec. 6. Operation Santa Claus, an Alaska National Guard community relations and support program, provides toys, books and school supplies for young people in communities across the state.
MA Guardsmen prepare Paraguayans for peacekeeping support
December 11, 2008
Members of the Paraguayan Multi-Role Engineer Company build positive relations with the local community by giving rides to local children in July 2008.
University Provides Care for Wounded Warriors
December 10, 2008
MO Soldier and student renew old acquaintance
December 10, 2008
Besmir Sylejmani (left) and Col. Bruce Pearre (right) the senior logistics officer for Multi-National Task Force - East, in an office at Camp Bondsteel in Kosovo where they recently met and went through Sylejmani's senior year book while getting reacquainted. Sylejmani, who was a foreign exchange student when he met the Pearre family, left New Bloomfield, Mo., shortly after graduation. He had never seen the yearbook.
Ground broke for Army Guard Readiness Center expansion
December 10, 2008
Army Lt. Gen. Clyde Vaughn, left, director of the Army National Guard, and Air Force Gen. Craig McKinley, chief, National Guard Bureau, ceremonially break ground on the expansion project of the Army National Guard Readiness Center in Arlington, Va., Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2008. The project is scheduled for completion in 2011 and will allow the consolidation of several facilities in northern Virginia.
Guardsmen hone in on successful missile defense test
December 9, 2008
Alaska National Guard members of Bravo Crew, 49th Missile Defense Battalion, operate the ground-based midcourse defense portion of the Ballistic Missile Defense System May 5, 2007, at Fort Greely, Alaska. The system has been manned 24/7 since achieving limited defensive capability in 2004.