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With a 'whoosh' and a dunk of airborne bucket, Arizona National Guard trains for wildfire suppression
January 5, 2015
An Arizona Army National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter from A Company 2-285th Assault Helicopter Battalion stationed in Phoenix slowly climbs into the air after filling a Bambi Bucket with canal water outside Rittenhouse Army Heliport, Queen Creek, Ariz., Dec. 12, 2014. The Guard members conducted wildland firefighting training using the bucket, capable of carrying nearly 530 gallons of water, to pick up and drop water onto target areas.
Airmen open hearts, homes to future military working dogs
January 2, 2015
Tech. Sgt. Brandon M. Harrist, an aircraft electrical and environmental systems craftsman assigned to the 149th Maintenance Squadron, Texas Air National Guard with DDexter, a military working dog in training, which he is fostering as part of the Department of Defense’s Military Working Dog Breeding Program, at Joint Base San Antonio–Lackland, Texas, Nov. 20, 2014.
Alaska Air National Guard members rescue snowmobiler
January 2, 2015
An HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter from the 210th Rescue Squadron, Alaska Air National Guard, practices “touch and go” maneuvers at Bryant Army Airfield on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Dec. 17, 2014. A similar helicopter helped rescue a stranded hunter, whose snowmobile broke down on Dec. 29.
New York National Guard will help safeguard Times Square New Year's celebration
December 31, 2014
A New York National Guard Soldier and Airman assigned to Joint Task Force Empire Shield keep an eye on the crowd coming and going in New York City's Pennsylvania Station Amtrak terminal on Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2014. The two are part of the New York National Guard's 500-member State Active Duty force that assists the Metropolitan Transit Authority Police Department, the Bridge and Port Authority Police Department and the Amtrak Police at New York City's airports and key transit terminals. The uniformed National Guard members do not have arrest authority but provide additional eyes and assist police when requested.
National Guard looks back on a busy 2014
December 31, 2014
Virginia National Guard Soldiers from the Fredericksburg-based 116th Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 116th Brigade Combat Team perform health and welfare checks of abandoned and stranded vehicles during winter storm operations Feb. 13, 2014. More than 200 Va. Guard personnel were staged across the Commonwealth and ready to rapidly respond if needed by Virginia State Police or local emergency response organizations. Across the nation, Soldiers and Airmen responded to assist their local communities.
Vigilant National Guard Airmen and Soldiers will help safeguard revelers in Las Vegas and New York
December 31, 2014
Spc. James Jackson, left, and Sgt. Christopher McClung of the 485th Military Police Company monitor activity in the baggage claim area at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas on a previous New Year’s Eve while participating in the Vigilant Sentinel exercise. About 200 Nevada Guard Soldiers and Airmen participated in the exercise that coincided with the New Year’s holiday.
Alaska Air Guard members rescue hypothermic snowmobiler
December 30, 2014
An HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter from the 210th Rescue Squadron, Alaska Air National Guard, practices “touch and go” maneuvers at Bryant Army Airfield on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Dec. 17, 2014. A similar craft rescued a snowmobiler.
New York National Guard provides military funeral services to 11,300 New York families in 2014
December 24, 2014
New York Army National Guard Spc. Christopher Roderiguez salutes the flag held by Pvt. Shelbi Vanderbogart as they complete folding the flag to be presented to the family of Army veteran Harold Smith during graveside services in Hudson, N.Y., Dec. 17, 2013.
D.C. Air National Guard wraps up exchange with Jamaican Defence Forces
December 22, 2014
Sgt. Girard King, left, and Jamaican Defence Force civilian vehicle mechanic Dean Kemp, right, work on a 2.5-ton Jamaican Defence Force freightload truck while Senior Airman Renardo Butler, center, observes Dec. 10, 2014. King is a vehicle mechanic with the 273rd Military Police Co., D.C. National Guard, at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling in Washington, and Butler is a vehicle mechanic from the 113th Wing, D.C. Air National Guard at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland. The D.C. National Guard Capital Guardians are participating in a subject matter expert exchange with the JDF under the National Guard Bureau’s State Partnership Program.
On 25th anniversary of Panama invasion, South Carolina Guard members recall their roles
December 19, 2014
Maj. Dave King, State Partnership Program director for the S.C. Army National Guard, looks through a homecoming parade program from Operation Just Cause, Dec. 18, 2014, Columbia, S.C. King was a junior officer serving in the 4-6th Infantry battalion, 5th Infantry Division (Mechanized) in Fort Polk, Louisiana, when his unit was deployed to Operation Just Cause in Panama in December of 1989.