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California's Camp Roberts rehabs helipad and parade field for millions less than projections
June 10, 2014
California Army National Guard engineers spray an even coat of black dye across the completed surface of Camp Roberts' recently restabilized parade field April 29, 2014.

Wisconsin enlistee carries on three-generation Guard tradition
June 9, 2014
Rylie Denson receives the Oath of Enlistment from her father, Maj. Doug Denson, executive officer of the 1st Battalion, 147th Aviation Regiment, during a swearing-in ceremony Feb. 25, 2014, in Milwaukee. Rylie became the third generation of Densons to serve in the unit when she enlisted into the Wisconsin Army National Guard. Her grandfather, retired Brig. Gen. Kerry Denson, was the unit’s first commander.

Alaska National Guard saves hiker whose supplies were depleted
June 9, 2014
A pair of Alaska Army National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters taxi after pilots land at the Alaska Army National Guard Army Aviation Support Facility in Nome April 17, 2012. A similar craft rescued a stranded hiker on June 5, 2014.

IN 1937, Colorado Guard used flamethrowers and explosives against plague of locusts
June 9, 2014
Grasshoppers swarm a downtown Colorado Springs, Colorado, storefront in early summer 1937. National Guard troops battled the locust invasion with flamethrowers from slow-moving trains and explosives, among other techniques.

Memorandum establishes commitment between Guard, Army Cyber Command
June 6, 2014
Army Maj. Gen. Judd H. Lyons, right, acting director Army National Guard, and Army Lt. Gen. Edward C. Cardon, commander U.S. Army Cyber Command, sign a memorandum of understanding during an event June 5, 2014, at Fort Belvoir, Virginia. The memorandum establishes a commitment to a total force solution in cyber space solutions and aligns the Army Guard's 1636th Cyber Protection Team under the command and control of ARCYBER.

North Dakota Soldier named Army Training and Doctrine Command instructor of year
June 5, 2014
Gen. David G. Perkins, commanding general of U.S. Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC), left, presents a plaque to Sgt. 1st Class Paul Deegan, of the 164th Regiment Regional Training Institute, upon naming Deegan the 2013 TRADOC National Guard Instructor of the Year during a ceremony May 30, 2014, in Fort Eustis, Virginia.

Living the Army Values: Florida medic gives car to fellow Soldier fighting leukemia
June 5, 2014
Sgt. Jacob Thomas of the Florida Army National Guard's 1st Battalion, 153rd Cavalry Squadron embodied the Army Core Values of Loyalty and Selfless Service recently when he gave a new car he won to a fellow National Guard Soldier who is fighting leukemia.

New Jersey Guard helps train Albanian officer candidates
June 4, 2014
Albanian Officer Candidates Ermiona Laci, left, and Anita Gruda stand in front of their table at the dining facility at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., May 29, 2014. The candidates will remain standing until two additional candidates join them. Albania is the first State Partnership Program country to send its officer candidates to the United States to attend an Officer Candidate School program. The 12-week NJARNG OCS program is modelled after the active-duty program at Fort Benning, Ga., and includes classroom instruction, physical and leadership training.

Missouri Guard members practice response to chemical and other disasters
June 4, 2014
National Guard Soldiers of the Missouri Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and high Explosive (CBRNE) Task Force simulate the decontamination process of a contaminated Soldier at Boone County Training Center (Missouri) May17, 2014.

Special Operations trains in hostage scenario with South Carolina National Guard
June 3, 2014
A joint exercise including elements of the South Carolina Army and Air National Guard, U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force special operations, and Columbia Police Department S.W.A.T., conduct urban assault training scenarios in Columbia, S.C., May 19, 2014.