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Army National Guard medics among first to attend revamped flight medic program
May 15, 2012
Army Sgt. Cliff Aughe, a flight medic with C Company, 1st Battalion, 171st Aviation Regiment, New Mexico Army National Guard, watches over a soldier from the Afghan National Army during an evacuation mission in Afghanistan March 27, 2012.
May is "Stroke Awareness Month"
May 14, 2012
Army Sgt. Daniel J. DelaPeña, a UH-60 Black Hawk crew chief with Company B, 1st Battalion 106th Aviation Regiment at Chicago's Midway Airport, suffered a stroke in June of 2010 and now serves as a stroke awareness advocate.
Mobile application helps service members beat post-deployment "blues"
May 14, 2012
An advertisement in New York City's Times Square showcases the new Positive Activity Jackpot mobile application, developed to help ease service members' transition from deployment to home life.
Wisconsin Guard members, Canadian soldiers collaborate during warfighter exercise
May 14, 2012
Army Maj. Gary Hildebrandt of the Wisconsin Army National Guard's 426th Regional Training Institute at Fort McCoy, Wis., briefs Canadian Brig. Gen. Paul Bury, deputy commander of Land Force Western Area/Joint Task Force West, on the 426th's Master Resiliency Trainer course during a visit May 9, 2012. Bury and Canadian Area Reserve Chief Warrant Officer Gordon Crossley visited various Wisconsin Army National Guard sites in an effort to observe Canadian Army Reserve soldiers participating in the 32nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team's Warfighter Exercise at Fort McCoy.
Former Rhode Island Army National Guard sergeant, golf enthusiast honored by Professional Golfers Association
May 11, 2012
Professional golfer Nick Watney, right, presents a membership to The Players Championship in Boston to retired Rhode Island National Guard Sgt. Michael McCombs during Military Appreciation Day at TPC Sawgrass, Florida, May 9, 2012.The membership was presented to McCombs, an avid golfer who was medically retired in 2005, in honor of his service in the military.
Vermont adjutant general nominated as deputy commander, U.S. Northern Command
May 11, 2012
In the hot seat: an Air Guard pilot's view of flying wildfire missions
May 11, 2012
Air Force Col. Roger Williams Jr., an instructor pilot with the 156th Airlift Squadron, North Carolina Air National Guard, skirts above the treetops at about 150 feet in a C-130 Hercules aircraft as he locks in on a U.S. Forest Service lead plane during wildland fire suppression training mission in Pisgah National Forest, N.C., May 9, 2012. The aircraft Williams flew was equipped with the Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System II, a tanking system that can hold up to 3,000 gallons of retardant or water used to create firebreaks during aerial wildfire suppression. MAFFS pilots follow lead planes as a guide to aid them with where to lay these firebreaks for maximum effectiveness
Air Guard, U.S. Forest Service relationship critical heading into wildfire season
May 10, 2012
Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Andy Huneycutt, right, a loadmaster supervisor, and Master Sgt. Jermaine Parker, a loadmaster with the 156th Airlift Squadron, North Carolina Air National Guard, discuss operation of the Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System II before taking part in a wildfire suppression training mission, near Greenville, S.C., May 7, 2012. The North Carolina Air Guard and the U.S. Forest Service used the opportunity to train together in order to better be prepared for the upcoming wildland fire season. The squadron is one of four units in the Air Guard and Air Force Reserve trained to conduct the MAFFS mission.
North Dakota National Guard's 81st Civil Support Team trains with Department of Energy, other agencies
May 10, 2012
Army Sgt. First Class Robert Ferderer, left, Army Staff Sgt. Chris Keller, center, and Army Staff Sgt. Jason Horner, all members of the North Dakota National Guard's 81st Civil Support Team, assemble a device belonging to the Department of Energy that allows them to measure the amount of radiation in the air. The 81st CST, based in Bismarck, N.D., participated in a three-day Nuclear Weapons Accident/Incident Exercise at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., involving nearly 400 people from multiple federal and state agencies.
