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The Arkansas National Guard remembers its Katrina role
August 28, 2015
Ground level near the Superdome from inside an Arkansas National Guard Humvee. Water, water everywhere.
New York National Guard member honored for heroism in her own neighborhood
August 28, 2015
New York Army National Guard Major General Patrick Murphy, the adjutant general of New York, presents the New York State Medal for Valor, the state's highest military award, to Staff Sgt. Marlana Watson, of Lindenhurst, New York, on Aug. 19, 2015, at the Farmingdale Armed Forces Reserve Center. Watson, a member of the New York Army National Guard's Recruiting and Retention Battalion and a medic, was recognized for rushing across a Syracuse Street on Nov. 5, 2014, to treat two teenagers injured in a drive-by shooting, without regard for her own safety, since the shooter may have still been in the area.
Fire update: National Guard response to Western blazes increases
August 27, 2015
Oregon Army National Guard Soldiers practice smothering fires during wild land fires training at the Department of Public Safety Standards and Training in Salem, Ore., Aug. 25, 2015. The group is undergoing the training to assist the Oregon Department of Forestry during the 2015 firefighting season. The first group of 125 Soldiers were scheduled to deploy to the fire lines early on Aug. 26, and will be joined by 250 more Oregon citizen-Airmen and citizen-Soldiers who began their training at DPSST today, and are expected to deploy to the fire lines Aug. 30.
South Dakota Guard members discuss disaster management with South American partner nation Suriname
August 27, 2015
Members of the South Dakota National Guard spent two days in Suriname, their South American partner nation, Aug. 19-20, 2015, as part of a subject matter expert exchange focusing on disaster management.
Senior Colombian army engineer visits South Carolina Army Guard Best Engineer Competition
August 26, 2015
Columbian army Maj. Gen. Guillermo Arturo Suarez Ferreira, the senior Colombian army engineer, observes engineers with the South Carolina Army National Guard during the Best Engineer Competition at the McCrady Training Center, Eastover, S.C., Aug. 22. Suarez was invited to observe the training exercise as part of the State Partnership Program relationship between Colombia and the South Carolina National Guard. During his visit, he observed the training and was also the keynote speaker at the annual engineer banquet. Additional plans were made for South Carolina Army Guard engineers to train with engineers from the Columbian army. (South Carolina Air National Guard Photo by Tech. Sgt. Jorge Intriago/Released)
Oregon Army Guard member set to receive Soldier’s Medal for actions on a Paris-bound train
August 26, 2015
Spc. Aleksander Skarlatos, assigned to the Oregon Army National Guard’s 41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team, meets Air Force Brig. Gen. Jon T. Thomas, commander of the 86th Airlift Wing, as he arrives at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Aug. 24, 2015. Skarlatos, who along with two childhood friends subdued a heavily armed gunman aboard a Paris-bound train, will be awarded the Soldier’s Medal, the Army's highest award for acts of heroism not involving actual conflict with an enemy. On Monday, the trio were awarded the Legion of Honor, France’s highest award, by French President François Hollande.
Oregon Army Guard member stops armed attacker on French train
August 25, 2015
Spc. Alek Skarlatos, green shirt, with the Oregon Army National Guard’s 41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team, stands with French President François Hollande, left, Jane Hartley, U.S. ambassador to France, and friends Air Force Airman 1st Class Spencer Stone, with cast, and Anthony Sadler after a ceremony Monday at the Élysée in Paris where they received the Legion of Honor, France’s highest award, for their actions in subduing an attacker on a Paris-bound train armed with an assault rifle and other weapons. The three friends, with the help of a British passenger, tackled and subdued the gunman when he stopped to reload after opening fire in an adjacent car. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Ryan Crane)
Air Force extends SAPR services to AF civilians
August 25, 2015
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South Carolina Army National Guard partners with law enforcement for active-shooter training
August 24, 2015
U.S. Army Sgt. Iliana Guillen, supply specialist for the 351st Headquarters Support Company, South Carolina Army National Guard, discusses how she would barricade her office door and where she would hide within her office with South Carolina Law Enforcement Division agent Wayne Freeman during the unit's active shooter training class partnered with SLED and the Sumter county Sheriff's Department at the Army National Guard Armory in Sumter, South Carolina, Aug. 21, 2015.
Examining lessons from Hurricane Katrina 10 years later
August 21, 2015
Hurricane Katrina left destruction in its wake in 2005, necessitating a massive response from the Army and Air National Guard.