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Knott first Guard Soldier to pick up the Pace
August 1, 2007
Lt. Col. Joseph Knott receives the Headquarters, Department of the Army Pace Award from Joyce Morrow on July 27 in the Pentagon in Washington, D.C.. Knott is the first National Guard Soldier to win the award in its 45 years. He won the award based on his work in 2006 on the Army Compatible Use Buffer Program.
Reserve wing will be first to host Guard associate
July 31, 2007
Col. James McCormack and Col. Jeffery Glass prepare for takeoff during their first duo commander mission July 26 at Tinker Air Force Base, Okla. Colonel McCormack is the 137th Airlift Wing commander, and Colonel Glass is the 507th Air Refueling Wing commander. Colonel McCormack's Air National Guard wing is slated to stand up as a KC-135 Stratotanker associate wing affiliated with Colonel Glass's Air Force Reserve Command wing in late 2007. The merger is the first time an Air National Guard wing has associated to an Air Force Reserve wing.
Civilian hospital provides training for Texas National Guard medics
July 30, 2007
Spc. Manuel Chavarria (left) starts an IV on a patient in the Emergency Department of the Christus Spohn Memorial Hospital staff. The Texas National Guardsman trains in the civilian hospital during their drill weekends.
Leaders endorse Pakistan, National Guard partnership
July 26, 2007
Paul McHale, assistant secretary of defense for homeland defense; retired Lt. Gen. Tariq Waseem Ghazi, Pakistan's former defense secretary; LTG H Steven Blum, the chief of the National Guard Bureau, and Marine Lt. Gen. Frances Wilson, president, National Defense University, talk about a possible National Guard State Partnership Program with Pakistan at a dinner at Blum's official residence at Fort McNair, Washington, D.C., on July 25, 2007.
Apache pilots save critically-wounded Soldier with unorthodox evacuation
July 24, 2007
Chief Warrant Officer-4 Kevin Purtee (left) and Chief Warrant Officer-2 Allen Crist, Company B, 1st Battalion, 149th Aviation Regiment (Attack), man the AH-64 helicopter they used to help save the life of a critically wounded Soldier.
49th Soldiers earn prestigious German marksmanship award
July 20, 2007
Staff Sgt. Steven Mich evaluates the handling of a German pistol during a German marksmanship competition held by the 49th Missile Defense Battalion.
Safety, Alaskan Style
July 19, 2007
Grizzly bears outside Fort Greely fence. Although not common, the last Grizzly bear sighting was June 12, 2007.
Changing with the Guard
July 18, 2007
National Guard task force keeps Army helicopters in the fight
July 17, 2007
Army National Guard Sgt. Morley Wagner determines which one of numerous circuit cards and multiple transducers is failing in an automated flight control system at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, on July 4, 2007. Wagner is a member of Task Force AVCRAD (Aviation Classification Repair Activity Depot), which maintains components from Army National Guard, Regular Army and Army Reserve helicopters flying missions in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Maryland brigade assumes Iraqi mission from Indiana
July 17, 2007
Command Sgt. Maj. Brian Sann, left, brigade sergeant major for the 58th Brigade Combat Team, left, and Col. Sean Casey, commander of the 58th BCT, uncase the unit's colors during a transfer of authority ceremony in which the 58th BCT assumed responsibility for garrison operations of Victory Base Complex, Iraq, from the 38th Division Support Command, Tuesday, July 10, 2007. The 58th BCT will be responsible for all daily operations on VBC.(U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Jon Soucy) (Released)