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Virginia Air Guard F-22 pilot soars past 1,000 hours
February 20, 2014
U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Michael Schaner, Virginia Air National Guard 192nd Fighter Wing F-22 Raptor pilot, reviews aircraft forms with U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Jaymes Baum, 94th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, before a mission at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Jan. 28, 2014.

Nearly 250 Soldiers on winter storm duty in Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin
February 20, 2014
Two Humvees depart the Wisconsin Army National Guard's Oak Creek armory Feb. 1, 2011, in response to a call for assistance during severe winter storm. Wisconsin Guard members are preparing for another storm now.

In a first, Maryland's 231st Chemical Company joins with Air Guard in HAZMAT training
February 19, 2014
The Maryland National Guard’s 231st Chemical Company and 175th Civil Engineering Fire and Emergency Services Flight conducted joint HAZMAT training at Warfield Air National Guard Base in Middle River, Md., on Feb. 8-9, 2014.

Illinois Air Guard doctor deployed to Antarctica takes on helicopter crash
February 19, 2014
U.S. Air Force Col. Steven S. Norris, 182nd Medical Group commander, stands at the South Pole during his deployment to McMurdo Station, Antarctica, Nov. 21, 2013.

National Guard skeleton coach Tuffy Latour is ‘a rock,’ Olympics athlete says
February 18, 2014
Team USA skeleton coach Vermont Army National Guard Sgt. 1st Class Tuffy Latour, with the U.S. Army World Class Athlete Program, leads Noelle Pikus-Pace to an Olympic silver medal and Katie Uhlaender to a fourth-place finish in women's skeleton Friday night at Sanki Sliding Centre in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia.

About 2,850 National Guard members providing assistance as deadly storm moves northeast
February 14, 2014
Staff Sgt. Timothy Bellinger, of Cumming, Ga. drove an 83-year-old woman home from a hospital when the storm rendered roads impassable to car traffic.

New York’s 109th Airlift Wing ends Antarctic season with mission to move more than 1,100 people
February 14, 2014
An LC-130 Skibird from the New York Air National Guard is jacked up on the frozen ice shelf of Pegasus Field Jan. 16, 2014, after aircrew discovered a landing gear issue. The maintenance crews of the 109th Airlift Wing do not have hangars to work out of while deployed to Antarctica for Operation DEEP FREEZE and must work in the elements and handle unique challenges nearly every day.

Military training helps Soldier-athletes conquer luge challenges
February 14, 2014
Sgt. Matt Mortensen, left, of the U.S. Army World Class Athlete Program listens to WCAP teammate Sgt. Preston Griffall during a Team USA luge doubles press conference Feb. 10 at Gorki Media Center in Esto-Sadok, Russia.

Soldiers and Airmen in nine states helping as storm pummels South and middle-Atlantic
February 13, 2014
South Carolina National Guard members support the state Department of Public Safety along I-26 looking for stranded motorists on Feb. 12, 2014, in the wake of Winter Storm Pax, as the Weather Channel calls the storm.

National Guard units begin responding to ice storm in the Southeast
February 12, 2014
South Carolina National Guard wrecker crew assists state public safety officials during ice storm on Feb. 12, 2014.