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Families of New York Airmen heading to Antarctica learn about benefits at White Ribbon event
October 5, 2015
Amy Nevells, New York Military One Source consultant, talks with an Airman with the 109th Airlift Wing who will be deploying in support of Operation Deep Freeze about services available to him and his family during the first-ever White Ribbon event at Stratton Air National Guard Base, New York, on Oct. 3, 2015. The White Ribbon is very similar to the Yellow Ribbon events offered to those affected by contingency deployments.
Massachusetts National Guard signs state partnership with Republic of Kenya
October 5, 2015
– Maj. Gen. L. Scott Rice, the adjutant general, Massachusetts National Guard, and Mr. Kiritu Miano Wamae, acting principal secretary, Kenya Ministry of Defence, sign the state partnership agreement between the Republic of Kenya and the Massachusetts National Guard during a ceremony held at the Ministry of Defence, in Nairobi on Oct. 1, 2015.
More than 2,300 Guard members respond to flooding throughout East Coast
October 5, 2015
South Carolina National Guard Soldiers with the 108th Chemical Company and the 1-118th FSC assisted with the recovery of fire trucks in the Charleston, South Carolina, area during flood recovery operations Oct. 4, 2015.
New York Guard engineers clear streams as part of Hurricane Joaquin preparations
October 3, 2015
Spc. Dakota Nelson, a heavy equipment operator with the 827th Engineer Company in the New York Army National Guard, operates a D7 Bulldozer as part of the debris cleanup mission in preparation for Hurricane Joaquin, Oct. 2, 2015. The National Guard engineers worked with the Department of Environmental Conservation to clear debris from streams prone to flooding.
South Carolina National Guard responds to historic flood levels
October 3, 2015
U.S. Army Spc. Joshua Monk, a forklift operator in the 1052nd Transportation Company, South Carolina National Guard, from Kingstree, South Carolina, assists in moving and delivery of sandbags from the Wateree Correctional Institute to county emergency managers in Chesterfield to assist in flood response Oct. 3, 2015. Gov. Nikki Haley declared a state of emergency Oct. 1, 2015, to prepare for projected historic amounts of rainfall to impact the Carolinas after a weather system collided with the outer bands of Hurricane Joaquin off the coast, resulting in significant amounts of rain to fall in the region.
Operational Support Airlift Agency meets ‘one Army’ vision
October 2, 2015
Army Maj. Gen. Timothy McKeithen, the deputy director of the Army National Guard, passes the unit colors to the incoming Operational Support Airlift Agency commander, Army Col. David Doran, during a ceremony Sept. 30, 2015, in Fort Belvoir, Virginia. Doran replaces the outgoing commander, Army Col. James Ring, as OSAA transitions to an activity that reports directly to the commander of the Army Air Operations Group, or AAOG, and realigns itself under the Military District of Washington as part of Army reorganization.
State partners Indiana and Slovakia continue relationship with exchange of troops
October 2, 2015
Soldiers from the Indiana National Guard and the Slovak Armed Forces prepare for firing an AT-4 weapon at Camp Atterbury, during the Indiana-Slovakia Exchange, Sept. 18, 2015.
Virginia National Guard personnel preparing for possible severe weather response operations
October 2, 2015
This map from the National Hurricane Center shows the projected path this weekend of category-4 Hurricane Joaquin.
National Guard prepares as Hurricane Joaquin moves toward East Coast
October 1, 2015
This map from the National Hurricane Center shows the projected path this weekend of category-4 Hurricane Joaquin.
Family Day reunites California teens, parents after 70 days in Youth ChalleNGe program
October 1, 2015
Cadet Desiree Carlos is reunited with her family Sept. 19, 2015, after 70 days apart while Carlos was working hard in school, gaining discipline and learning life lessons at the California National Guard’s Sunburst Youth ChalleNGe Academy on Joint Forces Training Base Los Alamitos.