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South Dakota wraps up engineer missions in Suriname
August 1, 2008
Sgt. Steven Allen of the 155th Engineer Company of the South Dakota Army National Guard seals the old distribution window inside De Nieuwe Grond Clinic July 28 in Wanica, Suriname.

Air Guard medics cast off for Continuing Promise
August 1, 2008
U.S. Air Force Sr. Airman Alexandra Olson (left) and Staff Sgt. Daisha McCuskey, both aerospace medical services specialists attached to the 148th Fighter Wing in Duluth, Minn., administer an IV to the METI Man, a new emergency casualty simulator. The two airmen boarded the USS Kearsarge in Norfolk, Va., Friday to participate in Operation Continuing Promise.

New York agencies partner to help returning Soldiers
August 1, 2008
Maj. Scott Jessop of New York Army National Guard's 27th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, shares a moment with his son Ben Jessop and daughter Carrie Jessop during a Send-Off Ceremony before deploying to Afghanistan to train the Afghan National Army and Police Force. When he returns, new programs will screen him for PTSD, TBI and help them re-integrate.

Down-range Soldiers: Life as mentors for the Afghan National Police
August 1, 2008
Cpl. Wesley Burgess of the New York Army National Guard seen in the driver's seat of an up armored humvee. Burgess and his teammates are currently serving as part of Combined Joint Task Force Phoenix in Afghanistan.

Texas National Guard medics help South Texas communities in Operation Lone Star
July 30, 2008
Army National Guard Spc. Stephanie Cardenas, an emergency medical technician for Joint Forces Headquarters of San Antonio, gives a vaccination to 4-year-old Jeremiah Burkett, while he's comforted by his mother. The boy will be ready for pre-kindergarten this fall, thanks to the services offered in Brownsville during Operation Lone Star.

JTF sentinel mission becomes 'wait and see'
July 30, 2008
Army Private Bret Williams, a UH-60 Black Hawk mechanic assigned to Task Force Mather, part of Joint Task Force Sentinel, inspects a Black Hawk rotor.

Active, Guardmembers give back to disabled vets
July 30, 2008
Air Force Airman 1st Class Vicki Pelan, left, and Senior Master Sgt. Steve Goodner, both members of the Nebraska Air National Guard's 155th Air Refueling Wing, chat with Army veteran Wayne Muscato during the National Disabled Veterans Wheelchair Games.

'Noble Resolve' experiment tests emergency-response communications
July 30, 2008

Awards program strives to improve Army Guard installations
July 30, 2008

Guard capability tears down communications walls between first responders
July 30, 2008
First Lt. Michael Malloy, left, of the National Guard's Joint Communication, Command, Control and Computer Coordination Center in Smyrna, Del., briefs Paul McHale, assistant secretary of defense for homeland defense; LTG H Steven Blum, the chief of the National Guard Bureau; and Deputy Secretary of Defense Gordon England at the Pentagon on July 25, 2008, about the National Guard's Joint Incident Site Communications Capability. Deployed in all 54 states and territories by the National Guard Bureau, JISCC is a communications bridge between first responders and other local, state and federal agencies that can provide initial communications capability within one hour after arrival at an incident scene.