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Air Force shares safety program with Arkansas Guard
January 27, 2009
Maj. Gen. William Wofford, Arkansas National Guard Adjutant General, listens as John Over, Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center executive director, explains initial steps in growing the Voluntary Protection Program at Tinker Air Force Base, Okla. The general and several other high-ranking Guardsmen came to Tinker AFB Jan. 16 to learn how to successfully start the safety program in their Army units.
Florida Air Guard holds realistic ORE training
January 27, 2009
Airmen from the 125th Fighter Wing respond to a simulated blister agent attack during an Operational Readiness Exercise at the unit's base in Jacksonville, Fla., Jan. 23.
Gates: Guard's domestic missions must not suffer
January 27, 2009
Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates testifies before the Senate Armed Services Committee in Washington, D.C., Jan. 27, 2009. Secretary Gates wore his jacket halfway on due to surgery on his arm last week.
North Dakota health officials return from Africa
January 27, 2009
Army Guard breaks ground on $18.4 million training complex for GED Plus program
January 25, 2009
Lt. Gen. Clyde Vaughn, in fleece jacket, director of the Army National Guard; Pvt. Megan Jones, a student in the GED Plus program; and Maj. Gen. William D. Wofford, right, adjutant general for Arkansas, perform ceremonial groundbreaking honors for new facilities for the GED Plus program, Sunday, Jan. 25, 2009. The GED Plus program allows non-high school graduates to enlist in the Army National Guard with the stipulation they earn their GED prior to attending Basic Combat Training. In order to reach that goal, those in the program attend a course at the Army National Guard's Professional Education Center at Camp Robinson that prepares them to complete the GED exam.
Army Guard 'fundamentally different' now
January 25, 2009
Gen. George Casey Jr., Army chief of staff, responds to questions from the media during a press conference at the Army National Guard Professional Education Center at Camp Joseph T. Robinson, Ark., Sunday, Jan. 25, 2009. Casey was a featured speaker at the annual Army National Guard Senior Commanders Conference and spoke to the media on the state of the National Guard as well as challenges facing the Army as a whole in the future.
'Spur Ride' links Panhandle Guard unit with cavalry heritage
January 23, 2009
Panama City resident Spc. Loren Brinson of A Troop, 1st Squadron, 153rd Cavalry Regiment, practices placing a claymore anti-personnel mine during his unit's spur ride at Ft. Rucker, Ala., Jan. 10, 2009.
Deployed Soldiers Get a 'Troop Cave' with Creature Comforts
January 23, 2009
Tony Siragusa, second from right, former National Football League player and co-host of DIY Network TV's "Man Caves," bonds with members of an Ohio National Guard unit during a taping of the show's one-hour special, "Man Caves: USO Troop Edition."
South Dakota troops ready for deployment
January 23, 2009
Soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 147th Field Artillery, set up a hasty check point during the annual training period at Fort Chaffe, Ark., Jan. 10-24.
Army Guard launches first military reality TV program
January 22, 2009
A competitor tests his shooting skills in "Warrior Challenge," the Armed Forces' first reality video program.