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Virginia Guard Airmen supporting global operations at Langley AFB
March 27, 2015
A Virginia National Guard Airman from the 192nd Intelligence Squadron demonstrates some of the intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities they use to support operations across the globe March 17, 2015, at Langley AFB.
During March Madness, let's remember basketball founder Dr. James Naismith, an Army Guard chaplain
March 26, 2015
Dr. James Naismith was an Army National Guard chaplain who also is credited with inventing the game of basketball.
Texas Guard Soldier takes home top honors during Task Force Sinai quarterly competition
March 25, 2015
Spc. Tommy Ly, a financial management technician, assigned to the 1st Squadron, 112th Cavalry Regiment, Texas National Guard, currently serving under Task Force Sinai, Multinational Force and Observers, fires his M4 Carbine rifle downrange March 18, 2015, during the Task Force Sinai Soldier of the Quarter Competition held on North Camp in the Sinai Peninsula of Egypt.
Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Welsh III and wife Betty visit 161st Air Refueling Wing
March 24, 2015
Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Welsh III addresses Airmen of the 161st Air Refueling Wing, Phoenix Sky Harbor Air National Guard Base, during a town hall meeting March 22, 2015. During the visit, Welsh interacted with Airmen and their spouses at an officer’s call and mission brief. The chief of staff got a first-hand look at the KC-135 Stratotanker unit and the Airmen who make the refueling mission a success.
D.C. Air Guard reaches historic milestone of 5,000 alert calls in nation's capital airspace
March 23, 2015
A pair of 113th Wing F-16s patrol the skies over the nation’s capital. The D.C. Air National Guard unit recently marked their 5,000th alert event, a historic first in the nation.
National Guard needs continued investment, generals tell Congress
March 21, 2015
Army Gen. Frank Grass, the chief of the National Guard Bureau; Chief of the Army Reserve Lt. Gen. Jeffrey W. Talley; Army National Guard Acting Director Maj. Gen. Judd H. Lyons and Air National Guard Director Lt. Gen. Stanley E. Clarke III talk before testifying at a House Appropriations Committee Subcommittee on Defense hearing on the posture of the National Guard and Reserve March 17, 2015. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Michelle Gonzalez)(Released)
Air National Guard rolls out healthier meal choices
March 20, 2015
U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Joey Wright of the 99th Airlift Squadron assembles a salad at Joint Base Andrews, Md., March 16, 2015, with tongs color coded according to the Go For Green program. Go For Green allows Airmen quickly make informed decisions about food choices, with the goal of supporting performance, readiness and resilience.
Gen. Martin Dempsey joins New York's 69th Infantry for St. Patrick's Day
March 19, 2015
Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and his wife, Deanie, observe the New York Army Guard "Fighting 69th" unit and other elements of the St. Patricks Day parade in New York City.
New York Army Guard aviators train with Air Guard close air controllers at Fort Drum
March 18, 2015
Senior Airman Joel Ramirez,a Tactical Air Control Party (TACP) Airman, moves towards the objective training area during an exercise at Fort Drum, N.Y., March 14, 2015. Thirty Airmen from the New York Air National Guard’s 274th Air Support Operations Squadron (ASOS), based at Hancock Field Air National Guard Base trained on Close Air Support (CAS) as well as training for the first time with two CH-47F Chinook helicopters from Company B, 3rd Battalion, 126th Aviation based in Rochester, N.Y.
D.C. Air National Guard to reach historic milestone protecting nation's skies
March 18, 2015
An F-16 fighter jet from the D.C. National Guard patrols the skies. Since Sept. 11, 2001, the jets have been on constant alert to intercept any aerial threats.
Guard members wrap up winter storm response affecting 12 states
March 17, 2015
Soldiers attached to G Company, 186nd Brigade Support Battalion, continued supporting the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority in snow removal operations Feb. 19, 2015. Over the course of the day, over 40 Soldiers cleaned portions of the tracks that were inaccessible to machines by hand with picks, shovels and brooms. This essential work accelerated the restoration of Red Line train line service, which according to MBTA officials, can see up to 250,000 passengers a day.
