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Chief of the National Guard Bureau visits Combined Joint Task Force Phoenix
August 28, 2008
Sergeant First Class Thomas Deis from Ithaca, NY assigned to SECFOR D (security force Company D) 2nd Squadron 101st Cavalry, New York Army National Guard speaks with Lt. Gen. Blum at the conclusion of an open forum meeting.
Florida Guardsmen credit training for success with Tropical Storm Fay missions
August 28, 2008
Soldiers from 2nd Battalion, 124th Infantry Regiment make their way through a washed out section of roadway while assisting search and rescue teams help citizens trapped in their homes by flood waters caused by Tropical Storm Fay. The Florida National Guard currently has nearly 500 Soldiers and Airmen assisting with recovery and logistical operations in the wake of Tropical Storm Fay.
ANG enlisted icon passes away; Bataan Death March survivor dies at 89
August 28, 2008
Chief Master Sgt. Paul Lankford
Association gives enlisted members access to leaders
August 26, 2008
Spc. Rebecca Bell, a health care specialist with the 466th Area Support Medical Company, poses a question to Command Sgt. Maj. John Gipe, left, Command Sgt. Maj. David Ray Hudson, and retired Sgt. Maj. of the Army Jack Tilley, during a question and answer session with senior enlisted leaders during the 37th annual meeting of the Enlisted Association of the National Guard of the United States, in Savannah, Ga., Wednesdsay, Aug. 20, 2008.
Air Guard's leaders discuss top concerns at Midwest summit
August 26, 2008
Brig. Gen. Donald Haught, vice chair for the Air National Guard steering committee and assistant to the Director of the Air National Guard listens to a presentation Aug. 12 during the Air Guard's 2008 Leadership Summit in Wisconsin. More than 500 Air Guard senior leaders and safety experts met at the Volk Field Combat Readiness Training Center Aug. 11-15 for the summit, which carried a theme of "A look at safety, culture and other challenges."
Pentagon Memorial designer reflects on work as opening nears
August 25, 2008
The Pentagon Memorial benches are arranged according to the victims' ages and where they were during the crash. Col. Canfield Boone of the Indiana Army National Guard and Chief Warrant Officer 4 William Ruth of the Maryland Army National Guard were killed at the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001. The benches representing the 125 lives lost in the Pentagon are positioned so that the Pentagon is in the background view of a visitor reading the victim's name.
Guard runners pay 10K tribute to the fallen
August 25, 2008
Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Rebecca Ingram nears the finish of the national Run for the Fallen's final 10-kilometer leg at Arlington National Cemetery on the morning of Aug. 24.
Guard members bring medical relief to Guatemalan citizens
August 22, 2008
Lt. Col. (Dr.) Philip Bales gives 8-year-old Pedro Mayen an injection before extracting a tooth while Tech. Sgt. Rose Hartzell comforts the boy Aug. 18 in Santa Rosa, Guatemala. Colonel Bales is assigned to the 173d Medical Group of the Oregon National Guard, and Sergeant Hartzell is a 163rd Medical Group dental technician from the California Air National Guard.
Guard continues support as TS Fay moves across Florida
August 22, 2008
Members of the Florida National Guard's Delta Company, 1st Battalion, 124th Infantry Regiment, enter the Lamplighter Village mobile home park in Melbourne, Fla., to evacuate residents who request it, Aug. 21, 2008. Several residents were transported out of the park over the course of the day.
Ohio National Guard tests innovative emergency response force
August 22, 2008
Ohio National Guardmembers from the Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and high-yield Explosive (CBRNE) Enhanced Response Force Package (CERFP) extract a "victim" during a disaster response exercise at the Owens Community College campus in Perrysburg Township near Toledo August 14.
Guard partnership with ambulance service yields mutual benefits
August 22, 2008
Army Guard names top Soldier and NCO
August 22, 2008
Spc. Jeremy Whipple, left, and Staff Sgt. Michael Noyce-Merino are applauded after they were announced as the winners of Soldier and NCO of the Year in the 2008 Army National Guard "Best Warrior" Competition at the Enlisted Association of the National Guard of the United States' annual awards banquet in Savannah, Ga., Aug. 21. Both Soldiers advance to the Department of the Army competition, scheduled for October at Fort Lee, Va.
Kid Rock, Earnhardt featured in Army Guard advertising campaign
August 22, 2008
Kid Rock poses with Army National Guard soldiers after filming the "Warrior" video, which will premiere in more than 3,000 theatres around the country on Aug. 22.
Eielson rescue squadron celebrates 10,000 mishap-free-flying hours
August 21, 2008
Arizona Air Guard demonstrates new night-vision initiative for tankers
August 21, 2008
National Guard holds first combatives tournament at Fort Benning
August 21, 2008
Mitchell Thomas IV: Sgt. Robert Encino and Sgt. Ken Browne wildly throw punches at each other during their Lightweight final match Sunday.
Face of Defense: Soldier Takes Advantages of Opportunities
August 21, 2008
Army Spc. Noe Barrientos, who hails from Corpus Christi, Texas, gives the thumbs-up signal as he prepares to head out from Camp Liberty, Iraq, on a mission, Aug. 13, 2008. Barrientos is a combat engineer with the 836th Sapper Company, 890th Engineer Battalion, 926th Engineer Brigade, Multinational Division Baghdad.
Manufacturing company employees unite to support Guard coworker
August 20, 2008
Wyoming Air Guard medical technicians provide care in Guatemala
August 20, 2008
USAF Photo of the 153rd Medical Group members along with local nationals of Jalapa, Guatemala. The medical group deployed to Jalapa providing humanitarion medical services to local nationals at three sites in the district during there two week deployment. The 153rd Medical Group along with Guatemala Armys medic and security forces worked together to provide medical treatment to the expected 8000 Guatemalian nationals during their deployment.
Arizona Guard evacuates victims of canyon flooding
August 19, 2008