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Panetta, Dempsey announce initiatives to stop sexual assault
April 17, 2012
From left to right: Congressman Michael Turner (Ohio), General Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta, Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez (California) hold a press briefing at the House of Representatives in Washington D.C. on April 16, 2012. Secretary Panetta and General Dempsey along with Representatives of the Women's Caucus addressed new measures to combat sexual assault in the military. (DoD photo by Erin A. Kirk-Cuomo)
Oregon Guard participate in Shanti-Doot exercise in Bangladesh
April 16, 2012
Oregon Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Darrin Culp, of the 249th Regiment Training Institute in Monmouth, Ore., oversees two Nepalese soldiers as they tend to their role-playing comrade during a medical emergency scenario on the first day of Exercise Shanti Doot 3, in Bangladesh March 9. Culp and his fellow Soldiers were invited to participate as a battlefield lifesaving technique instructors through the State Partnership Program between Oregon and Bangladesh. Exercise Shanti Doot 3 is a Bangladesh armed forces-hosted and U.S. Pacific Command Global Peace Operations Initiative supported joint multi-national exercise designed to give operations, logistics, planning and tactical peace-keeping training to members of 13 different countries in preparation for United Nations Peace-keeping Operations.
Mongolia-Alaska Guard exchange info during Arctic Care
April 16, 2012
Mongolian Lt. Col. Elbegjargal Buyantogtokh (left) speaks to Air Force Capt. Alex Kwon, an optometrist from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson April 15, 2012. Buyantogtokh is an optometrist with the Mongolian Armed Forces who travelled to Alaska to see operations during Arctic Care 2012.
Air Guard units close chapters, begin anew
April 16, 2012
Florida Air National Guard State Command Chief Master Sgt. Robert Lee (left) and Senior Master Sgt. Cory Brown (right) unveil the new official colors for the 131st Training Flight at Camp Blanding Joint Training Center, April 12, 2012. The Florida Air National Guard's Weather Readiness Training Center was deactivated and replaced as the 131st Training Flight was activated.
Army Guard top enlisted leader makes time to visit deployed Soldiers
April 16, 2012
Army Command Sgt. Richard J. Burch, the Army National Guard command sergeant major, awards a coin for outstanding performance to Army Spc. Jonathon Richards during a visit with the Kentucky National Guard's Agribusiness Development Team 4 on April 4, 2012 in southern Afghanistan.
Kenyan native gives back to new home through service in National Guard
April 16, 2012
Army Pvt. Paul Baiywo (right) takes his first physical fitness assessment at the Raytown High School track while his recruiter, Army Sgt. Jerry Simons, encourages him to do as many push-ups as he can April 16, 2012.
Wisconsin Airman hits the ground running for marathon team try-out
April 16, 2012
Airman 1st Class Robert Miles, assigned to the 115th Fighter Wing, Wisconsin Air National Guard, runs the 1.5 mile portion of his annual physical fitness assessment April 15, 2012. Miles is also training for the Lincoln National Guard Marathon scheduled to take place May 6 in Lincoln, Neb., for a chance to make the National Guard Marathon Team, the Guard's top runners who then travel with the team and compete in various events throughout the year.
South Dakota Guard Civil Support Team trains with civilian first responders
April 13, 2012
Army Sgt. 1st Class Marcia Hento, from the 82nd Civil Support Team, decontaminates Riley Cook, a member of the South Dakota's Division of Criminal Investigation bomb squad, after he collected samples from a package leaking a hazardous chemical during an emergency response training exercise at Mount Rushmore National Memorial, April 11, 2012. The DCI bomb squad partnered with the South Dakota National Guard's 82nd CST to test equipment and procedures while working together. The CST specializes in chemical, biological and radiological detection and the DCI has expertise with the disposal of explosive ordnances.
Kentucky Air Guard Contingency Response Group becomes first in Air Guard to earn verification for cargo-handling capability
April 12, 2012
Maryland Air National Guard member awarded the Air Force Cross for "extraordinary heroism"
April 12, 2012
Maryland Air National Guard Capt. Barry F. Crawford Jr. was presented the Air Force Cross during a ceremony at the Pentagon April 12, 2012, for his heroism during his service as a Special Tactics Officer while deployed to Afghanistan. On May 4, 2010, Crawford - while attached to an Army Special Forces Operational Detachment Alpha and its Afghan partner force - was instrumental in saving the lives of three Afghan soldiers and evacuated two Afghans killed in action.