South Carolina, Virginia National Guard troops provided communications support for Vigilant Guard
March 17, 2015
Tech Sgt. Kevin Vaughn, left, an interoperability coordinator with the South Carolina Air National Guard’s 169th Communications Flight and Chief Warrant Officer 4 Ed Marquis, a tactical communications officer with the Virginia Army National Guard’s 29th Infantry Division, discuss interagency communication at a Vigilant Guard exercise March 8, 2015 in Georgetown, South Carolina. Vigilant Guard is a series of federally funded disaster-response drills conducted by National Guard units working with federal, state and local emergency management agencies and first responders.
Louisiana National Guard members in helicopter crash identified, remembered
March 16, 2015
Chief Warrant Officer 4 George Wayne Griffin Jr, 37; Chief Warrant Officer 4 George David Strother, 44; Staff Sgt. Lance Bergeron, 40; and Staff Sgt. Thomas Florich, 26; died when a UH-60M Black Hawk they were riding on crashed into the Santa Rosa Sound, Florida.
Va. Guard remembers Airmen, Soldiers on 14th anniversary of 203rd RED HORSE Squadron crash
March 13, 2015
The Virginia Air National Guard’s Virginia Beach-based 203rd RED HORSE Squadron holds a memorial service March 3, 2015, at Camp Pendleton to honor 18 unit members and three Florida Army Guard aviators killed 14 years ago. The 203rd engineers and the Florida aviators from Detachment 1, 171st Aviation Battalion, were killed March 3, 2001, when the C-23 Sherpa they were flying in crashed in a cotton field near Unadilla, Ga. The 203rd members were returning home after completing a two-week military construction project at Hurlburt Field, Fla. The C-23 crash was the worst peacetime aviation disaster in the history of the National Guard, and the worst loss of life in the Virginia National Guard since World War II. (
Serving in Antarctica: Chaplain on ice
March 12, 2015
U.S. Air Force Chaplain Maj. Pete Drury stands atop Castle Rock, about an eight-mile hike from the town of McMurdo, with Mt. Erebus in the background. Chaplain Drury completed a deployment to Antarctica in support of Operation Deep Freeze, which in turn supports the United States Antarctic Program scientific research efforts.
69th Infantry marks deployment and honors fallen comrades in 2015 St. Patrick’s Day Parade
March 11, 2015
Maj. Sean Flynn, commander of the 1st Battalion 69th Infantry, and piper Joe Brady lead the officers and men of the New York Army National Guard's 1st Battalion 69th Infantry up 5th Avenue at the start of New York City's St. Patrick's Day Parade on March 17, 2014. The 69th Infantry has led the annual St. Patrick's Day parade every year since 1851.
Colorado's 140th Civil Engineer Squadron receives top honors
March 10, 2015
Colorado Air National Guard 140th Civil Engineer Squadron, 140th Wing, group photo. The 140th CES received the 2014 Air National Guard William L. Deneke Award and the 2014 Society of American Military Engineers Curtin Award.
Gen. Frank Grass visits Vigilant Guard disaster exercise in South Carolina
March 10, 2015
U.S. Army Gen. Frank Grass, the Chief of the National Guard Bureau and a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, shakes hands with Dr. David Callaway, the director of the Carolinas MED-1 facility, at the beginning of a tour of the mobile medical unit at Vigilant Guard South Carolina March 9, 2015, at the Georgetown Airport in Georgetown, South Carolina. Vigilant Guard is a series of federally funded disaster-response drills conducted by National Guard units working with federal, state and local emergency management agencies and first responders.
New command chief warrant officer talks about his top priorities
March 9, 2015
Chief Warrant Officer 5 Pete Panos, the incoming command chief warrant officer for the Army National Guard, accepts the sabre, a symbol of his leadership and responsibility, from the acting director of the Army Guard, Army Maj. Gen. Judd Lyons, during a change of responsibility ceremony Feb. 23, 2015 in Arlington, Va. CW5 Pete Panos, from the Minnesota National Guard, will replace CW5 Thomas Ensminger as the new command chief warrant officer for the Army Guard.
New York's 107th Airlift Wing hosts class to train the trainers to teach satellite courses
March 6, 2015
The 107th Airlift Wing hosted an Instructor Certification Program here this past week with 16 New York Air National Guardsmen attending in order to become facilitators for Professional Military Education courses. Master Sgt. William Conner of Knoxville, Tennessee, is one of the instructors for this course, March 3, 2015.