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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.
Pararescuers are Air National Guard's 'quiet professionals'
December 15, 2014
Air Force pararescue jumpers with the 102nd Rescue Squadron simulate recovering a downed F-16 pilot during training at F.S. Gabreski Air National Guard Base in Westhampton, New York, March 25, 2013.
Danish military preps for Saber Strike 2015 in Pennsylvania with 28th Infantry Division
December 15, 2014
Personnel from the Danish Division meet with Pennsylvania Adjutant General Maj. Gen. Wesley Craig during a visit to Fort Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania., Dec. 11, 2014. The Danish Division is on a seven-day collaborative planning visit to Pennsylvania to prepare for Saber Strike 2015 with the 28th Infantry Division, Pennsylvania Army National Guard.
Utah Soldier honored for rescuing three from crashed plane
December 12, 2014
Chief of National Guard Bureau Gen. Frank Grass presented the Soldier's Medal to Staff Sgt. Robert Kelley on Dec. 6, 2014, at Camp Williams for his heroism during a civilian plane crash where he saved three lives on Aug. 10 in West Jordan, Utah.
South Dakota Guard member honored for saving veteran from blazing car crash
December 10, 2014
Army Sgt. Nathan Darrach, of Joint Force Headquarters, stands with Darrol Birk and Birk’s girlfriend, Brenda Nelson, after being presented the South Dakota National Guard Medal for Valor, Dec. 6, 2014, in Rapid City, S.D., for heroism displayed while assisting Birk in a fatal three-vehicle crash.