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Fabled 65th Infantry Regiment honored in Puerto Rico
June 25, 2014
The adjutant general of Puerto Rico, Brig. Gen. Juan J. Medina Lamela, listens to the personal story of a veteran Borinqueneer after the roundtable The Borinqueneers: Then and Now: The Evolution of the 65th Infantry Regiment, in San Juan.

Combat dive training challenges National Guard Special Forces in Key West
June 25, 2014
Florida Army National Guard Soldiers from 3rd Battalion, 20th Special Forces Group, surface after a 500-meter underwater swim at the U.S. Army Special Forces Underwater Operations School in Key West, Fla., June 24, 2014.

Historians' Corner - A firestorm where the Guard began: Great Salem fire of 1914
June 25, 2014
A view of the great fire in Salem, Massachusetts, on June 25, 1914, as seen from Gallows Hill. National Guard units responded in force to assist civilian authorities with managing the disaster.

New York Army Guard Soldiers learn to save comrades' lives
June 24, 2014
New York National Guard Staff Sgt. James Passantino, a member of the  727th MP Detachment, checks the  airway on a training mannequin during Combat Lifesaver Training conducted by the 106th Regional Training Institute here on Saturday, June 21, as Staff Sgt. Dara Cunningham, an instructor, watches.

Guard instrumental in bridging electronic gap between DoD, VA through medical case file evaluation processes
June 24, 2014
A Service member shelves patient medical records at Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D. March 26, 2009. The Army National Guard has been a pioneer in the transition from paper files to electronic files through the use of self-designed medical readiness systems like Health Readiness Record and Medical Evaluation board Preparation. The Department of Defense based their electronic Case File Transfer system off of the Army Guard's MEB Prep system.

Army announces 33,000 positions now available to women
June 23, 2014
Soldiers of the 501st Special Troops Battalion go on a ruck march June 19, 2014, at Camp Carroll, South Korea.

Flooding in Minnesota, South Dakota leads to Guard response
June 20, 2014
Members of the South Dakota Army National Guard’s 235th Military Police Company, based out of Sioux Falls, tie sandbags at the Dakota Valley Elementary School parking lot, June 19, 2014, in North Sioux City for community members in the Union County area. About 147 SDNG members are assisting state and local emergency management officials in flood operations in southeast South Dakota in response to the rise in water levels along the Big Sioux River.

Commentary - Recommit to addressing alcohol use
June 20, 2014
A U.S. sailor gives a simulated breathalyzer test during a simulated drunk-driving accident during a Keep What You've Earned fair at Naval Base Kitsap Bangor, July 16, 2013, in Silverdale, Wash.

Total force approach in North Dakota aims to enhance leadership training for future NCOs
June 20, 2014
Tech. Sgt. James Richey, an instructor from the Chief Master. Sgt. Richard L. Etchberger Airman Leadership School at Grand Forks Air Force Base, North Dakota, right, instructs students about the rules of an interactive knowledge contest during ALS classroom instruction at the North Dakota Air National Guard Base, Fargo, North Dakota, June 12, 2014, as Senior Airman Christopher Mann looks on.

New Mexico Army National Guard aviators train with Marine counterparts
June 20, 2014
Marines at Twenty Nine Palms refuel a New Mexico National Guard helicopter during joint training.