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Colorado Guard cooks get training from respected industry chef
January 18, 2012
Chef Ronald Lavallee, a culinary instructor at Johnson & Wales University, and Army Sgt. Shannon Roppolo, a food service specialist and shift leader with Company E, 2nd Battalion,135th General Support Aviation, strategize over a recipe at Buckley Air Force Base in Aurora, Colo., Jan. 7. 2012. Lavallee works with the troops during drill on a volunteer basis to teach them advanced culinary techniques.
People form Defense Strategy's centerpiece, official says
January 18, 2012
Department of Defense Seal
Second Lady Biden writes children's book about military families
January 18, 2012
Dr. Jill Biden (Official photo)
National Guard State Partnership Program emphasizes building relationships
January 17, 2012
Air Force Gen. Craig McKinley, the chief of the National Guard Bureau, and Serbian Army Lt. Gen. Miloje Miletic, chief of staff of the Serbian Armed Forces, review Serbian troops following McKinley's arrival in Belgrade, Serbia, on Sept. 10, 2010, for National Guard State Partnership Program activities.
Michigan Guard Airman builds partnership in Liberia
January 13, 2012
Air Force Master Sgt. Leslie Blanks returned home to Michigan, Jan. 6, 2012, after a 6-month deployment to Liberia. Blanks is a member of the 127th Logistics Readiness Squadron at Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Mich. The Michigan National Guard and the Armed Forces of Liberia recently entered into a partnership program. Blanks worked as a mentor and adviser to a group of Liberian military personnel during his deployment.
National Guard part of team standardizing Army disability evaluations
January 13, 2012
Army Brig. Gen. Brian C. Lein, the command surgeon for U.S. Army Forces Command, gives guidance at Fort Bragg, N.C., Jan., 12, 2012, to a team charged with establishing an Army-wide standardized disability evaluation process. The result of the team's efforts will improve the Army's portion of the Department of Defense's Integrated Disability Evaluation System, through which it is determined whether or not service members are fit for continued service.
New York Air National Guard evacuates burned fishermen to New Zealand
January 13, 2012
A New York Air National Guard LC-130 assigned to the 109th Airlift Wing takes off in Antarctica.
Panetta: King renewed promise of America's dream
January 13, 2012
Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta
Silver Star recipient's memorabilia given to Florida Guard armory
January 13, 2012
Florida Army National Guard Sgt. 1st Class Carlton Cooley accepts the Silver Star medal of Staff Sgt. Robert Evans from Evans' neices Deborah Lynne Evans Watts (center) and Beverly Evans Srock, at the National Guard Armory in Sanford, Fla., Jan. 10, 2012. Evans, a medic serving with the 124th Infantry Regiment's Medical Detachment, was awarded a posthumous Silver Star after he died in action in the Philippines in 1945. The armory, which was later named after Evans, is now home to B Company, 2nd Battalion, 124th Infantry Regiment. In this photo, Srock is holding a black-and-white photo of Evans' brother Earl receiving the Silver Star for his late brother
Trainee controllers gain skills at Selfridge Air Guard base
January 13, 2012
Airman 1st Class Leah Ned, a member of the Louisiana Air National Guard, points to a mark that represents the location of an aircraft on a simulated radar control screen at the Air Traffic Control Tower at Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Mich., Jan. 8, 2012. Selfridge is one of several locations in the Air National Guard where air traffic control trainees receive the hands-on portion of their training to become certified as controllers by the Federal Aviation Administration.