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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."
JTF-East training rotating from Romania to Bulgaria
July 25, 2008
Soldiers train on the Engagement Skills Trainer 2000 at Mihail Kogalniceanu Airbase, Romania. Some 900 Soldiers are now in Romania, as part of Joint Task Force - East, to conduct training there with members of the Romanian military.
Texas military forces ready for Hurricane Dolly landfall
July 24, 2008
Army Sergeant 1st Class Jeff Printy marshals in nine light-medium tactical vehicles deployed from San Antonio to the Standing Joint InterAgency Task Force headquarters located at the Army National Guard Armory July 22 in Weslaco, Texas. Texas lilitary forces came to southern Texas in anticipation of heavy flood relief efforts caused by Hurricane Dolly.
Commander maps careful route for gun crew's return
July 24, 2008
Capt. Mathew Haywood, commander of A Battery, 163rd Field Artillery, prepares for the first convoy security mission of 2nd platoon after a gun truck was attacked with an IED. A Battery, along with more than 3000 of the Indiana National Guard's 76th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, is providing security on main supply routes throughout northern Iraq ins support of counterinsurgency missions of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Texas National Guard begins clean-up operations in south Texas
July 24, 2008
Sgt. Marc Jones (left) of the Texas Army National Guard's Standing Joint Interagency Task Force (SJIATF) and Staff Sgt. Gonzalo Roman of Texas Air National Guard 149th Fighter Wing at San Antonio Emergency Operation Center as Hurricane Dolly moves westward towards south Texas Aug. 23. The Category 2 hurricane that is the first of the 2008 Atlantic Hurricane season severely damaged the coastal cities Brownsville and South Padre Island with strong winds and heavy flooding.