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CNGB endorses 'Continuum of Service' program
May 6, 2009
The Continuum of Service video explains this program designed to enable the accession, retention and transition of members of the Total Force components through integrated Air Force personnel management policies.

Better-equipped National Guard still eyes critical shortages
May 6, 2009
Maj. Gen. Raymond W. Carpenter, acting deputy director of the Army National Guard, and Lt. Gen. Harry M. Wyatt III, director of the Air National Guard, prepare to testify before the House Armed Services Committee Air and Land Forces Subcommittee on May 5, 2009.

Air Guardsmen train next generation of active duty pilots
May 6, 2009
1st Lt. Scott Kotowski (right) reviews aircraft maintenance records with crew chiefs Senior Airman Jacob Rocha (middle) and Senior Airman Chris Wilson prior to flying a training sortie April 23 at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz. All three Airmen are assigned to the 149th Fighter Wing in San Antonio, and are participating in Exercise Coronet Cactus. Lieutenant Kotowski is a student pilot.

Camp Williams gets four new fire trucks
May 6, 2009
The Utah National Guard accepted delivery of four new fire trucks for Camp Williams on April 29, 2009 at the Draper, Utah headquarters. Each truck will be staffed with two firefighters and an engine boss, trained and selected from among the 60 Utah National Guard Soldiers, who are currently red-card certified to fight wildland fires.

Eight states participate in CST regional exercise
May 6, 2009
Sgt. 1st Class Ryan Van Damme, a decontamination noncommissioned officer for the 14th Civil Support Team of the Connecticut National Guard, checks Sgt. John Barton, a survey team member, for contaminates after Barton returned from surveying the inside of a local school in Groton, Conn., on May 5, 2009.

VA emphasizes education before post-9/11 GI Bill switch
May 5, 2009

Oregon Guard sends off first group from 41st brigade
May 5, 2009
Col. Dan Hokanson, commander of the 41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Oregon Army National Guard, prepares for his unit's mobilization ceremony at the Portland Coliseum in Portland, Ore., May 2. Nearly 2,700 soldiers will mobilize in communities throughout Oregon, giving residents of Bend, Medford, Eugene and Portland, a chance to send off Oregon's soldiers in what is the largest deployment of Oregonians since WWII.

Kentucky Guard supports historic Derby run
May 5, 2009
Soldiers and airmen of the Ky. National Guard practice for their duties as the Winner's Circle security contingent at Churchill Downs for the Kentucky Oaks and Derby horse races on Friday and Saturday, May 1-2, 2009.

Construction begins on $14.56 million pararescue facility
May 5, 2009
Michael Jacobs, chairman of the Board of the Friends of the 106th, Col. Michael F. Canders of the 106th Rescue Wing, Congressman Timothy Bishop, New York State Assemblyman Fred Thiele, Maj. John D. McElroy of the 103rd Rescue Squadron, and Keith Wood, supervisor for Racanelli Construction, break ground for a new building to house the 103rd Rescue Squadron at F.S. Gabreski Air National Guard Base in Westhampton Beach, N.Y., on May 2, 2009.

Air Force, Navy combine for air combat skills training
May 5, 2009
Aircraft maintenance airmen from the Air National Guard's 115th Fighter Wing in Madison, Wis. worked along side their naval counterparts from the Strike Fighter Squadron 2 (VFA-2), Naval Air Station Lemoore, Calif. Staff Sgt. David Bizefski, an F-16C Fighting Falcon crew chief from the 115th FW, and Petty Officer 3rd Class Sammy Holmes, aviation administration from VFA-2, share experiences during a two-week air-to-air combat skills training mission at NAS Key West, Fla.