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Command Sgt. Maj. Kepner assumes duties as 11th sergeant major of the Army Guard
June 10, 2016
Army Lt. Gen. Timothy Kadavy, left, director of the Army Guard, passes the noncommissioned officer's sword to Command Sgt. Maj. Christopher Kepner, center, the incoming command sergeant major of the Army National Guard, during a Change of Responsibility Ceremony, June 8, 2016 in Arlington, Va. The passing of the NCO sword is a symbolic representation of the assumption of responsibilty.
Military units in Tacoma train jointly for natural disaster
June 10, 2016
A Soldier assigned to 331st Modular Causeway Company, 11th Transportation Battalion, 7th Sustainment Brigade from Fort Eustis, Va., docks part of a modular causeway system during Joint Logistics Over the Shore at the Port of Tacoma, Wash., June 6, 2016. Sections of the Modular Causeway can be combined on a bare beach in order to supply emergency resources to areas affected by natural disaster.
'Casualty actors' perform during Washington earthquake response drill
June 10, 2016
Tech. Sgt. Jermaine Lindsay, Senior Airman Waylen Anderson, Senior Airman Michael Yearsley and Tech. Sgt. Kristal Cavanaugh from the 194th Wing, Washington National Guard, pose as zombies with their simulated injury makeup before a notional earthquake is to strike the Pacific Northwest as part of exercise Cascadia Rising 2016. Cascadia Rising 2016 is a full-scale exercise involving more than 100 federal, state, county and city agencies designed to test the state's earthquake response plan.
Air National Guard welcomes its 12th command chief master sergeant
June 7, 2016
Chief Master Sgt. Ronald C. Anderson, the 12th command chief master sergeant for the Air National Guard, addresses the audience during his welcome ceremony June 2, 2016, at Joint Base Andrews, Md.
Defense Department begins educating service leaders on new retirement system
June 2, 2016
Implementation timeline for the military Blended Retirement System.
National Guard units take on unique missions
June 1, 2016
Among National Guard unique missions are those carried out by New York's 109th Wing, which flies missions to Antarctica. This photo, from Dec. 15, 2012, shows a plane at McMurdo Station, Antarctica.
From Port-au-Prince to West Point: Maryland Guard's first graduate
May 27, 2016
Newly commissioned 2nd Lt. Alix Schoelcher Idrache, became the Maryland Army National Guard's first United States Military Academy, also known as West Point, graduate on May 21, 2016. Idrache, originally from Haiti, graduated at the top of his class in physics and will attend Army Aviation school at Fort Rucker, Alabama.
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.