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Air Force selects ANG Airman as First Sergeant Academy commandant
June 5, 2015
Chief Master Sgt. Danny Doucette, commandant of the United States Air Force First Sergeants Academy, talks with guests after assuming his current position at Maxwell AFB, Gunter Annex, Alabama, May 27, 2015.  Doucette becomes the first Air National Guard member to hold the position of commandant while the Air Force progresses towards total force integration.

Defense Department notified of OPM cybersecurity incident
June 5, 2015
The Pentagon with the Washington Monument and National Mall in the background. Defense Department officials issued information on a potential data breach at the Office of Personnel Management affecting current and former federal employees.

199th Weather Flight reports help get Exercise Vigilant Guard/Makani Pahili 2015 off the ground
June 5, 2015
Tech Sgt. Charles E. Brodie works to generate damage assessments in the Joint Task Force 5-0 during the Vigilant Guard/Makani Pahili 2015 exercise. Brodie is working in information operations at JTF 5-0.

South Carolina National Guard Computer Network Defense Team lends expertise
June 4, 2015
Master Sgt. Leo Kane, Computer Network Defense Team (CND-T) non-commissioned officer-in-charge of information operations, and Sgt. 1st Class Ricky Chapman, CND-T non-commissioned officer-in-charge of operations, joined a round table discussion at the McCrady Training Center in Eastover, South Carolina, May 28, 2015, to explain the unique role of the CND-T in the S.C. National Guard and how it exists to serve Guard commanders, as well as partnered agencies throughout the state of South Carolina.

Military Working Dog teams take practice Black Hawk flights in Massachusetts
June 4, 2015
Senior Airman Justin Ricketts, 66th Security Forces Squadron military working dog handler, and MWD Frenky load a Massachusetts Army National Guard Black Hawk during Helicopter Emerging Training on the Hanscom flightline May 27, 2015. The first-of-its-kind training for the 66 SFS handlers simulated a combat environment for their canines to practice entering and exiting a helicopter.

South Carolina National Guard hosts Colombian partners for legal engagement
June 3, 2015
Legal advisers with the Republic of Colombia armed forces are joined by South Carolina National Guard JAG members in Columbia, South Carolina, May 18-22, 2015, as part of the National Guard’s State Partnership Program.

Maryland National Guard partners with Estonian bomb squad to save lives
June 3, 2015
Staff Sgts. Michael Davis, Jr., and Margaret Taylor, members of the 29th Mobile Public Affairs detachment, prepare the lab scene of the awareness video. The U.S. Army European Command's Humanitarian Mining Action program brought the Estonian Rescue Board and Maryland National Guard Soldiers together to create public service announcements. The purpose of this project is to raise awareness of and educate the public about the unexploded ordnance issue in Estonia.

Harlem Hellfighter, Jewish Soldier each awarded Medal of Honor for WW I valor
June 3, 2015
Army Command Sgt. Maj. Louis Wilson, New York National Guard senior enlisted advisor, accepts the Medal of Honor on behalf of Sgt. Henry Johnson, who served during World War I with the 369th Infantry Regiment, known as the Harlem Hellfighters, June 2, 2015, at the White House.

Operational Camouflage Pattern Army Combat Uniforms available July 1
June 1, 2015
The Operational Camouflage Pattern will be available for purchase in select military clothing sales stores beginning July 1, 2015.

New York National Guard command sergeant major honored to receive Medal of Honor for World War I hero
June 1, 2015
New York Army National Guard Command Sgt. Major Louis Wilson views the New York National Guard's monument to fallen Guardsmen outside New York Division of Military and Naval Affairs headquarters in Latham, New York, on May 19, 2015. Wilson will represent Sgt. Henry Johnson, a World War I Soldier slated to receive a posthumous Medal of Honor during a White House Ceremony on June 2, 2015.