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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.
Washington state Blackhawk pilot earns Distinguished Flying Cross
December 8, 2008
Chief Warrant Officer Four Noel Larson, a Washington Army National Guard Blackhawk pilot, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross Dec. 5 for conduct that was "nothing less then heroic," according to his citation. Larson is assigned to C Company, 1-140th Aviation. On March 25, Larson was the pilot and mission coordinator onboard a UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter when it supported a raid being conducted by coalition forces.
New York Guard hosts South African partners
December 8, 2008
New York State Adjutant General Maj. Gen. Joseph Taluto speaks with Ms. Susan Shabangu, the South Africa Deputy Minister for Safety and Security during the National Guard's State Partnership Conference in Latham on September 4. Leaders from the South African Defense Forces and New York National Guard met to discuss emerging opportunities for military to military relations and continuing partnerships with New York's government agencies.
ND helps Ghana with disaster management, construction
December 8, 2008
Doug Friez, a project advisor with the State Partnership Program, presents a soccer ball to a teacher at a school in Ghana, Africa. Friez and Lt. Col. Mark Tibor (right) were in the country to provide a Disaster Management Workshop. At left are employees with Ghana's National Disaster Management Organization, or NADMO, who participated in the workshop.
ANG providing more than just fuel at Gitmo
December 5, 2008
Air Force Master Sgt. James Butts observes the filling of a fuel bladder at Joint Task Force Guantanamo's Camp Justice, Nov. 24, 2008. These 10,000 gallon bladders are filled five times a week to ensure continuous power is maintained at Camp Justice and the Expeditionary Legal Complex. JTF Guantanamo conducts safe, humane, legal and transparent care and custody of detained enemy combatants, including those convicted by military commission and those ordered released. The JTF conducts intelligence collection, analysis and dissemination for the protection of detainees and personnel working in JTF Guantanamo facilities and in support of the Global War on Terror. JTF Guantanamo provides support to the Office of Military Commissions, to law enforcement and to war crimes investigations. The JTF conducts planning for and, on order, responds to Caribbean mass migration operations.