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Better-equipped National Guard still eyes critical shortages
May 6, 2009
Maj. Gen. Raymond W. Carpenter, acting deputy director of the Army National Guard, and Lt. Gen. Harry M. Wyatt III, director of the Air National Guard, prepare to testify before the House Armed Services Committee Air and Land Forces Subcommittee on May 5, 2009.
Air Guardsmen train next generation of active duty pilots
May 6, 2009
1st Lt. Scott Kotowski (right) reviews aircraft maintenance records with crew chiefs Senior Airman Jacob Rocha (middle) and Senior Airman Chris Wilson prior to flying a training sortie April 23 at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz. All three Airmen are assigned to the 149th Fighter Wing in San Antonio, and are participating in Exercise Coronet Cactus. Lieutenant Kotowski is a student pilot.
Camp Williams gets four new fire trucks
May 6, 2009
The Utah National Guard accepted delivery of four new fire trucks for Camp Williams on April 29, 2009 at the Draper, Utah headquarters. Each truck will be staffed with two firefighters and an engine boss, trained and selected from among the 60 Utah National Guard Soldiers, who are currently red-card certified to fight wildland fires.
Eight states participate in CST regional exercise
May 6, 2009
Sgt. 1st Class Ryan Van Damme, a decontamination noncommissioned officer for the 14th Civil Support Team of the Connecticut National Guard, checks Sgt. John Barton, a survey team member, for contaminates after Barton returned from surveying the inside of a local school in Groton, Conn., on May 5, 2009.
VA emphasizes education before post-9/11 GI Bill switch
May 5, 2009
Oregon Guard sends off first group from 41st brigade
May 5, 2009
Col. Dan Hokanson, commander of the 41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Oregon Army National Guard, prepares for his unit's mobilization ceremony at the Portland Coliseum in Portland, Ore., May 2. Nearly 2,700 soldiers will mobilize in communities throughout Oregon, giving residents of Bend, Medford, Eugene and Portland, a chance to send off Oregon's soldiers in what is the largest deployment of Oregonians since WWII.
Kentucky Guard supports historic Derby run
May 5, 2009
Soldiers and airmen of the Ky. National Guard practice for their duties as the Winner's Circle security contingent at Churchill Downs for the Kentucky Oaks and Derby horse races on Friday and Saturday, May 1-2, 2009.
Construction begins on $14.56 million pararescue facility
May 5, 2009
Michael Jacobs, chairman of the Board of the Friends of the 106th, Col. Michael F. Canders of the 106th Rescue Wing, Congressman Timothy Bishop, New York State Assemblyman Fred Thiele, Maj. John D. McElroy of the 103rd Rescue Squadron, and Keith Wood, supervisor for Racanelli Construction, break ground for a new building to house the 103rd Rescue Squadron at F.S. Gabreski Air National Guard Base in Westhampton Beach, N.Y., on May 2, 2009.
Air Force, Navy combine for air combat skills training
May 5, 2009
Aircraft maintenance airmen from the Air National Guard's 115th Fighter Wing in Madison, Wis. worked along side their naval counterparts from the Strike Fighter Squadron 2 (VFA-2), Naval Air Station Lemoore, Calif. Staff Sgt. David Bizefski, an F-16C Fighting Falcon crew chief from the 115th FW, and Petty Officer 3rd Class Sammy Holmes, aviation administration from VFA-2, share experiences during a two-week air-to-air combat skills training mission at NAS Key West, Fla.
Holocaust survivor tells her story
May 5, 2009
Elzbieta Strassburger recounts her experiences as a child in Poland during the years of the Holocaust during a presentation at the Army National Guard Readiness Center in Arlington, Va., Thursday, April 30, 2009. Strassburger, born in 1938 in Poland, spent several years living with her mother under an assumed name before finally being reunited with her father in Italy after the war. The family emigrated to the United States where they settled with an aunt, the only other family member to survive. Strassburger, who went on to earn a master's degree in social work and work with troubled children, volunteers at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C., where she speaks about her experiences as a child.
Guard assists elderly couple on 'Rebuilding Day'
May 4, 2009
National Guard Soldiers, Airmen and civilians from the National Capital Region repair a home in Nanjemoy, Md., April 25 during a Christmas in April volunteer project that assisted an elderly couple on National Rebuilding Day. It was the 15th year that Guardmembers volunteered in the event, which takes place annually on the last Saturday in April.
Maryland cavalry unit goes 'long range'
May 4, 2009
Soldiers of Troop C, 1st Squadron, 158th Cavalry Regiment, Maryland National Guard, stand at ease during a ceremony unifying and repurposing the troop. Soldiers of the unit will now add Long Range Surveillance duties to their reconnaissance specialties, which include combat diving, high-altitude, low-opening parachuting, and Airborne capabilities to support the 58th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade.
Guard Initial Entry Training liaisons can make a difference
May 1, 2009
Mississippi Air National Guard receives first MC-12 aircraft
April 30, 2009
Mississippi's 186th Air Refueling Wing welcomed the arrival of the first MC-12W yesterday at Key Field, Meridian, Miss., April 27. The arrival of the aircraft is part of an agreement between the Air Force and Air National Guard to establish a temporary MC-12 mission qualification training detachment. The MC-12 is the Air Force's newest intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance platform.
Guard's 7th Civil Support Team aces external evaluation, earns validation
April 30, 2009
Air Guard chief selected as NORTHCOM advisor
April 30, 2009
Construction at Army, Air readiness centers on track
April 27, 2009
Construction workers pour cement and attach exterior glass on an addition to the Air National Guard Readiness Center April 16 during a warm spring day. The multi-million dollar expansion project is about 40 percent complete and it will provide office space for the nearly 1,400 Air Guard members that will work there by 2011.
Wyatt discusses ASA mission with Congress
April 24, 2009
Air Force Lt. Gen. Harry M. Wyatt, director of the Air National Guard, and Air Force Staff Sgt. Wes Chadwick, an avionics technician with the 115th Fighter Wing, Wis., at the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington April 22 in a congressional hearing on the state of the nation's Air Sovereignty Alert (ASA) operations. The Air Guard operates 16 of the 18 ASA sites located across the United States to protect the nation's airspace.
Army, Marine Corps juggle high demands for ground forces
April 24, 2009
Federally employed Guardsmen eligible for extra pay
April 24, 2009