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Virginia National Guard personnel preparing for possible severe weather response operations
October 2, 2015
This map from the National Hurricane Center shows the projected path this weekend of category-4 Hurricane Joaquin.
National Guard prepares as Hurricane Joaquin moves toward East Coast
October 1, 2015
This map from the National Hurricane Center shows the projected path this weekend of category-4 Hurricane Joaquin.
Family Day reunites California teens, parents after 70 days in Youth ChalleNGe program
October 1, 2015
Cadet Desiree Carlos is reunited with her family Sept. 19, 2015, after 70 days apart while Carlos was working hard in school, gaining discipline and learning life lessons at the California National Guard’s Sunburst Youth ChalleNGe Academy on Joint Forces Training Base Los Alamitos.
South Dakota Guard and Suriname military develop leaders
September 25, 2015
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Richard Watkins, Master Sgt. Marcus Frey and Air Force Master Sgt. Lori Hoop, all members of the South Dakota National Guard, observe how the Suriname Army survives in a jungle environment during a subject matter expert exchange on non-commissioned officer professional development in Paramaribo, Suriname, Sept. 16, 2015.
Resident lauds California National Guard in aftermath of the devastating Valley Fire
September 25, 2015
Lake County resident Bridget Sargeant thanks Staff Sgt. Janneth Rendon and Spc. Steven Garivay for their assistance and patience while escorting her back to her home. Close to 100 California Guard military police assisted local authorities in escorting residents to make brief trips back to feed animals, grab medications or other important documents from the homes they had to evacuate because of wildfires. Some residents have been away from their homes for 10 days. The Guard members are part of the 870th Military Police Company.
National Guard supports local authorities with Pope Francis visit
September 24, 2015
Sgt. Julian O’Hare, 50th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, New Jersey Army National Guard, directs a medical Humvee at the National Guard Armory in Woodbury, Sept. 24, 2015. The Soldiers are part of a task force comprised of Soldiers and Airmen who will be assisting New Jersey civil authorities with security during Pope Francis’s visit to Philadelphia Sept. 26-27.
New Jersey's 177th Fighter Wing practices heavy-lifting skills
September 23, 2015
U.S. Air Force Airmen from the New Jersey Air National Guard 177th Fighter Wing Crash Disabled Damaged Aircraft Recovery team maneuver an F-16 Fighting Falcon hooked up to a crane, Sept. 19, 2015 at Naval Air Station Wildwood Aviation Museum, N.J. The CDDAR team completed crane lift training, a tri-annual certification used in the event an immobile aircraft needs to be removed from a runway quickly and safely.
Kentucky plays host to delegation from new partner Djibouti
September 23, 2015
Chief Warrant Officer Kevin Keith discusses the capabilities of a UH-60 Black Hawk with Lt. Col. Chakib Mahamed Ali, deputy commander of the Djibouti Air Force, during a visit to the Kentucky Guard’s Army Aviation Support Facility in Frankfort, Kentucky, Sept. 15, 2015. Members of the Djibouti military toured several sites across Kentucky as part of the country’s new partnership with the Kentucky Guard.
Family Care is common bond for South Carolina National Guard and Colombian military
September 23, 2015
Barbara Livingston, wife of U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Robert E. Livingston, Jr., adjutant general for South Carolina, right, talks to Claudia Patricia Novoa, spouse of Colombian Air Force Maj. Gen. Ramses Rueda, chief of education for the Colombian Air Force and Durley Rocio Torrado Ortiz, spouse of Colombian Lt. Col. Alcaro Enrique Gomez Franco at an informal gathering held at the Livingston's home, Sept. 8, 2015, near Columbia, S.C. The gathering between the S.C. National Guard spouses and state partnership program spouses from Colombia focused on their roles as spouses of military leaders and the various programs in the National Guard such as the U.S. "Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Program" that puts in place programs to help families before, during, and after a deployment.
General Milley: After 9/11, “America’s Army National Guard was everywhere.”
September 22, 2015