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Holocaust survivor tells her story
May 5, 2009
Elzbieta Strassburger recounts her experiences as a child in Poland during the years of the Holocaust during a presentation at the Army National Guard Readiness Center in Arlington, Va., Thursday, April 30, 2009. Strassburger, born in 1938 in Poland, spent several years living with her mother under an assumed name before finally being reunited with her father in Italy after the war. The family emigrated to the United States where they settled with an aunt, the only other family member to survive. Strassburger, who went on to earn a master's degree in social work and work with troubled children, volunteers at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C., where she speaks about her experiences as a child.
Guard assists elderly couple on 'Rebuilding Day'
May 4, 2009
National Guard Soldiers, Airmen and civilians from the National Capital Region repair a home in Nanjemoy, Md., April 25 during a Christmas in April volunteer project that assisted an elderly couple on National Rebuilding Day. It was the 15th year that Guardmembers volunteered in the event, which takes place annually on the last Saturday in April.
Maryland cavalry unit goes 'long range'
May 4, 2009
Soldiers of Troop C, 1st Squadron, 158th Cavalry Regiment, Maryland National Guard, stand at ease during a ceremony unifying and repurposing the troop. Soldiers of the unit will now add Long Range Surveillance duties to their reconnaissance specialties, which include combat diving, high-altitude, low-opening parachuting, and Airborne capabilities to support the 58th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade.
Guard Initial Entry Training liaisons can make a difference
May 1, 2009
Mississippi Air National Guard receives first MC-12 aircraft
April 30, 2009
Mississippi's 186th Air Refueling Wing welcomed the arrival of the first MC-12W yesterday at Key Field, Meridian, Miss., April 27. The arrival of the aircraft is part of an agreement between the Air Force and Air National Guard to establish a temporary MC-12 mission qualification training detachment. The MC-12 is the Air Force's newest intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance platform.
Guard's 7th Civil Support Team aces external evaluation, earns validation
April 30, 2009
Air Guard chief selected as NORTHCOM advisor
April 30, 2009
Construction at Army, Air readiness centers on track
April 27, 2009
Construction workers pour cement and attach exterior glass on an addition to the Air National Guard Readiness Center April 16 during a warm spring day. The multi-million dollar expansion project is about 40 percent complete and it will provide office space for the nearly 1,400 Air Guard members that will work there by 2011.
Wyatt discusses ASA mission with Congress
April 24, 2009
Air Force Lt. Gen. Harry M. Wyatt, director of the Air National Guard, and Air Force Staff Sgt. Wes Chadwick, an avionics technician with the 115th Fighter Wing, Wis., at the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington April 22 in a congressional hearing on the state of the nation's Air Sovereignty Alert (ASA) operations. The Air Guard operates 16 of the 18 ASA sites located across the United States to protect the nation's airspace.
Army, Marine Corps juggle high demands for ground forces
April 24, 2009