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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.
Texas Guardsman foils terror plot in Denmark; awarded high Danish Defense Medal
April 22, 2016
Capt. Bradley Grimm, center,Texas Army National Guard, receives the Danish Defense Medal for Special Meritorious Efforts by Danish Defense Gen. Peter Bartram, left, and American ambassador to Denmark Rufus Gifford, right, at a ceremony held in Denmark, April 19, 2016. Grimm was instrumental in foiling a terrorist plot to bomb a Danish school and assisted Danish security forces in making an arrest. (Danish Military photo by Sune Wadskjær/Released)
Texas Guard teams up with other agencies to rescue more than 200 from floods
April 22, 2016
Texas Guardsmen and Texas Task Force 1 rescue personnel wade through thigh-deep water to help stranded residents back to rescue vehicles during severe flooding in Wharton, Texas, April 21, 2016. In coordination with Texas Task Force 1 and the City of Wharton emergency services, a detachment from Delta Company of the 536th Brigade Support Battalion, Texas Army National Guard deployed several Light Multi-terrain Vehicles to floodwaters rescuing both people and pets.
Air Guard enlisted bestow highest honor on Lt. Gen. Stanley Clarke III
April 21, 2016
Chief Master Sgt. James W. Hotaling, the command chief master sergeant of the Air National Guard, presents Lt. Gen. Stanley E. Clarke III, director of the Air National Guard, with a scroll signed by the enlisted Airmen attending his Order of the Sword induction ceremony at the Renaissance hotel Montgomery, Alabama, April 17, 2016. Clarke is the 13th Air National Guard officer to be inducted into the Order of the Sword, which is the top honor the enlisted corps can bestow upon an officer.
Soldiers and Airmen from Texas train and learn at Vigilant Guard in Louisiana
April 20, 2016
Soldiers with the Texas Natonal Guard's 836th Sapper Co., 6th CBRNE Enhanced Response Force Package – CERFP, part of the Joint Task Force 136th (Maneuver Enhancement Brigade), hand off an infant “casualty” during a low-angle rescue mission, as part of exercise Operation Vigilant Guard 2016 near Baton Rouge, Louisiana, April 15-17, 2016.
Army Guard Soldiers win Best Ranger Competition for first time in competition history
April 19, 2016
Army Capt. Robert Killian, right, with the Colorado Army National Guard, and his teammate, Army Staff Sgt. Erich Friedlein, with the Pennsylvania Army National Guard, head out to their next event while competing in the 2016 Lt. Gen. David E. Grange Jr. Best Ranger Competition at Fort Benning, Georgia.