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South Dakota Army National Guard assists in hiker rescue in Badlands National Park
June 8, 2012
Soldiers with the South Dakota Army National Guard land a UH-72 Lakota helicopter in a parking lot while assisting the National Park Service in a rescue mission in Badlands National Park, near Interior, S.D., June 7, 2012. Four Soldiers assisted in a cable-hoist extraction of a park visitor who was hiking, fell and was injured on Notch Trail.
Idaho National Guard partnership with Cambodia gains momentum
June 7, 2012
Royal Cambodian Armed Forces Maj. Srey Saran, left, shows a radiator problem he discovered to Army Staff Sgt. Daniel Wohlers, a vehicle maintenance instructor with the Idaho Army National Guard's Regional Training Site Maintenance Facility, during a preventative maintenance checks and services inspection May 17 near Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Wohlers was one of six vehicle maintenance and logistics experts from Idaho's RTSM to go on the subject matter expert exchange. The Idaho-Cambodia partnership began in 2009 and this is Wohlers' third visit to Cambodia.
Exercise Kontra I Piligru tests Guam National Guard's maritime response
June 7, 2012
Members of the Guam National Guard's 94th Civil Support Team (Weapons of Mass Destruction) examine barrels that were simulated to have washed ashore and said to contain unknown chemicals during Kontra I Piligru, a two-day multi-agency maritime exercise held recently on the island of Guam.
Humanitarian aid bound for Haiti, delivered by Kentucky Air National Guard
June 7, 2012
Air Force Staff Sgt. Raymond Graves III, an air cargo specialist with the Kentucky Air National Guard's 123rd Logistics Readiness Squadron, secures cargo netting on a pallet of humanitarian goods bound for Haiti. The Kentucky Air Guard is transporting humanitarian aid items through a program with the U.S. Agency for Internal Development, something they did in 2010 after an earthquake struck the country.
North Dakota Army National Guard engineers restore critical footbridge in N.D. town
June 7, 2012
Army Sgts. Brent Hevelka, left, and Jason McKenney, both with the North Dakota Army National Guard's 815th Engineer Company (Horizontal), place handrail supports in place on a new walking bridge across the Sheyenne River in Fort Ransom, N.D., June 4, 2012. Members of the unit are constructing a walking bridge over the river as part of an Innovative Readiness Training project which offers a unique opportunity for Guard members to gain hands-on training while helping communities complete projects that otherwise may not be able to be done.
Two Missouri Air National Guard members save lives in two separate incidents
June 6, 2012
Air National Guard Seal
Army National Guard duo set to test limits of human potential
June 6, 2012
Sgt. 1st Class Sterling Deck and Army Maj. Cary Gilman, both from the National Guard Bureau Office of the Inspector General, navigate a shallow stream while carrying heavy logs on their shoulders Apr. 6, 2012 in Arlington Va. Deck and Gilman were training for the Spartan Death Race, a 48 hour endurance race scheduled for June 15 in Pittsfield, Vt. Their training session also included sprinting up and down hill while carrying heavy packs and tires, simulating wood chopping with a sledgehammer and tire and performing other exercises in timed circuits.
Kosovo: Army National Guard Soldiers clear roadblock in northern city of Rudare, open greater freedom of movement for those in the area
June 6, 2012
U.S. Soldiers with the Georgia Army National Guard's 3rd Squadron, 108th Cavalry Regiment work with other Kosovo Force soldiers to remove a roadblock on the outskirts of Rudare, Kosovo, opening up greater freedom of movement for those in the area June 1, 2012.
Army Guard unit among first Army-wide to receive updated battle tank
June 6, 2012
National Guard Bureau Seal
Honduras: Missouri Guard member embodies National Guard spirit in Honduras
June 5, 2012
Missouri Army National Guard Sgt. Devlin Hutchins works on his computer serving as the S-3 operations noncommissioned officer during his two-week annual training mission in support of Beyond the Horizon 2012. Hutchins is a noncommissioned officer with the 1140th Engineer Battalion of the Missouri National Guard. U.S. Army South, in partnership with Honduras, is conducting various medical and civic action programs, providing focused humanitarian assistance