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ARNG brigade prepares for first mountain storm
January 29, 2009
PFC Brian Hults (right) of Alpha Battery, 113th Field Artillery Battalion, 30th Brigade Combat Team, fires a M2 .50 caliber machine gun during training at Camp Shelby, MS. The soldiers will be deploying with the 30th Brigade Deployment Team, North Carolina Army National Guard to Iraq soon.
U.S. military signs over Camp Ramadi
January 29, 2009
Staff Brig. Gen. Adel, the commander of the First Quick Reaction Force Brigade, Iraqi army, headquartered at Camp Ali, and U.S. Army Col. Ronald Kapral, the commander of Camp Ramadi and the 81st Brigade Combat Team, Washington Army National Guard, sign a memorandum of agreement turning Camp Ramadi over to the Iraqi government Jan. 20 at Camp Ali, Iraq. The signing over of Camp Ramadi is a step toward coalition forces pulling out and handing complete responsibility and control back over to the Iraqis.
Fire Chiefs Association Signs Employer Support Statement
January 27, 2009
Mark Light, left, executive director of the International Association of Fire Chiefs, Thomas F. Hall, center, assistant secretary of defense for reserve affairs, and Larry Grorud, the fire chief association's president, display an Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve statement of support signed on the association's behalf Jan. 23, 2009, in Washington, D.C.
NY Guard trains Canadian aircrews on Chinook
January 27, 2009
Canadian CH-47 "Chinook" pilot Capt. Sylvie Coutoure, 430th Squadron, Canadian Air Force, performs pre-flight checks at the Army Aviation Support Facility #2 here on Jan. 21 aboard a New York Army National Guard aircraft. Canadian avaitors are preparing for an upcoming deployment to Afghanistan and partnered with the Rochester-based Company B, 3rd Battalion, 126th Aviation for a two-week training period. The 126th Aviation recently returned from a 10-month deployment flying misions in Afghanistan.
Vietnam veteran, former Steeler talks with ND Guard
January 27, 2009
Vietnam Veteran and former Pittsburgh Steeler Rocky Bleier poses with Capt. Doug Larsen and Bleier's four Superbowl rings at the N.D. National Guard's 2009 Safety Conference in Bismarck on Jan 24. Bleier was the keynote speaker for the conference.
Air Force shares safety program with Arkansas Guard
January 27, 2009
Maj. Gen. William Wofford, Arkansas National Guard Adjutant General, listens as John Over, Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center executive director, explains initial steps in growing the Voluntary Protection Program at Tinker Air Force Base, Okla. The general and several other high-ranking Guardsmen came to Tinker AFB Jan. 16 to learn how to successfully start the safety program in their Army units.
Florida Air Guard holds realistic ORE training
January 27, 2009
Airmen from the 125th Fighter Wing respond to a simulated blister agent attack during an Operational Readiness Exercise at the unit's base in Jacksonville, Fla., Jan. 23.
Gates: Guard's domestic missions must not suffer
January 27, 2009
Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates testifies before the Senate Armed Services Committee in Washington, D.C., Jan. 27, 2009. Secretary Gates wore his jacket halfway on due to surgery on his arm last week.
North Dakota health officials return from Africa
January 27, 2009
Army Guard breaks ground on $18.4 million training complex for GED Plus program
January 25, 2009
Lt. Gen. Clyde Vaughn, in fleece jacket, director of the Army National Guard; Pvt. Megan Jones, a student in the GED Plus program; and Maj. Gen. William D. Wofford, right, adjutant general for Arkansas, perform ceremonial groundbreaking honors for new facilities for the GED Plus program, Sunday, Jan. 25, 2009. The GED Plus program allows non-high school graduates to enlist in the Army National Guard with the stipulation they earn their GED prior to attending Basic Combat Training. In order to reach that goal, those in the program attend a course at the Army National Guard's Professional Education Center at Camp Robinson that prepares them to complete the GED exam.
