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Retired Guardmember helps subdue Arizona gunman
January 12, 2011
South Nakota National Guard graphic.
Oregon National Guard platoon awarded Presidential Unit Citation
January 12, 2011
Army Maj. Gen. Raymond Rees, the adjutant general, Oregon (left), stands with Oregon Attorney General John Kroger, 41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team commander Army Col. Eric Bush, and 2nd Battalion, 162nd Infantry Regiment commander Army Lt. Col. Eric Riley, during a ceremony honoring soldiers of 2nd Platoon, Bravo Company, 2-162 IN BN, where they were awarded the Presidential Unit Citation at the Corvallis Armory, Jan. 8. The soldiers received the award for their heroic actions during the Battle of Fallujah, Iraq in November 2004.
National Guard supports civilian authorities tackling Southeast winter storm
January 12, 2011
Army Staff Sgt. Gerard Brown, a readiness noncommissioned officer with the Georgia Army National Guard, helps Angela Morgan, a registered nurse in Grady Memorial Hospital’s labor and delivery department, into a National Guard high mobility multipurpose wheeled vehicle, also known as HUMVEE. Brown is part of the National Guard teams working to help transport snowbound Grady staff to the hospital.
Nevada National Guard battalion enjoys huge turnout for Afghanistan deployment ceremonies
January 12, 2011
Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval address Soldiers and their families at a Jan. 6, 2011, deployment ceremony at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas.
South Carolina National Guard Changes Leadership
January 10, 2011
Army Maj. Gen. Robert Livingston, Jr., the new adjutant general of the South Carolina National Guard, addresses the crowd gathered to witness his assumption of command during a ceremony January 9, 2011, at the University of South Carolina Coliseum. He replaces the out-going adjutant general, Army Maj. Gen. Stanhope Spears, and is the 27th adjutant general of the South Carolina Guard.
Arizona Guard’s Bushmaster Riders inaugurate rider safety program
January 6, 2011
Command Sgt. Maj. Patrick Powers weaves between cones during the Arizona Army National Guard Motorcycle Safety Basic Rider Course at the Papago Park Military Reservation in Phoenix, Dec. 11. There are 10 hours of riding instruction to complete the safety course requirement.
In hospital bed ceremony, Kentucky Guardsman gets Purple Heart
January 6, 2011
Kentucky Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Chris Eden was awarded the Purple Heart Nov. 6 after receiving wounds in an IED explosion in Afghanistan on Oct. 30. Eden was presented the award by Maj. Gen. Edward W. Tonini, adjutant general for Kentucky, in a small ceremony at the University of Kentucky Medical Center. Eden is a member of the Guard's 2123rd Transportation Company and a police officer for the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Division of Police.
Missouri Guard strengthens ties with Panama
January 6, 2011
Senior leaders from the Missouri National Guard visited Panama in early December to help promote the State Partnership Program. From left: Capt. Mike Roberts, the adjutant general’s aide-de-camp; Brig. Gen. John Owen, director of the joint staff; Lt. Col. Rebecca Segovia-Johnson, the Missouri Guard’s director of the State Partnership Program; Command Sgt. Maj. James Schulte, the state command sergeant major; Maj. Gen. Stephen L. Danner, adjutant general for the Missouri Guard; Capt. Juan Valencia, a Missouri Guardsman who was the group’s interpreter, and 1st Lt. Jonathan Holem, a Missouri Guardsman that stationed in Panama as a traditional commander activities coordinator.
Oregon Guard unit to receive Presidential Unit Citation
January 6, 2011
41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team shoulder sleeve insignia
Study of Minnesota Guardmembers ties problems to post-traumatic stress
January 6, 2011
Army Sgt. Mike Peterson receives hugs and kisses from his wife for the first time since coming home from Iraq at Brooklyn Park Armory in Minnesota on July 17, 2007. Peterson is a Soldier with Alpha Company, 134th Brigade Support Battalion, who was in Iraq with the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 34th Infantry Division. 34th ID Guardmembers participated in a study that suggested some post-deployment challenges arise from post-traumatic stress rather than traumatic brain injury