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Parade tragedy spurs Oklahoma Guard members into action
October 27, 2015
First Sgt. Brent Pearce, of Edmond, Okla., and a member of Company E, 700th Brigade Support Battalion, 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, is awarded the Army Commendation medal for his actions following a deadly accident at the Oklahoma State University homecoming parade in Stillwater, Oklahoma, on Oct. 24, 2015. Pearce was one of 45 Soldiers given medals for taking immediate action after a woman crashed through the crowd watching the parade, killing four and injuring more than 40 others. The Soldiers marched in the parade and were preparing to return to their armory when the accident occurred.
New York Air National Guard firefighters conduct joint search and rescue training
October 27, 2015
Tech. Sgt. Adam Myers, 109th Fire Department urban search and rescue team NCOIC at Stratton Air National Guard Base, completes high angle training during a joint search and rescue training exercise Oct. 21, 2015 at Camp Smith, New York, with the 106th Rescue Wing out of Long Island.
Texas Guard engineers ready to respond for flood rescues
October 26, 2015
Members of the Texas National Guard's 236th Engineering Company stand ready within Light Medium Terrain Vehicles to engage in flood rescue operations in Huntsville, Texas, Oct. 25, 2015. Members of the 236th Engineering Company, part of the 111th Engineering Battalion, mobilized to Corsicana and Hunstville, Texas, to stand ready to respond to any rescue needs caused by the rainstorms resulting from Hurricane Patricia in October 2015.
South Carolina National Guard bridge company helping rebuild Columbia
October 23, 2015
Engineers from the 125th Multi-Role Bridge Company, South Carolina Army National Guard help contractors clear debris out of the canal in Columbia, on Oct. 21, 2015.
Texas Guard members fight fires in Bell County; save 200 homes
October 22, 2015
A Texas Army National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk from the Austin Army Aviation Facility assists in suppressing a wildfire in Bastrop County, Texas. The Texas National Guard mobilized aviation assets from Austin, Grand Prairie and San Antonio to help combat the fire that burned about 4,200 acres and destroyed nearly one dozen homes.
New York National Guard Civil Support Team hones skills at fire training center
October 22, 2015
New York Air National Guard Staff Sgt. Joshua Spagnola tests a potential hazardous material in a vacant residential building at the Colonie Fire Training Center in Latham, Oct. 20, 2015. Members of the 2nd Civil Support Team trained at the center to improve and test their team's ability to rapidly detect and identify chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear (CBRN) hazardous and respond to these threats.
Texas National Guard crews helping fight wildfires
October 21, 2015
A Texas Army National Guard CH-47 Chinook from Grand Prairie and a UH-60 Black Hawk from the Austin Army Aviation Facility assist in suppressing a wildfire in Bastrop County, Texas.
Colorado's 140th Wing participates in Wing Wartime Readiness Inspection
October 19, 2015
U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Robbin Bruning, 140th Maintenance Squadron, Colorado Air National Guard, ushers in an F-16 Fighting Falcon during the wing’s readiness inspection at Buckley Air Force Base, Aurora, Colorado, Oct. 16, 2015. This training is a part of the 140th Wing’s four-day Wing Wartime Readiness Inspection, the U.S. Air Force’s new evaluation system for wartime, contingency and force sustainment readiness.
Airmen of New York's 109th Airlift Wing begin Antarctic mission
October 19, 2015
An LC-130 "Skibird" and aircrew with the New York Air National Guard's 109th Airlift Wing departed Oct. 16, 2015, from Stratton Air National Guard Base, New York, for McMurdo Station, Antarctica. This is the 28th season that the unit has participated in Operation Deep Freeze, the military component of the U.S. Antarctic Program, which is managed by the National Science Foundation.
North Carolina National Guard engineers aid flood-stricken South Carolina residents
October 15, 2015
North Carolina National Guard Soldiers, assigned to the 882nd Engineers Company (Vertical), 505th Engineers Battalion, assess the damage of a road in Eastover, South Carolina, Oct. 13, 2015.
