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Arizona Army National Guard aviators prepare for fire season
June 8, 2012
Soldiers from the Arizona Army National Guard's Company A, 2nd Battalion, 285th Aviation Regiment use a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter to draw and drop water through the use of a buoy wall and a Bambi Bucket during wildfire firefighting training at the Buckeye Armed Forces Reserve Center, Ariz. The training is designed for aviators from the Arizona Army Guard to receive validation by the Arizona State Forestry Division in order to provide aviation support to state wildfire emergencies. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Lauren DeVita)
South Dakota Army National Guard assists in hiker rescue in Badlands National Park
June 8, 2012
Soldiers with the South Dakota Army National Guard land a UH-72 Lakota helicopter in a parking lot while assisting the National Park Service in a rescue mission in Badlands National Park, near Interior, S.D., June 7, 2012. Four Soldiers assisted in a cable-hoist extraction of a park visitor who was hiking, fell and was injured on Notch Trail.
Exercise Kontra I Piligru tests Guam National Guard's maritime response
June 7, 2012
Members of the Guam National Guard's 94th Civil Support Team (Weapons of Mass Destruction) examine barrels that were simulated to have washed ashore and said to contain unknown chemicals during Kontra I Piligru, a two-day multi-agency maritime exercise held recently on the island of Guam.
Humanitarian aid bound for Haiti, delivered by Kentucky Air National Guard
June 7, 2012
Air Force Staff Sgt. Raymond Graves III, an air cargo specialist with the Kentucky Air National Guard's 123rd Logistics Readiness Squadron, secures cargo netting on a pallet of humanitarian goods bound for Haiti. The Kentucky Air Guard is transporting humanitarian aid items through a program with the U.S. Agency for Internal Development, something they did in 2010 after an earthquake struck the country.
North Dakota Army National Guard engineers restore critical footbridge in N.D. town
June 7, 2012
Army Sgts. Brent Hevelka, left, and Jason McKenney, both with the North Dakota Army National Guard's 815th Engineer Company (Horizontal), place handrail supports in place on a new walking bridge across the Sheyenne River in Fort Ransom, N.D., June 4, 2012. Members of the unit are constructing a walking bridge over the river as part of an Innovative Readiness Training project which offers a unique opportunity for Guard members to gain hands-on training while helping communities complete projects that otherwise may not be able to be done.
Two Missouri Air National Guard members save lives in two separate incidents
June 6, 2012
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Army National Guard duo set to test limits of human potential
June 6, 2012
Sgt. 1st Class Sterling Deck and Army Maj. Cary Gilman, both from the National Guard Bureau Office of the Inspector General, navigate a shallow stream while carrying heavy logs on their shoulders Apr. 6, 2012 in Arlington Va. Deck and Gilman were training for the Spartan Death Race, a 48 hour endurance race scheduled for June 15 in Pittsfield, Vt. Their training session also included sprinting up and down hill while carrying heavy packs and tires, simulating wood chopping with a sledgehammer and tire and performing other exercises in timed circuits.
Kosovo: Army National Guard Soldiers clear roadblock in northern city of Rudare, open greater freedom of movement for those in the area
June 6, 2012
U.S. Soldiers with the Georgia Army National Guard's 3rd Squadron, 108th Cavalry Regiment work with other Kosovo Force soldiers to remove a roadblock on the outskirts of Rudare, Kosovo, opening up greater freedom of movement for those in the area June 1, 2012.
