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Parade tragedy spurs Oklahoma Guard members into action
October 27, 2015
First Sgt. Brent Pearce, of Edmond, Okla., and a member of Company E, 700th Brigade Support Battalion, 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, is awarded the Army Commendation medal for his actions following a deadly accident at the Oklahoma State University homecoming parade in Stillwater, Oklahoma, on Oct. 24, 2015. Pearce was one of 45 Soldiers given medals for taking immediate action after a woman crashed through the crowd watching the parade, killing four and injuring more than 40 others. The Soldiers marched in the parade and were preparing to return to their armory when the accident occurred.
New York Air National Guard firefighters conduct joint search and rescue training
October 27, 2015
Tech. Sgt. Adam Myers, 109th Fire Department urban search and rescue team NCOIC at Stratton Air National Guard Base, completes high angle training during a joint search and rescue training exercise Oct. 21, 2015 at Camp Smith, New York, with the 106th Rescue Wing out of Long Island.
Texas Guard engineers ready to respond for flood rescues
October 26, 2015
Members of the Texas National Guard's 236th Engineering Company stand ready within Light Medium Terrain Vehicles to engage in flood rescue operations in Huntsville, Texas, Oct. 25, 2015. Members of the 236th Engineering Company, part of the 111th Engineering Battalion, mobilized to Corsicana and Hunstville, Texas, to stand ready to respond to any rescue needs caused by the rainstorms resulting from Hurricane Patricia in October 2015.
South Carolina National Guard bridge company helping rebuild Columbia
October 23, 2015
Engineers from the 125th Multi-Role Bridge Company, South Carolina Army National Guard help contractors clear debris out of the canal in Columbia, on Oct. 21, 2015.
Vietnam opens new school and shelter built with Oregon National Guard
October 23, 2015
Brig. Gen. Michael E. Stencel, adjutant general, Oregon, poses with students at their new intermediate school in Phu Tinh village in the Quang Nam Province of Vietnam, Oct. 21, 2015, following a ribbon cutting ceremony. The new school was built in cooperation between the U.S. and Vietnam and has a secondary-use as a shelter during natural disasters.
Texas Guard members fight fires in Bell County; save 200 homes
October 22, 2015
A Texas Army National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk from the Austin Army Aviation Facility assists in suppressing a wildfire in Bastrop County, Texas. The Texas National Guard mobilized aviation assets from Austin, Grand Prairie and San Antonio to help combat the fire that burned about 4,200 acres and destroyed nearly one dozen homes.
New York National Guard Civil Support Team hones skills at fire training center
October 22, 2015
New York Air National Guard Staff Sgt. Joshua Spagnola tests a potential hazardous material in a vacant residential building at the Colonie Fire Training Center in Latham, Oct. 20, 2015. Members of the 2nd Civil Support Team trained at the center to improve and test their team's ability to rapidly detect and identify chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear (CBRN) hazardous and respond to these threats.
Texas National Guard crews helping fight wildfires
October 21, 2015
A Texas Army National Guard CH-47 Chinook from Grand Prairie and a UH-60 Black Hawk from the Austin Army Aviation Facility assist in suppressing a wildfire in Bastrop County, Texas.
National Guard State Partnership Program: East Africa
October 20, 2015
Kenya and Djibouti represent the first East Africa nations to join the National Guard Bureau’s State Partnership Program.
Colorado's 140th Wing participates in Wing Wartime Readiness Inspection
October 19, 2015
U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Robbin Bruning, 140th Maintenance Squadron, Colorado Air National Guard, ushers in an F-16 Fighting Falcon during the wing’s readiness inspection at Buckley Air Force Base, Aurora, Colorado, Oct. 16, 2015. This training is a part of the 140th Wing’s four-day Wing Wartime Readiness Inspection, the U.S. Air Force’s new evaluation system for wartime, contingency and force sustainment readiness.