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Organization honors Guard children
April 15, 2011
Keegan Neverett performs a song for the audience at the Our Military Kids of the Year awards ceremony at the Navy Memorial in Washington, D.C., April 14, 2011. Neverett, whose father serves in the Army National Guard, was one of four children honored by Our Military Kids, a nonprofit organization that provides artistic, athletic and educational grants to children of deployed National Guardsmen and military Reservists.
Guard’s Quick Response Force protects veteran’s home from river
April 15, 2011
Air Force Staff Sgt. Paul Williams and Air Force Staff Sgt. Sam Wagner, both of the 119th Civil Engineer Squadron, toss sandbags along a line of Soldiers and Airmen who are members of a North Dakota National Guard quick response force team April 14, 2011, near Kindred, N.D. The QRF were responding to a request from a rural farm resident, living along the Sheyenne River, for sandbag assistance to create a flood levee barrier to rising water around his house. As of April 14, more than 500 N.D. National Guard Airmen and Soldiers were conducting flood operations in North Dakota, with the vast majority in Cass County.
SMA visits Guard Soldiers at BCTC-Leavenworth
April 15, 2011
SMA Raymond F. Chandler III fields questions from ARNG Soldiers at the BCTC-Lvn on April 14, 2011.
Guard’s Quick Reaction Force holds back Maple River’s move toward farm
April 14, 2011
Air Force Master Sgt. David Bush, of the 119th Civil Engineer Squadron, right, is one of several members of a North Dakota National Guard quick response force team throwing sandbags into the bucket on a farm tractor April 12, 2011, near Enderlin, N.D. The QRF is responding to a request from a farm resident through the Cass County Emergency Operations Center for sandbag assistance to create a flood levee barrier to rising water around his house. The tractor is one of the few vehicles light enough and high enough to cross a precarious section of flooded roadway leading to the farmstead without damaging the road.
National Guard biathletes on target with Wounded Warriors assist
April 14, 2011
Dennis Hooper, a retired Army Soldier and Wounded Warrior biathlete, sit-skis toward the finish line of the Mammoth Winter Biathlon on March 26 in Mammoth Lakes, Calif. Fifteen National Guard biathletes assisted at the event, which marked the first time Guard athletes were sent to an event primarily to support a Wounded Warrior competition.
Dale Jr. earns fourth top-10 finish this season, is sixth in points race
April 13, 2011
The pit crew of Dale Earnhardt Jr.,driver of the No. 88 National Guard NASCAR racecar, feverishly works to get their car and driver out of pit road, at the Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas., April 9, 2011. The ninth-place finish netted by Earnhardt moved him up into the sixth position in the championship standings.
Mississippi National Guard Airmen gain new mission with AFNORTH
April 13, 2011
Army Maj. Gen. William Freeman, Mississippi adjutant general, and Air Force Maj. Gen. Alex Roberts, commander of the Mississippi Air National Guard, preside over the presentation of the guidon from Air Force Col. William Platt (center facing), commander of the 286th Air Operations Group at Meridian Air National Guard Base, April 8, 2011.
Connecticut Guard K-9 unit participates in Exercise Balikatan 2011 in Philippines
April 12, 2011
Army Sgt. Jeffrey R. Holyst, 11th Military Working Dog Detachment, Connecticut Army National Guard, gets "Jury," a MWD to bite his toy while U.S. Soldiers and Airmen exchanged K-9 training techniques with their Philippine military counterparts at Clark Field, Philippines, during Exercise Balikatan 2011, April 7, 2011. The training helps maintain readiness and sustain the long-term security assistance relationship shared between the two countries.
Dempsey lays out themes for tenure as Army chief
April 12, 2011
Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey.
North Dakota Guard steps up technology in 2011 flood fight
April 11, 2011
Staff Sgt. Nick Suko, left and Sgt. Justin Valenti are members of the North Dakota National Guard Joint Task Force East participating in flood-fighting operations April 6, 2011, at the North Dakota Air National Guard, Fargo, N.D. The high-tech flood-fighting operations center is being manned 24-hours per day until it is no longer necessary.
