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10 years after founding, Maryland Guard's faith-based relief program helps those in crisis
April 28, 2015
As a Partner in Care congregation, the Christ Our King Presbyterian Church in Bel Aire, Maryland, has agreed to provide support to Maryland National Guard members and their Families when they are in need. Services include counseling for individuals, couples and Families; child care; basic household and auto repairs; emergency food, clothing and housing support; crisis and grief counseling; and transportation. Photo from 2012 shows delivery of holiday tukeys and boxes to a Baltimore church.
Ceremony honors World War II vets for 70 years of liberty in Palawan
April 27, 2015
Oregon Army National Guard Brig. Gen. Steven R. Beach (right), Assistant Adjutant General for Support, and retired Lt. Gen. Ernesto G. Carolin, center, administrator, Philippines Veterans Affairs Office, present medals to Filipino WWII guerrilla fighters at the Provincial Capital on April 22, 2015. The awards are part of several events celebrating the 70-year anniversary of the end of WWII and the liberation of the island of Palawan, Philippines. The events, "A Salute to Valor: Palawan-70 years of freedom," honored the partnership of the Filipino guerrillas and the Oregon National Guard's 41st Infantry Division during WWII and their participation in the liberation in 1945.
Soldiers, employers bridge gap between military, civilian worlds in Texas
April 24, 2015
A civilian employer fires a machine gun at Camp Swift in Bastrop, Texas, during an Employer Support for Guard and Reserve event with the 636th Brigade Support Battalion, Joint Task Force 136 (Maneuver Enhancement Brigade), as part of the unit's weeklong annual training period April 21, 2015.
Louisiana Air Guard, other agencies rehearse to prepare for hurricanes
April 22, 2015
Airmen from the 59th Medical Wing, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, discuss a simulated patient's care during aeromedical evacuation processing in an Ultimate Caduceus 2015 exercise at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base New Orleans on April 16, 2015. Ultimate Caduceus 2015 consists of approximately 140 military personnel representing Active Duty, National Guard and Reserve Forces from California, Delaware, Illinois, Kansas, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Texas and Washington, D.C.
New York Airmen get hands-on training during 109th Airlift Wing's first rodeo
April 22, 2015
Volunteers demonstrate self-aid buddy care in a combat situation during a briefing as part of the 109th Airlift Wing's first ancillary training rodeo April 18, 2015. More than 200 Airmen went through the training which also included hands-on SABC as well as hands-on chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear training.
Georgia National Guard begins motorcycle-training season
April 21, 2015
Brigade commander, motorcycle rider and rider coach Col. Reginald Neal on the road following a basic rider's course refresher at Dobbins Air Reserve Base in Marietta, Georgia. "No matter how busy you are, you have time for safety," said Col. Neal during the training.
Kentucky military police sergeant leads MPs, high school students
April 21, 2015
Army Sgt. 1st Class Jennifer Fulkerson, assigned to the 223rd Military Police Company, is congratulated by Kentucky's Adjutant General, Maj. Gen. Edward Tonini after re-enlisting into the Kentucky Army National Guard on April 18, 2015, during the “Thunder Over Louisville” air show.
Massachusetts Soldiers and Airmen help keep Boston strong during Marathon
April 21, 2015
One of the approximately 500 Soldiers and Airmen from the Massachusetts National Guard keeps watch as athletes run the Boston Marathon on April, 20, 2015.
New York and New Jersey National Guard Troops rehearse to respond to terror attacks
April 20, 2015
Members of the New York and New Jersey Homeland Response Force (HRF) train to remove victim remains during a Homeland Response Force (HRF) exercise April 18, 2015, at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst. The HRF, with more than 600 personnel, conducted a full-scale exercise for response to a chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear incident here April 15-19. The HRF trains to extract casualties of a CBRN incident and provide decontamination and medical triage in support of civil authorities and first responders.
Mississippi National Guard recruits find pre-Basic training a helpful intro to military life
April 20, 2015
Pvt. Daniel Chambers, of Canton, Mississippi, conducts physical training during the Recruit Sustainment Program drill at the Raymond Road Readiness Center in Jackson. Chambers will go to Basic Combat Training this summer.