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Upcoming GI film festival highlights famous Guard unit
May 8, 2009
Kansas ADT arrives in Afghanistan
May 8, 2009
A ceremony to mark the arrival of the Kansas Agribusiness Development Team takes place in the Mehtar Lam district of Afghanistan's Laghman province, May 3, 2009.
New York Air Guardsmen stay on alert to save lives
May 8, 2009
First Lt. Brent McCall, 101st Expeditionary Rescue Squadron combat rescue officer, and Tech. Sgt. Jedediah Smith, 101st ERQS pararescueman, load up their gear for a training mission in Northeastern Afghanistan, April 20. In addition to an M-4 assault rifle, combat medical gear and body armor, Sergeant Smith also packs his four-year-old daughter Mia's pre-school class teddy bear. The seven-year New York Air National Guardsman said he brings the little guy along with him on all his missions and writes letters to her school on behalf of the bear. "He pretty much goes everywhere I go," Sergeant Smith said, including the eight combat search and rescue missions he's done since he deployed here.
Guard mom sacrifices tradition for country
May 8, 2009
Army Sgt. 1st Class Angela Amundson, left, discusses correct wording for awards with one of her soldiers at Contingency Operating Base Basra, Iraq, May 6, 2009. The mother of two will spend Mother's Day helping other deployed mothers observe the day.
Software proves effective in avoiding aircraft crashes
May 7, 2009
Vaughn retires after 40 years in Army Guard
May 7, 2009
Lt. Gen. Clyde A. Vaughn, director of the Army National Guard, listens as Gen. Craig McKinley, chief of the National Guard Bureau, makes his remarks during Vaughn's retirement ceremony May 6, 2009 at the Army National Guard Readiness Center in Arlington, Va.
MAFFS training prepares units for upcoming fire season
May 7, 2009
Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve units converged on Tucson, Ariz., in May to take part in Modular Airborne Firefighting System (MAFFS) certification and training 2009. MAFFS is an important and effective tool used to fight wildfires nationwide and is placed onboard the C-130 Hercules aircraft. Four units across the country continue the MAFFS legacy which began in the early 1970s; the 153rd Airlift Wing of the Wyoming Air National Guard, the 145th Airlift Wing of the North Carolina Air National Guard, the 146th Airlift Wing of the California Air National Guard, and the 302nd Airlift Wing, and Air Force Reserve unit based at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo.
Oregon counterdrug team completes inter-agency training
May 7, 2009
Members of the Oregon National Guard's Counterdrug Support Program put their light armored vehicle through its paces at the Rilea Training Site, in Warrenton, Ore., May 5. Soldiers and airmen trained on the LAV with members of the Salem Police during an inter-agency event.
Utah Air Guardsman rides along with AirMed
May 7, 2009
Staff Sgt. Alan Reynolds of the 151st Medical Group of the Utah Air National Guard helps air paramedic Tom Robertson unload equipment from a Bell 430 AirMed helicopter into the Vernal, Utah hospital. Sergeant Reynolds is one of 19 Utah Air Guard medics, who are participating in a special ride-along program with the University of Utah AirMed unit.
Keystone Soldiers, Iraqi police focus on Taji market security
May 7, 2009
Spc. Adam Feldon, center, talks with an Iraqi boy, May 4, as a patrol of Pennsylvania Army National Guard Soldiers and Iraqi police officers moves through Taji market, north of Baghdad. The Keystone Guardsmen are from Company C, 1st Battalion, 112th Infantry Regiment, 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team.