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By the numbers: 4,300 Guard members responding to U.S. floods
June 1, 2011
A CH-47 Chinook helicopter from Company B, 2nd Battalion 238th Aviation, based in Peoria Illinois is being refueled while on the ramp at the Iowa Air National Guard base in Sioux City, Iowa. Members of the 185th Air Refueling Wing based in Sioux City are refueling the helicopter while it is still running. “Hot Refueling” saves time for the air crew who will return to flooded areas along the Missouri River. National Guard Soldiers and from South Dakota, Illinois and Iowa are assisting local and state authorities in Western Iowa and South East South Dakota to protect private properties and municipalities along the swollen Missouri River. 
USAF Photo MSgt Vincent De Groot 185th Air Refueling Wing Iowa Air National Guard (released)

Illinois National Guard members still fight their own battles after war
June 1, 2011
Jim Young, a doctor at Rush Medical Center University, teaches a class about traumatic brain injuries and head trauma to service members of the Advance Trauma Training Program at Rush University.

National Guard fights floods in multiple states
June 1, 2011
Spc. Kerry B. Thompson (from foreground), of Bismarck; Spc. Jacob Knain, of Rugby, and Staff Sgt. Jesse Walstad, of Bismarck, help build a sandbag dike at a house along Nordic Lane in Bismarck, N.D., June 2, 2011. The North Dakota National Guard Soldiers serve with the Bismarck-based 957th Engineer Company (Multi-Role Bridge) and the 814th Medical Company (Area Support) and are spread out throughout the Bismarck and Mandan communities to help hold back the rising Missouri River. (Photo by Staff Sgt. Amy Wieser Willson, North Dakota National Guard Public Affairs Office)

President Obama meets with Illinois Guard SPP troops
May 31, 2011
President Barack Obama and President Bronislaw Komorowski review troops during the arrival ceremony in the courtyard of the Presidential Palace in Warsaw, Poland, May 28, 2011. The president also met with Illinois National Guard troops participating in the State Partnership Program.

Illinois National Guard Soldiers tour historic Poland
May 31, 2011
Flag of Poland

Louisiana Guard completes Haiti mission
May 31, 2011
Army Col. Paul Phillips, an Army Reserve surgeon with Task Force Bon Voizen, discusses the prognosis of a traffic accident victim with a Haitian physician at St. Nicolas Hospital May 19, 2011. New Horizons, Haiti 2011 - Task Force Bon Voizen is a Commander, U.S. Southern Command-sponsored, U.S. Army South-conducted, joint foreign military interaction/humanitarian exercise under the command of the Louisiana National Guard.

In the aftermath: National Guard a beacon of hope in Joplin
May 31, 2011
Pvt. First Class Jesus Ramos, 1139th Military Police Co., Missouri Army National Guard, directs traffic at a storm-damaged intersection near St. John’s Mercy Hospital in Joplin, Mo., on May 24, 2011. Ramos is part of a Guard contingent mobilized to assist local law enforcement with traffic control and other duties in the wake of the devastating tornado. Ramos said he just completed two weeks of state emergency flood duty in Mississippi County before being transferred here to assist with rescue and recovery efforts.

President taps Dempsey, Winnefeld as chairman, vice chairman
May 31, 2011
Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff speaks with U.S. Army Chief of Staff, Gen. Martin E. Dempsey prior to the 2011 National Memorial Day Concert at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. on May 29, 2011. (Department of Defense photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley/Released)

Memorial Day
May 27, 2011
The annual National Memorial Day Observance to honor America's fallen military service members is scheduled for Monday, May 30 at Arlington National Cemetery.

North Dakota National Guard responds in force to combat rising waters
May 27, 2011
Citizen-Soldiers of the North Dakota National Guard fill and load sandbags at
a spider sandbag machine at the Northern Plains Commerce Center in Bismarck
N.D. on May 25, 2011. (North Dakota National Guard photo by Bill Prokopyk)