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Wisconsin takes top honors in this year’s Army National Guard Army Communities of Excellence awards
May 26, 2016
Army Maj. Gen. Richard Gallant, special assistant to the director of the Army National Guard, presents Wisconsin National Guard representatives with the Overall Winner of the Army National Guard Communities of Excellence award at a ceremony held at the Army National Guard Readiness Center in Arlington, Va., May 23, 2016.
Wyoming National Guard helps bolster river's banks
May 23, 2016
Wyoming Army National Guard Sgt. Jordan McDonald, of Evanston, and Spc. Miura Yuki, of Laramie, fill sandbags on the bank along the North Platte River in Saratoga,Wyoming, on May 20. Gov. Matt Mead activated more than 70 members of the Wyoming National Guard to assist local emergency management officials with flood prevention and mitigation efforts in light of rising spring temperatures.
New York Guard experts meet Raven's Challenge with lunchbox explosive
May 23, 2016
A charge ignites a remotely fired shotgun-like device which blasts a suspected bomb during the Raven's Challenge at the New York State Preparedness Training Center in Oriskany New York, on Wecdnesday, May 18.
South Carolina Soldiers trying out a new Lifestyle Enhancement Achievement Program (LEAP)
May 19, 2016
South Carolina National Guard Soldiers from across the state overcome a variety of obstacles as they progress through the confidence course, May 15, 2016, at Ft. Jackson, S.C as part of the brand-new Lifestyle Enhancement Achievement Program. The two-week class is designed to teach healthy lifestyle choices and improve physical fitness to help retainment of SCNG Soldiers. Those completing the program will then use their new found skills to assist others in their units who may also be having health and fitness challenges.
USO tour helps to maintain National Guard Soldiers' resilience
May 18, 2016
Gen. Frank J. Grass, 27th Chief of the National Guard Bureau, visited Soldiers at Camp Bondsteel, Kosovo, with the USO May 17, 2016. The USO's May Madness Variety Tour included celebrities: Tim Kennedy, Matthew Lillard, Jerrod Niemann, Robert Patrick and Sam Perkins.
Texas Guard members support Emergency Network Tracking for disasters
May 18, 2016
Spc. Victoria Diaz of the Texas National Guard's Joint Task Force 136 (Maneuver Enhancement Brigade) role plays as a disaster evacuee during a training scenario with the Texas Division of Emergency Management to test their new Emergency Tracking Network May 12, 2016, at the Round Rock Armed Forces Reserve Center. The scenario allowed the National Guard and civilian authorities to work together while also creating a training video product for use once the new tracking system goes online June 1.
South Carolina National Guard prepares for hurricane season
May 17, 2016
U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Robert E. Livingston, Jr., the adjutant general for South Carolina, joins Gov. Nikki Haley and state agency leaders for a press conference following the annual hurricane table top exercise in Columbia, S.C., May 13, 2016. South Carolina is a hurricane state that has felt the impacts of hurricanes and state leaders want to ensure the public plans ahead to be ready should they be impacted during the 2016 hurricane season, which begins June 1 and runs until Nov 30.
Maryland Air Guard member earns track medals at Invictus Games
May 16, 2016
Air Force Tech. Sgt. Benjamin Seekell congratulates Maryland Air National Guard Staff Sgt. Gideon Connelly after they finish the 200-meter dash during the track and field competition at the Invictus Games at the ESPN Wide World of Sports complex, Walt Disney World, Orlando, Fla., May 10, 2016. The Invictus Games are the United Kingdom’s version of the Warrior Games, bringing together wounded veterans from 14 nations for events including track and field, archery, wheelchair basketball, road cycling, indoor rowing, wheelchair rugby, swimming, sitting volleyball and a driving challenge.
Minnesota National Guard to begin largest rail movement in more than a decade
May 13, 2016
Members of the Minnesota National Guard load vehicles and equipment onto rail cars, at Camp Ripley, for movement to a training site out of state Sept. 18, 2015. Similar evolutions are underway now as the Minnesota Guard prepares for a massive rail convoy.
