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National Guard, reserve members learn sling-loading operations together
September 14, 2011
Two Soldiers with the Army Reserve’s 739th Engineer Company, Indiana National Guard, hook a sling to the bottom of an Illinois Army National Guard CH-47 Chinook helicopter Sept. 11, 2011, during a joint-service, sling-load training mission at the Sparta Training Area, Ind. The training brought Guard and reserve component Soldiers, Sailors, Marines and Airmen for one day of classroom and field training.
N.C. Guard, Botswana military share legal expertise
September 13, 2011
Flag of Botswana
Schwartz to Guard: Let’s work together, achieve together
September 13, 2011
Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz speaks at the Reserve Officers Association National Security Symposium Jan. 30, 2011, in Washington, D.C.
Maryland Guard tackles Lee storm floods
September 12, 2011
Maryland National Guard Soldiers from units across the state worked around the clock to provide critical support to civilian law enforcement and firefighting agencies. (Courtesy photo) (Released)
Earnhardt will start post-season Chase for the Cup in 10th position
September 12, 2011
Dale Earnhardt Jr., driver of the No. 88 National Guard racecar, works his way around the track after being nudged by another competitor into an early turn-four accident at Richmond International Speedway, Sept. 10, 2011, in Richmond, Va. Earnhardt is locked into the 10th seed as the seasons best head into the post-season Chase for the Cup.
Guard aircraft join Texas, Northwest firefighting efforts
September 12, 2011
Air Force Tech. Sgt. Mike Konegni, Air Force Airman Travis Maderand and Air Force Airman 1st Class Colton Shirley, with the Wyoming Air National Guard's 153rd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, place orange tape on a C-130 Hercules cargo plane identified for an aerial firefighting mission in the western portion of the United States, Sept. 8, 2011. The tape helps other aircraft identify the plane as part of the coordinated firefighting efforts. The C-130 uses the Modular Airborne Firefighting System II, to battle the wildfires. Two C-130s and 30 Airmen, from the Wyoming Air National Guard, will be based in Boise, Idaho, to fight fires in Nevada, Utah and Idaho. The 153rd Airlift Wing is one of four Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve units assigned MAFFS missions.
Winnefeld: National Guard right for America
September 12, 2011
Navy Adm. James Winnefeld, ninth vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, addresses an audience at the 133rd general conference of the National Guard Association of the United States in Milwaukee, Aug. 28, 2011.
In their own words: Guard members tell personal accounts of 9/11
September 10, 2011
Air Force Brig. Gen. Carol A. Timmons, director of the Delaware National Guard joint staff, talks to local media at a National Guard 9/11 media day event Aug. 30, 2011, at Joint-Base Andrews in Maryland. Timmons, who is also a commercial airline pilot, was aboard a fifth plane that some believe was to be hijacked on Sept. 11, 2001, before air traffic controllers grounded all aircraft at Kennedy International Airport.
In their own words: Guard members tell personal accounts of 9/11
September 9, 2011
Air Force Lt. Col. Rolando Aguilar, Fairchild RC-26 Metroliner program manager for the 147th Reconnaissance Wing, Texas National Guard, participates in an interview during a 9/11 media-day event at Pentagon crash site Aug. 23, 2011, in Arlington, Va. Aguilar was one of several Guard members who gave interviews about their involvement with the 9/11 attacks.
Illinois soldiers and Airman remember where they were 9/11
September 9, 2011
Sgt. 1st Class Christopher Carlock