National Guard Bureau Chief Frank Grass sees 'outstanding work' of Pennsylvania troops
October 14, 2015
Gen. Frank Grass, chief of the National Guard Bureau, fires an M-4 rifle using both iron and close combat optic sites at the installation’s range 8A, Oct. 9, 2015. Fort Indiantown Gap, run by the Pennsylvania Army National Guard, trains more than 130,000 service members from all branches and components, multinational partners and interagency partners at the federal, state and local levels annually.
Army National Guard Soldier places second in all-Army Best Warrior Competition
October 13, 2015
Spc. Cruser Barnes, left, from the Hawaii Army National Guard’s Troop A, 1st Squadron, 299th Cavalry Regiment, stands next to Army Staff Sgt. Kevin Simpson, assigned to the U.S. Army Band, Military District of Washington, during the all-Army Best Warrior Competition awards luncheon at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C., Oct. 12, 2015. Barnes was the first runner-up in the Soldier category of the competition after winning the Army National Guard level competition earlier in the year.
North Carolina National Guard helping South Carolina Guard in flood aftermath
October 13, 2015
A North Carolina National Guard Soldier assigned to the 875th Engineer Company looks over the bridge, onto the damaged canal where rocks are being placed to create a temporary dam in Columbia, South Carolina, Oct. 11, 2015. The NCNG has been ready to support the South Carolina Emergency Management Division and other state and federal partner agencies as South Carolina recovers from the effects of extended rain downfall, causing severe flooding throughout the state.
Mississippi National Guardsmen prepare to defend nation's capital
October 9, 2015
Soldiers, with the 1st Battalion, 204th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, Mississippi Army National Guard, emerge after a storm to prepare to fire a Stinger ground-to-air missile from an Avenger vehicle platform during a pre-deployment live-fire exercise on Fort Bliss, Texas, Oct. 7, 2015.
Louisiana National Guard conducts anti-terrorism exercise at Camp Beauregard
October 9, 2015
Rapides Sheriff's Office deputies and Pineville Police Department officers detain one of the role-players during a multi-layered anti-terrorism training scenario at Camp Beauregard in Pineville, Louisiana, Oct. 7, 2015.
Helicopter aquatic rescue teams from North and South Carolina pitch in on flood rescues
October 9, 2015
Tim Rodgers, a helicopter search and rescue lead for the North Carolina Helicopter Aquatic Rescue Team, prepares to give an interview for WSOC-TV based in Charlotte, North Carolina, at McEntire Joint National Guard Base, South Carolina, during a statewide flood response, Oct. 8, 2015.
More than 2,650 Guard members now helping in South Carolina
October 8, 2015
U.S. Army Spc. Joshua Monk, assigned to the 1052nd Transportation Company, South Carolina National Guard in Kingstree South Carolina, uses a forklift to unload sandbags at the 8 Oaks Park in Georgetown on Oct. 7, 2015. The sandbags were delivered in response to widespread flooding in the area as a result of heavy rain. The South Carolina National Guard partnered with federal, state and local emergency management agencies and first responders to provide assistance.
Air Force secretary visits West Virginia Air Guard members
October 7, 2015
Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James addresses members of the 167th Airlift Wing, Martinsburg, West Virginia, Oct. 5. James visited the 167th Airlift Wing to learn about their recent mission conversion to the C-17 Globemaster and the West Virginia Air National Guard.
New York's 107th Airlift Wing aircrews complete first solo MQ-9 operational mission
October 7, 2015
A 107th Airlift Wing officer pilots an MQ-9 from the facility at Hancock Air National Guard Base, Syracuse, New York.
National Guard units in South Carolina dealing with flood aftermath
October 6, 2015
Soldiers from the Alpha Company, 218th Brigade Support Battalion, South Carolina Army National Guard, deliver sandbags to the Columbia Riverfront Canal, Columbia, S.C., in an effort to repair the canal's breached levee during a statewide flood response, Oct. 5, 2015.