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Virginia Army Guard continues winter storm response; Georgia Air Guard preps for coming storms
February 25, 2015
Soldiers with the Virginia Army National Guard assist a Wise County Sheriff’s Office deputy with transporting a Norton, Virginia, resident in need of medical treatment Feb. 23. Soldiers from the Virginia Army Guard have been on duty since Feb. 16 assisting local authorities as they respond to winter storms that dropped snow and ice throughout the region
National Guard cyber protection teams announced
February 24, 2015
Sgt. 1st Class Michael Deblock, with the Vermont Army National Guard, discusses network settings with a fellow Red Cell team member during the 2014 Cyber Shield exercise at the National Guard Professional Education Center, at Camp Joseph T. Robinson, Arkansas. The Cyber Shield tested participants on a variety of real world cyber attack scenarios. As part of a continued commitment to cyber defense capabilities the first three of a planned 10 new cyber protection teams within the Army National Guard are planned to be activated within the next three fiscal years. The first team will spread between Michigan, Indiana and Ohio with the second and third teams to be located in Georgia and California.
Tennessee Army Guard teams assist local authorities with winter storm response
February 24, 2015
Soldiers from the Tennessee Army National Guard’s 267th Military Police Company check the welfare of a motorist stranded on Interstate 40 Friday night as a result of snow and ice storms that moved through the area. Soldiers from the unit patrolled more than 50 miles of highway during the worst of the storm assisting those who became stranded and bringing supplies to others. Soldiers from the Tennessee Army Guard are expected to remain on duty through Wednesday assisting local and state authorities with response to the storm.
Support and Maintenance Teams keep North Carolina Army Guard Apaches flying
February 24, 2015
Spc. Austin Bennett, left, and Cadet Bryan Honeycutt, both assigned to the North Carolina Army National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 130th Aviation Regiment, perform routine maintenance on an AH-64D Apache Longbow helicopter during a training event at the North Carolina Army National Guard flight facility in Morrisville, N.C. Bennett and Honeycutt are part of a broad range of Soldiers from the unit that work to keep the aircraft mission ready and capable at all times.
Florida Guard member tackles sport fishing on NBC Sports show
February 23, 2015
Florida Army National Guard's Maj. Peter Jennison and his son, Morgan, bring in a sailfish off the coast of Miami Beach, Fla., during a taping of the "Bass 2 Billfish" sport fishing show in late January. The Jennisons, along with host, Peter Miller, and the Get Lit Fishing Team, brought in seven sailfish during the saltwater fishing excursion.
Coast Guard and New York Air Guard Rescue crewmen meet
February 23, 2015
Pararescue Jumpers and Combat Rescue Officers with the 103rd Rescue Squadron of the New York Air National Guard's 106th Rescue Wing at Gabreski Air National Guard Base in Westhampton Beach, N.Y., board a United States Coast Guard HC-130 during a visit of Coast Guardsmen from Air Station Elizabeth City, N.C., to discuss possible joint training, compare rescue tactics and showcase squadron equipment and training Feb. 5, 2015.
Red Tail Angels: The story of the Tuskegee Airmen
February 23, 2015
Tuskegee Airmen, family and friends join together recently for the expanded Tuskegee Airmen exhibit opening in the WWII Gallery at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force.
South Carolina Air National Guard welcomes Colombian visitors
February 23, 2015
Maj. Juan Gonzalez, left, a Colombia air force maintenance officer, receives a flightline orientation from U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Michael Hernandez, an F-16 crew chief with the 495th Fighter Group, Det 157 at McEntire Joint National Guard Base, S.C., during a visit to the base Feb. 20, 2015. The visit was the latest engagement for the State Partnership Program between South Carolina and the Republic of Colombia.
Virginia National Guard Soldiers called up as more snow falls in the state
February 23, 2015
A Virginia National Guard Soldier assigned to the Staunton-based 116th Infantry Brigade Combat Team clears the snow off a Humvee Feb. 22, 2015, in Staunton to prepare for possible snow response missions after another round of heavy snow blanketed the state.
Virginia Army National Guard pilots fly supplies to iced-in island residents
February 20, 2015
A Virginia Army National Guard aviation crew from the Sandston-based 2nd Battalion, 224th Aviation Regiment delivers food, mail and medicine Feb. 19, 2015, to iced-in Tangier Island, Virginia. The 1.2 square mile island has been iced in since freezing temperatures blanketed the commonwealth last week, making routine seaport deliveries impossible.