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Indiana Guard members receive surprise "gridiron" visit
February 3, 2012
Three players from the Indianapolis Colts, as well as players from the Cleveland Browns, Tennessee Titans, Carolina Panthers, and the New York Jets sign autographs for Soldiers and their families at the NFL Salute to Service military appreciation event at the Camp Atterbury Joint Maneuver Training Center in Edinburgh, Ind., Feb. 2, 2012.
Partnership benefits New Hampshire Guard, El Salvador
February 2, 2012
U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. William Reddel III, center, in flight suit, adjutant general of the New Hampshire National Guard, and other senior leaders from the New Hampshire Guard look over maintenance records while visiting with members of the El Savadoran 1st Air Brigade near San Salvador, El Salvador, Jan. 27, 2012. Reddel met with Salvadoran military officials as part of the State Partnership Program, which builds relationships between the National Guard in the states and territories and partnered nations worldwide. New Hampshire is in its 12th year of partnering with El Salvador.
DOD drug testing program to screen for more prescription drugs
February 2, 2012
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Officials outline absentee voting options
February 2, 2012
A Soldier holds up her absentee ballot before the 2008 presidential election. "Even though we are overseas, I wanted to make sure our voices are heard," said Army Spc. Andrea Boyd, whom at the time was an aviation supply specialist of Task Force 34, B Company, 834th Aviation Support Battalion in Joint Base Balad, Iraq.
DOD begins prorating imminent danger pay
February 2, 2012
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Armed Forces of Liberia completes legal training program with Michigan Guard members
February 1, 2012
U.S. Army Lt. Col. John Wojcik, left, staff judge advocate, Joint Force Headquarters, Michigan National Guard, talks to an Armed Forces of Liberia soldier during a break in instruction during a three-week legal training course at Edward Binyah Kesselly Military Barracks, Liberia, Jan 23, 2011. About 50 AFL service members, including military police officers, investigators and paralegals, completed the three-week course that taught basics in detainee operations and military law procedures, among other topics. The legal training was one in a series of capacity building events designed to promote the developing AFL, which is being retrained and reequipped following several years of national strife.
Digital partnership improves health care access for National Guard members, Reservists
February 1, 2012
Army Spc. Jacqueline Clayton, a human resources specialist at Camp Shelby Joint Forces Training Center, assists Army Sgt. Andrew Hardin, D Company, 1-279th Infantry Regiment, 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, to enroll for benefits with the Veterans Affairs new online application during demobilization.
Guard unit validates deployment training at Silver Scimitar
February 1, 2012
Army Spc. Cynthia Rivera (left) and Army Spc. Joshua Alicea, both with the 408th Human Resources Company, Fort Totten, N.Y., practice theater gateway operations as part of the culminating training event during the second week of the human resources annual training exercise, Silver Scimitar 2012. The 408th supports the 633rd Theater Gateway, an Illinois Army National Guard unit that will be the first National Guard unit to operate a combat theater gateway, moving troops into, and out of, theater. (U.S. Army photo by David Turner)
From surf to snow: Hawaii Guard members learn cold weather survival tactics
February 1, 2012
Army National Guard Lt. Col. Joe Laurel, commander of the Hawaii National Guard's 93rd Civil Support Team, digs out snow to form a snow shelter as part of joint-forces training with the Colorado National Guard's 8th Civil Support Team and 5th Battalion, 19th Special Forces Group, in Snowmass Village, Colo., Jan. 25, 2012. The Hawaii Guardsmen are in Colorado in support of CONG operations at the Winter X Games. All Guardsmen were instructed to wear civilian clothes for the duration of their training to reduce military visibility to mitigate civilian concern.
NDNG celebrates its origins and 150 years of service
February 1, 2012
U.S. Air Force personnel assigned to the 119th Fighter Wing "Happy Hooligans," North Dakota Air National Guard, pose for a photo in front of a F-51D Mustang aircraft at Camp Williams, Wisconsin in 1953. Pictured (left to right), Robert Olwin; Duane "Pappy" Larson; and Thornton E. Becklund.