Guard News - The National Guard

NGB chief and Pakistan military officials visit Stryker brigade in Pennsylvania; relationship forming
September 28, 2007 — WASHINGTON - The chief of the National Guard Bureau and Pakistani military officials visited the 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team (SBCT) at the Fort Indiantown Gap National Guard Training in central... MORE

Lt. Col. Marc Ferraro, brigade commander, 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, Pennsylvania Army National Guard, briefs a member of the Pakistani military delegation on features and benefits of the Stryker vehicle Sept. 14.

Air Force Heritage Week soars in Ohio
September 26, 2007 — COLUMBUS, Ohio (AFPN) - Ohio officials honored the Air Force when the lieutenant governor proclaimed Sept. 24 to 30 as Air Force Heritage Week in a ceremony held Sept. 24 at Rickenbacker Air National... MORE

Disabled Veteran Foundation riders visit Oregon National Guard Headquarters in Salem
September 26, 2007 — SALEM, Or. - Emmy-nominated actor, Jack Scalia, visited Soldiers at the Oregon National Guard's Anderson Readiness Center in Salem, Ore., on Sept. 24. But instead of arriving in a limousine, as is... MORE

Riders with Operation American Spirit, stopped at the Oregon National Guard's Anderson Readiness Center, in Salem, Ore., Sept. 24, 2007. From left to right: Oregonian Kerry Kingsley-Smith, Actor Jack Scalia, Organization Executive Director, John Wordin, former Army Soldier, J.R. Martinez. The group plans to ride from Seattle to San Diego in order to raise funds and awareness for severely injured military veterans.

Kentucky Soldiers clean up Iraqi neighborhood
September 24, 2007 — The call came across the radio as the humvee rattled and shook down a dirt road in the Al Furat section of Baghdad - activity in a nearby abandoned building directed at Soldiers manning guard towers... MORE

Soldiers from Company A, 1st Battalion, 149th Infantry Regiment, joke with a local Iraqi girl while on patrol in the Al Furat section of Baghdad, Thursday, Aug. 29, 2007. Soldiers from the unit have been working with local officials to assist with rebuilding schools and other facilities in the area.

Blum addresses National Guard issues with defense scribes
September 24, 2007 — WASHINGTON, D.C. - The National Guard has its highest-quality, best-trained personnel force in history but continues to face a domestic equipment shortage, said LTG H Steven Blum, the chief of the... MORE

LTG H Steven Blum, the chief of the National Guard Bureau, spoke to a group of defense reporters Sept 19.

143rd Infantrymen join Hondurans on range, in sky
September 21, 2007 — SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras - Airborne infantrymen from the Texas Army National Guard's 36th Infantry Division shared their small weapons training expertise with an elite group of Honduran military... MORE

Members of the Honduran rapid response team (left), known as the Peacekeeping Operations Battalion, shot more ammunition in two days than they usually fire all year during their coalition training with 36th Infantry Division Soldiers Sept. 11-13.

It's JUNIOR! He'll drive the Guard car next year
September 20, 2007 — DALLAS, Tx. - Dale Earnhardt Jr., whose family's name is part and parcel with the American motorsports legend, will drive the Chevrolet that the National Guard will sponsor in NASCAR's top-level... MORE

Dale Earnhardt Jr., left, will drive the National Guard car next year in NASCARS's top-level Sprint Cup series for Hendrick Motorsports. He stood with Lt. Gen. Clyde Vaughn, director of the Army National Guard, and Rick Hendrick, Hendrick Motorsports owner, in Dallas where the announcement was made on Sept. 19.

Maryland National Guard Responds to Peru Earthquake
September 19, 2007 — BALTIMORE, Md. - Two crews from the Maryland Air National Guard's 135th Airlift Squadron found themselves unexpectedly pressed into service following an 8.0-magnitude earthquake in Peru Aug. 15."They... MORE

Senior Airman Kenneth Cumbie, 612th Air Base Squadron here, drives a forklift to load medical supplies onto a C-130J from the Maryland Air National Guard. Approximately 30 Soldiers and Airmen are responding to the Aug. 15 earthquake in Peru and are taking with them 4,470 pounds of medical supplies for relief efforts.

Rhode Island National Guard Holds 25th Annual International Military Parachute Competition
September 19, 2007 — Oldest and largest such competition in the world welcomes 56 U.S. and international teams Rhode Island National Guard Public AffairsNORTH KINGSTOWN, RI - Cloudless blue skies, comfortable... MORE

A competitor at the Rhode Island National Guard's international military parachute competition Leapfest XXV tries to collapse his parachute in the drop zone Aug. 11.

Nevada Guard continues search for missing pilot
September 17, 2007 — Searching in some of the most rugged areas in the most mountainous state in the United States, the Nevada National Guard anticipated continuing its search to determine the whereabouts of millionaire... MORE

Nevada generals represent best of military, civilian employers
September 17, 2007 — WASHINGTON, D.C. - Nevada National Guard Brigadier Generals Frank Gonzales and Bob Fitch had a legitimate wardrobe option for the 2007 Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve Freedom Awards Ceremony... MORE

From left, Nevada Army National Guard Brig. Gen Frank Gonzales, Michael Yackira, president of Sierra Pacific Resources, and Nevada Air National Guard Brig. Gen. Bob Fitch stand behind the 2007 Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve Freedom Award on Sept. 12 in Washington. All three are executives with Sierra Pacific Resources which was one of 15 organizations to receive Freedom Awards for exceptional employer support of Guard and reserve-component employees.

