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National Guard Bureau chief: Firefighting and flood efforts "outstanding"
June 27, 2008
LTG H Steven Blum, chief of the National Guard Bureau, overlooks the wildfire response operations of two North Carolina National Guard C-130 Hercules aircraft from the 145th Airlift Wing with Maj. Gen. William Wade, adjutant general of California, on the airfield at Chico, Calif., on June 26, 2008.
Fighting floods and fires, National Guard on duty from coast-to-coast
June 26, 2008
A Missouri National Guard Humvee delivers supplies to Guardmembers working behind it to preserve a Hannibal, Mo., levee on June 22, 2008.
North Carolina Air National Guard fights California wildfires
June 25, 2008
Chief Master Sgt Andy Huneycutt directs C-130 Hercules loadmasters from the North Carolina Air National Guard's 145th Airlift Wing as they load a modular airborne fire fighting system (MAFFS) June 23 at Charlotte, N.C. The guardmembers are fighting wildfires in Northern California.
Bearded Airman among Air Guard's best
June 24, 2008
Staff Sgt. Scott Geisser, the Air National Guard's Noncommissioned Officer of the Year, and his fiancé, Tara, visit the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery June 16 during the Air Guard's Outstanding Airmen of the Year week. As a combat controller preparing to deploy overseas, Geisser was allowed to go unshaven and in a business suit during the week's events June 15-20 in Washington.
Guard aircraft, aircrews battling California wildfires
June 24, 2008
A C-130 Hercules cargo plane assigned to the 145th Airlift Wing, North Carolina Air National Guard, drops 3,000 gallons of water over the Los Padres National Forest, Calif., May 7 using a modular airborne fire fighting system (MAFFS) during the MAFFS 2008 Annual Certifying Event. The training event included all aircrew, maintenance and support personnel directly supporting the MAFFS mission. There are four Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve units involved with MAFFS: 145th Airlift Wing, (Charlotte), 146th Airlift Wing (Channel Islands), 153rd Airlift Wing, (Wyoming) and the 302nd Airlift Wing (Colorado).
Hawaii search and extraction team trains for disaster
June 24, 2008
Spc. John Kumalae accompanies Lt. Col. Stanley Sato, role-playing a victim packaged for extraction, during a high angle rescue demonstration for the medics of the Hawaii Air National Guard, 154th Medical Group. The joint training exercise was held at the Carson City Fire Department training site during the Vigilant Guard exercise, June 13-19. Kumalae is assigned to the 297th Firefighting Detachment, HIARNG, and is a member of the Hawaii CERF search and extraction team. Sato is the commanding officer of the 154th Medical Group, HIANG and a member of the Hawaii CERF medical team.
Guard ratchets up Missouri mission; tackles floods in five states
June 20, 2008
Soldiers from the Missouri National Guard's 1138th Transportation Company reinforce the main wall along the Mississippi River in downtown Clarksville.
Midwestern Guardsmen Respond to Rising Flood Waters
June 19, 2008
Ottumwa, Iowa, residents and members of the Iowa National Guard work hand-in-hand to save a power substation from being overrun by flood waters.
National Guard helps shore up Ottumwa sub-station
June 19, 2008
A member of the Iowa National Guard prepares to set a sandbag into place as part of a new 7-foot levee protecting an Ottumwa power sub-station.
Air National Guard works to corral Mississippi
June 19, 2008
Senior Master Sgt. William Davline speaks with Mike Pieper, the Green Bay Bottom Levee and Draining District chairman, June 18. The town of Green Bay Bottom, Iowa, is in critical condition because it is where the Skunk and Mississippi rivers meet. Approximately 14,000 acres of farmland is in danger of erosion if the flooding is not controlled. Sergeant Davline is Air National Guardsman assigned to the 185th Air Refueling Wing located in Sioux City, Iowa.
Minnesota Guard Recruiters Top of Nation
June 19, 2008
Secretary of the Army Pete Geren takes a photo with recruiters of the Minnesota National Guard Recruiting Station in Roseville, Minn., June 16.
Wyoming Army Guard intel cracks gang code
June 18, 2008
Wyoming Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Jessica Williams, works at her desk at the Cheyenne Police Department in her role as a National Guard Counterdrug Program intelligence analyst, specializing in gang activity, on June 16, 2008.
Guard's '08 Airmen of the Year announced, honored
June 18, 2008
The Air National Guard's Outstanding Airmen of the Year stand at the U.S. Air Force Memorial in Arlington, Va., June 18, from left, Senior Airman Charity Orriss, Airman of the Year; Staff Sgt. Scott Geisser, Noncomissioned Officer of the Year; Senior Master Sgt. Donna Goodno, Senior NCO of the Year; Master Sgt. Daniel Mitchell Jr., First Sergeant of the Year; Senior Master Sgt. Rolando Garza, Honor Guard Member of the Year; Tech. Sgt. Raquel Soto, Honor Guard Program Manager of the Year.
Predator reveals first glimpse of natural disaster damage
June 18, 2008
Tech. Sgt. Brian Guettler, right, an airman in the Nevada National Guard's Counterdrug Task Force, and Steve Endacott, the Vigilant Guard exercise coordinator for Churchill County, prepare the remote operated video enhanced receiver (ROVER) to receive a video signal from the MQ-1 Predator unmanned aerial vehicle in Fallon, Nev., on June 13. (U.S. Air Force photo by
Earnhardt earns first win with No. 88 AMP/National Guard car
June 17, 2008
Trenton National Guard unit assists Iowa flood by way of South Dakota
June 17, 2008
Soldiers from the Missouri National Guard's 548th Transportation Company left training in South Dakota early to deliver 11,520 meals to Iowa.
Guard, Army Corps Provide Flood Relief
June 17, 2008
Raven's camera a commander's eyes during domestic emergency
June 17, 2008
Sgt. Eric Hintermeyer of the Nevada National Guard's Counterdrug Task Force launches a Raven unmanned aerial vehicle during the 2008 Vigilant Guard exercise on June 13 in Fallon, Nev. During the exercise, the small aircraft displayed to emergency responders its ability to assist incident commanders with reconnaissance and intelligence capabilities during domestic contingencies.
Guard delivers pumps, water back to Cedar Rapids
June 17, 2008
An employee from the Cedar Rapids Water Utility prepares to attach a lift cable from an Iowa Army National Guard CH-47 Chinook to a damaged water pump on the Iowa River near Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The CH-47 from Bravo Company, 2-11 General Aviation Support Battalion was used recover several water pumps in need of repair following massive flooding caused by heavy rains in Iowa. The pumps will be repaired and put back in place to provide fresh water for the residents of Cedar Rapids.
Washoe County victims pulled from simulated quake rubble
June 17, 2008