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Federalizing the National Guard: Preparedness, reserve forces and the National Defense Act of 1916
June 2, 2016
Opening of 64th Congress, 1915. This session took place in the year that debate on the National Defense Act began, eventually leading to the measure becoming Public Law 64-85.
Indiana National Guard fills many roles during exercise
May 23, 2016
Army Spc. Robin Hefner, a human resource specialist assigned to U.S. Army North, goes over Vibrant Response 16 battle plans with another Tactical Operations Center soldier at Camp Atterbury, Indiana, May 3, 2016. VR 16 is led by ARNORTH and brings military, federal, and state agencies together to train to respond to a national emergency.
Long before smartphones, National Guard responded to nationwide muster in Operation Minuteman
April 28, 2016
Trucks of the 179th Field Artillery, 48th Armored Division loaded full of troops move out from the Atlanta Armory during Operation Minuteman on April 27, 1955..
South Carolina twin Soldiers recall Guard's response to last year's massive floods
April 21, 2016
U.S. Army Capt. Jay Sirmon, an engineer officer assigned to the training site command, and his brother Warrant Officer 3 William Sirmon, a pilot assigned to the 1-111th General Support Aviation Battalion, South Carolina Army National Guard, pose after a flight taken to survey the recovery efforts in Columbia on April 5, 2016 following the flood that hit the area in Oct. 2015. Many bridges and roads remain closed six months later as recovery efforts are still underway.
Texas Air National Guard readies for cyber-protection mission expansion
April 20, 2016
U.S. Rep. Will Hurd,left, visits with Brig. Gen. David M. McMinn, commander of the Texas Air National Guard, and Brig. Gen. Dawn M. Ferrell. Texas’ deputy adjutant general for air, in his Capitol Hill office on March 2, 2016.
California National Guard Soldier parlays martial arts love into military service
April 13, 2016
California Army National Guard Sgt. Cassandra Peel, an avionic mechanic in Company B, 640th Aviation Support Battalion, 40th Combat Aviation Brigade, practices taekwondo kicks at Camp Buehring, Kuwait, April 2, 2016. Peel has practiced taekwondo for six years and is now a second degree black belt.
Guard Your Health’s #WarriorReady Challenge launches April 1
April 1, 2016
Soldiers close in on the finish line in this photo from April 18, 2010, of the run during an Army Physical Fitness Test. A new program from Guard Your Health offers do-it-yourself training and food tips.
Friends who deploy together stay together
March 30, 2016
California Army National Guard Capt. Eric Lancaster, Chief Warrant Officer 3 Michael DeCosta, Lt. Col. Nader Araj and Lt. Col. Brian Goldsmith meet up on the airfield at Camp Buehring, Kuwait, Feb. 28. They all live and work in the Folsom community back home in California, and deployed together with the 40th Combat Aviation Brigade.
New York Army National Guard Cooks compete for Army cooking honors at Camp Smith
March 28, 2016
New York Army National Guard Soldiers from the 369th Sustainment Brigade enjoy lunch prepared by unit food service personnel participating in a preliminary round of the Army-wide Philip A. Connelly cooking competition at Camp Smith, NY on March 19, 2016. (Photo by US Army National Guard Cesar Leon/RELEASED)
Iowa National Guard Soldier competes under guidance of Soldier-father
March 24, 2016
Spc. Ethan Estabrooks, a helicopter crew chief with Company C, 2-147th Aviation, Iowa Army National Guard, performs a search on his sponsor and father, 1st Sgt. Gary Estabrooks, at the Iowa Best Warrior Competition at Camp Dodge March 19, 2016.
Environmental stewardship, sustainability top focus throughout the Guard
March 21, 2016
A 20-kilowatt array of solar panels fitted to Building 36 on Camp Grayling. The solar panel array is one of many green energy initiatives the Michigan Army National Guard is employing to generate renewable energy, reduce pollution and save taxpayers money by reducing energy costs for everyday operations. It is one of many initiatives throughout the National Guard.
Virgin Island Air Guard engineers build plant beds to support kids' project
March 21, 2016
Virgin Islands Air National Guard Senior Airman Denel Peterson of the 285th Civil Engineering Squadron inserts screws into a plant bed box while Airman 1st Class Danley McIntosh of the 285th Civil Engineering Squadron observes on St. Croix, Virgin Islands, March 5, 2016. Children in the community learning to garden will use the boxes.
Texas Guard member and his daughter personally supported Flint relief mission
March 18, 2016
Maj. George Hurd, left, Staff Sgt. Erdoo Thompson, center, and 1st Lt. Matthew Verdugo, right, all of the 136th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade, load bottled water in preparation for Hurd's convoy to Flint, Michigan, March 10, 2016, in Round Rock, Texas.
109th Airmen call South Pole home as they package old equipment for shipment north
March 17, 2016
Pallets of excess and obsolete materials are placed in position outside the National Science Foundation's Amundsen-Scott Station at the South Pole in January 2016. A team of three New York Air National Guard Airmen built 73 pallets in 11 days so the unneeded items can be hauled away later this year.
102-year-old veteran recalls duty with Michigan National Guard
March 17, 2016
Philas Kelly, who served in the Michigan National Guard from 1937 to 1940, holds his 107th Observation Squadron patch from his days in uniform. Kelly visited the 107th Fighter Squadron at Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Mich., on March 15, 2016, to learn about the current mission of his old unit.
Lawyers land at Saratoga Battlefield for history lesson
March 15, 2016
Saratoga Battlefield historian and retired Park Ranger Larry Arnold discusses the importance of terrain for the Battle of Freeman’s Farm to Soldiers of the Judge Advocate General Corps from the New York Army National Guard and Army Reserve’s 7th Legal Operations Detachment March 12, 2016 at the Saratoga National Historical Park in Stillwater, New York.
New York Army National Guard Soldier saves life while on the job as a police officer
March 10, 2016
This is police officer Arnold Reyes on the job with the Suffolk County Police Department. Reyes is also the command sergeant major of the New York Army National Guard’s 2nd Battalion, 108th Infantry. Reyes and others helped bring a woman back to life in December 2015.
Centennial of the Pancho Villa raid on New Mexican town
March 9, 2016
After the disastrous raid on Columbus, New Mexico, by Pancho Villa, the state National Guard sent troops.
Mountain training is rigorous drill for Vermont National Guard troops
March 8, 2016
Spc. Isaac Merriam, infantry team leader, Alpha Company, 3rd Battalion, 172nd Infantry Regiment, 86th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Mountain), Vermont National Guard, belays a fellow Soldier at Smuggler's Notch in Jeffersonville, Vt., March 5, 2016. Soldiers performed basic and advanced mountain warfare skills including ice climbing, mountain movement techniques, and nighttime navigation as part of their mountaineering winter bivouac.
Jax the therapy dog touches Airmen's hearts at California's 163rd Attack Wing
March 3, 2016
David Cunningham, director of Psychological Health (DPH) for the 163rd Attack Wing, takes a moment for a photo with the wing's therapy dog, Jax. Jax is a German shepherd who is completing training as a certified therapy dog for the 163rd Attack Wing at March Air Reserve Base.