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South Carolina Guard chaplain receives Soldier's Medal for heroism
May 5, 2015
Capt. Kyle Franklin, chaplain, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2-151st Security and Support Aviation Battalion, was awarded with the Soldier’s Medal for Heroism during a ceremony May, 3, 2015 at McEntire Joint National Guard Base.
Ohio is overall winner in this year’s Army National Guard Army Communities of Excellence awards
May 4, 2015
The Army National Guard recognizes Communities of Excellence at an award ceremony held at the Army National Guard Readiness Center in Arlington, Va., April 29, 2015. The annual ceremony recognizes states and installations that have improved efficiency and service across the organization.
Guard chaplains ministered to troops on duty in riot-scarred Baltimore
May 4, 2015
Chief Master Sgt. Patrick Shaw, left, shakes hands with Lt. Col. Ivan Williams, 175th Wing chaplain on May 2.. Shaw is part of Operation Baltimore Rally.
New Hampshire captain honored with Chief Medical Services Junior Officer Award of Excellence
May 1, 2015
Army Capt. Kent Wyman, right, commander of Headquarters Company, 54th Troop Command, New Hampshire Army National Guard, receives the 2015 Chief Medical Services Junior Officer Award of Excellence during a ceremony April 30, 2015, in Washington, D.C. Wyman was among more than 100 applicants from both the Army Guard and Army Reserve, and was selected by the Medical Services Corps as the officer who has made the most significant contributions to the U.S. Army Medical Department mission while performing in an exceptionally outstanding manner.
Florida National Guard brings Florida law enforcement and Guyana together for communications equipment exchange
April 30, 2015
Adjutant General of Florida Maj. Gen. Michael Calhoun presents a plaque on behalf of the Guyana Defence Force to St. Augustine Beach Police Chief Robert Hardwick on April 30, 2015, in St. Augustine Beach, Florida. The Florida National Guard's State Partnership Program (SPP) helped facilitate the transfer of more than $1 million in radio equipment between two Florida Law enforcement agencies and the Guyana Defense Force in South America.
Sequestration would mean smallest National Guard since Korean War, Gen. Grass warns
April 30, 2015
Army Gen. Frank Grass, chief of the National Guard Bureau, testifies at a hearing on the posture of the National Guard and Reserve before the Senate Appropriations Committee Subcommittee on Defense, Washington, D.C. April 29, 2015. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Michelle Gonzalez) (Released)
Alaska National Guard, Mongolia celebrate their partnership
April 29, 2015
Staff Sgt. Colin Oppegard, a survival lane instructor with the Alaska Army National Guard, teaches a class on antenna theory to members of the Mongolian Armed Forces during a survival-training course as part of Khaan Quest 2014 at Five Hills Training Area, Mongolia, June 25, 2014. KQ14 is a regularly scheduled, multinational exercise co-sponsored by U.S. Army, Pacific, and hosted annually by Mongolian Armed Forces. KQ14 is the latest in a continuing series of exercises designed to promote regional peace and security.
Army Guard strives to cut energy and water use and slash waste production
April 28, 2015
Army Brig. Gen. Michael Stone, the assistant adjutant general for installations with the Michigan National Guard, outlines sustainability and renewable resource projects undertaken by the Michigan Guard as he addresses Service members at the Army National Guard Readiness Center in Arlington, Virginia, as part of events marking Earth Day, Wednesday, April 22, 2015. Stone said one of the goals of the Michigan Guard is to obtain a triple net zero rating for Camp Grayling Maneuver Training Area, a large-scale Michigan Army National Guard installation, certifying it as one whose energy use, water use and waste production is effectively zero.
Illinois Guardsman who was first U.S. tank commander to engage enemy forces in World War II dies
April 28, 2015
1st Lt. Benjamin Morin, the first U.S. tank commander to engage enemy forces in World War II and the last surviving officer of the National Guard's famed 192nd Tank Battalion, has died at a retirement home for Catholic priests in Michigan. "Here's a gentleman that endured unspeakable horrors at the hands of others, but he wouldn't speak a bad word about anyone," one Soldier said. "The most he would say about his Japanese captors was 'They were not the nicest people.'"
10 years after founding, Maryland Guard's faith-based relief program helps those in crisis
April 28, 2015
As a Partner in Care congregation, the Christ Our King Presbyterian Church in Bel Aire, Maryland, has agreed to provide support to Maryland National Guard members and their Families when they are in need. Services include counseling for individuals, couples and Families; child care; basic household and auto repairs; emergency food, clothing and housing support; crisis and grief counseling; and transportation. Photo from 2012 shows delivery of holiday tukeys and boxes to a Baltimore church.