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Last of four MANG Soldiers receives Soldier's Medal for heroism during Boston bombings
January 12, 2016
Maj. Gen. L Scott Rice, the adjutant general, presents the Soldiers Medal to Staff Sgt. Geoffrey Curtis. Curtis was awarded the medal by Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker during a ceremony at the state house January 11, 2016. Curtis' award is in recognition of his swift response and heroic actions immediately following the Boston Marathon bombings in 2013.
Louisiana Guard prepares for rising flood waters
January 11, 2016
Louisiana National Guard Spc. Scott Mouton, of Baton Rouge, Spc. Mason Guidry, of Breaux Bridge, and other Guard members carry a HESCO barrier on Avoca Island near Morgan City, La., Jan. 9, 2016. The barrier will be used in the construction of a 2-mile long levee to prevent backwater flooding from reaching Morgan City and other towns in South Louisiana due to high river levels.
Missouri National Guard completes flooding emergency response; shifts to recovery efforts
January 8, 2016
During a press conference Jan. 6, 2016, at Jefferson Barracks Air National Guard Base, Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon briefed the media and members of the Missouri National Guard on debris removal and recovery operations under way that the Guard will lead with federal, state and local partners in the coming weeks following historic flooding across the state.
Iowa Soldier helps police understand sex assault victims
January 6, 2016
Sgt. Maggie Passer, a victim advocate coordinator with the Iowa National Guard since 2013, is assisting the Camp Dodge-based Iowa Law Enforcement Academy with its training.
Air National Guard Director Stanley E. Clarke retires after more than 34 years of service
January 5, 2016
Lt. Gen. Stanley E. Clarke III listens while retired Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. T. Michael Moseley reflects on Clarke’s career during the former’s retirement ceremony at the Air National Guard Readiness Center, Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, Dec. 18, 2015. Clarke is the 15th director of the Air National Guard.
Missouri Guard members continue to battle historic flooding
January 1, 2016
Missouri National Guardsmen stage potable water tankers at High Ridge Elementary School on Dec. 31, 2015.
Extreme weather makes 2015 National Guard’s busiest year since 2011
December 31, 2015
Soldiers from the Idaho Army National Guard's 2nd Squadron, 116th Cavalry Regiment prepare to head out on a training exercise at the National Training Center at Fort Irwin, California in August, 2015.
Historic flood levels bring out the National Guard in Missouri, elsewhere
December 31, 2015
Soldiers from the 1137th Military Police Company discuss logistics at a notification point in Perryville, Missouri. More than 515 National Guard personnel were on duty in the hard-hit state due to historic levels of water.
Youth ChalleNGe program helps “at risk” teens find roads to success
December 30, 2015
Devin Dunn, a cadet with the Maryland National Guard’s Freestate ChalleNGe Academy, which provides a means for "at risk" 16-to-18-year-olds to earn their GED certificate or high school diploma, works through math problems during class at the academy, Nov. 17, 2015. Part of the National Guard’s Youth ChalleNGe Program, which includes 37 academies throughout the country, the Freestate ChalleNGe Academy opened in 1993 and was one of the first academies of the program.
New Mexico National Guard transports people needing medical treatment during blizzard
December 30, 2015
Sgt. 1st Class Christopher Vaillancourt, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 717th Brigade Support Battalion, takes a chilly photo with a Roswell citizen he helped transport to the Fresenius Medical Care center Dec. 29. One of the missions currently being performed by members of the New Mexico National Guard is the transportation of Roswell, N.M., citizens in need of dialysis treatments. Citizens were snowed in to their homes due to a winter blizzard that caused roads to be impassable. For at least two days, local members of the National Guard traversed the icy, snow packed conditions to help citizens in need. (Courtesy photo)