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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.
I see for you and listen as well; Cal Guard disperses communications magic again
July 24, 2008
Spc. Shaun Ochsner, communications specialist, makes adjustments to a sattelite atop an Incident Commander's Command, Control and Communications Unit (IC4U) at Booneville, Calif. The California National Guard mobilized five IC4Us to run operations in support of Operation Lightning Strike.
National Guard prepares for Hurricane Dolly
July 23, 2008
(Left-right) Army Sgt. Marc Jones, Army Staff Sgt. Robert Ribeiro, Staff Sgt. Gonzalo Roman and Master Sgt. Mark Martinez set up a base-X tent, part of the Joint Incident Communications Capability (JICC) that will provide video teleconference, satellite and cellular communications next to the Emergency Operations Center at Brooks City-Base in San Antonio July 22. The Texas Army National Guard is part of the Standing Joint Interagency Task Force-Texas at Camp Mabry, Texas. Sergeants Jones and Ribeiro are stationed at Bee Caves Armory, Austin, Texas. Sergeants Roman and Martinez are from the Air National Guard's 149th Communications Flight at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. Once completed the JICC will provide 2000 sq. ft. of portable or tented floor space on the lawns in front of the EOC. (U.S. Air Force photo/)
A RED HORSE rises in Ohio
July 23, 2008
With the activation of a new 200-person detachment, Airmen from the Ohio Air National Guard's 200th RED HORSE squadron stand in formation during the detachment's flagging ceremony July 20 at Mansfield Air Guard Base, Ohio. RED HORSE squadrons are manned by civil engineers who can build and repair air bases and rapidly deploy to recover an air base after a natural disaster or enemy attack.
Sentinel crews recount time spent in "hot seat"
July 23, 2008
Sgt. Jim Irby of Mobile, a Black Hawk crew chief, puts distinctive markings on a Alabama Army Guard UH-60 helicopter while fighting forest fires in California.
Oregon National Guard prepares for fire season
July 23, 2008
An Oregon National Guard member wrestles with his shelter during fire training before the 2007 fire season. Oregon Gov. Ted Kulongoski has announced plans to activate more than 300 Guard members to attend Firefighter II certification training at three sites in Oregon.
Chairman Links Family Readiness to Military Readiness
July 22, 2008
Hello, Dolly: Texas Guard gears up for storm
July 22, 2008
Texas Army National Guard Sgt. John Stubbs, left, and Sgt. Daniel McMurray load equipment onto trucks Tuesday morning in Bryan, Texas, while preparing for Tropical Storm Dolly which was predicted to strengthen to hurricane force. At least 600 Texas National Guardmembers responded to a call Monday by Gov. Rick Perry to prepare for the storm.
Alaska Guard children featured in Nickelodeon show about "Coming Home"
July 22, 2008
Alaska Army National Guard Maj. Joel Gilbert and his family from left to right, wife, Laura, Kayleigh and Angus, were recently featured on a Nickelodeon "Nick News" special, "Coming Home: When Parents Return from War." Gilbert deployed to Iraq as company commander of Co. A, 3/297th Infantry of Juno, Alaska, from October 2004 to January 2006
National Guard Unveils New Lakota Helicopters at Fort Indiantown Gap
July 21, 2008
The new UH-72A Lakota light utility helicopter sits on the tarmac at the National Guard's Eastern Aviation Training Site at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pa. The facility will provide all aviator and aircrew training on the new aircraft.
Delaware Air Guard C-130 aircraft reaches 10,000 hour flying milestone
July 21, 2008
California firefight moves to the ground; MAFFS units wait and see
July 18, 2008
Air National Guardsmen called to assist ground firefighting
July 18, 2008
One day fighting fires, the next day a rescue at sea
July 18, 2008
Guard, DMAT combine resources to provide fire line emergency care
July 18, 2008
Wildfire mission for Alabama Guard
July 18, 2008
National Guard Crash Crew Provides Added Safety Measure to Firefighting Effort
July 18, 2008
Army Staff Sgt. Thomas (left), a 233rd Engineering Det. firefighter, receives a briefing from Staff Sgt. Esparza, 233rd ED team chief.
Minnesota signs National Guard's first family covenant
July 17, 2008
LTG H Steven Blum, chief of the National Guard Bureau, signs the Minnesota Military Family and Community Covenant at a ceremony at the Capitol Building in St. Paul, Minn., on June 16, 2008. Blum joined Secretary of the Army Pete Geren; Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty; Maj. Gen. Larry Shellito, the adjutant general of the Minnesota National Guard, and other military and civilian leaders and servicemembers' families for the ceremony which marked the National Guard's first official family covenant. The covenant lays out specific actions that military and civilian leaders can take to support servicemembers and their families.
MAFFS C-130 missions: "Quite a thrill ride"
July 17, 2008
National Guard, Border Patrol celebrate continuing partnership
July 16, 2008
W. Ralph Basham, commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), addresses an Operation Jump Start (OJS) end-of-mission ceremony at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in Washington on July 11, 2008, as David V. Aguilar, chief of the United States Border Patrol, and LTG H Steven Blum, chief of the National Guard Bureau, listen. The National Guard has provided support to CBP for more than 20 years. At its peak, up to 6,000 Citizen-Soldiers and -Airmen increased security and vigilance along the nation's southern border under OJS, which began June 15, 2006, and ended July 15, 2008. The National Guard and CBP will continue to work together on engineering, counterdrug and other missions.