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Virginia National Guard providing post-storm assistance
February 25, 2016
Virginia National Guard Soldiers assigned to the Powhatan-based 180th Engineer Company, 276th Engineer Battalion, 91st Troop Command clear debris to open a blocked road Feb. 25, 2016, in Essex County, Virginia. More than 40 Virginia National Guard Soldiers are on state active duty assisting a multi-agency effort with clean up operations in Essex, Sussex, Patrick and Westmoreland Counties.
Arkansas Air Guard major player at test center
February 25, 2016
Lt. Col. Matthew "Banger" Baugher, from the Air National Guard Air Force Reserve Test Center (AATC), explains the LITENING pod targeting system to Maj. Gen. Mark H. Berry, the adjutant general of Arkansas, right, and Brig. Gen. Kurt Vogel, the commander of the Arkansas Air National Guard. The 189th Airlift Wing C-130s have been tapped as test beds for a highly-accurate air drop and reconnaissance system.
New York Army National Guard cavalrymen and aviators team up for combined training
February 24, 2016
New York Army National Guard Soldiers from C Troop 2nd Squadron 101st Cavalry, from Buffalo, N.Y. simulate being inserted at a landing zone from a U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter assigned to Company B, 3rd Battalion, 126th Aviation at the Youngstown Local Training Area in Youngstown, N.Y., Feb. 20, 2016. The Soldiers are training in preparation for larger scale exercises to be held throughout the year.
Iowa National Guard develops future Total Army technicians
February 23, 2016
Maj. Gen. Flem B. Walker, Jr., the Deputy Chief of Staff, Logistics (G-4) for U.S. Army Forces Command, observes students training at the Sustainment Training Center, located in Johnston, Iowa. Walker toured the Iowa National Guard facility during a recent visit to Camp Dodge.
New Jersey Air Guard revolutionizing intelligence
February 22, 2016
Graphic representation of Tech. Sgt. Jason Valleley, 204th intelligence analyst, as he simulates manipulating data in Google Earth. Valleley headed the development for a way to use classified Google Earth with integrated intelligence gathered from multiple sources to aid United States' military units throughout the world. The images employed in this illustration are purely representational and do not reflect any current or past intelligence operatons. (U.S. Air National Guard illustration by Senior Airman Kellyann Novak/Released)
Alliance, endurance on display at Exercise Allied Spirit IV
February 22, 2016
During Allied Spirit IV, a Soldier from the U.S. Army’s 1st Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, playing a forward observer, uses snow-covered brush for concealment while scanning a nearby road Jan. 22 at the U.S. Army’s Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels Training Area (JMRC HTA), Germany. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Eddie Siguenza)
Army Mountain Warfare students take a walk on the wild side at Smugglers' Notch
February 19, 2016
Chief Warrant Officer 4 Kim Siner, the command chief warrant officer of Vermont, rappels a cliff face during the Mountain Walk at Smugglers' Notch in Jeffersonville, Vermont, Feb. 18, 2016. Vermont National Guard leadership performed the Mountain Walk with basic and advanced mountain warfare students to gain a better understanding of the Mountain Warfare School and to refresh their mountaineering skills.
Alaska Air National Guard rescue choppers train in Nevada desert for first time
February 19, 2016
First Lt. Seth Peterson, left, a pilot with the 210th Airlift Squadron, and Senior Master Sgt. Thomas Dietrich, a special mission aviator with the 176th Operations Group, prepare for take off in an HH-60 Pave Hawk on Nellis AFB, Nev., during Red Flag 16-1 on Feb. 11, 2016. The two were a part of approximately 50 Air Guardsmen from the 176th Operations Group and 176th Maintenance Group participating in the combat training exercise.
New York Guard ordnance experts train local police in avoiding IEDs
February 17, 2016
New York Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Evan Putman, a Soldier in the 1108th Ordnance Company (Explosive Ordnance Disposal), places a bomb disposal tool in position while wearing a protective bomb suit during a training tactical operation with the Columbia-Greene County Shared Services Response Team at the 911 Call Center in Cairo, New York, Feb. 2, 2016. Four Soldiers from the 1108th conducted training for the law enforcement agencies.
