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Colo. National Guard assisting local authorities in response to massive flooding
September 13, 2013
Colorado National Guardsmen respond to floods in Boulder County, Colo., Sept.12, 2013. The Guard is working with local agencies to help people in the area affected by the flooding by evacuating people using high-clearance vehicles.
Alaska Guard members re-enlist aboard Navy ship in Persian Gulf on Sept. 11
September 13, 2013
Soldiers from Alpha Company, 1-207th Aviation Regiment recite the re-enlistment oath while aboard the USS Monterey. Reciting the oath left to right are Sgt. 1st Class George Koval, Sgt. 1st Class Julie Small and Sgt. Amber Hillman. 1st Lt. Dean Burgess and Capt. Bradley Hoppes are holding the flag. Chief Warrant Officer 2 Terry Symonds, far right, recites the oath of enlistment.
Selfridge Air Guard Base research helps keep Soldiers safe
September 13, 2013
Chris Fleczak, manager of the Army's Occupant Protection Lab, adjusts a test dummy in one of the lab's impact simulators at Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Aug. 29, 2013.
Some 'Greatest Generation' fighter pilots visit modern counterparts in Idaho National Guard
September 12, 2013
Retired Col. Bill Coburn discusses his time in the Idaho Air National Guard while standing next to an F-86A embossed with his name on it outside the Idaho Military History Museum on Sep. 8. "I have the urge to fly it again, and I would if I could sit in it," he said.
Guard's top shooters honored at Winston P. Wilson matches
September 11, 2013
A range safety looks on as competitors engage targets with an M16 rifle during the Winston P. Wilson Markmanship Competition at Camp Joseph T. Robinson, Ark., Sept. 4, 2013.
Missouri Airman goes from zoo to Air National Guard blue
September 11, 2013
More please! Liberty the hippo pleads for more treats from Casey Self in the Ruwenzori section of the Kansas City Zoo, Aug 9, 2013.
Virginia Guard member reflects on 9/11 recovery effort and suicide attempt
September 11, 2013
Army National Guard Chief Warrant Officer 4 Clifford Bauman, while at Langley Air Force Base, Va., Aug. 22, 2013, reflects on the boots, gloves and hat he wore during search and rescue missions at the Pentagon after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks.
Challenges call for creativity, hard choices, efficiency, boldness, Winnefeld tells Reserve chiefs
September 10, 2013
Navy Adm. James Winnefeld, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, addresses the 2013 Reserve Forces Policy Board dinner, in Arlington, Va., Sept. 4, 2013. The RFPB is a federal advisory committee established by statute within the Office of the Secretary of Defense that independently advises the secretary on strategies, policies and practices to improve and enhance the capabilities, efficiency and effectiveness of the reserve components.
Joint Alaska Air and Army National Guard effort saves crash victim
September 10, 2013
The Alaska Army National Guard supplied a UH-60 helicopter similar to this model to assist in a recent rescue.
Maryland National Guard Soldiers 'de-slime' during training
September 10, 2013
Soldiers from the Maryland Army National Guard's 231st Chemical Company, based in Greenbelt, Md., decontaminate fellow Soldiers and their equipment during a Sept. 8, 2013, training exercise at Gunpowder Military Reservation.
Vietnam veteran retires after 42 years of service
September 10, 2013
U.S. Army Master Sgt. Richard Hitchens gives words of encouragement to Pvt. Spencer Bradford, a new recruit with the DNG who attended Hitchens' retirement ceremony held at Bethany Beach Training Site, Bethany Beach, Del., Sept. 7.
National Guard 9/11 experiences part of Tribute Center web exhibit
September 10, 2013
New York Army National Guard Spc. Christian Miller from Company C, 1st Battalion, 105th Infantry surveys ground zero devastation Sept. 13, 2001, two days after the 9/11 terror attacks.
Air National Guard director pays visits to Illiniois wings
September 9, 2013
Lt. Gen. Stanley E. Clarke III meets Staff Sgt. Brandon Johnson of the 182nd Civil Engineer Squadron to receive a briefing on urban search and rescue equipment during a visit at the 182nd Airlift Wing in Peoria, Ill., Sep. 6, 2013.
Forest Service ends Air National Guard firefighting activation for now
September 5, 2013
MAFFS 6, a C130J from the 146th Airlift Wing in Port Hueneme, Calif., drops a line of retardant over the trees in the mountains above Palm Springs July 19, 2013. The 146th Airlift Wing was activated July 18 to support CAL Fire and CAL OES on the Mountain fire and other potential wildfire activity throughout the state.
Illinois and Wisconsin Soldiers volunteer to dig for infant's remains
September 4, 2013
James Stroh, left, a former Wisconsin Guard member, stands with Wayne Brooks, the police chief in Zion, Ill., and Staff Sgt. Andrew Whelan, a Wisconsin Army National Guard recruiter from Waukesha, Wis., Aug. 24 during a search for the remains of a murdered infant at a landfill in Zion.
Hagel emphasizes department's resolve in suicide prevention
September 3, 2013
Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel speaks at a press conference with Philippines National Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmine at the Malacanang Palace in Manila, Philippines, Aug. 30, 2013. Hagel has issued a message on suicide prevention to the men and women of the Defense Department.
Hurricane Katrina, eight years later: Former Guard chief reflects on the Guard's "finest hour"
August 29, 2013
Army Maj. Timothy A. Doherty, with the Georgia Army National Guard's 148th Medical Company (Air Ambulance), helps a man from a school building near downtown New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. More than 50,000 National Guard members responded to the disaster and by the end of September 2005 they had flown more 10,200 missions, airlifted more than 88,000 passengers to safety, moved roughly 18,000 tons of supplies and relief aid and saved more than 17,000 lives.
Last aircraft departs as N.D. Air National Guard ends flying mission, transitions to intelligence mission
August 28, 2013
Tech. Sgt. Scott Hovda, a crew chief with the 119th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, gives hand signals as he assists pilots Col. Kent Olson, 119th Wing commander and Col. Brad Derrig, 119th Wing vice-commander, as they prepare to take off from the North Dakota Air National Guard Base in Fargo, N.D., in the unit's last C-21A Learjet, Aug. 27, 2013. The departure of the unit's last C-21A brings to a close 66 years of flying history in the North Dakota Air Guard as the 119th Wing transitions to a non-flying intelligence mission.
DC National Guard provides support during 50th anniversary of 'March on Washington'
August 27, 2013
Sgt. 1st Class Samuel Isabell, with Joint Forces Headquarters, District of Columbia National Guard, assists attendees during the 50th Anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King's famous March on Washington, where he gave his historic "I Have A Dream" speech. District of Columbia National Guard service members were on hand to assist local law enforcement agencies with security, safety, and traffic control.
Calif. National Guard members battle Northern California wildfires
August 27, 2013
Aircrews from the California Air National Guard’s 129th Rescue Wing drop water from an HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter on the Rim fire in the Stanislaus National Forest near Yosemite National Park, Calif., Aug. 21, 2013. Members of the California National Guard have been working with state and local officials to battle several ongoing wildfires in Northern California.