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Air Force extends SAPR services to AF civilians
August 25, 2015
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South Carolina Army National Guard partners with law enforcement for active-shooter training
August 24, 2015
U.S. Army Sgt. Iliana Guillen, supply specialist for the 351st Headquarters Support Company, South Carolina Army National Guard, discusses how she would barricade her office door and where she would hide within her office with South Carolina Law Enforcement Division agent Wayne Freeman during the unit's active shooter training class partnered with SLED and the Sumter county Sheriff's Department at the Army National Guard Armory in Sumter, South Carolina, Aug. 21, 2015.

Examining lessons from Hurricane Katrina 10 years later
August 21, 2015
Hurricane Katrina left destruction in its wake in 2005, necessitating a massive response from the Army and Air National Guard.

On the California fire lines, meet Pulaski and McLeod tools of the trade
August 21, 2015
Soldiers with Task Force Charlie, California Army National Guard, use Pulaskis to mop up an area previously burned in the Jerusalem Fire.

Post-shooting, Air National Guard officer lives life of resilience
August 20, 2015
U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Allison R. Schore, right, a medical administrative officer with the 182nd Medical Group, takes a photo with a friend before running a half-marathon in this undated photo in Peoria, Illinois. Schore relied on good foundations in mental, physical, social and spiritual wellness in the aftermath of witnessing a shooting at a restaurant while with her family.

Alaska Air National Guard rescuers save injured hiker and hunter
August 20, 2015
An Alaska Air National Guard HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter, assigned to the 210th Rescue Squadron, takes off from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, July 23, 2015. The 210th Rescue Squadron provides emergency rescue services for the citizens of Alaska in addition to training for wartime combat search and rescue missions. Rescuers used a similar craft this week to save two men.

Army National Guard recruiters accept the 90-day challenge
August 19, 2015
Army Lt. Gen. Timothy Kadavy, left, director of the Army National Guard, stands with Army Sgt. Amadou Traore, a recruiting and retention noncommissioned officer with the Pennsylvania Army National Guard, and other senior leaders during an award ceremony at Arlington Hall, Aug. 3, 2015 in Arlington, Virginia. Traore was awarded the Army Commendation Medal for enlisting 18 new recruits during the Army Guard's 9 in 90 Recruiting Challenge.

‘Wildfire season’ heats up as nearly 1,000 Guard members battle Western fires
August 19, 2015
California Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Alexander Martinez, crew chief from the 1106 Theater Aviation Sustainment Maintenance Group, operates on a UH-60 Black Hawk over the Fork Complex in Shasta and Trinity Counties, California, Aug. 17, 2015.

Arizona Guard members visit Kazakhstan, strengthen military-to-military partnership
August 19, 2015
Soldiers from the Arizona National Guard and the Kazakhstani Military work together sharing ideas and common practices through the State Partnership Program last month.

Safeguarding the California coast: Operation Triton supports maritime observation
August 19, 2015
New members of the California National Guard Counterdrug Task Force receive training Aug. 5, 2015, at Camp San Luis Obispo for the specialized observation equipment they will be using during Operation Triton. Operation Triton more than doubles CDTF’s current support to the Department of Homeland Security, the United States Customs and Border Protection, and the Coast Guard in their efforts to deter and disrupt illegal drug smuggling activity along the California coast. (Photo by Sgt. Brianne Roudebush)