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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.
Air National Guard's Ready Airman website and mobile app are updated
September 4, 2015
The Ready Airman website and mobile apps have been revised for users.
Oregon Guard Airmen and Soldiers conducting fire cleanup as blazes burn in five Western states
September 4, 2015
Oregon State Command Sgt. Maj. Shane Lake, center, receives instruction from Oregon Army National Guard Soldiers as he learns how to perform their work during wildfire cleanup operations in support of firefighting efforts at the Grizzly Bear Complex near Elgin, Oregon, Sept. 2, 2105. The Oregon National Guard was activated in August by Oregon Gov. Kate Brown and deployed to fire camps throughout the state to assist firefighters.
As Suicide Prevention Month begins, Army Guard focuses on building resilience and identifying suicide warning signs
September 3, 2015
Army Lt. Gen. Timothy Kadavy, the director of the Army National Guard, talks with those in attendance during the kick-off event for Suicide Awareness and Prevention Month at the Army National Guard Readiness Center in Arlington, Virginia, Sept. 1, 2015. Tying into a larger national program and spotlight on suicide awareness, events throughout the month of September are planned as a way to raise greater awareness on the warning signs and triggers of suicide while working to stress that suicide is preventable.
Preparedness vital to defense readiness, official says
September 1, 2015
North Dakota Army National Guard members Sgt. Preston Steele, right, and Spc. Jeremy Kasperson attach a towing chain to a partially submerged vehicle on a washed out section of gravel road west of Harwood, North Dakota, March 25, 2015. The driver of the vehicle was able to escape the car and make his way to safety before help arrived. The Soldiers are assigned to the 815th Engineer Company.
Louisiana National Guard better, stronger 10 years after Katrina
August 28, 2015
Soldiers and Airmen from the Louisiana National Guard work at a distribution point in the Bywater area of New Orleans to distribute food, water and ice to citizens in need of resources after Hurricane Isaac, Sep. 1, 2012. The LANG had more than 6,000 Soldiers and Airmen on duty to support people, local and state authorities by conducting Hurricane Isaac operations.
Texas-based Engineer Brigades embrace Army Total Force Policy to complete a 17-mile road construction project
August 28, 2015
Soldiers from the 420th Engineer Brigade pose for a photograph while participating in a 25-day roadway construction project spanning 17 miles along the perimeter of the Camp Bowie Training Center in Brownwood from July 6-30, 2015.
Guard members reflect on Hurricane Katrina and the Guard’s ‘finest hour’
August 28, 2015
Taking a break from sorting through the damage left by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, Stacey Besselman stands on the front porch of her Jackson Barracks home October 1, 2005. Besselman's home was one of many buildings on Jackson Barracks that had been submerged by flood waters as a result of Hurricane Katrina. "The worst part was actually moving through the parishes to get here and seeing the devastation and fearing the worst," said Besselman, commenting on returning to her home. Besselman's husband is 2nd Lt. William Besselman, of the Louisiana Army National Guard's B Company, 3rd Battalion, 156th Infantry Regiment, 256th Brigade Combat Team.
The Arkansas National Guard remembers its Katrina role
August 28, 2015
Ground level near the Superdome from inside an Arkansas National Guard Humvee. Water, water everywhere.
New York National Guard member honored for heroism in her own neighborhood
August 28, 2015
New York Army National Guard Major General Patrick Murphy, the adjutant general of New York, presents the New York State Medal for Valor, the state's highest military award, to Staff Sgt. Marlana Watson, of Lindenhurst, New York, on Aug. 19, 2015, at the Farmingdale Armed Forces Reserve Center. Watson, a member of the New York Army National Guard's Recruiting and Retention Battalion and a medic, was recognized for rushing across a Syracuse Street on Nov. 5, 2014, to treat two teenagers injured in a drive-by shooting, without regard for her own safety, since the shooter may have still been in the area.
Fire update: National Guard response to Western blazes increases
August 27, 2015
Oregon Army National Guard Soldiers practice smothering fires during wild land fires training at the Department of Public Safety Standards and Training in Salem, Ore., Aug. 25, 2015. The group is undergoing the training to assist the Oregon Department of Forestry during the 2015 firefighting season. The first group of 125 Soldiers were scheduled to deploy to the fire lines early on Aug. 26, and will be joined by 250 more Oregon citizen-Airmen and citizen-Soldiers who began their training at DPSST today, and are expected to deploy to the fire lines Aug. 30.
Oregon Army Guard member set to receive Soldier’s Medal for actions on a Paris-bound train
August 26, 2015
Spc. Aleksander Skarlatos, assigned to the Oregon Army National Guard’s 41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team, meets Air Force Brig. Gen. Jon T. Thomas, commander of the 86th Airlift Wing, as he arrives at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Aug. 24, 2015. Skarlatos, who along with two childhood friends subdued a heavily armed gunman aboard a Paris-bound train, will be awarded the Soldier’s Medal, the Army's highest award for acts of heroism not involving actual conflict with an enemy. On Monday, the trio were awarded the Legion of Honor, France’s highest award, by French President François Hollande.
Oregon Army Guard member stops armed attacker on French train
August 25, 2015
Spc. Alek Skarlatos, green shirt, with the Oregon Army National Guard’s 41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team, stands with French President François Hollande, left, Jane Hartley, U.S. ambassador to France, and friends Air Force Airman 1st Class Spencer Stone, with cast, and Anthony Sadler after a ceremony Monday at the Élysée in Paris where they received the Legion of Honor, France’s highest award, for their actions in subduing an attacker on a Paris-bound train armed with an assault rifle and other weapons. The three friends, with the help of a British passenger, tackled and subdued the gunman when he stopped to reload after opening fire in an adjacent car. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Ryan Crane)
Air Force extends SAPR services to AF civilians
August 25, 2015
Air Force SAPR Program logo
South Carolina Army National Guard partners with law enforcement for active-shooter training
August 24, 2015
U.S. Army Sgt. Iliana Guillen, supply specialist for the 351st Headquarters Support Company, South Carolina Army National Guard, discusses how she would barricade her office door and where she would hide within her office with South Carolina Law Enforcement Division agent Wayne Freeman during the unit's active shooter training class partnered with SLED and the Sumter county Sheriff's Department at the Army National Guard Armory in Sumter, South Carolina, Aug. 21, 2015.
Examining lessons from Hurricane Katrina 10 years later
August 21, 2015
Hurricane Katrina left destruction in its wake in 2005, necessitating a massive response from the Army and Air National Guard.
On the California fire lines, meet Pulaski and McLeod tools of the trade
August 21, 2015
Soldiers with Task Force Charlie, California Army National Guard, use Pulaskis to mop up an area previously burned in the Jerusalem Fire.