Michigan National Guard Soldier saved Flint resident's life during water crisis
February 17, 2016
Spc. Charles Colwell stands outside his assigned distribution site, Fire Station 1, Flint, Michigan, Feb. 12, 2016. Colwell played an instrumental role in providing assistance to a Flint resident last week.
Ending military segregation took an executive order from President Harry Truman
February 5, 2016
President Harry Truman, stymied by legislative inaction on ending military segregation, took pen to paper and ended it with Executive Order 9981, July 26, 1948.
184th Wing's Jayhawks contribute their expertise to massive deployment
February 4, 2016
Airmen assigned to the 134th Air Control Squadron climb aboard buses and deploy from McConnell Air Force Base in support of operations Nov. 11, 2015. The squadron's departure was part of a much larger mobilization of the 184th Intelligence Wing that deployed members to locations all over the world, making it one of the largest deployments in the wing's recent history.
Bronze Star for Valor awarded to two New York Air National Guard Airmen killed in Afghanistan
February 4, 2016
Staff Sgt. Louis Bonacasa, left, and Tech Sgt. Joseph Lemm, both members of the New York Air National Guard's 105th Airlift Wing's 105th Base Defense Squadron, killed in action in Afghanistan on Dec. 21, 2015, have been awarded the Bronze Star with V for Valor for their actions that day. The two Air Guardsmen were honored for giving their lives to save other Airmen from a suicide bomber. Four other Airmen died alongside them.
Most Michigan National Guard members return home from Flint water assistance
February 3, 2016
Maj. Gen. Gregory Vadnais, adjutant general of the Michigan National Guard, awards Capt. Anthony Corsi, a member of the Detroit-based 1225th Support Battalion, with a Michigan Active State Service Ribbon with Bronze Oak Leaf Device and the Michigan Legion of Merit Medal, Jan. 25, 2016, for his service with Task Force Flint. Corsi and four other Michigan National Guard Soldiers comprised the TFF Warehouse team that managed the inventory of bottled water and other supplies distributed to Flint residents.
Commission report provides opportunities to strengthen the Total Army
January 29, 2016
Gen. Frank Grass, National Guard Bureau chief, shakes the hand of Chief Warrant Officer 2 Carlos Castillo from Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 126th Aviation Regiment. The general visited aviation troops at Redding Municipal Airport in Northern California on Aug. 19, 2015. Grass, reacting to a report by the National Commission on the Future of the Army, said he appreciated the panel's recommendations.
Michigan's Selfridge base is tops in Air National Guard
January 28, 2016
A U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft takes off at Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Mich., Nov. 4, 2012. The base has recently been honored.
Alaska Air Guard's Terns fly south for the winter
January 28, 2016
Members of the 920th Rescue Wing and the 249th Airlift Squadron conduct a pre-mission briefing aboard a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft at Patrick Air Force Base, Florida, Jan. 14, 2016, before departing for a simulated astronaut rescue mission. The 249th AS worked with NASA, the 920th Rescue Wing, the 45th Space Wing and Detachment 3 of the 45th Operations Group to develop tactics, training and procedures to quickly and safely recover astronauts in the event they would need to abort their spacecraft.
National Guard offers new mobile marksmanship course to create small arms experts
January 27, 2016
Sgt. 1st Class Richard Stanley, National Guard Marksmanship Training Center small arms trainer, instructs two students on the mechanics of the M249 Squad Automatic Weapon during a Small Arms Weapons Expert course held at Fort Greely, Alaska, in December 2015.
Va. National Guard continues assistance after historic snowstorm
January 25, 2016
Virginia National Guard Soldiers assigned to the Pulaski-based Company D, 1st Battalion, 116th Infantry, 116th Infantry Brigade Combat Team assist the Waynesboro First Aid Crew with a rescue call Jan. 23, 2016, near Waynesboro, Virginia. The first aid crew was unable to reach the location of the call with their ambulance, so the Soldiers drove them to the residence, cleared them a path in the snow, then transported the patient back to the ambulance for evacuation.
National Guard personnel assisting civil authorities as blizzard pummels much of East Coast
January 23, 2016
Virginia National Guard Soldiers assigned to the Staunton-based Headquarters Company, 116th Infantry Brigade Combat Team stage with the Verona Fire Department to be ready for possible winter weather response operations Jan. 22, 2016, in Verona, Virginia.