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Captain Abraham Lincoln of the Illinois militia
February 12, 2009
Capt. Abraham Lincoln of the Illinois Volunteer Militia at the time for the Black Hawk War 1831-32. The statue was made by sculptor Leonard Crunelle and was unveiled in Dixon, Ill., Sept. 24, 1930.
Air Force reinstates good conduct medal for enlisted members
February 12, 2009
Decade of Health launches 2009 campaign
February 12, 2009
Illinois Soldier starts recycling program in Afghanistan
February 12, 2009
A Soldier with 1st Battalion, 178th Infantry, Illinois National Guard, based in Chicago, recycles a plastic bottle as part of a new recycling program that just began at Forward Operating Base Mehtar Lam, Laghman province, northeastern Afghanistan.
Oklahoma Guard aids local community after devastating tornado
February 12, 2009
Spc. Barrett Troutman (right), of Tishomingo, and Spc. Timothy Stelly (center), of Ardmore, use a map to show a local man the cordoned off sections of Lone Grove, Okla. The Soldiers were providing security for any area of Lone Grove that was devastated by a tornado on Tuesday evening.
North Carolina Guardsman to join AFRICOM team
February 11, 2009
North Carolina Air National Guardsman Maj. Douglas Simons will begin working as AFRICOM's medical plans and operations officer beginning March 1.
McKinley visits Army Guardmembers in Balkans
February 10, 2009
Air Force Gen. Craig R. McKinley, chief of the National Guard Bureau, right, and Army Capt. Shannon Dean Holiday, commander for Multi-National Task Force East, Thunder Bravo battery, walk the streets of downtown Pristina, Kosovo, during a presence patrol with the Missouri Army National Guard. The Guard Soldiers patrol one of the more populated areas of the American NATO peacekeeping missions in Kosovo.
Guardsman inducted into Air Force Safety Hall of Fame
February 10, 2009
Lt. Col. Ed Vaughan (center) is inducted into the Air Force Safety Hall of Fame in a ceremony Feb. 6. With him are (left) Maj. Gen. Maury Forsyth, commander of the Spaatz Center at Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala., and Col. Marcus Quint, chief of the Air National Guard Safety Directorate.
Hawaii Soldiers, Thai Marines build classrooms, bridges
February 10, 2009
Sgt. 1st Class Brandon Cabanilla of Kahalui, Hawaii and Pvt. 1st Class Michelle Almeida of Kihei laugh as they prepare the frames for the windows in the new classroom facility the Hawaii National Guard, 230th Engineer Company, Vertical is building jointly with the Royal Thai Marine Engineer Battalion during the Cobra Gold joint engineering civil assistance mission hosted at the Ban Nong Buatong school in the Chanthaburi District of Thailand Jan. 24 to Feb. 11.
Oregon Guard aviator comes full circle
February 10, 2009
"My first assignment out of flight school was flying VIPs in Vietnam and now my last assignment for the Army is flying VIPs in Iraq, it is a full circle," said soon to be retired Chief Warrant Officer 5 Fredrick Bailey of the 2nd Battalion, 641st Aviation Regiment out of Joint Base Iraq on Jan. 31.