Guard follows downgraded Humberto's path
September 13, 2007 — ARLINGTON, Va. - Hundreds of National Guard Soldiers in Texas and Louisiana were prepared to respond with manpower and equipment Thursday as Hurricane Humberto was downgraded to an inland tropical... MORE

Exercise tests Virginia Guard's vigilance
September 12, 2007 — FORT BELVOIR, Va. - Eighty-eight Virginia Army National Guard Soldiers helped to defuse a simulated explosive situation during the second day of a Vigilant Guard training exercise here Sept. 6.It was... MORE

With "most-wanted" posters of terrorists in the background, Staff Sgt. Wallace Fellenzer and Staff Sgt. Jason McCoy of the Virginia Army National Guard conduct intelligence analysis operations on Sept. 6 at Fort Belvoir, Va., during a Vigilant Guard command post exercise that tested the National Guard's preparedness for homeland defense.

Guard and Reserve Members Must Take Action to "Make the Switch" to Restructured TRICARE Reserve Select
September 12, 2007 — FALLS CHURCH, Va. - National Guard and Reserve members currently in the TRICARE Reserve Select (TRS) health care plan must sign up for the restructured TRS by Sept. 30, 2007, in order to continue... MORE

Maryland Guard vigilant in homeland defense exercise
September 12, 2007 — BALTIMORE, Md. - Soldiers of the Maryland National Guard's 115th Military Police Battalion were among the first troops securing the scene at the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001, and six years later, some... MORE

Members of the 32nd Civil Support Team of the Maryland National Guard suit up and perform simulated hazardous material recovery operations during Exercise Vigilant Guard Sept. 7 in downtown Baltimore.

Hire A Hero program links veterans with jobs
September 11, 2007 — ARLINGTON, Va. - Although much of the stress associated with a National Guard deployment concludes upon redeployment, a new concern can surface as Soldiers and Airmen return to their homes. It is the... MORE

NASCAR driver Mears meets with Guard Soldiers
September 10, 2007 — ARLINGTON, Va. - National Guard Soldiers indulged their inner NASCAR spirits Sept. 6 when No. 25 National Guard/GMAC racecar driver Casey Mears, accompanied by up-and-coming driver Landon Cassill,... MORE

National Guard NASCAR driver Casey Mears (center) and new driver Landon Cassill display a racing suit presented to the Army National Guard's Readiness Center during a Sept. 6 visit to the Arlington, Va., facility. Col. Michael Jones, chief of the National Guard Bureau's Recruiting and Retention Division, introduced the drivers to the Soldiers who later lined up for autographs.

North Dakota Guard responds to Northwood tornado
September 7, 2007 — NORTHWOOD, N.D. - The school mascot here is "Thunder," and a tornado brought a thunder like no other, ripping through this northeast North Dakota town of about 900 people on the night of Sunday, Aug... MORE

Spc. Ian Busta, Fargo, N.D., 142nd Engineer Combat Battalion; Pvt. Nathan L. Miller, Toronto, S.D., Detachment 2 of the 815th Engineer Company, and Pvt. Kevin J. Iverson, Breckenridge, Minn., 188th Engineer Company, work at clearing downed trees and debris left behind by an F4 tornado that hit Northwood, N.D. on the night of Sunday, Aug. 26.

Nevada Guard helping to search for missing pilot Fossett
September 6, 2007 — Searching in some of the most remote areas in the most mountainous state in the United States, the Nevada National Guard continues to seek the whereabouts of millionaire adventurer and pilot Steve... MORE

Nevada National Guard UH-60 Blackhawks are being used as part of the massive search efforts for famed aviator Steven Fosset whose private aircraft has been missing in Northern Nevada since Monday. Here, a medevac helicopter touches down at the Minden, Nevada, airport Thursday afternoon. The helicopters are ideal for search and rescue operations in the rugged, mountainous terrain of northern Nevada.

Mississippi Citizen-Soldier's heroism didn't stop when he returned from war
September 4, 2007 — SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Staff Sgt. Danny Stanley served a year in Iraq, but the awards for heroism came for what the National Guard Citizen-Soldier did back home.Stanley is credited with saving the... MORE

Staff Sgt. Danny Stanley at the 129th National Guard Association of the United States General Conference in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on Aug. 25, 2007.

Air National Guard Leaders Host 2025 Wing Leader Fly-In

Colorado Army National Guard Conducts Aviation Training for Wildfire Season

Lt. Gen. Jon Stubbs Highlights Virginia National Guard Excellence at Military Ball

Oregon Air Guard Participates in Sentry Aloha Exercise

Air Guard Units Join Forces for Aerial Wildfire Suppression Training