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Guarding the D.C. skies: Ohio Guard prepares for second National Capital Region tour
June 30, 2011
Army Pfc. Michael Forrest, a gunner with the Ohio National Guard's Battery B, 2nd Battalion, 174th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, crouches atop a Humvee to receive a Stinger missile launch tube from his team leader Army Sgt. David Cook while performing Avenger missile reload procedures May 13, 2011. The unit’s Soldiers will operate the Avenger missile system later this year during Operation Clear Skies, which is a mission to protect the airspace over the National Capital Region.
Nebraska Guard Soldiers apply military experience to flood response
June 30, 2011
Nebraska Army National Guard members assigned to the 623rd Engineer Company patrol a Missouri River levee near the town of Peru, Neb. The Soldiers have been assisting local and county emergency management officials by conducting multiple patrols of the threatened levees to detect any possible signs of trouble. (U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Justin Zdan) (Released)
Wisconsin Guard Soldiers have blast shooting cannons after six-year hiatus
June 30, 2011
The howitzer crew from Gun 3, Battery A, 1st Battalion, 120th Field Artillery celebrates as they inspect their cannon following a successful first shot. Deployments have silenced the 120th's cannons for six years. 32nd Infantry Brigade Combat team.
Army Guard members act quickly, save elementary school from flood
June 29, 2011
An Army Guard UH-60 Black Hawk prepares to drop one-ton sandbags on a dike to keep it from deteriorating any further June 27, 2011. The dike is the only thing holding back the floodwaters in Minot, N.D. from overtaking the elementary school, which is the only one in the city that remains dry.
Recovery: Minot citizens, Guard members change gears as water recedes
June 29, 2011
Floodwaters overwhelmed several neighborhoods in the Minot, N.D., area, reaching the south part of the city, pictured in the background here June 26, 2011. The National Guard and civilian agencies were able to construct levees to hold back the water and keep it from destroying more properties.
Finding a safe place: Soldier volunteers to help victims of sexual assault
June 28, 2011
Army Maj. Paula Rodriguez, a traditional Guard member with the Texas Army National Guard is the deputy sexual assault prevention and response coordinator and brings her volunteer duty and experience with her to southern Iraq. In her hometown of Austin, Texas, she manages the Sexual Assault Prevention and Response program and works with the military and local community to provide the care needed for sexual assault and domestic violence victims by assigning advocates to them.
Florida National Guard producing alternative fuels at Camp Blanding
June 28, 2011
Jessika Blersch, the sustainability coordinator for the Florida National Guard's Camp Blanding Joint Training Center, pumps methanol into a biodiesel processor while processing vegetable oil from the installation's Consolidated Dining Facility into biodiesel. The cleaner-burning biodiesel is used to fuel state maintenance vehicles and saves the Guard money while also reducing the amount of waste that comes out of the installation.
Tanker's first flight over top of the world marks new era in efficiency
June 27, 2011
Views from a KC-135 Stratotanker reveal icy plateaus over the Arctic on June 22,2011. A tanker crew from Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash., flew over the North Pole for the first time June 21 to 22, as part of an “iron swap” mission along a new, more efficient route from Moses Lake, Wash., to the Transit Center at Manas, Kyrgyzstan.
First Moroccan F-16 pilots to complete training with Arizona Air Guard
June 27, 2011
Royal Moroccan Air Force Maj. Mouloud Chihani performs a preflight check on an F-16 Fighting Falcon at Tucson International Airport before a training mission July 7, 2010. Chihani and three other Moroccan pilots are the first F-16 pilots in their air force and will lead the way to establish a new squadron of block 52s when they return home July 2011.
National Guard works to make water safe for North Dakota hospital
June 27, 2011
Army Sgt. Burton Atkinson, a water purification noncommissioned officer from the 132nd Quartermaster Company, North Dakota National Guard, tests samples of water that his team purified June 26, 2011 in Minot, N.D. His team of water purification specialists are working to create safe and sterile water for the local hospital after civilian officials sent out a boil order for residents of the flooded city.