Home : News : State Partnership Program
Results:
Category: Guard News

Mississippi Army Guard engineers work to repair levee damaged by Hurricane Isaac
September 4, 2012
Soldiers with the Mississippi Army National Guard's 890th Engineer Battalion work to alleviate pressure from floodwaters of Hurricane Isaac on the Percy Quinn State Park levee in McComb, Miss. The project will take approximately a week to complete. Officials in Tangipahoa Parish, La. fear that the water from the lake's dam could flow into rivers swollen from the effects of Isaac and flood area homes.
Pentagon officials: Guard members serving 'admirably' during Hurricane Isaac response
September 4, 2012
Senior Airman Randy Bullock, air traffic controller with the Louisiana National Guard's 259th Air Traffic Control Squadron, loads a case of water into the back of a vehicle of a resident affected by Hurricane Isaac in New Orleans, Sept. 1, 2012. The LANG has more than 6,000 Soldiers and Airmen on duty to support local and state authorities in the aftermath of Isaac.
Vigilant Guard North Carolina prepares Guard members for disaster situations
September 4, 2012
Soldiers from the 877th Engineer Company respond to a simulated large scale disaster situation as part of Vigilant Guard North Carolina, a training exercise that paired up National Guard elements with local and state first responders, at Fort Bragg, N.C.
Idaho Guard calls up more troops for Idaho wildfire duty, California Guard continues with wildfire mission throughout the Golden State
September 4, 2012
Air crews from the California Army National Guard take off in a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter as they take part in wildfire suppression efforts in Northern California. Members of the California National Guard have been assisting the U.S. Forest Service and the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection with extinguishing wildfires throughout the state.
Iraqi Air Force F-16 training takes off with help from Arizona Air National Guard
September 4, 2012
Air Force Col. Andrew MacDonald, commander of the Arizona Air National Guard's 162nd Operations Group, goes over pre-flight checks of an F-16D Fighting Falcon aircraft with Iraqi Air Force Brig. Gen. Abdulhussein Lafta Ali Ali before an orientation flight at Tucson International Airport Aug. 30. Abdulhussein, with a delegation of senior Iraqi officers, visited the international F-16 training wing where Iraqi pilots are learning to fly the multi-role fighter.
D.C. National Guard leaders meet with Jamaican Defense Force leadership, solidify SPP relationship
August 28, 2012
Army Maj. Gen. Errol R. Schwartz, commanding general of the District of Columbia National Guard, left, talks with Jamaican Defense Force Maj. Gen. Antony B. Anderson, JDF chief of defense staff, during a senior leaders exchange as part the D.C. Guard's partnership with the JDF through the National Guard Bureau's State Partnership Program. Anderson and members of his staff met with key leaders of the D.C. Guard and planned possible future subject matter expert exchanges.
North Dakota National Guard concludes series of SPP engagements
August 24, 2012
Pfc. Javier Ortiz, West Fargo, N.D., and 1st Lt. Frank Amponsah, Ghana army, watch Spc. Cody Lausch, Hannaford, N.D., cut a piece of detonation cord on the demolition range at Camp Grafton South, south of Devils Lake, N.D., June 21. The North Dakota Army National Guard's 817th Engineer Company (Sapper), Jamestown, are working with their Ghanaian partners in an exchange visit during annual training. The Sappers are using crater charges and other explosives. North Dakota and Ghana are linked through the Department of Defense-sponsored State Partnership Program.
North Dakota National Guard, local civilian first responders react during no-notice training exercise
August 23, 2012
Army Sgt. Alex Smith, left, of the 81st Civil Support Team, and Air Force Staff Sgt. Todd Hillukka, a firefighter with the 119th Civil Engineer Squadron, take instrument readings Aug. 22 during a training exercise at the North Dakota Air National Guard Regional Training Site, Fargo, N.D. The exercise was a no-notice, joint agency, emergency response exercise involving local emergency responders and firefighters where they responded to a simulated civilian cargo aircraft crash.
Architect of the Army Guard's Best Warrior Competition reflects on the evolution of the competition
August 23, 2012
Competitors in the 2012 Army National Guard Best Warrior Competition mentally prepare themselves for a night ruck march to be conducted for an undetermined distance during Competition at Fort Benning, Ga., July 31, 2012. The Army National Guard competition, as it is today, can credit its beginnings to Command Sgt. Maj. John Gipe, former command sergeant major of the Army National Guard, who in 2006 set about revamping the competition.
Being a Wingman: Simple tap of an app could save a life
August 23, 2012
The Wingman application, or app, provides Airmen with a quick link to suicide prevention materials other resources that can be accessed through their smartphone.