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North Dakota Guard mobilizes for flood duty today
March 15, 2010
Col. Ron Solberg, commander of the 119th Support Group of the North Dakota National Guard, right, addresses full-time North Dakota Air National Guard personnel as he initiates personnel mobilization plans for the regional flood fight beginning in the Red River Valley in Fargo, N.D., March 15, 2010. The North Dakota National Guard plan calls for 300-400 personnel to be voluntarily placed on state active duty orders within 24-hours. The plans provide for all of the same flood fighting missions that the North Dakota National Guard provided in the historic flood fight in the spring of 2009.
Air Guard engineers help Haitians return to homes
March 15, 2010
An Airman with the 118th Civil Engineering Squadron, gives candy to a child at the New Life Children's Home in Port au Prince, Haiti, Friday, March 12, 2010. Members of the squadron have been working at the home, a local orphanage that has also taken in many children injured by the January earthquake, building cabinets, storage areas and a medical clinic.
Army celebrates delivery of 100th Lakota
March 15, 2010
Army Guard strives to improve medical readiness
March 15, 2010
Sgt. Nicole Davidson undergoes a dental exam as part of the Sustained Readiness Program at Marseilles Training Center in preparation for the deployment of 440 Illinois National Guard Soldiers to the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt. Davidson is a member of the 2nd Battalion, 123rd Field Artillery Regiment based in Milan, Ill., which is scheduled to deploy to Egypt in May. The Soldiers will be part of the Multinational Force and Observers. The international peacekeeping force oversees the terms of the 1979 peace treaty between Egypt and Israel.
Army, Air Guard directors visit North Dakota
March 12, 2010
Lt. Gen. Harry M. Wyatt III, the director of the Air National Guard, left, shakes hands with Senior Master Sgt. Eric Johnson of the 119th Wing of the North Dakota Air National Guard. Wyatt and Army Maj. Gen. Ray Carpenter, the acting director of the Army National Guard, visited with nearly 500 North Dakota Guard members, who were gathered for the Professional Development Workshop and Combined Associations Conference in Fargo, N.D., March 12, 2010. Col. Kent Olson, also of the 119th Wing, is in the middle.
First Sergeant Academy curriculum, organization mirrors total force
March 12, 2010
Gates: 'Bait-and-switch' pulled on reserve components?
March 12, 2010
Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates speaks to members of 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment at a forward operating base in Afghanistan, March 9, 2010.
Alaska Army Guard partners with Coast Guard to save hiker
March 12, 2010
An Alaska Army National Guard UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter sits on Meade Glacier while Juneau and Douglas mountain rescue teams aid a hiker stranded since March 7, 2010. Army Guard and Coast Guard crews were finally able to reach the hikers location after four unsuccessful Coast Guard attempts due to dense fog and various weather conditions. Alaska State Troopers estimated the area he was stranded in has received 12 feet of snow since Feb. 20.
Renuart: Guard vital to U.S. Northern Command mission
March 12, 2010
The National Guard is critical to U.S. Northern Command's mission, Air Force Gen. Victor E. Renuart Jr., the combatant commander told the Senate Armed Services Committee in Washington, D.C., March 11, 2010. Renuart is photographed here at the National Guard's 2009 Joint Senior Leadership Conference in National Harbor, Md., on Nov. 20, 2009.
Tavares reflects on golden Olympic memories
March 12, 2010
U.S. Army World Class Athlete Program bobsled coach Sgt. Bill Tavares (right) and Army National Guard Outstanding Athlete Program Sgt. Mike Kohn of Virginia peruse a timing chart between runs at Park City, Utah.