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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.
Airmen of New York's 109th Airlift Wing begin Antarctic mission
October 19, 2015
An LC-130 "Skibird" and aircrew with the New York Air National Guard's 109th Airlift Wing departed Oct. 16, 2015, from Stratton Air National Guard Base, New York, for McMurdo Station, Antarctica. This is the 28th season that the unit has participated in Operation Deep Freeze, the military component of the U.S. Antarctic Program, which is managed by the National Science Foundation.
North Carolina National Guard engineers aid flood-stricken South Carolina residents
October 15, 2015
North Carolina National Guard Soldiers, assigned to the 882nd Engineers Company (Vertical), 505th Engineers Battalion, assess the damage of a road in Eastover, South Carolina, Oct. 13, 2015.
National Guard Bureau Chief Frank Grass sees 'outstanding work' of Pennsylvania troops
October 14, 2015
Gen. Frank Grass, chief of the National Guard Bureau, fires an M-4 rifle using both iron and close combat optic sites at the installation’s range 8A, Oct. 9, 2015. Fort Indiantown Gap, run by the Pennsylvania Army National Guard, trains more than 130,000 service members from all branches and components, multinational partners and interagency partners at the federal, state and local levels annually.