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Mullen: Civilian-military partnerships critical to world affairs
February 3, 2011
Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, speaks at the inaugural Global Chiefs of Mission Conference at the State Department in Washington, D.C., Feb. 2, 2011.
Carpenter: Reducing suicide rate among Army National Guard’s highest priorities
February 2, 2011
Army Maj. Gen. Raymond Carpenter, the acting director of the Army National Guard, spoke as a panelist 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.
Georgia Air Guard NCO manages life support efforts at Afghanistan base
February 2, 2011
Tech. Sgt. Jonathan Sloan, 744th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron life support technician, uses the Scott Oxygen Tester to check for any leaks during a 30-day inspection on the MBU-12/P oxygen mask and CRU-60/P connector at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, Jan. 10, 2011. Sloan conducts a 30-day inspection on all aircrew flight equipment to ensure they are properly working. Sloan is deployed from the 165th Airlift Wing in Savannah, Ga., and his hometown is also Savannah.
Guardsman perseveres, proves He Can
February 2, 2011
Private Kant poses for a portrait following his graduation ceremony from the National Guard GED Plus program at Camp Robinson in North Little Rock, Ark., Friday, Jan. 28.
Mullen: Workplace Flexibility Focuses on Families, Children
February 2, 2011
"Our military readiness is directly tied to our family readiness," Adm. Mike Mullen, the chairman on the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told the 2010 National Guard Family Program Volunteer Workshop in New Orleans, La., on Aug. 2, 2010. He also noted the transformation of the National Guard since Sept. 11, 2001: "There's no institution where things have changed more dramatically than in the Guard."
National Guard Members Race USCC I-500
February 2, 2011
A National Guardsman competes in the USCC National Guard Cross-Country Snowmobile Championship. The team, which was comprised of one North Dakota Guardsmen and two from Minnesota, placed third in the event.
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.