Indiana hosts Vibrant Response to prepare responders for nuclear bomb detonation
May 12, 2016
Department of Defense personnel react to a simulated nuclear detonation in Pittsburgh during Vibrant Response 2016 at Camp Atterbury, Ind., May 10, 2016. The annual exercise prepares military and civilian emergency response personnel to react to a national emergency.
South Dakota Soldier named Army National Guard Logistician of the Year
May 11, 2016
Staff Sgt. Anson Juelfs, of Belle Fourche, S.D., has been named the Army National Guard’s Logistician of the Year for 2015.
Value of dual-status commanders seen for complex events
May 10, 2016
Senior staff members of the Pennsylvania Army and Air National Guard listen to an operational brief by Shane Woodmancy, an emergency management specialist with Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency during Vibrant Response 2016. The Pennsylvania National Guard is the agency’s partner and works under its direction during state activations.
Florida National Guard member selected as Inspector General Soldier of the Year
May 9, 2016
Sergeant 1st Class William Hughes is the 2016 National Guard Bureau Inspector General Soldier of the Year winner. Hughes is assigned to the Joint Force Headquarters, Florida National Guard, and was one of four Soldiers from across the Army National Guard who competed for the top spot.
Army Guard tank crew wins Sullivan Cup
May 6, 2016
The crew from the North Carolina Army Guard's C Company, 1st Battalion, 252nd Armor Regiment have been named the Army's best tank crew and have won the Sullivan Cup.
As wildfire season approaches, Air teams practice with MAFFS units
May 6, 2016
Assistant Air Base Fueler from the Santa Maria Air Tanker Base Elena Rios with U.S. Forest Service monitors water being pumped into a MAFFS unit on a C-130 air tanker during training at the 146th Airlift Wing in Port Hueneme, California on May 4, 2016. Air National Guard and Reserve units from across the U.S. convened for MAFFS (Modular Airborne Fire Fighting Systems)annual certification and training this week to prepare for the upcoming fire season in support of U.S. Forest Service.
Today celebrates and honors military spouses
May 6, 2016
Symbolic of today's designation as Military Spouse Appreciation Day, family and friends welcome Soldiers assigned to the 1st Battalion, 252nd Armor Regiment, 30th Armored Brigade Combat Team, home with open arms after redeploying to Pope Airfield at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, March 22, 2016.
New York Army National Guard cooks take their shot at winning Army-wide cooking challenge
May 3, 2016
New York Army National Guard Private Spc. Ramon Vargas, a food service specialist with the 642nd Aviation Service Battalion, adds mashed potato mix to a pot of boiling water during the state level Phillip A. Connelly Competition at Camp Smith Training Site on April 29, 2016.
Collaboration the catchphrase during chief of the National Guard Bureau’s visit to New Mexico
May 3, 2016
Gen. Frank J. Grass, Chief of the National Guard Bureau, left, toured New Mexico National Guard Apr. 29-30, 2016. Grass began his visit at the Army Aviation Support Facility then was flown via Army UH-60 Black Hawk to the southern section of New Mexico. Brig. Gen. Andrew Salas, adjutant general of New Mexico National Guard, recounts the efforts of the Soldiers and Airmen assigned to the New Mexico National Guard’s Joint Counterdrug Task Force.
Rice confirmed as Air Guard director; to receive third star
April 29, 2016
Maj. Gen. Scott Rice was approved by the U.S. Senate April 28, 2016, to become director of the Air National Guard
Braving temps of -47, New York Airmen build snow runway in High Arctic
April 26, 2016
A loadmaster with the New York Air National Guard's 109th Airlift Wing loads a Canadian transport vehicle onto an LC-130 "Skibird" at Little Cornwallis Island, Nunavut, Canada, on April 13, 2016, in support of Canada's annual Operation Nunalivut. A group of eight Airmen from the 109th AW prepared the ski-way for LC-130 operations and also trained four Canadian engineers on how to build the ski-way.