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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.
Florida National Guard preparing for Tropical Storm Isaac
August 23, 2012
Master Sgt. James Kersey (left) and Sgt. 1st Class Chris Brunner of the 53rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team monitor the track of Tropical Storm Isaac from the Florida National Guard's Joint Emergency Operations Center in St. Augustine, Fla., Aug. 22, 2012. The Florida National Guard was monitoring official forecasts for the storm in anticipation of the storm reaching Florida.
East Africa: Texas Army National Guard Soldiers take part in training seminar with Djiboutian, Kenyan armed forces
August 22, 2012
Djiboutian Armed Forces and Soldiers from Task Force Raptor, 3rd Squadron, 124th Cavalry Regiment, Texas Army National Guard, participate in a night vision goggle best practices exchange. The cavalry Soldiers participate in various military-to-military training sessions in support of Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa, whose mission is to strengthen partner nation military capacity in East Africa.
Virginia Air National Guard Airmen join with Civil Air Patrol in severe weather training exercise
August 22, 2012
A member of the 192nd Intelligence Squadron prepares for a flight in a Civil Air Patrol aircraft worked together with the Civil Air Patrol during Commonwealth Guardian, a training exercise where members of the squadron worked with CAP personnel to deliver real-time geospatial information of areas affected by a simulated severe weather event.
Ohio National Guard engineers work with Serbian Armed Forces on school reconstruction project
August 21, 2012
Soldiers and Airmen from the Ohio National Guard and soldiers with the Serbian army's 2nd Army Brigade paint the exterior fence of the Svetozar Markovic Primary School Aug. 13, 2012, in Kraljevo, Serbia. As part of the State Partnership Program, the Ohio National Guard's 1194th Engineer Company and 200th RED HORSE Squadron, and the Serbian 2nd Army Brigade are working side by side to repair the school, which was damaged by an earthquake in late 2010.