Army Guard 'fundamentally different' now
January 25, 2009
Gen. George Casey Jr., Army chief of staff, responds to questions from the media during a press conference at the Army National Guard Professional Education Center at Camp Joseph T. Robinson, Ark., Sunday, Jan. 25, 2009. Casey was a featured speaker at the annual Army National Guard Senior Commanders Conference and spoke to the media on the state of the National Guard as well as challenges facing the Army as a whole in the future.
'Spur Ride' links Panhandle Guard unit with cavalry heritage
January 23, 2009
Panama City resident Spc. Loren Brinson of A Troop, 1st Squadron, 153rd Cavalry Regiment, practices placing a claymore anti-personnel mine during his unit's spur ride at Ft. Rucker, Ala., Jan. 10, 2009.
Deployed Soldiers Get a 'Troop Cave' with Creature Comforts
January 23, 2009
Tony Siragusa, second from right, former National Football League player and co-host of DIY Network TV's "Man Caves," bonds with members of an Ohio National Guard unit during a taping of the show's one-hour special, "Man Caves: USO Troop Edition."
South Dakota troops ready for deployment
January 23, 2009
Soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 147th Field Artillery, set up a hasty check point during the annual training period at Fort Chaffe, Ark., Jan. 10-24.
Army Guard launches first military reality TV program
January 22, 2009
A competitor tests his shooting skills in "Warrior Challenge," the Armed Forces' first reality video program.
Agriculture teams call for equal parts citizen and Soldier
January 22, 2009
Lt. Gen. Clyde Vaughn, director of the Army National Guard, addresses members of the media during a press conference on the mission of the Guard's Agricultural Development Teams at The Pentagon, Thursday, Jan. 22, 2009. The ADTs are made up of Guard SOldiers and Airmen that have a civilian background in farming or agriculture-related businesses and have been working with local Afghani officials to rebuild Afghanistan's agricultural infrastructure and promote sustainable farming techniques. The press conference included Vaughn, Secretary of the Army Pete Geren and via satellite from Afghanistan Col. Stan Poe, commander of the ADT in East Ghazni Province, and Sultan Hussein Abasyar, Ghazni Province director of agriculture, irrigation and livestock.
Pennsylvania AASF achieves VPP Star Status
January 21, 2009
VPP "Star Status" Flag Ceremony. From left: Major General Jessica Wright, Adjutant General of Pennsylvania; Mr. Tad Davis, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Environment, Safety and Occupational Health; Sergeant Matthew Dohner, Association of Civilian Technicians representative; Mr. Ed Selker, OSHA Deputy Regional Administrator; Colonel Steve Mahoney, facility Commander
Guard plays key role in inauguration
January 21, 2009
Pvt. 2nd Class David Niedlinger, a fire support specialist with Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 1st Squadron, 158th Cavalry Regiment, Maryland National Guard, gives directions to lost spectators before inauguration ceremonies for President Elect Barack Obama, Tuesday, Jan. 20. The unit, a part of the 58th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, assisted U.S. Park Police, Secret Service, and other federal agencies with crowd management.
CNGB: 'Largest footprint' for any inauguration ever
January 20, 2009
Gen. Craig McKinley, the chief of the National Guard Bureau, visits with National Guard Citizen-Soldiers of Joint Task Force 29 led by the 29th Infantry Division on Jan. 19, 2009, at a temporary operations center established at Fort Belvoir, Va., to coordinate some of the 9,300 National Guard Citizen-Soldiers and -Airmen who are supporting the 56th Presidential Inauguration.
Guard nerve centers key to inaugural, national charge
January 20, 2009
The National Guard Bureau's Soldiers and Airmen attend a Multi-agency Coordination Center video teleconference at the Bureau's Joint Coordination Center in Crystal City, Va., Jan. 18 to communicate their inaugural efforts with a host of other government agencies supporting the presidential inauguration in the District of Columbia.