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Louisiana Guard rushes to protect city from flood waters
May 11, 2011
Members of the Louisiana National Guard’s 927th and 928th Sapper Engineer Companies are constructing sand-filled HESCO basket barriers on top of a levee along Lake Palourde in Morgan City, La., May 10, 2011. The Guard members are adding three feet of protection to the levee as a precautionary measure due to possible flooding caused by the rising Mississippi River.
Alabama Guard continues state's largest-ever domestic response
May 10, 2011
Army Pfc. Justin Jackson, of the Alabama Army National Guard's 1670th Transportation Company, provides flood response security for residents of Concord, Ala., May 9, 2011. Jackson is one of nearly 2,000 Guard members assisting with security, logistics, aviation and other support missions throughout Alabama’s affected regions.
Dale Jr. still holds on to fourth place in Sprint Cup Series standings
May 10, 2011
Dale Earnhardt Jr., driver of the No. 88 National Guard racecar, reflects on the race ahead of him at Darlington Raceway in Darlington, S.C. May 7, 2011. Jr. finished the race in 14th and is still in fourth place in the Sprint Cup series standings.
Joint exercise enhances capabilities, partnerships
May 10, 2011
Air Force Lt. Col. June Oldman, director of MEDLITE 11, and Congolese Col. Kabanda, a physician, exchange tokens of gratitude May 5, 2011, as part of the MEDLITE 11 exercise's closing ceremony in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo. More than 60 active duty, National Guard and Reserve Airmen worked together to teach aeromedical evacuation techniques to more than 150 Congolese service members from April 25 to May 5.
First-time marathoners take top Guard honors
May 10, 2011
Air Force Airman 1st Class Emily Shertzer, a member of the 553rd Band of the Mid-Atlantic in the Pennsylvania National Guard, competes in her first marathon at the National Guard/Lincoln Marathon May 1, 2011. Shertzer won the top spot for National Guard females and second place among overall female runners with a time of 2 hours, 54 minutes, 10 seconds.
National Guard aviators train with Dutch infantry
May 10, 2011
Dutch infantry soldiers with The Netherlands’ 11th Air Assault Brigade board a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crewed by North Carolina Army National Guard Soldiers with Company C, 1st Battalion, 131st Aviation Regiment, during a May 5, 2011, training exercise at Fort Hood, Texas.
Aftermath: Alabama Guard still heavily engaged in tornado response
May 6, 2011
Spc. Robert Boettner, a Soldier form the 31st Chemical Brigade, carries a child's bike from the rubble in the Crescent Ridge area in Tuscaloosa, Ala. April 30, 2011. Many families lost everything during the tornado and little discoveries like this bike that still works helps them to hold on to hope.
Guard, active Soldiers help boy get wish and become honorary Soldier
May 5, 2011
Staff Sgt. Kerry Whitaker, chief of the M270A1 launcher from 2-18 FAR, helps Honorary Soldier Erick Morales into an M270A1 Launcher to do his ride and process a simulated fire mission. Whitney Marsh, the respite care provider for Erik, contacted the National Guard to help make Erik's wish of being a Soldier come true.
Arkansas Guard rescues boy scouts stranded by flood waters
May 4, 2011
Members of a Boy Scout group from Louisiana who were stranded by floodwaters in a remote section of the Ouachita National Forest in southwest Arkansas enjoy the view from an Arkansas National Guard helicopter that rescued them early Tuesday, May 3, 2011. The six Scouts and two adult leaders had been stranded without communications since Sunday.
Dale Jr. optimistic going into weekend, rest of season as he represents National Guard
May 4, 2011
Dale Earnhardt Jr. driver of the No. 88 National Guard NASCAR racecar, checks his gauges moments before the race at Richmond International Raceway in Richmond, Va., April 30, 2011. Jr. looked promising the day before during practice, but started the race in the 24th position and would struggle all night to cross the finish line in 19th.
Guard operates in several states as relief efforts continue
May 4, 2011
A team of Illinois Army National Guard Soldiers, with the 2nd Battalion, 130th Infantry Regiment are taken by a Sheriff Department's boat to the water and sewer treatment facility in Murphysboro, Ill. April 30, 2011.
Missouri National Guard Citizen-Soldiers rescue woman in dramatic flood video
May 4, 2011
Missouri National Guard Citizen-Soldiers Spc. Junior Bombard, of Ozark and Sgt. Tim Bridges, both of the 1138th Military Police Company, located in West Plains and Springfield, earned the title Citizen-Heroes after being caught on videotape while completing a daring rescue of a 93-year-old woman on the swollen Black River.
U.S. service members, FARDC make final push to exercise finale
May 3, 2011
Air Force Maj. Michelle Mulberry, an aeromedical evacuation flight nurse and instructor with the Wyoming Air National Guard's 187th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, conducts training to members of the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s armed forces quick response force, about C-130 Hercules familiarization during MEDLITE 11, May 2, 2011.
Florida Guard unit supports force protection at Bagram
May 2, 2011
Spc. Joseph Deramo, left, and Spc. Xavier Flores, right, look on as Army Pfc. Audrey Triplett monitors input from one of three 107-foot Rapid Aerostat Initial Deployment towers and eight other sites the 164th Air Defense Artillery operates to provide force protection at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, and for troops operating outside the wire.
‘Business as usual’ not so usual for Missouri National Guard
May 2, 2011
Army Col. Wendul Hagler, task force commander of Operation Rising Tide and commander of the 70th Troop Command, Jefferson Barracks, assesses flood conditions in southeast Missouri on April 27, 2011
ROUND-UP: Significant week in Defense Department news
April 30, 2011
Department of Defense Seal
Panetta would bring decades of service to Pentagon
April 30, 2011
Department of Defense Seal
Texas Guard's Afghan ties growing roots
April 30, 2011
Army Maj. Gen. Darren Owens, special assistant to the director, Army National Guard, helps plant a tree symbolizing cooperation between Afghan government officials and National Guard Agricultural Development Teams during a ceremony at the National Arboretum in Washington, D.C
Tornado damage to Lambert Air National Guard base tops $10 million
April 29, 2011
Cleanup efforts continue at the 131st Bomb Wing just days after a category EF2 tornado hit Lambert-Saint Louis International Airport and swept across the Lambert-Saint Louis Air National Guard Base, April 22, 2011. No injuries were reported to Air National Guard personnel, but there was widespread damage across the south side of the base. Estimates for repair to the base could top $10 million.
Department of Defense Issues Purple Heart Standards for Brain Injury
April 28, 2011
Military Order of the Purple Heart