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Air National Guard fighter wing preps for alert missions at Tyndall
February 1, 2011
An F-16 from the 179th Fighter Squadron, a subordinate unit of the 148th Fighter Wing out of Duluth, Minn., flies a mission over the Gulf of Mexico on Jan. 27, 2011. The 148th FW is working with the 53rd Weapons Evaluation Group at Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla., for two weeks to train for their Air Sovereignty Alert missions and to validate their new Block 50 F-16s.
Air Guard enlisted leaders tackle issues
February 1, 2011
Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Chris Muncy, command chief master sergeant of the Air National Guard, leads discussion at the ANG's Enlisted Field Advisory Council conference, Jan. 24, 2011, at Louisiana National Guard headquarters, Jackson Barracks. Also pictured are Chief Master Sgt. Michael Dalton (center), chairman of the EFAC and Chief Master Sgt. James Downing (left), command chief master sergeant of the LA ANG. The EFAC meets three-to-four times a year in various locales to propose solutions, changes and other policy actions that impact all 94,000 enlisted members of the ANG.
2 p.m. EST UPDATE: 2,500 National Guardmembers respond to year's biggest storm
February 1, 2011
Illinois National Guard members work with Illinois State Troopers to move a stranded semi-truck, Feb. 2, 2011, on Interstate 72, near Pittsfield. The Illinois National Guard worked with Troopers to assist stranded motorists after Gov. Pat Quinn called approximately 500 Guard members to state active duty for a winter weather emergency.
Report on reserve component’s future coming soon
February 1, 2011
Secretary Dennis M. McCarthy, the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs, served as the moderator for the Reserve chief panel during the National Security Symposium at the Reserve Officer Association's 2011 National Convention in Washington, D.C., Jan. 31, 2011.
Employers brace for Kentucky National Guard mobilization
January 31, 2011
Louisville Metro Police officers and Kentucky National Guardmembers Sgt. Scott Sturgeon and Sgt. Donald Gosney will be taking a break from their civilian job to deploy with the 149th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade this summer.
Louisiana Air Guardsman first to graduate Army leadership course
January 31, 2011
Air Force Tech. Sgt. Philip Olivier, a 159th Operations Group intelligence analyst, was the first-ever Louisiana Air National Guardsman to attend the Army’s Advanced Leader Course at Camp Cook in Ball, La., Jan. 8 to 20, 2011. ALC teaches Soldiers the values, attributes, actions and the technical and tactical skills needed to lead squad and platoon-level operations. For the Air Guard, it provides a unique opportunity to understand and appreciate “Army speak” while training in a joint environment.
National Guard answering the call for Midwest winter storm support
January 31, 2011
Staff Sgt. Travis Radtke, of Springfield, and Staff Sgt. Jason Copley, of Plato, do preventative maintenance checks on vehicles at the Missouri National Guard armory in Springfield. Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon declared a state of emergency in Missouri on Monday and activated the Missouri National Guard in preparation for a severe winter storm that is moving into the region.
Indiana Guard training center facilitates real-world rescue training
January 31, 2011
Firemen Ryan Pratt and Jeremy McAlister, from Fort Knox, Ky., search for ways to remove mannequins being used to represent survivors of a mock collapsed parking garage during U.S. Army North’s Vibrant Response 11.1 Homeland Emergency Response exercise held at Muscatatuck Urban Training Complex March 18 in Butlerville, Ind.
Louisiana hosts milestone National Guard Youth ChalleNGe Program graduation
January 24, 2011
Air Force Gen. Craig R. McKinley, chief of the National Guard Bureau, addresses the 197 graduating cadets of the Louisiana National Guard’s Camp Minden Youth ChalleNGe Program at the Shreveport Municipal Auditorium, Jan. 22, 2011. The ceremony also commemorated 100,000 YCP graduates nationwide since its inception in 1993.
Grass: Guard, USNORTHCOM have critical partnership
January 24, 2011
Army Lt. Gen. Frank Grass, deputy commander of USNORTHCOM and vice commander of U.S. Element NORAD, speaks during the 2011 National Guard Bureau Domestic Operations Workshop at the Gaylord National Convention Center in National Harbor, Md., Jan. 20, 2011. Grass spoke about the important partnership the Guard and NORTHCOM have in the homeland.