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ND Air Guard cops deploy to missile fields for first time
December 18, 2008
From left to right in the front row, Staff Sgt. John F. Chalupa and Airman 1st Class Erik R. Foss, both of the North Dakota Air National Guard 219th Security Forces Squadron, stand in formation with their flight during guard mount. The Air National Guard members are standing side-by-side with their U.S. Air Force active duty 91st Missile Security Forces Squadron co-workers Dec. 18 at the Minot Air Force Base, Minot, N.D. The pair of airmen, in the 219th SFS, are the first Air National Guard members to dispatch into the missile fields at Minot AFB to help provide security in conjunction with their active duty counterparts.
Airmen, Iraqis forge relationships through pediatric care
December 18, 2008
Maj. (Dr.) Christopher Kieling listens to an Iraqi child's heart in the Air Force Theater Hospital's intensive care unit at Joint Base Balad, Iraq, Dec. 11. Kieling, a native of Anchorage, Alaska, is deployed from the Uniformed Services University of Health Services at Bethesda, Md.
Canada, Army Guard meet to build relationships
December 18, 2008
Canadian military police participate in the 24th annual Golden Coyote exercise in June. The exercise, hosted by the South Dakota National Guard, was held in the southern Black Hills of South Dakota. Canada was one of four foreign nations to train with the more than 4,000 U.S. servicemembers from 92 units representing 27 states. Training opportunities like this between the Guard and Canada are planned out at the Cross Border Working Group which was held at the Army National Guard Readiness Center, Arlington, Va., in December.
G-RAP celebrates third anniversary
December 18, 2008
Several of the leading recruiting assistants from each of the pilot states are recognized on Dec. 15 by Lt. Gen. Clyde Vaughn, director of the Army National Guard, for their outstanding recruiting in their respective states.
Seven states participate in Yama Sakura 55
December 17, 2008
CAMP ASAKA, JAPAN - Army Sgt. 1st Class Tony Bowling (left), first sergeant for Headquarters Company, 8th Theater Sustainment Command out of Fort Shafter, Hawaii, gets a lesson in the art of Calligraphy from Sgt. Maj. Kazuhiko Shimizu of the JGSDF's 104th General Support Battalion, Dec. 3, 2008, at the camp's Freedom Room. Bowling, who hails from Canton, Ill., is one of more than 1,000 American Soldiers, Sailors, Marines and Airmen participating in Yama Sakura 55, along with their counterparts from the Japanese ground, air and maritime services. Yama Sakura is a bilateral U.S.-Japan, computerized command post exercise designed to better the defense of Japan, and to protect each country's interests throughout East Asia.
Guardsmen selected for Army All-American Bowl
December 16, 2008
New forces to bolster homeland defense mission
December 15, 2008
Guard taking on sexual assault through support, education
December 15, 2008
California guardsmen train for Kosovo deployment
December 15, 2008
Army Capt. Michael Riley, commander of Company C, 1-185th Combined Arms Battalion, and Army Brig. Gen. Keith Jones, assistant deputy adjutant general for California's Army National Guard, get front-row action as they observe a M2 Bradley fighting vehicle live-fire exercise at Camp Shelby, Miss. The exercise is part of training to ready the 1-185th CAB for a deployment to Kosovo.
Religious support teams help heal invisible wounds
December 15, 2008
Chaplin (Maj.) Wendell Rome, Staff Sgt. Terry Mueth, Capt. Lawrence Onyejekwe and Capt. Anna Mann pray with Airman 1st Class Wyndal Boothe in the Air Force Theater Hospital Nov. 25 at Joint Base Balad, Iraq. Airman Boothe, a force protection augmentee with the 332nd Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron, received treatment for pneumonia. He is deployed from Charleston Air Force Base, S.C., where he is an aerospace maintenance apprentice. His hometown is Lubbock, Texas.
Connecticut Guard responds to neighbor's call for help
December 15, 2008
Guardsmen from the 379th Engineer Company of the Massachusetts Army National Guard, use a front end loader to get a better look at a damaged utility pole in Phillipston, Mass., on Dec. 14, 2008. The 379th was mobilized when Gov. Deval L. Patrick declared a state of emergency on Dec., 12, 2008.
CNGB birthday message
December 12, 2008
Reservists may qualify for early retired pay
December 12, 2008
Face of Defense: Fire Chief Moonlights in National Guard
December 12, 2008
Army Pfc. Steven P. Fitzgerald and his fiancé, Army Spc. Viviana B. Molina, of the 3-142nd Assault Helicopter Battalion, review intelligence reports before a briefing in Iraq. Fitzgerald, an 18-year veteran of the New York City Fire Department, joined the National Guard when he was 41 years old.
Minnesota Guard to command active-duty forces in Iraq
December 11, 2008
Air Guard to host three KC-135 associate wings
December 11, 2008
Boom Operator Sgt. Mike Girouard controls the boom of a KC-135 from 157th Air Refueling Wing of the New Hampshire Air National Guard as he refuels an F-15 Eagle out of Otis Air Force Base over the skies of New Hampshire.
LA Guard offers job training to at-risk youth
December 11, 2008
Louisiana National Guard Job Challenge Program cadet, 17-year-old Madie C. Denning of Houma, La., takes her final exam, which includes ambulance operations, gaining access and rescue operations, special operations and EMS response to terrorism, to become a certified emergency medical technician. JCP, which is located at the Gillis W. Long Center in Carville, La., helps at-risk youth get back on track while receiving valuable job-skill training. Emergency medical technician is one of eight trade certifications JCP has to offer.
Alaska Guard continues Operation Santa Claus tradition
December 11, 2008
Gov. Sarah Palin helps Santa pass out gifts during Operation Santa Claus 2008 in Kivalina Dec. 6. Operation Santa Claus, an Alaska National Guard community relations and support program, provides toys, books and school supplies for young people in communities across the state.
University Provides Care for Wounded Warriors
December 10, 2008
MO Soldier and student renew old acquaintance
December 10, 2008
Besmir Sylejmani (left) and Col. Bruce Pearre (right) the senior logistics officer for Multi-National Task Force - East, in an office at Camp Bondsteel in Kosovo where they recently met and went through Sylejmani's senior year book while getting reacquainted. Sylejmani, who was a foreign exchange student when he met the Pearre family, left New Bloomfield, Mo., shortly after graduation. He had never seen the yearbook.