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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.
North Dakota Guard members succeed at national marksmen competition
May 3, 2012
The North Dakota National Guard's Team Bravo at the Winston P. Wilson Championship in Little Rock, Ark., April 27, 2012. The marksmen run to the shooting area and engage the metal silhouettes with shotguns. From left to right, Army Sgt. 1st Class Russell Gerhardt, Air Force Tech. Sgt. Josh Vonbank, Army Spc. Slade Ternes and Air Force Master Sgt. Brian Rook.
Realistic training for deploying Guard, Reserve Soldiers helps with flexibility in mission changes
May 3, 2012
Members of the New York Army National Guard's B Battery 27th Brigade Support Troops Battalion, compare stock numbers with the non-rolling stock in a container March 18, 2012. This training was part of the Redistribution Property Assistance Team Academy that brought to Camp Shelby Joint Forces Training Center. The 27th BTSB is the first unit to receive this training prior to deployment.
Gunnery Range helping Guard members hone targeting skills in the fight
May 3, 2012
Air National Guard Senior Master Sgt. Alan VanPate communicates with an aircraft while in a control tower at the Grayling Aerial Gunnery Range, near Grayling, Mich., April 24, 2012. VanPate is a joint terminal attack controller and helps to provide training to visiting Joint Terminal Attack Controllers personnel to the Grayling range. JTACs are Air Force enlisted members who embed with infantry or other U.S. Army or Marine Corps ground forces to provide coordination of air power support with the Soldiers or Marines on the ground.
Some Guard, Reserve members to start paying dental premiums directly soon
May 2, 2012
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Hero 2 Hired program helps redeployed National Guard, Reserve Soldiers
May 2, 2012
Army 2nd Lt. Joseph Spears, of the Mississippi National Guard's 113th Military Police Company, enters his personal information in the "Heroes 2 Hired" Kiosk at Camp Shelby Joint Forces Training Center, April 30, 2012. To better equip redeploying soldiers in finding jobs during their redeployment, the Army implemented the H2H program, which is part of the Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Program.
Texas National Guard performs multi-agency exercise, allows junior service members to lead
May 2, 2012
Soldiers from Texas National Guard's 436th Chemical Company and the 236th Military Police Company assist a casualty while conducting a collective training exercise at the Govalle Water Treatment Facility in Austin, Texas, April 26 to 27, 2012. This exercise helps Joint Task Force 71 maintain readiness to conduct the Homeland Response Force mission throughout Federal Emergency Management Agency Region 6.
Former National Guard Bureau senior enlisted leader retires, leaving a legacy for others
May 1, 2012
Army Command Sgt. Maj. David Hudson, who served as the second ever senior enlisted advisor to the chief of the National Guard Bureau from 2006 to 2009, retired May, 2012, after serving 38 years. Hudson, who served in the Air Force before transitioning over to the Alaska Army National Guard in 1984, last served as a special assistant to the adjutant general of the Alaska National Guard.