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New York National Guard will help safeguard Times Square New Year's celebration
December 31, 2014
A New York National Guard Soldier and Airman assigned to Joint Task Force Empire Shield keep an eye on the crowd coming and going in New York City's Pennsylvania Station Amtrak terminal on Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2014. The two are part of the New York National Guard's 500-member State Active Duty force that assists the Metropolitan Transit Authority Police Department, the Bridge and Port Authority Police Department and the Amtrak Police at New York City's airports and key transit terminals. The uniformed National Guard members do not have arrest authority but provide additional eyes and assist police when requested.
National Guard looks back on a busy 2014
December 31, 2014
Virginia National Guard Soldiers from the Fredericksburg-based 116th Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 116th Brigade Combat Team perform health and welfare checks of abandoned and stranded vehicles during winter storm operations Feb. 13, 2014. More than 200 Va. Guard personnel were staged across the Commonwealth and ready to rapidly respond if needed by Virginia State Police or local emergency response organizations. Across the nation, Soldiers and Airmen responded to assist their local communities.
Vigilant National Guard Airmen and Soldiers will help safeguard revelers in Las Vegas and New York
December 31, 2014
Spc. James Jackson, left, and Sgt. Christopher McClung of the 485th Military Police Company monitor activity in the baggage claim area at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas on a previous New Year’s Eve while participating in the Vigilant Sentinel exercise. About 200 Nevada Guard Soldiers and Airmen participated in the exercise that coincided with the New Year’s holiday.
Alaska Air Guard members rescue hypothermic snowmobiler
December 30, 2014
An HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter from the 210th Rescue Squadron, Alaska Air National Guard, practices “touch and go” maneuvers at Bryant Army Airfield on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Dec. 17, 2014. A similar craft rescued a snowmobiler.
New York National Guard provides military funeral services to 11,300 New York families in 2014
December 24, 2014
New York Army National Guard Spc. Christopher Roderiguez salutes the flag held by Pvt. Shelbi Vanderbogart as they complete folding the flag to be presented to the family of Army veteran Harold Smith during graveside services in Hudson, N.Y., Dec. 17, 2013.
D.C. Air National Guard wraps up exchange with Jamaican Defence Forces
December 22, 2014
Sgt. Girard King, left, and Jamaican Defence Force civilian vehicle mechanic Dean Kemp, right, work on a 2.5-ton Jamaican Defence Force freightload truck while Senior Airman Renardo Butler, center, observes Dec. 10, 2014. King is a vehicle mechanic with the 273rd Military Police Co., D.C. National Guard, at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling in Washington, and Butler is a vehicle mechanic from the 113th Wing, D.C. Air National Guard at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland. The D.C. National Guard Capital Guardians are participating in a subject matter expert exchange with the JDF under the National Guard Bureau’s State Partnership Program.
On 25th anniversary of Panama invasion, South Carolina Guard members recall their roles
December 19, 2014
Maj. Dave King, State Partnership Program director for the S.C. Army National Guard, looks through a homecoming parade program from Operation Just Cause, Dec. 18, 2014, Columbia, S.C. King was a junior officer serving in the 4-6th Infantry battalion, 5th Infantry Division (Mechanized) in Fort Polk, Louisiana, when his unit was deployed to Operation Just Cause in Panama in December of 1989.
South Carolina and Colombia foster relationships through SPP
December 17, 2014
Col. Brad Owens, South Carolina National Guard director of plans, training and operations, uses an engineering simulator while on a monthlong state partnership engagement between the S.C. National Guard and members of the Colombian Army in Colombia, November 2014. The South Carolina National Guard established a formal state partnership with Colombia in 2012 and has conducted multiple engagements to share ideas to assist the Colombian Army with equipment maintenance programs.
California's 129th Rescue Wing saves man from fishing vessel
December 17, 2014
California Air National pararescuemen begin extraction to a hovering HH60-G Pave Hawk rescue helicopter, Marine Corps Training Area Bellows, Waimanalo, Hawaii, April 28, 2014. The objective for the Guardian Angel Team assigned to the 129th Rescue Wing, Moffett Federal Airfield, California., was the recovery of civilian personnel from a downed aircraft. The wing saved a man at sea on Dec. 15, 2014.
Wisconsin Air Guard marks 30 years of 'North Pole' rendezvous for young patients
December 16, 2014
Destiny Cottrell, 18, tells Santa what she wants for Christmas as she flies to the 'North Pole.' The annual Flight to the North Pole was hosted by the 128th Air Refueling Wing, Wisconsin Air National Guard, Milwaukee Dec. 13, 2014 here.