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New York Guard Airmen play in multi-service softball tournament sponsored by New York Mets
June 15, 2015
New York Air National Guard 2nd Lt. Tabitha Burns, a member of the 106th Rescue Wing based at F.S. Gabreski Air National Guard Base in Westhampton Beach, steps up to the plate at Cit Field in New York City during an interservice softball tournament sponsored by the New York Mets on June 11, 2015. Teams representing the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and Coast Guard played each other round-robin style and met members of the team. Members of the New York Air National Guard's 105th Airlift Wing, at Stewart Air National Guard Base in Newburgh, New York, and the 106th Rescue Wing represented the Air Force.　
Arizona Guard Civil Support Team provides support to first responders
June 12, 2015
Arizona Army National Guard Sgt. Andrew Marxman, a survey team member for the 91st Civil Support Team, uses chemical detection paper to determine the basic chemical hazard of the substance during an exercise simulating a campus shooting and hazardous material release. The M-256A1 Chemical Detection Kit can be used to determine if the substance is a blood, nerve or blister agent.
National Guard focuses on sex-assault prevention initiatives
June 11, 2015
Senior Airman Jasson Archila from the 143rd Logistic Readiness Squadron, Rhode Island National Guard swings up and over an obstacle during the 7th Annual Obstacle Course Challenge for Sexual Assault Awareness Month at Camp Fogarty, April 12, 2015.
National Guard accessible, operational, contributor to Total Force, general says after overseas visits
June 11, 2015
Army Gen. Frank Grass, chief, National Guard Bureau, prepares for his next stop during a six-nation, nine-day visit to National Guard troops, the commands they support, and U.S. and foreign partners, June 5, 2015. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. 1st Class Jim Greenhill) (Released)
After Red River flood, Louisiana Guard members continue efforts on ground and in the air
June 10, 2015
Spc. Nathan Newton, a food service specialist with the Louisiana National Guard’s Forward Support Company, 527th Engineer Battalion, closes a sandbag at Camp Minden in Minden, Louisiana, as part of preventative efforts for flooding from the Red River, June 6, 2015.
Massachusetts National Guard honors memory of first of its Soldiers killed in action in Afghanistan
June 8, 2015
Friends and Family gathered together to honor the memory of Sgt. Michael J. Kelley during a wreath-laying ceremony and helicopter flyover at Tactical Training Base Kelley on Camp Edwards June 7, 2015. Kelley was killed in action while serving in Afghanistan in 2005 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.
Air Force selects ANG Airman as First Sergeant Academy commandant
June 5, 2015
Chief Master Sgt. Danny Doucette, commandant of the United States Air Force First Sergeants Academy, talks with guests after assuming his current position at Maxwell AFB, Gunter Annex, Alabama, May 27, 2015. Doucette becomes the first Air National Guard member to hold the position of commandant while the Air Force progresses towards total force integration.
Defense Department notified of OPM cybersecurity incident
June 5, 2015
The Pentagon with the Washington Monument and National Mall in the background. Defense Department officials issued information on a potential data breach at the Office of Personnel Management affecting current and former federal employees.
199th Weather Flight reports help get Exercise Vigilant Guard/Makani Pahili 2015 off the ground
June 5, 2015
Tech Sgt. Charles E. Brodie works to generate damage assessments in the Joint Task Force 5-0 during the Vigilant Guard/Makani Pahili 2015 exercise. Brodie is working in information operations at JTF 5-0.
South Carolina National Guard Computer Network Defense Team lends expertise
June 4, 2015
Master Sgt. Leo Kane, Computer Network Defense Team (CND-T) non-commissioned officer-in-charge of information operations, and Sgt. 1st Class Ricky Chapman, CND-T non-commissioned officer-in-charge of operations, joined a round table discussion at the McCrady Training Center in Eastover, South Carolina, May 28, 2015, to explain the unique role of the CND-T in the S.C. National Guard and how it exists to serve Guard commanders, as well as partnered agencies throughout the state of South Carolina.
Military Working Dog teams take practice Black Hawk flights in Massachusetts
June 4, 2015
Senior Airman Justin Ricketts, 66th Security Forces Squadron military working dog handler, and MWD Frenky load a Massachusetts Army National Guard Black Hawk during Helicopter Emerging Training on the Hanscom flightline May 27, 2015. The first-of-its-kind training for the 66 SFS handlers simulated a combat environment for their canines to practice entering and exiting a helicopter.
Harlem Hellfighter, Jewish Soldier each awarded Medal of Honor for WW I valor
June 3, 2015
Army Command Sgt. Maj. Louis Wilson, New York National Guard senior enlisted advisor, accepts the Medal of Honor on behalf of Sgt. Henry Johnson, who served during World War I with the 369th Infantry Regiment, known as the Harlem Hellfighters, June 2, 2015, at the White House.
Operational Camouflage Pattern Army Combat Uniforms available July 1
June 1, 2015
The Operational Camouflage Pattern will be available for purchase in select military clothing sales stores beginning July 1, 2015.
New York National Guard command sergeant major honored to receive Medal of Honor for World War I hero
June 1, 2015
New York Army National Guard Command Sgt. Major Louis Wilson views the New York National Guard's monument to fallen Guardsmen outside New York Division of Military and Naval Affairs headquarters in Latham, New York, on May 19, 2015. Wilson will represent Sgt. Henry Johnson, a World War I Soldier slated to receive a posthumous Medal of Honor during a White House Ceremony on June 2, 2015.
Texas Guard members pay tribute to Soldier killed saving drowning son
May 29, 2015
Sgt. 1st Class Joseph Ros, 386th Engineer Battalion, Texas Army National Guard, and his wife, Ashley, after he returned from deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom 2004-2005. Ros, 44, died while saving his son from drowning on Memorial Day, May 25, 2015. (Photo courtesy of the Ros family)
Ash Carter becomes first Defense secretary to use Facebook
May 29, 2015
Secretary of Defense Ash Carter meets the flight crew of the MV-22 Osprey that will take him to survey the Straits of Malacca off the coast of Singapore, May 29, 2015.
Oklahoma National Guard helicopter helps feed more than 100 cows stranded by flooding
May 29, 2015
Members of Companies B and C, 2nd Battalion, 149th General Aviation Support Battalion, Oklahoma Army National Guard, and local farm and ranch hands from Muskogee County load a 1,200-pound round bale of hay aboard a CH-47 Chinook helicopter. The Chinook's crew delivered a total of 14 bales weighing more than 14,000 pounds and 700 pounds of feed to the stranded cattle.
Guard troops in Texas and Oklahoma assisting following massive floods
May 28, 2015
Engineers from the 111th Engineer Battalion, Texas Army National Guard, working with first responders, rescue three people from a stalled vehicle stuck in a low water crossing May 26, 2015, near Granbury, Texas. Texas Guardsmen rescued more than 100 Texans in need during flooding across the state, mid-late May 2015.
Fort Hood Soldier becomes first to complete National Guard accelerated Officer Candidate School program
May 27, 2015
Sgt. John Nuzzela, a cavalry scout from Fort Hood, navigates through the smoke during the field leadership training exercise of the course he recently completed
More than 600 New York veterans interviews can be viewed on YouTube Channel
May 26, 2015
Video interviews with more than 600 New York veterans of World War I, World War II, Korea, Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan, and the Cold War can now be viewed online by going to the New York State Military Museum's YouTube Channel. The museum, which is run by the New York State Division of Military and Naval Affairs, has been collecting video interviews since 2000.