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Missouri Guard medics lend support to Disaster Recovery Jobs Program
August 4, 2011
Army Spc. Mark Lopez, a medic assigned to Missouri National Guard's Task
Force Phoenix, places colored tape on the hard hat of a worker employed
through the Disaster Recovery Jobs Program in Joplin. The medics use
different colors of tape to designate individuals with various pre-existing
medical conditions, which enables them to treat them more effectively, should
health concerns arise.

Oregon National Guard forward observers train with SEALs, Air Force
August 4, 2011
A west coast member of the Navy SEAL joint terminal attack controller team
works to set up a communication radio for calling aviation fire support with
Army 1st Lt. Matthew Lawson of the 1st Squadron, 82nd Cavalry Regiment's Fire
Support Team, from the Oregon National Guard's 41st Infantry Brigade Combat
Team, July 20, 2011, at Gowen Field, Idaho.

Space systems give Australians, U.S. Soldiers edge in Talisman Sabre
August 4, 2011
Space systems give an edge to the commanders of Soldiers like Australian Pvt.
Brendan Venables, a member of Northwest Mobile Force, Northern Australia, and
Army Spc. Jason Gutshall, a Maryland National Guard Soldier from Charlie
Company, 1st Battalion, 158th Long Range Surveillance Cavalry in Hagerstown,
Md.

Earnhardt finishes 16th at Indy, 10th place in points race
August 2, 2011
Dale Earnhardt Jr., driver of the No. 88 National Guard NASCAR racecar, races around the track at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis, Ind. July 31, 2011. Earnhardt now sits in 10th place in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series points chase.

McKinley: National Guard accessible, fiscally sound operational force
August 1, 2011
Air Force Gen. Craig McKinley, chief of the National Guard Bureau, testifies before an armed services subcommittee on the benefits of the Guard as an operational force on Capitol Hill in Washington, July 27, 2011. He stressed the necessity that funding continues to exist for the Reserve Components to remain a continued and valuable asset to the Department of Defense and the nation.

Safe Skies 2011: Air National Guard, European partners build skills
July 28, 2011
Safe Skies 2011 is a military-to-military exchange between the US, Ukraine and Poland to enhance airspace security over the Ukraine and Poland in preparation for Eurocup 2012.

Active duty Army general nominated to lead Northern Command
July 28, 2011
Army Lt. Gen. Charles Jacoby Jr.

Florida Guard infantrymen go back to basics, earn coveted badge
July 28, 2011
A Soldier from the 53rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team of the Florida National Guard applies a splint to a simulated fracture during Expert Infantryman Badge testing at Camp Blanding Joint Training Center, July 19, 2011. The Florida National Guard's 53rd IBCT is conducting EIB testing for the first time in more than 20 years. Seventeen Soldiers were awarded the EIB during a ceremony July 22.

Jacoby: Relationships drive NORTHCOM, NORAD missions
July 28, 2011
NORTHCOM seal

Carpenter: Soldier-to-Soldier intervention key to stopping suicides
July 27, 2011
Army Maj. Gen. Raymond Carpenter, acting director of the Army National Guard, speaks during a Guard Senior Leadership Conference in Louisville, Ky., July 24, 2011.