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Air National Guard director Clarke makes Wyoming re-enlistment ceremony memorable
July 24, 2014
Lt. Gen. Stanley E. Clarke III, the director of the Air National Guard, administers the oath of enlistment during a mass re-enlistment ceremony, for Airmen of the 153rd Airlift Wing on July 23, 2014. Clarke visited the 153rd, and met with unit and Wyoming National Guard leaders .
Michigan Army Guard kicks off XCTC training exercise, active component and Army Guard Soldiers train together
July 23, 2014
A Soldier assigned to the 1st Battalion, 119th Field Artillery Regiment, Michigan National Guard, prepares for contact from opposing forces in his hasty fighting position during the Field Artillery Defense situation training exercise lane during the eXportable Combat Training Capability exercise on Camp Grayling Joint Maneuver Training Center, Mich., July 17, 2014. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Jeremy Miller/Released)
Cyber security exercise, heavy on National Guard, completed
July 22, 2014
Soldiers from a Cyber Protection Team participate in Cyber Guard 14-1, a joint and interagency exercise designed to test coordination and tactical-level operations to protect, prevent, mitigate and recover from a domestic cyberspace incident, June 30, 2014, at the FBI National Academy in Quantico, Va. CPTs traditionally defend DoD information networks, but can defend other infrastructure when authorized. Three CPTs participated in this year’s Cyber Guard.
New York Army Guard Soldier makes use of program for Guard members to attend West Point
July 22, 2014
New York Army National Guard Pvt. 1st Class Mitchell Valenza, a Queensbury resident, is now Cadet Valenza at the United States Military Academy at West Point.
Georgia medevac training: 'Very little room for error'
July 22, 2014
Sgt. Natsuki Hama, a Georgia Guard member with Detachment 1, Charlie Company, 1-111th General Support Aviation Battalion, is hoisted by Sgt. Chad Evans into a UH-60M Blackhawk helicopter in Marietta, Georgia, July 13, 2014, as part of a hoist-training exercise.
Guard members helping fight blazes in Utah, Oregon and Washington
July 21, 2014
An Oregon Army National Guard CH-47 Chinook helicopter returns to the Madras Airport after successfully dumping water on a target area in the Logging Unit fire west of Madras, Ore., July 20, 2014. Two CH-47 Chinook helicopters and two HH-60M Black Hawk helicopters of the Oregon Army National Guard arrived at the Madras Airport, July 19, to assist local authorities in suppressing the wildfire west of Madras.
Alaska Air Guard members rescue five hikers stranded on cliff near Valdez
July 21, 2014
An Alaska Air National Guard HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter from the 210th Rescue Squadron flies on a training flight July 10 in south-central Alaska. The hoist capabilities of the Pave Hawk helicopters provide the rescue assets with the ability to conduct rescue missions in rugged terrain.
Puerto Rico National Guard divers take training to new depths
July 17, 2014
Citizen-Soldiers assigned to the 232nd Engineer Dive Detachment, 92nd Maneuver Enhancement Brigade, Puerto Rico National Guard, conduct water familiarization training at the pool in Camp Santiago Joint Maneuver Training Center, July 8, 2014.
Army National Guard Best Warrior Competition kicks off
July 16, 2014
One of the competitors in the Army National Guard's Best Warrior contest in Arkansas, July 14, 2014.
Texas Airman answers the nation's call four times - in different service branches
July 16, 2014
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jesus Yanez, 455th Expeditionary Base Defense Squadron defender, stands at his post at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, July 2, 2014. Yanez has served in four different military branches throughout his career. He is a native of El Paso, Texas, and deployed from Texas Air National Guard.
Air National Guard Airman will serve on Veterans Affairs advisory group
July 16, 2014
Chief Master Sgt. Christopher C. Guy, the personnel area functional manager assigned to the Air National Guard Readiness Center, Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, will serve on a three-member team that will make recommendations on enhanced data sharing and the efficient transfer of the service member treatment records between the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Commentary: One Soldier's struggle with PTSD
July 15, 2014
Tom Blackburn with his wife Bethany. The couple still work together in counseling to help Tom adapt to life with his PTSD.
Utah National Guard to flip the switch for huge energy savings
July 15, 2014
The Utah National Guard’s energy-creation program includes solar and wind power. On the roof of the Guard’s headquarters building in Draper are more than 1,400 new solar panels that will be switched on at the ceremony July 16, 2014.
Alaska Air Guard member receives Silver Star for 'extraordinary heroism' in Afghanistan
July 14, 2014
Master Sgt. Roger Sparks, and Maj. Joseph Conroy, both with the 212th Rescue Squadron, Alaska Air National Guard, hold an award citation during a ceremony on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, July 11. Sparks was awarded the Silver Star, the nation’s third-highest award for valor, for his role in a firefight with insurgents during Operation Bulldog Bite in Afghanistan’s Watapur Valley on Nov. 14, 2010. His actions during the combat operation resulted in four American lives being saved and four casualties being returned to their families with honor and dignity.
Florida Army Guard Infantry training revs up at Camp Blanding with eXportable Combat Training
July 14, 2014
Contractors from XCTC watch as Pfc. Calin Stewart of C Company, 2nd Battalion, 124th Infantry Regiment, sites his M-249 light machine gun using electronic sensors and equipment at Camp Blanding Joint Training Center, Fla., July 12, 2014. More than 4,500 Infantry Soldiers from the Florida Army National Guard were at Camp Blanding in late July for the XCTC training.
Alaska Army Guard receives one of only three C-12J airframes in the U.S. Army
July 10, 2014
A C-12J Huron aircraft sits in a hangar on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, July 8, 2014. The pictured aircraft is one of only three C-12J’s in the U.S. Army’s inventory. The Alaska Army National Guard took possession of the C-12J in June to expand its passenger transportation capability.
Air National Guard security forces turn up the heat in Georgia
July 10, 2014
U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Quataisia Marigny, a member of the 116th Security Forces Squadron (SFS), Georgia Air National Guard, fires an M240 machine gun under the watchful eye of Staff Sgt. Alan Glaze, a combat arms instructor from the 116th SFS, during a training exercise at the Catoosa Training Site, Tunnel Hill, Ga., June 26, 2014.
Father and daughter from Maine Air Guard deploy together to Bagram
July 8, 2014
U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Kimberly Buzzell and Tech. Sgt. John Trujillo at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, July 1, 2014. Trujillo and Buzzell are father and daughter, both assigned to Task Force Signal and deployed from the Air National Guard's 243rd Engineering Installation Squadron in South Portland, Maine, and natives of Turner, Maine.
MAFFS crews continue training to fly the fiery skies
July 8, 2014
A U.S. Forest Service lead plane blows smoke to signal a Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System-equipped C-130 from the Wyoming Air National Guard's 153rd Airlift Wing that it's time to drop its payload during annual MAFFS training, near Cheyenne, Wyoming, on May 1, 2014.
Virginia Guard aviators join multiple agencies in large-scale disaster drill
July 7, 2014
Virginia Army National Guard aviators provide aviation support during a National Disaster Medical System Full Scale Exercise held June 7, 2014, at the Chesterfield County (Virginia) Airport.