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Hand-off between 10th Mountain, Red Bulls ... again
May 13, 2009
This is actually the second time in a century that the hand-off of battle has occurred between the 10th Mountain Division and the 34th Infantry Division. The 10th Mountain Division is transferring command of Multi-national Division-South to the Red Bulls later this month.

Colorado celebrates Band Soldier of the Year
May 13, 2009
Colorado Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Nathanial Johnson is congratulated on his selecation as the Army Band Junior NCO of the Year for Reserve Components at a ceremony in Virginia Beach, Virginia, April 22.

California Air Guard pilot graduates with top honors
May 13, 2009
Second Lieutenant Cory Sambol recently completed his Undergraduate Pilot Training, earning five of six awards presented to his class: the Academic Excellence Award, the Flying Excellence Award, the Distinguished Graduate, the Top Formation Pilot and the Wing Commander's Trophy.

Commander highlights progress north of Baghdad
May 13, 2009
Col. Marc Ferraro (center), commander of the 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, Linda Specht (right) leader of the embedded Provincial Reconstruction Team working with the 56th SBCT, and Capt. Cory Angell (left), 56th SBCT public affairs officer, listen to a question from an Iraqi journalist during a press conference May 12 in the International Zone, Baghdad.

Air Guard helicopter responds in self-defense
May 12, 2009

MacArthur awards go to Guard company-grade leaders
May 12, 2009
Army Chief of Staff Gen. George W. Casey Jr. presents the MacArthur Award to Capt. Cliff A. Morales from the Pennsylvania Army National Guard during a Pentagon ceremony Friday as the MacArthur Foundation's Henry Harris III observes the presentation.

A New Kind of "Boss Lift"
May 12, 2009
The 2009 U.S. Army Soldier Show commences this month with their national tour, and members of the Guard and Reserve are encouraged to attend the show and bring their civilian employer.

Montana Guardsman 'mothers' unit in Iraq
May 12, 2009
Army Sgt. Anne M. Mitchell misses her children in Montana while she's deployed in Iraq, but those her serve with her say she brings her mothering instincts to their unit, the 143rd Military Police Detachment, Baghdad, 2009.

New York Air Guard conducts 100th shuttle mission
May 12, 2009
Col. Michael Canders, commander of the New York Air National Guard's 106th Rescue Wing, based at Westhampton Beach, explains how NASA astronauts would bail out of the Atlantis Space Shuttle (background) if a parachute descent to safety was required, known as a Mode 8 Emergency Egress. On May 11, 2009, the 106th Rescue Wing participated in its 100th mission in support of NASA's Space Shuttle launch program at Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Fla.

Three states respond to spring floods
May 12, 2009
Breathitt County, Ky. resident Jeffrey Johnson (left) surveys the remains of his mobile home with Army Spec. Deborah Holbrook, Det. 1, 207th Engineer Co., following flash flooding that swept through Jackson, Ky, on Saturday, May 9, 2009.