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New York Air Guard receives C-5M Super Galaxy for final refurbishment
September 30, 2010
C-5M Super Galaxy.
Colorado Guard trains for deployment with Slovenians
September 30, 2010
Army Staff Sgt. Paul Bianchi, a driver and gunner with the Colorado Army National Guard's Operational Mentor and Liaison Team-Augmentation and formerly an infantryman with the scout platoon of COARNG's Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 157th Infantry, waits for formation outside his barracks with some Slovenian soldiers who he has been training with at U.S. Army Garrison Hohenfels in Germany, Sept. 3, 2010. The OMLT-A spent five weeks training at Hohenfels in order to fulfill its Joint Mission Readiness Center requirements in preparation for its deployment to Afghanistan in October.
Georgia Air Guard attends England's air tattoo
September 30, 2010
The Savannah-based 165th Airlift Wing of the Georgia Air National Guard was a big hit with children at the 2010 Royal International Air Tattoo in England.
Idaho Guardsmen develop intelligence collection skills
September 30, 2010
Idaho National Guard members from the 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team's Company Intelligence Support Teams collect intelligence materials during a recent exercise at the tactical search house on Camp Shelby Joint Forces Training Center in Camp Shelby, Miss.
National Guard launches mobile education lab
September 30, 2010
Cadets from the Maryland Freestate ChalleNGe Academy participate in one of the interactive components of the National Guard's mobile Energy Lab during the unveiling at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in Washington, D.C., Sept. 30, 2010. The Energy Lab, part of the Guard's Mobile Learning Center program, is designed to promote interest in the sciences and technology fields through interactive, game-based scenarios. The lab is scheduled to travel to throughout 10 states as a way to encourage and develop interest among high school juniors and seniors in the sciences.
VA extends coverage for Gulf War veterans
September 30, 2010
Department of Veterans Affairs seal
Air Force finds 'Best Practices" in New York Air Guard unit
September 29, 2010
Air Force Gen. Gary L. North, commander of Pacific Air Forces, second from left, meets with the 105th Airlift Wing Maintenance Steering Group 3 Validation/Verification Team, winner of one of the Chief of Staff Best Practice here Sept 15, 2010. From left are: Capt. Ed DeFalcon from New Hampton, N.Y.; North; Staff Sgt. Robivar Atienza from Suffern, N.Y.; and Senior Master Sergeants Dave Pritchard from Campbell Hall, N.Y. and Robert Diresta of Poughkeepsie, N.Y. The team has two Air National Guard Team Excellence awards and a total of five Air Force and Air National Guard level Best Practices awards for their work to streamline C5 maintenance.
Kentucky Guard holds security reins at equestrian event
September 29, 2010
Kentucky National Guard Pfc. Justin Piercy, a soldier assigned to Headquarters Battery, 2nd Battalion, 138th Field Artillery, provides security at one of the horse competitions at the 2010 World Equestrian Games in Lexington, Ky., Sept 25.
Air Force uniform phaseout dates draw near
September 29, 2010
U.S. Air Force graphic
Idaho wing readies for Hawgsmoke 2010
September 27, 2010
The Idaho Air National Guard will host the A-10 community for Hawgsmoke 2010 at Gowen Field in Boise from Oct. 13-16, 2010.
Patriot Academy holds second graduation ceremony
September 27, 2010
About 35 former high school dropouts toss their patrol caps in the air after receiving their high school diplomas at the National Guard Patriot Academy graduation held in Butlerville, Ind., Sept. 23, 2010.
DoD launches Absentee Voting Week
September 27, 2010
Federal voting assistance program
Grass nominated for deputy slot at Northcom
September 24, 2010
Army Maj. Gen. Frank Grass, currently the director of operations for U.S. Northern Command, speaks to National Guard officers attending a domestic operations workshop in National Harbor, Md., on March 23, 2010. He was nominated today to be the next deputy commander, U.S. Northern Command/vice commander, U.S. Element, North American Aerospace Defense Command at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo.
Family advocates take cause to Capitol Hill
September 23, 2010
Indiana Guard retires howitzer with direct fire event
September 23, 2010
The 2nd Battalion, 150th Field Artillery M-198 155mm Towed Howitzer crew from the Indiana National Guard fires the final round during a historic retirement ceremony at Camp Atterbury Joint Maneuver Training Center, Ind., Sept. 18, 2010. The last shot fired marked the end of an 18-year-long era for the 2-150th firing the M-198.
Missouri Guardsman earns second Army shooting award
September 23, 2010
Rifleman Badge
NGB general visits California border troops
September 23, 2010
Army Maj. Gen. Peter M. Aylward, special assistant to the chief of the National Guard Bureau, right, learns about the equipment used by California National Guard members at inland and coastal sites in southern California to support U.S. Customs and Border Protection and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Aylward visited National Guard troops along the U.S.-Mexico border in all four border states last week.
Oregon Guard brigade to deploy to Iraq
September 23, 2010
Oregon Gov. Theodore Kulongoski presents Oregon Army National Guard Lt. Col. Phillip Appleton with the Oregon State flag during the mobilization ceremony for the Oregon National Guard’s 3rd Battalion, 116th Cavalry, part of the 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team at Eastern Oregon University in LaGrande, Ore., Sept. 21, 2010. It is customary for Oregon units to fly the state flag above their Forward Operating Base in their deployed location, and as a tradition, Kulongoski presents the state flag to the unit commander at their mobilization ceremony. More than 600 Oregon Guard Members will join Soldiers from Idaho and Montana for a one-year deployment to Iraq in support of Operation New Dawn.
New York Guardsmen train with new .50 caliber machine gun simulator
September 22, 2010
Staff Sgt. Anthony Burgess, center, a master gunner instructor with Charlie company, Warrior Training Center, Ft. Benning, Ga., instructs Sgt. Peter Hyland, the unit administrator for the New York National Guard's 1st Detachment, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 27th Brigade Special Troops Battalion, on the new .50 caliber individual gunnery trainer at the 27th Brigade armory Sept. 15, 2010.
Inside the California Guard's border security mission
September 22, 2010
A California National Guard Soldier, left, works with U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents to scour the hills near the U.S.-Mexico border.