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Louisiana’s UAS platoon takes to the air
June 14, 2010
From left, Pfc. Travis Hampton, Staff Sgt. Donald Segura and Sgt. Mike Lejeune, complete pre-combat checks and inspections on the RQ-7B Shadow Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System before its first flight from Contingency Operating Base Adder, Iraq May 21, 2010. The Soldiers are deployed with the Unmanned Aircraft Systems Platoon, Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 256th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 13th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

South Dakota Guard in-briefs Golden Coyote leadership
June 14, 2010
South Dakota Army National Guard Lt. Col. Mike Oster, executive officer for the 109th Regional Support Group in Rapid City, S.D., briefed  National Guard leaders and field commanders from 12 states and 40 units that came together today at Camp Rapid for the 2010 Golden Coyote training exercise.

Wisconsin, Nicaragua delegation share emergency management techniques
June 10, 2010
Brig. Gen. Mario Perezcassar, Nicaraguan chief of civil defense, relates information about his home country to Lt. Gov. Barbara Lawton, as Brig. Gen. Scott Legwold, Wisconsin National Guard chief of joint staff, looks on during a visit to the state capitol building May 26, 2010. The visit was part of a May 25-28 trip by Nicaraguan military officials to share emergency response information with Wisconsin Emergency Management and the Wisconsin National Guard.

Wyoming Guard responds to largest state mission in 10 years
June 10, 2010

Alaska Guardsman, active-duty Airman perform heroically during plane crash
June 10, 2010
Capt. Erik Boltman an air weapons officer with the 176th Air Control Squadron, Alaska Air National Guard, works as a combat air traffic controller at Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska June 7, 2010.

Vermont commander says troops making a difference in Afghanistan
June 10, 2010
U.S. Army Capt. Stephen Iaquinto from Berlin, N.J., and a member of the 86th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, shows Afghan children a picture from his camera that he took of them. Members from Task Force Wolverine conducted a dismounted patrol through the Bagram Bazaar to find out information from the recent attack on Bagram Airfield, Parwan province, Afghanistan, May 24.

Air Guard pauses to reflect on suicide, high-risk behavior
June 9, 2010
Col. John Slocum, the Air National Guard’s safety director, discusses high-risk behavior, suicides and Wingman concepts with Airmen from the Air Guard Readiness Center at the base theatre on Joint Base Andrews, Md., during an Air Force-wide Wingman Stand-down June 9, 2010.

National Guard aviators from five states support Louisiana
June 7, 2010
Louisiana National Guardsmen of the 205th Engineer Battalion hook sling cables, attached to sandbags to the bottom of a Florida National Guard CH-47 Chinook helicopter, in Buras, La., June 5, 2010.

Guardsmen hold duck-calling contest in Kosovo
June 7, 2010
Army Spc. Nicolas Salvaggio of the North Dakota National Guard shows off his duck-calling skills on stage on Camp Bondsteel, Kosovo, for a Memorial Day weekend Morale Welfare and Recreation duck-calling contest May 30, 2010.

Earnhardt runs in top 15th all day, finishes 19th
June 7, 2010