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New York National Guard Homeland Response Force validation training lifts off
May 16, 2012
New York Army National Guard Sgt. John Grace, member of the 1156th Engineer Company's Search and Extraction Team, places a roller in front of a two-ton block as it moves 75 feet past obstacles at the New York State Preparedness Center, May 14, 2012. The exercise helped train Soldiers to rescue civilians from collapsed buildings and is one component of Homeland Response Force validation training for supporting civil authorities in the event of a national disaster.
Service members, families get free pass to National Park
May 16, 2012
West Virginia Guard members teach mine safety in Mongolia
May 16, 2012
Army 1st Lt. Joshua Poling, of the West Virginia National Guard, points out safety devices to Mongolian mining officials on a map of his West Virginia mine. Three Soldiers from the West Virginia National Guard are sharing their mining knowledge to help decrease the amount of fatalities in the Mongolia mining industry.
Arizona Guard, Canadian reserve combine training efforts, prepare for future missions
May 15, 2012
Army Sgt. Wichai Johnson, a member of the 1404th Transportation Company, from the Arizona Army National Guard, demonstrates how to operate an M2 .50-caliber machine gun for two officer members of the Canadian Army reserve at the Orchard Combat Training Area, Boise, Idaho May 3, 2012. Operation Cougar Salvo 12 was a joint- multinational exercise, held April 23, 2012 to May 5, 2012, for NATO allies from the U.S. and Canada to practice combat support and sustainment exercises.
Army National Guard medics among first to attend revamped flight medic program
May 15, 2012
Army Sgt. Cliff Aughe, a flight medic with C Company, 1st Battalion, 171st Aviation Regiment, New Mexico Army National Guard, watches over a soldier from the Afghan National Army during an evacuation mission in Afghanistan March 27, 2012.
May is "Stroke Awareness Month"
May 14, 2012
Army Sgt. Daniel J. DelaPeña, a UH-60 Black Hawk crew chief with Company B, 1st Battalion 106th Aviation Regiment at Chicago's Midway Airport, suffered a stroke in June of 2010 and now serves as a stroke awareness advocate.
Mobile application helps service members beat post-deployment "blues"
May 14, 2012
An advertisement in New York City's Times Square showcases the new Positive Activity Jackpot mobile application, developed to help ease service members' transition from deployment to home life.
Wisconsin Guard members, Canadian soldiers collaborate during warfighter exercise
May 14, 2012
Army Maj. Gary Hildebrandt of the Wisconsin Army National Guard's 426th Regional Training Institute at Fort McCoy, Wis., briefs Canadian Brig. Gen. Paul Bury, deputy commander of Land Force Western Area/Joint Task Force West, on the 426th's Master Resiliency Trainer course during a visit May 9, 2012. Bury and Canadian Area Reserve Chief Warrant Officer Gordon Crossley visited various Wisconsin Army National Guard sites in an effort to observe Canadian Army Reserve soldiers participating in the 32nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team's Warfighter Exercise at Fort McCoy.
South Dakota National Guard and Suriname work together to improve emergency response capabilities
May 11, 2012
Army Lt. Col. Dan Iverson, assistant director of military support with the South Dakota Army National Guard, explains to Suriname army representatives how the South Dakota Guard responds to an emergency using the Joint Operations Center at Camp Rapid in Rapid City, S.D., May 8, 2012. Suriname and the SDNG have been exchanging ideas and developing a partnership since 2006 when the State Partnership Program was officially established for the two entities.
Former Rhode Island Army National Guard sergeant, golf enthusiast honored by Professional Golfers Association
May 11, 2012
Professional golfer Nick Watney, right, presents a membership to The Players Championship in Boston to retired Rhode Island National Guard Sgt. Michael McCombs during Military Appreciation Day at TPC Sawgrass, Florida, May 9, 2012.The membership was presented to McCombs, an avid golfer who was medically retired in 2005, in honor of his service in the military.