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South Carolina National Guard responds to historic flood levels
October 3, 2015
U.S. Army Spc. Joshua Monk, a forklift operator in the 1052nd Transportation Company, South Carolina National Guard, from Kingstree, South Carolina, assists in moving and delivery of sandbags from the Wateree Correctional Institute to county emergency managers in Chesterfield to assist in flood response Oct. 3, 2015. Gov. Nikki Haley declared a state of emergency Oct. 1, 2015, to prepare for projected historic amounts of rainfall to impact the Carolinas after a weather system collided with the outer bands of Hurricane Joaquin off the coast, resulting in significant amounts of rain to fall in the region.
Operational Support Airlift Agency meets ‘one Army’ vision
October 2, 2015
Army Maj. Gen. Timothy McKeithen, the deputy director of the Army National Guard, passes the unit colors to the incoming Operational Support Airlift Agency commander, Army Col. David Doran, during a ceremony Sept. 30, 2015, in Fort Belvoir, Virginia. Doran replaces the outgoing commander, Army Col. James Ring, as OSAA transitions to an activity that reports directly to the commander of the Army Air Operations Group, or AAOG, and realigns itself under the Military District of Washington as part of Army reorganization.
Virginia National Guard personnel preparing for possible severe weather response operations
October 2, 2015
This map from the National Hurricane Center shows the projected path this weekend of category-4 Hurricane Joaquin.
National Guard prepares as Hurricane Joaquin moves toward East Coast
October 1, 2015
This map from the National Hurricane Center shows the projected path this weekend of category-4 Hurricane Joaquin.
Family Day reunites California teens, parents after 70 days in Youth ChalleNGe program
October 1, 2015
Cadet Desiree Carlos is reunited with her family Sept. 19, 2015, after 70 days apart while Carlos was working hard in school, gaining discipline and learning life lessons at the California National Guard’s Sunburst Youth ChalleNGe Academy on Joint Forces Training Base Los Alamitos.
Resident lauds California National Guard in aftermath of the devastating Valley Fire
September 25, 2015
Lake County resident Bridget Sargeant thanks Staff Sgt. Janneth Rendon and Spc. Steven Garivay for their assistance and patience while escorting her back to her home. Close to 100 California Guard military police assisted local authorities in escorting residents to make brief trips back to feed animals, grab medications or other important documents from the homes they had to evacuate because of wildfires. Some residents have been away from their homes for 10 days. The Guard members are part of the 870th Military Police Company.
National Guard supports local authorities with Pope Francis visit
September 24, 2015
Sgt. Julian O’Hare, 50th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, New Jersey Army National Guard, directs a medical Humvee at the National Guard Armory in Woodbury, Sept. 24, 2015. The Soldiers are part of a task force comprised of Soldiers and Airmen who will be assisting New Jersey civil authorities with security during Pope Francis’s visit to Philadelphia Sept. 26-27.
New Jersey's 177th Fighter Wing practices heavy-lifting skills
September 23, 2015
U.S. Air Force Airmen from the New Jersey Air National Guard 177th Fighter Wing Crash Disabled Damaged Aircraft Recovery team maneuver an F-16 Fighting Falcon hooked up to a crane, Sept. 19, 2015 at Naval Air Station Wildwood Aviation Museum, N.J. The CDDAR team completed crane lift training, a tri-annual certification used in the event an immobile aircraft needs to be removed from a runway quickly and safely.
General Milley: After 9/11, “America’s Army National Guard was everywhere.”
September 22, 2015
General Milley praises National Guard partnership building
September 22, 2015
General Milley: “Nothing’s sacred”
September 22, 2015
General Milley: “There is only one Army”
September 22, 2015
Gen. Mark Milley addresses National Guard leaders in Nashville, Tennessee on Sept. 11, 2015.
Tank renovation for museum teaches history to New York Soldiers
September 22, 2015
New York Army National Guard Spc. Jonathon Bishop, Co. B, 427th Brigade Support Battalion, attaches a clevis fastener on a refurbished World War II-era M4A3 Sherman tank on permanent display at the New York State Military Museum in Saratoga Springs, Sept. 15, 2015. National Guard Soldiers working full time at the Maneuver Area Training Equipment Site, or MATES, at Fort Drum, spent the past 22 months refurbishing and repainting the tank in their spare time.
New York Army Guard Soldiers take to the water, train on small boat insertion techniques
September 17, 2015
New York Army National Guard Sgt. Aaron Lawrence and Spc. Zach Bouley, two infantrymen assigned to Troop C, 2nd Squadron, 101st Cavalry Regiment, recon a landing site in advance of an inbound F470 Combat Rubber Raiding Craft during a training exercise in Buffalo, N.Y, Sept. 13, 2015. During the exercise, Soldiers from the troop conducted waterborne operations and practiced covertly deploying to a simulated enemy beachhead.
Oregon Guard Soldier Skarlatos awarded Soldier’s Medal for actions to subdue gunman on Paris-bound train
September 17, 2015
Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter, left, pins the Soldier's Medal on the uniform of Spc. Aleksander Skarlatos, of the Oregon Army National Guard's 1st Battalion, 186th Infantry Regiment, during a ceremony at the Pentagon, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2015. Skarlatos received the award--the highest award for heroism in a non-combat situation--for his role in subduing a heavily armed gunman on a Paris-bound train in August. Looking on is Air Force Gen. Paul Selva, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Army Gen. Frank Grass, chief, National Guard Bureau.
Building esprit de corps, cohesion via a lesson in history
September 16, 2015
James A. Rosebrock, a certified battlefield guide with the National Park Service, briefs Soldiers from the National Guard Bureau's Soldier and Family Support Division during a staff ride at Antietam National Battlefield, Sept. 14, 2015 near Sharpsburg, Md. A staff ride is a tool used by a commander to build unit cohesion and esprit de corps among Soldiers through the use of historical lessons learned, relating the past to the present.
Minnesota National Guard fun runs highlight the ‘Power of One’ in suicide prevention
September 15, 2015
The Minnesota National Guard hosted two suicide prevention fun runs at Camp Ripley and Arden Hills Army Training Site, September 12-13, 2015, to raise awareness and establish a renewed emphasis on preventing suicide. The events focused on the 'Power of One,' or the ability of one person to make a difference and save a life.
New York Army Guard helicopter and crew will assist Southwest law enforcement
September 15, 2015
The New York National Guard's counterdrugs aviation unit received two UH-72A Lakotas in June 2012. The Lakotas are equipped with forward-looking infrared cameras, giving pilots the ability to see clearly in both day and night. One helicopter and crew are deploying to the Southwest USA to assist in border control.
Alaska National Guard rescues three from sinking boat
September 14, 2015
Tech. Sgt. Dave Torrance, 210th Rescue Squadron Special Mission Aviator with the Alaska Air National Guard’s HH-60 Pave Hawks, mans the hoist cable system during a training mission above Homer, Alaska. The cable hoist system is used to lower pararescuemen to treat and rescue potential victims when the weather or terrain does not allow for the helicopter to land. Three boaters were rescued Sept. 11, 2015, by a similar system.
On 14th anniversary of terror attacks, Soldiers and Airmen remember vividly
September 11, 2015
Two members of the National Guard stand beneath one of hundreds of American flags that have been hoisted or worn by rescue workers at the site of the collapsed World Trade Center in New York on Sept, 19, 2001.