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Energy-efficient upgrades slated for Army National Guard Readiness Center
June 2, 2014
The Army National Guard Readiness Center is getting a $20 million equipment upgrade that will result in energy savings, officials say.
Pennsylvania counterdrug Soldiers lend a helping hand in Harrisburg
May 30, 2014
First Lt. Chad Korrel, Pennsylvania Army National Guard Medical Detachment, and Sgt. Derek Kessler, 2nd Battalion, 112th Infantry Regiment, 56th Stryker Brigade, 28th Infantry Division, cut boards to place over the windows and doors of condemned buildings in Harrisburg, Pa. The project was intended to secure the structures from vandals and drug abusers.
After hiatus, New York Air Guard pararescue jumpers show their stuff at air show
May 30, 2014
Six 103rd Rescue Squadron pararescue jumpers (PJs) launch from an HC-130 aircraft at the Jones Beach Air Show May 24, 2014. Piloted by the 102nd RQS, the 103rd PJs completed a 1,500 feet static line drop from the HC-130.
Indiana National Guard celebrates 20 years of partnering with Slovak Republic
May 30, 2014
Maj. Craig Maschino briefly describes the capabilities of their thermal imaging system to the Indiana adjutant general, Maj. Gen. R. Martin Umbarger, and Slovakian Chief of Defense Lt. Gen. Milan Maxim as well as members of the Slovakian Army and Indiana National Guard.
Terminally ill Nevada Soldier gets surprise promotion
May 29, 2014
James Chandler, Nevada Army National Guard combat engineer with the 609th, is promoted to captain by Lt. Col. Wilson de Silva of the 17th Sustainment Brigade, Nevada Army National Guard. Chandler, who has terminal cancer, was surprised in his home for the ceremony.
Michigan Soldiers in Latvia for joint exercise
May 29, 2014
Lt. Gen. Raimonds Graube, Latvia's chief of defense, speaks with U.S. Army paratroopers from 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade following a training exercise May 25, 2014, at Military Camp Adazi, Latvia. The paratroopers, based in Vicenza, Italy, are in Latvia conducting allied training exercises demonstrating the U.S. Army's ongoing commitment to its NATO allies.
Guyana military partners observe Florida National Guard’s role in hurricane exercise
May 29, 2014
Members of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) visit the Florida National Guard Joint Operations Center in St. Augustine, Fla., May 20, 2014. The Guyanese military personnel visit coincided with the state’s annual hurricane exercise which simulated emergency response efforts to manage an evolving hurricane in Florida.
Exercise builds better warfighters
May 28, 2014
Soldiers and Airmen of the Texas Military Forces' 36th Infantry Division and 209th Weather Flight with the 42nd Infantry Division participate in a Warfighter training exercise, May 2014, in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.
Air National Guard member molds future Airmen
May 28, 2014
Air Force Staff Sgt. Maria Escobar, a military training instructor with the 737th Training Group, goes over uniform items with trainees during basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, May 20, 2014. Escobar, a member of the Massachusetts Air National Guard, volunteered for MTI duty to teach and mentor future Airmen. Air Guard members can apply for MTI duty and after fulfilling their four year assignment, return to their home units.
Arizona Guard member works to memorialize fallen Soldier
May 23, 2014
Arizona Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Marcos Moreno, 1/285th Regional Training Institute, explains his plan to rename Sunnyside Park in Tucson in honor of Command Sgt. Maj. Martin Barreras, who died during military operations in Afghanistan. Barreras was a 1983 graduate of Sunnyside High School located next to the park.