Air National Guard members provide medical care to Alabama residents
May 9, 2012
Tech. Sgt Darryl Chaplain, with the Ohio Air National Guard's 178th Medical Group, O, conducts a medical test on a patient in Demopolis, Ala., May 1, 2012 as part of Alabama Care 2012. Alabama Care 2012 is an Air National Guard led, multi-service mission comprised of service members from the Army, Navy and Air Force and provides service members with deployment readiness training while offering Alabama residents with free health services such as dental, optometry and medical screenings.
North Dakota National Guard members complete wildland firefighting training
May 9, 2012
North Dakota National Guard Members dig a fire line during wildland firefighting training at the 119th Wing's Regional Training Site in Fargo, N.D., May 6, 2012. The training certified Guard members to fight wildfires and allows them to assist local and state officials should a wildfire situation occur.
Alaska National Guard's 103rd Civil Support Team teaches hands-on chemistry lessons to local students
May 8, 2012
Army 1st Lt. Allen Hulse, science officer with the 103rd Civil Support Team mixes chemicals during a demonstration to chemistry students from Grace Christian School in Anchorage, Alaska. Members of the 103ed CST met with the students as a way to show hands-on and real-world applications for what they are learning in the classroom.
D.C. National Guard leads march across famous Alabama bridge
May 8, 2012
Army Brig. Gen. Arthur W. Hinaman, the land component commander of the District of Columbia National Guard, and Army Command Sgt. Maj. Richard Espinosa, lead a group of 200 Soldiers, Sailors and Airmen across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, May 7, 2012.
National Guard runners beat heat, pound ground to qualify for 2012-2013 All Guard Marathon
May 8, 2012
Arizona Army National Guard Soldiers judge JROTC marching and drill competition
May 7, 2012
Spc. Joseph Winsor, assigned to Medical Detachment 1, Arizona Army National Guard, inspects Junior ROTC cadets competing in the drill showdown during the Desert Classic State Drill Meet at Alhambra High School in Phoenix.
Kentucky National Guard takes part in Kentucky Derby
May 7, 2012
Pfc. Kara Denise Bucklew, a military police officer with the Kentucky Army National Guard's 223rd Military Police Company, guards the winner's trophy in the Director's Room on Millionaire Row at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky., during the 138th running of the Kentucky Derby, May 5, 2012.
Ohio National Guard training exercise tests Guard members, local and state agencies
May 7, 2012
Soldiers of the Ohio National Guard's Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear Enhanced Response Force Package search for role players in the role of casualties amongst wreckage during a training exercise at Camp Sherman Joint Training Center, Ohio, May 5, 2012. The training exercise included Ohio National Guard members as well as personnel from a variety of local, state and federal emergency responders.
Washington Air National Guard member receives Silver Star for actions in Afghanistan
May 7, 2012
Tech. Sgt. Tavis J. Delaney, with the Washington Air National Guard's 116th Air Support Operations Squadron, stands at attention as his wife Courtney pins the Silver Star medal to his uniform during a presentation ceremony at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash,, May 6, 2012. Delaney received the award—the nation's third highest award for valor in action—for actions in combat during his 2011 deployment to Afghanistan with the squadron.
Bangladesh: Kentucky Air Guard members give counterparts front-row seat
May 4, 2012
Air Force Master Sgt. Mark Crane (center), a flight engineer with the Kentucky Air National Guard's 123rd Airlift Wing, and Bangladesh air force Sgt. Mohammad Moniruzzaman (right), also a flight engineer, monitor C-130H Hercules aircraft conditions during a flight in support of exercise Cope South at Kurmitola Air Base, Bangladesh, April 25, 2012. Flight engineers monitor aircraft engine systems, determine the performance of the aircraft and manage checklists during each flight. Cope South 12 is a bilateral tactical airlift exercise conducted between the U.S. and Bangladesh air forces that ended April 26.
Retired Army Guard member, others take home silver at Warrior Games
May 4, 2012
Retired Maryland Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Jesse White takes aim during the 2012 Warrior Games Archery Competition at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo. May 4, 2012. White said following the steps to hit a target in archery helped him to recover from mild traumatic brain injury.