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Tennessee pediatrician treats all during Arctic Care
April 22, 2010
Col. Cory Strobel, chief of aeromedical services for the 134th Medical Group from McGhee Tyson Air National Guard Base, Tenn., conducts a physical on Alaskan native Matthew Rae, a seventeen-year-old Maniilaq High School student in Kotzebue, Alaska as part of Operation Artic Care 2010 on April 16, 2010. Rae needs the physical to medically qualify for sports at his school.
Air Guard civil engineers benefit from improvements
April 22, 2010
Deployment stickers for Iraq and Afghanistan are left out for Air National Guard civil engineers at the Civil Engineer and Security Forces Conference in Phoenix April 19-23, 2010. Across the country, thousands of construction and repair experts are in the midst of overseas deployments in historic numbers and scope. While whole units are deploying, leaving bases to manage in their absence, mobilization officials report improvements in notifications as well as in benefits.
Guard looks for 'middle ground' in future
April 22, 2010
Army Maj. Gen. Raymond Carpenter, the acting director of the Army National Guard, right front, presents a Minuteman Trophy to Army Gen. Charles C. Campbell, the commander of U.S. Army Forces Command during the FORSCOM Command Readiness Program held at Camp Joseph T. Robinson in North Little Rock, Ark., April 20.
Missouri Air Guardsman saves deployment sortie
April 22, 2010
Two F-22 Raptors and one B-2 Spirit deployed to Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, from the 90th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron and the 13th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron recently flew in formation over Andersen. The F-22 Raptor and B-2 Spirit deployment to Andersen marks the first time, F-22 Raptors and B-2 Spirits, the key strategic stealth platforms in the Air Force inventory, deployed together outside the continental United States.
Pennsylvania field artillery unit is right on target
April 22, 2010
Members of B Battery calibrate the M777A2 in Iraq in March 2009, ensuring the weapon's accuracy and "dusting off the cobwebs" by re-familiarizing themselves with the howitzer.
War zone surrounds Guard engineers
April 22, 2010
Guard air defense units protect nation’s capital
April 21, 2010
Pfc. Trevor Gaston, a Soldier with the 2nd Battalion, 263rd Air Defense Artillery, demonstrates an FIM-92 Stinger MANPADS (Man-Portable Air-Defense System) at Bolling Air Force Base April 14, 2010. Air Defense units from South Carolina and Ohio have been on rotating deployments to the National Capitol Region to support homeland defense as part of Operation Noble Eagle. This continued operation began in 2001, just days after--and in response to--the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
Pilots recount how training paid off in combat
April 21, 2010
Senior Master Sgt. Thomas Kelly retrieves static lines after his second airdrop of the day over Afghanistan March 2, 2010. Kelly is deployed from the Maryland Air National Guard's 135th Airlift Squadron, based in Baltimore, Md.
A view on life and war
April 20, 2010
Guardsman reflects on her incredible journey
April 20, 2010
Pennsylvania Guard experiences construction boom
April 20, 2010
Army Maj. Gen. Jessica Wright, the adjutant general of the Pennsylvania National Guard, and others cut the ribbon at the Chambersburg Readiness Center on March 11, 2010. Although many of the centers were complete before then, Chambersburg was the first to celebrate its opening after the return of the 56th Stryker Brigade from its deployment to Iraq.
Louisiana Guard to take over Haiti mission
April 20, 2010
Army Maj. Gen. Simeon Trombitas, deputy commanding general of JTF-Haiti, walks off the landing zone at Fob White Falcon with Army Maj. Gen. Bennett Landreneau, the adjutant general of the Louisiana National Guard, during Landreneau's visit to Haiti, April 14, 2010. Landreneau will be in charge of New Horizon projects beginning this month, Army Lt. Gen. Ken Keen, the deputy commander of U.S. Southern Command, announced April 19, 2010.
New deadline set to claim joint-service experience
April 20, 2010
Guardmembers remember Oklahoma City bombing
April 19, 2010
Army Staff Sgt. David Humphries of the 745th Military Police Company, Oklahoma National Guard, stands watch while rescue operations at the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building continue April 20, 1995, the day after the Oklahoma City bombing.
Army names Minnesota as 2010 COE winner
April 19, 2010
NASCAR driver suits up with National Guard special forces
April 19, 2010
NASCAR driver Jeff Gordon takes aim with a sniper's rifle, with the help of a spotter, during a visit with National Guard Special Forces Soldiers in Maxwell, Texas, April 15, 2010.
Air Force Team of the Year includes Texas Air Guardsman
April 19, 2010
Air Guard engineers say planning the key for Africa trip
April 16, 2010
Staff Sgt. Marcel Prude and Master Sgt. Jeff Talaga, members of the 127th Civil Engineering Squadron of the Michigan Air National Guard, look over the job site at Akota air base in Accra, Ghana, April 12, 2010. The 127th CES deployed to Ghana for two weeks in April to help perform a major renovation on this training building used by the air force of Ghana.
Think globally, act locally to prevent atrocitie
April 16, 2010
Dr. Greg Robinson, associate professor of history at L'Université du Quebec à Montréal, spoke at a Day of Remembrance ceremony at the Army National Guard Readiness Center in Arlington, Va., April 15, 2010. Robinson spoke to a room of Soldiers and military civilians about the Holocaust and the horrible crimes that were committed during that time. He emphasized that not only Jews were systematically killed, but also Poles, Russians, the disabled, homosexuals and religious groups.
Guardsmen provide dental care to remote Alaskan village
April 16, 2010
A dental technician comforts a child undergoing a dental procedure in Kotzebue, Alaska, April 15, 2010. An Air Force dental team composed of active duty, Guard and Reserve Airmen deployed to Kotzebue as part of Operation Arctic Care, a joint innovative readiness training exercise.