Army Guard unit among first Army-wide to receive updated battle tank
June 6, 2012
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Honduras: Missouri Guard member embodies National Guard spirit in Honduras
June 5, 2012
Missouri Army National Guard Sgt. Devlin Hutchins works on his computer serving as the S-3 operations noncommissioned officer during his two-week annual training mission in support of Beyond the Horizon 2012. Hutchins is a noncommissioned officer with the 1140th Engineer Battalion of the Missouri National Guard. U.S. Army South, in partnership with Honduras, is conducting various medical and civic action programs, providing focused humanitarian assistance
National Guard Bureau Homeland Security Institute hosts executive seminar at Harvard University
June 5, 2012
Air Force Gen. Craig McKinley, the chief of the National Guard Bureau, answers a question as Army Brig. Gen. Julie Bentz, director of strategic capabilities policy, National Security Council, listens during a panel discussion on the military's role in disaster response at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government recently. The panel was the conclusion of the second annual General and Flag Officer Homeland Security Executive Seminar at Harvard University. Fifty professionals throughout the country from the rank of colonel to major general and Defense Department civilians attended the course designed to provide a broad understanding of federal and state emergencies, crisis decision making and multi-agency collaboration.
Vermont National Guard members help wounded bicyclist on way home from serving as Honor Guard
June 5, 2012
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Afghanistan: Joint units make for unique differences, solutions
June 4, 2012
Army Sgt. Maj. Ronald Morse, Provincial Reconstruction Team Zabul, and Army Master Sgt. Doten James, Agriculture Development Team, discuss potential areas for a future project May 16, 2012 in northern Qalat, Afghanistan.
New York Air National Guard Wing trains MQ-9 pilots and sensor operators for entire Air Force
June 4, 2012
A student pilot and sensor operator, man the controls of a MQ-9 Reaper in a ground-based cockpit during a training mission flown from Hancock Field Air National Guard Base, New York. The 174th Fighter Wing is the only Air National Guard unit in the country to operate a MQ-9 Formal Training Unit to train aircrews from the active duty Air Force, Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve.
Vermont Air National Guard tests flight line equipment to make a greener Air Force
June 4, 2012
Air Force Senior Airman Sean Gilbert of the Vermont National Guard's 158th Fighter Wing Maintenance Squadron, performs a cockpit inspection February 2011.
Two officers reunite eight years after meeting at Officer Basic Course
June 1, 2012
Honduran Capt. Sergio Israel Ballesteros (left), a member of the 1st Engineer Battalion, and Army Capt. Juan Valencia, a battle captain for Beyond the Horizon 2012 Honduras, and a member of Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 1140th Engineer Battalion, 35th Engineer Brigade, work together after meeting each other eight years ago at the U.S. Army Engineer Officer Basic Course at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo.
California Air Guard Airmen break language barrier during rescue mission
May 31, 2012
An HH-60G Pave Hawk rescue helicopter from the California Air National Guard's 129th Rescue Wing hovers over a Chinese fishing vessel, the Fu Yuan Yu #871, March 12, 2012. Guardian Angel pararescuemen from the 129th rescued two fishermen who were severely burned during an onboard diesel fire approximately 700 miles off the coast of Acapulco, Mexico.
Kentucky National Guard's CERFP shatters records during evaluation
May 31, 2012
Army Lt. Col. Dan A. Manning, a physician's assistant with the Kentucky National Guard's Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear High-Yield Explosives Enhanced Response Force Package training and a mission certification at Muscatatack Urban Training Center, Butlerville, Ind., May 23, 2012. During the certification, evaluators said members of the Kentucky CERFP surpassed many previously-held training records and is among the best CERFP's in the country.
Seven Army National Guard Soldiers honored with MacArthur Leadership Award
May 29, 2012
Army Capt. Audrey L. Fielding, Ohio Army National Guard, accepts her award at the 2011 General Douglas MacArthur Leadership Award ceremony May 24, 2012 at the Pentagon Auditorium in Arlington, Va. Army Chief of Staff Gen. Ray Odierno presented the award to 22 other recipients - six of which were National Guard members - from all three Army components.
Wisconsin Guard medics train as they fight
May 24, 2012
Wisconsin Army National Guard combat medics quickly assess a battle-damaged mannequin in an urban combat setting during a two-day Army Medical Department (AMEDD) training session at Fort McCoy, Wis., May 19 to 20, 2012. Realistic training events - such as extracting wounded Soldiers from an urban combat zone and from a guard tower, litter obstacles, battalion aid station and loading casualties on air and ground medevac vehicles - reinforced core skills for more than 200 combat medics and other military medical professionals.