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Virginia National Guard aviators depart for border mission
February 3, 2015
A California National Guardsman monitors the waters off the coast near San Diego, Calif., on Dec. 14, 2010. The National Guard is supporting Customs and Border Protection and Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The Virginia National Guard just sent a team of Soldiers to the Southwest.

Ammo Airmen find a 'change of pace' with Michigan Air National Guard
February 3, 2015
Senior Airman James Hampton and Airman 1st Class Porshia Montgomery work to install the tail fin assembly on a GBU-38 JDAM bomb at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., Jan. 27, 2015. Airmen of the Michigan Air National Guard’s 127th Wing are participating in a two-week long exercise known as Snowbird at the Total Force Training Center at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona The bombs will be loaded on A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft flown by the 107th Fighter Squadron during the exercise.

New York National Guard's Honor Guard Academy goal is perfection
February 2, 2015
New York Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Luis Pagan, an instructor at the week-long Honor Guard Academy held at Camp Smith Training Site near Peekskill, New York, the week of Jan. 26-30, watches as Pfc. Miguel Paulino adjusts the American flag covering a casket during training on Jan. 29, 2015. The instructors watched every move the 15 students made during the academy and correct errors on the spot.

Adjutant general takes to skies for final time as Florida’s top Airman
January 30, 2015
Adjutant general of Florida Maj. Gen. Emmett Titshaw Jr. prepares for his final ride in an F-15 Eagle at the 125th Fighter Wing in Jacksonville, Fla., Jan. 29, 2015. The 45-minute flight in the back seat of the Florida Air National Guard’s tactical jet ended more than four decades in the air for Titshaw, who has been flying military and commercial aircraft since the early ’70s. He will retire in March.

Massachusetts National Guard looks at response to New England blizzard
January 30, 2015
Spc. Daniel Kelly of the Massachusetts Army National Guard's 1058th Transportation Company helps an elderly woman from a transportation vehicle to a shelter during Winter Storm Juno on Jan. 27, 2015 in Weymouth, Massachusetts. About 500 National Guardsmen were activated to assist in relief missions around the state during the storm.

Alaska Air National Guard members rescue pilot
January 30, 2015
Two U.S. Air Force HH-60 Black Hawk helicopters from the 210th Rescue Squadron, Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, arrive to rescue a simulated downed pilot during RED FLAG-Alaska 13-3, Aug. 22, 2013.   A similar craft rescued a pilot on Jan. 29, 2015.

Post-blizzard, Airmen and Soldiers packing up in Northeast
January 28, 2015
Flooded ares of Scituate, Jan. 27, 2015. Massachusetts Guard members were called to duty to support local and state agencies during the Winter Storm Juno response and rescued some residents from high water.

National Guard helicopters supporting U.S.-Mexico border mission
January 27, 2015
A National Guard UH-72 Lakota helicopter prepares to fly in support of Customs and Border Protection (CBP)-led Operation Phalanx. National Guardsmen from across the country assist CBP in disrupting transnational criminal organizations and drug trafficking organizations by conducting aerial detection and monitoring along the U.S.-Mexico border in support of Operation Phalanx and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

Arizona National Guard joins with other units to protect Super Bowl crowds
January 27, 2015
Arizona National Guard senior leaders receive a Joint Task Force-Super Bowl briefing Jan. 26, 2015, at the joint operations center at Papago Park Military Reservation in Phoenix. The task force was assembled to support local, state, and federal authorities during Super Bowl XLIX.

New York begins drawing down blizzard Airmen and Soldiers
January 27, 2015
Soldiers with Joint Task Force Empire Shield work with members of the FDNY during a major blizzard Jan 26, 2015. The storm, believed to be one of the most powerful in recent history, managed to shut down all NYC airports, subways and other forms of public transit. The Soldiers were on hand to provide support to first responders in case of a major emergency.