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Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Welsh III and wife Betty visit 161st Air Refueling Wing
March 24, 2015
Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Welsh III addresses Airmen of the 161st Air Refueling Wing, Phoenix Sky Harbor Air National Guard Base, during a town hall meeting March 22, 2015. During the visit, Welsh interacted with Airmen and their spouses at an officer’s call and mission brief. The chief of staff got a first-hand look at the KC-135 Stratotanker unit and the Airmen who make the refueling mission a success.
D.C. Air Guard reaches historic milestone of 5,000 alert calls in nation's capital airspace
March 23, 2015
A pair of 113th Wing F-16s patrol the skies over the nation’s capital. The D.C. Air National Guard unit recently marked their 5,000th alert event, a historic first in the nation.
National Guard needs continued investment, generals tell Congress
March 21, 2015
Army Gen. Frank Grass, the chief of the National Guard Bureau; Chief of the Army Reserve Lt. Gen. Jeffrey W. Talley; Army National Guard Acting Director Maj. Gen. Judd H. Lyons and Air National Guard Director Lt. Gen. Stanley E. Clarke III talk before testifying at a House Appropriations Committee Subcommittee on Defense hearing on the posture of the National Guard and Reserve March 17, 2015. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Michelle Gonzalez)(Released)
Air National Guard rolls out healthier meal choices
March 20, 2015
U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Joey Wright of the 99th Airlift Squadron assembles a salad at Joint Base Andrews, Md., March 16, 2015, with tongs color coded according to the Go For Green program. Go For Green allows Airmen quickly make informed decisions about food choices, with the goal of supporting performance, readiness and resilience.
Gen. Martin Dempsey joins New York's 69th Infantry for St. Patrick's Day
March 19, 2015
Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and his wife, Deanie, observe the New York Army Guard "Fighting 69th" unit and other elements of the St. Patricks Day parade in New York City.
New York Army Guard aviators train with Air Guard close air controllers at Fort Drum
March 18, 2015
Senior Airman Joel Ramirez,a Tactical Air Control Party (TACP) Airman, moves towards the objective training area during an exercise at Fort Drum, N.Y., March 14, 2015. Thirty Airmen from the New York Air National Guard’s 274th Air Support Operations Squadron (ASOS), based at Hancock Field Air National Guard Base trained on Close Air Support (CAS) as well as training for the first time with two CH-47F Chinook helicopters from Company B, 3rd Battalion, 126th Aviation based in Rochester, N.Y.
D.C. Air National Guard to reach historic milestone protecting nation's skies
March 18, 2015
An F-16 fighter jet from the D.C. National Guard patrols the skies. Since Sept. 11, 2001, the jets have been on constant alert to intercept any aerial threats.
Guard members wrap up winter storm response affecting 12 states
March 17, 2015
Soldiers attached to G Company, 186nd Brigade Support Battalion, continued supporting the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority in snow removal operations Feb. 19, 2015. Over the course of the day, over 40 Soldiers cleaned portions of the tracks that were inaccessible to machines by hand with picks, shovels and brooms. This essential work accelerated the restoration of Red Line train line service, which according to MBTA officials, can see up to 250,000 passengers a day.
South Carolina, Virginia National Guard troops provided communications support for Vigilant Guard
March 17, 2015
Tech Sgt. Kevin Vaughn, left, an interoperability coordinator with the South Carolina Air National Guard’s 169th Communications Flight and Chief Warrant Officer 4 Ed Marquis, a tactical communications officer with the Virginia Army National Guard’s 29th Infantry Division, discuss interagency communication at a Vigilant Guard exercise March 8, 2015 in Georgetown, South Carolina. Vigilant Guard is a series of federally funded disaster-response drills conducted by National Guard units working with federal, state and local emergency management agencies and first responders.
Louisiana National Guard members in helicopter crash identified, remembered
March 16, 2015
Chief Warrant Officer 4 George Wayne Griffin Jr, 37; Chief Warrant Officer 4 George David Strother, 44; Staff Sgt. Lance Bergeron, 40; and Staff Sgt. Thomas Florich, 26; died when a UH-60M Black Hawk they were riding on crashed into the Santa Rosa Sound, Florida.