More than 60 years of Florida Air Guard history finds home
April 11, 2011
Air Force Col. (Ret.) Frank Kozdras in The Frank W. Kozdras Heritage Center at the St. Francis Barracks in St. Augustine, Fla., March 30, 2011.
Saving the farm: Guard QRF averts repeat flood disaster
April 11, 2011
From right to left: Army Spc. Eric Wiederholt, Army Spc. Joshua Lanzdorf and Army Spc. Randy Birchfield, all of the 815th Engineer Company, Detachment 2, based in Lisbon, N.D., carry sandbags in the rain along a flood levee for placement in a flood barrier April 10, 2011, at a rural farmstead in Cass County, N.D. The Soldiers are members of a North Dakota National Guard quick response force team that has been sent to the rural home, which has been surrounded by miles of floodwater, by the Cass County tactical operations center. About 500 Guardsmen are currently conducting flood operations in North Dakota, with the vast majority in Cass County.
Combined efforts evacuate World War II veteran from flooded home
April 11, 2011
Capt. Grant Larson, of the 119th Maintenance Squadron, left, and Tom Hall, a Cass County Sherriff’s deputy, assist 87-year-old Obert Tenold to his feet April 9, 2011, as Tenold is helped out of a Cass County Otter Team airboat near Harwood, N.D. A joint government agency team is evacuating Tenold from his home, at his request, as floodwater surrounds his residence, making it impossible for him to get out on his own. The team is an example of how agencies are working together to help others during the 2011 Red River Valley flood. As of Saturday April 9, about 480 N.D. Air and Army Guardsmen were conducting flood operations.
Deal Averts Shutdown, Normal Government Operations to Continue
April 9, 2011
Speaking at the White House at 11:04 p.m. EDT, April 8, 2011, President Barack Obama announces reaching a budget agreement that averts a government shutdown.
Deputy Defense Secretary releases shutdown guidance
April 8, 2011
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DFAS releases pay information for National Guard members during shutdown
April 8, 2011
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New York National Guard prepares for Afghanistan deployment with state-of-the-art communication equipment
April 7, 2011
Soldiers from the 101st Signal Battalion train to use state-of-the-art Satellite Transportable Terminals at Fort Drum, N.Y., March 16, 2011. The 101st is participating in the Warfighter Information Network- Tactical, or WIN-T, program, which will prepare them to set up, operate and maintain the new communications equipment for their scheduled deployment to Afghanistan in 2012.
Guard leaders to House Subcommittee: National Guard should remain Operational Reserve
April 7, 2011
Air Force Gen. Craig McKinley speaks with Army Lt. Gen. Jack Stultz, commanding general, U.S. Army Reserve Command and Army Maj. Gen. Raymond Carpenter, acting director Army National Guard, before they testified to the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, March 30, 2011. The senior leaders spoke to the necessity of keeping the Reserve components as the fully operational forces they have become instead of the strategic Reserves they were after the Cold War.
National Guard Soldiers not just "brothers" during Civil War
April 7, 2011
Army Pvt. Albert D.J. Cashier enlisted in the Illinois militia August 3, 1862 at age 19. After being hit by a car in 1911 a doctor discovered he was a woman by the name of Jennie Hodgers. As a Soldier, Cashier frequently went above the call of duty serving in the 95th Illinois Regiment, a unit that saw much combat, including the battle at Vicksburg.
North Dakota Guard members begin flood duty
April 6, 2011
Air Force Staff Sgt. Donald Clarke, of the North Dakota Air National Guard's 119th Civil Engineer Squadron, and Air Force Senior Airman Gabriel Irvis, of the 119th Security Forces Squadron, watch for traffic at a traffic control point at an intersection being used for sandbag delivery April 5 in Fargo, N.D. Clarke and Irvis are making sure that unauthorized people are not using the route and the road is being kept clear for flood fighting resource delivery.