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Virginia Guard Soldiers prepare for post-Irene duty in Vermont
September 7, 2011
Florida, Virgin Islands Guard members exchange ideas on gangs, youth violence in Caribbean
September 1, 2011
Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Neville Lee, the Virgin Islands National Guard counterdrug coordinator, discusses strategies to reduce gang violence and proliferation with members of the Regional Security System, a treaty organization for defense in the Caribbean, Aug. 31, 2011. As part of the National Guard's State Partnership Program, Guard members from the Florida and Virgin Islands National Guards participated in a subject matter expert exchange addressing youth and gang violence in the Caribbean.
Air Guard unit carries fallen wingman's 9/11 memorial service flag into every deployment
September 1, 2011
A T-wall painted in honor of Air Force Staff Sgt. Jerome Dominguez protects members of the 105th Security Forces Squadron who are deployed to Joint Base Balad, Iraq, with the 532nd Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron. Dominguez, who was a security forces member with the 105th SFS, sacrificed his life during the 9/11 attacks at the World Trade Center to help others.
Earnhardt remains ninth, cushions lead over 11th place
August 31, 2011
Dale Earnhardt Jr., driver of the No. 88 National Guard NASCAR racecar, speaks to the media gathered outside of his team transport trailer at Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tenn. Aug. 27, 2011. Earnhardt and the No. 88 National Guard crew continue to dominate the ninth position in the Sprint Cup championship standings with only two races left before the chase for the cup.
California Guard members tackle Vibrant Response 12
August 30, 2011
First Sgt. Gerald Davis, first sergeant for Headquarters-Headquarters Company, 49th Military Police Brigade, California Army National Guard, is confronted by role-playing victims of a simulated nuclear detonation Aug. 17, 2011, during Vibrant Response 12. The victims were asking for food, water and shelter. The large exercise conducted by U.S. Army North included almost 8,000 military and civilian personnel. It was held at Indiana's Muscatatuck Urban Training Complex.
Connecticut Guard members rescue Irene-stranded residents
August 30, 2011
Members of the 192nd Multi-Functional Engineer Battalion, Connecticut Army National Guard guide a vehicle through the crowd looking at flooding along the shore in the aftermath of Hurricane/Tropical Storm Irene on Aug. 28, 2011. The engineers were among many Connecticut Guardsmen called out to assist local authorities before, during and after the storm battered the coastline.
California Guard joins interagency effort targeting marijuana growers, environmental contaminants
August 30, 2011
Two members of the California National Guard's Joint Task Force Domestic Support-Counterdrug speak with a U.S. Forest Service agent (center) while bundling irrigation line to be removed from Mendocino National Forest. The 25-agency effort Operation Full Court Press removed 40 miles of irrigation line from California forests this summer in addition to 25 tons of other garbage, 38 weapons, 20 vehicles, $30,000 in cash, 632,000 marijuana plants and a ton of processed marijuana.
New York National Guard focus shifts after Hurricane Irene
August 30, 2011
New York National Guard Soldiers rescue a family in Windham, N.Y., after Hurricane Irene.
New capabilities enhance operations as 7,675 Guard members join team tackling Irene
August 28, 2011
Maryland National Guard Soldiers from units across the state, seen here Aug. 28, 2011, worked around the clock to provide critical support to civilian law enforcement and firefighting agencies in Salisbury, Md., during Hurricane Irene.
New York Gov. Cuomo mobilizes almost 2,000 National Guard Soldiers, Airmen
August 27, 2011
New York Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo speaks with members of the 206th Military Police Company prior to their deployment on Aug. 27, 2011, for Hurricane Irene response operations.