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Guard, active Soldiers help boy get wish and become honorary Soldier
May 5, 2011
Staff Sgt. Kerry Whitaker, chief of the M270A1 launcher from 2-18 FAR, helps Honorary Soldier Erick Morales into an M270A1 Launcher to do his ride and process a simulated fire mission. Whitney Marsh, the respite care provider for Erik, contacted the National Guard to help make Erik's wish of being a Soldier come true.
Arkansas Guard rescues boy scouts stranded by flood waters
May 4, 2011
Members of a Boy Scout group from Louisiana who were stranded by floodwaters in a remote section of the Ouachita National Forest in southwest Arkansas enjoy the view from an Arkansas National Guard helicopter that rescued them early Tuesday, May 3, 2011. The six Scouts and two adult leaders had been stranded without communications since Sunday.
Dale Jr. optimistic going into weekend, rest of season as he represents National Guard
May 4, 2011
Dale Earnhardt Jr. driver of the No. 88 National Guard NASCAR racecar, checks his gauges moments before the race at Richmond International Raceway in Richmond, Va., April 30, 2011. Jr. looked promising the day before during practice, but started the race in the 24th position and would struggle all night to cross the finish line in 19th.
Guard operates in several states as relief efforts continue
May 4, 2011
A team of Illinois Army National Guard Soldiers, with the 2nd Battalion, 130th Infantry Regiment are taken by a Sheriff Department's boat to the water and sewer treatment facility in Murphysboro, Ill. April 30, 2011.
Missouri National Guard Citizen-Soldiers rescue woman in dramatic flood video
May 4, 2011
Missouri National Guard Citizen-Soldiers Spc. Junior Bombard, of Ozark and Sgt. Tim Bridges, both of the 1138th Military Police Company, located in West Plains and Springfield, earned the title Citizen-Heroes after being caught on videotape while completing a daring rescue of a 93-year-old woman on the swollen Black River.
Mongolians' visit to Alaska continues success of State Partnership Program
May 3, 2011
Mongolian Col. Davaadorj Rendoo, Mongolian armed forces general staff, observes U.S. military medical professionals perform veterinary services on a dog in Northway, Alaska. During Operation Arctic Care, medical teams deploy to remote areas of Alaska to treat general health patients, in addition to providing dental care, eye exams and veterinary care.
U.S. service members, FARDC make final push to exercise finale
May 3, 2011
Air Force Maj. Michelle Mulberry, an aeromedical evacuation flight nurse and instructor with the Wyoming Air National Guard's 187th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, conducts training to members of the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s armed forces quick response force, about C-130 Hercules familiarization during MEDLITE 11, May 2, 2011.
Florida Guard unit supports force protection at Bagram
May 2, 2011
Spc. Joseph Deramo, left, and Spc. Xavier Flores, right, look on as Army Pfc. Audrey Triplett monitors input from one of three 107-foot Rapid Aerostat Initial Deployment towers and eight other sites the 164th Air Defense Artillery operates to provide force protection at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, and for troops operating outside the wire.
‘Business as usual’ not so usual for Missouri National Guard
May 2, 2011
Army Col. Wendul Hagler, task force commander of Operation Rising Tide and commander of the 70th Troop Command, Jefferson Barracks, assesses flood conditions in southeast Missouri on April 27, 2011
ROUND-UP: Significant week in Defense Department news
April 30, 2011
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