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Guardmembers help wounded warriors through turbulent water
July 20, 2010
Ashley Crandall was serving in Iraq last year as a Blackhawk helicopter mechanic with the Utah National Guard’s 2-211th Aviation Regiment, when she was wounded and medically evacuated. While recuperating at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, she got involved with the non-profit Team River Runner and used kayaking to rehabilitate. Now she is helping other wounded warriors find therapy on the water.
Guard Soldiers, spouses discuss reintegration programs
July 19, 2010
Army National Guard Command Sgt. Maj. Richard Burch gives an overview of “The Senior Enlisted and Spouses Reintegration Professional Development Workshop” to fellow Soldiers and Army Guard spouses at the Westin La Paloma resort in Tucson, Ariz., July 13. The week-long conference highlighted several family support and professional development programs available to Guardsmen and families.
Chief, governors visit Guardsmen in Middle East
July 19, 2010
Alan Bersin, commissioner of Customs and Border Protection; John Morton, assistant secretary of homeland security for Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and Air Force Gen. Craig McKinley, the chief of the National Guard Bureau, announce the deployment of 1,200 National Guard troops along the international border in Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and California at the Pentagon on July 19, 2010.
Seven miles of barrier guard Cameron Parish
July 16, 2010
Louisiana Guard tops Myrtle Grove’s levees with 22,000 sandbags
July 16, 2010
More than 22,000 sandbags were laid by the Louisiana National Guard's 528th Engineer Battalion, 225th Engineer Brigade, to reinforce the back levee between La Reussite and West Pointe à la Hache, in Myrtle Grove, La., over the last three weeks. "It was a joint operation between the parish and National Guard,” said Blair Rittiner, Plaquemines Parish land department superintendent. “We filled and delivered the sandbags, and the Guard unloaded and placed the bags. We couldn't have done it without the help of the National Guard."
Air Guard invades Times Square today
July 15, 2010
Oklahoma Guard transports firewood to reservation
July 15, 2010
Sgt. 1st Class Bradley MacEntire, a member of the Oklahoma Army National Guard's 1245th Transportation Company of 90th Troop Command secures a load of felled trees and brush during training exercises in Custer National Forest near Rapid City, S.D. The 1245th and its sister unit, the 1345th Transportation Company, moved cut bush and trees from the Custer National Forest to the Oglala Sioux reservation for use as firewood.
Illinois Guardsman retires after 56 years
July 15, 2010
Chief Warrant Officer 4 Nelson "Gene" Blakey retired in June after 56 years of service with the Illinois Army National Guard.
No more C-17s, defense officials tell Congress
July 15, 2010
Air Guard to sponsor NASCAR race in Richmond
July 15, 2010