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Texas Airman answers the nation's call four times - in different service branches
July 16, 2014
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jesus Yanez, 455th Expeditionary Base Defense Squadron defender, stands at his post at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, July 2, 2014. Yanez has served in four different military branches throughout his career. He is a native of El Paso, Texas, and deployed from Texas Air National Guard.
Air National Guard Airman will serve on Veterans Affairs advisory group
July 16, 2014
Chief Master Sgt. Christopher C. Guy, the personnel area functional manager assigned to the Air National Guard Readiness Center, Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, will serve on a three-member team that will make recommendations on enhanced data sharing and the efficient transfer of the service member treatment records between the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Soldiers form bonds in Pennsylvania with Lithuanian counterparts
July 15, 2014
Lithuanian Lt. Col. Aurelijus Motiejunas speaks about his experience training alongside Pennsylvania National Guard soldiers from the 28th Infantry Division at Fort Indiantown Gap.
Commentary: One Soldier's struggle with PTSD
July 15, 2014
Tom Blackburn with his wife Bethany. The couple still work together in counseling to help Tom adapt to life with his PTSD.
Utah National Guard to flip the switch for huge energy savings
July 15, 2014
The Utah National Guard’s energy-creation program includes solar and wind power. On the roof of the Guard’s headquarters building in Draper are more than 1,400 new solar panels that will be switched on at the ceremony July 16, 2014.
Alaska Air Guard member receives Silver Star for 'extraordinary heroism' in Afghanistan
July 14, 2014
Master Sgt. Roger Sparks, and Maj. Joseph Conroy, both with the 212th Rescue Squadron, Alaska Air National Guard, hold an award citation during a ceremony on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, July 11. Sparks was awarded the Silver Star, the nation’s third-highest award for valor, for his role in a firefight with insurgents during Operation Bulldog Bite in Afghanistan’s Watapur Valley on Nov. 14, 2010. His actions during the combat operation resulted in four American lives being saved and four casualties being returned to their families with honor and dignity.
Florida Army Guard Infantry training revs up at Camp Blanding with eXportable Combat Training
July 14, 2014
Contractors from XCTC watch as Pfc. Calin Stewart of C Company, 2nd Battalion, 124th Infantry Regiment, sites his M-249 light machine gun using electronic sensors and equipment at Camp Blanding Joint Training Center, Fla., July 12, 2014. More than 4,500 Infantry Soldiers from the Florida Army National Guard were at Camp Blanding in late July for the XCTC training.
Alaska Army Guard receives one of only three C-12J airframes in the U.S. Army
July 10, 2014
A C-12J Huron aircraft sits in a hangar on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, July 8, 2014. The pictured aircraft is one of only three C-12J’s in the U.S. Army’s inventory. The Alaska Army National Guard took possession of the C-12J in June to expand its passenger transportation capability.
Air National Guard security forces turn up the heat in Georgia
July 10, 2014
U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Quataisia Marigny, a member of the 116th Security Forces Squadron (SFS), Georgia Air National Guard, fires an M240 machine gun under the watchful eye of Staff Sgt. Alan Glaze, a combat arms instructor from the 116th SFS, during a training exercise at the Catoosa Training Site, Tunnel Hill, Ga., June 26, 2014.
Michigan National Guard Soldiers familiarize Liberian soldiers with counterintelligence measures
July 9, 2014
Michigan National Guard Sgt. Matthew Robinson and Liberian Armed Forces soldier Pvt. 1st Class Musa Jabateh pose for a picture during a training exercise at Edward B. Kesselly Barracks in Monrovia, Liberia, June 12, 2014.