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Aircraft name now honors a precious payload
November 27, 2007
National Guard members including the Mississippi Adjutant General Maj. Gen. Harold Cross and Purple Heart Medal awardees including the Secretary of Veterans Affairs Mr. Gordon H. Mansfield unveil nose art on a Mississippi Air National Guard C-17 Globemaster III during an aircraft naming and dedication ceremony Nov. 20 at the 172nd Airlift Wing in Jackson, Miss. The wing routinely flies aeromedical evacuation missions from Balad Air Base Hospital, Iraq to Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Germany, and then on to Walter Reed Medical Center, District of Columbia. They have transported more then 19,000 patients since its mobilization for the mission in October 2005.
Army National Guard Boots Start Walkin'!
November 27, 2007
From left, Brig. Gen. Darren Owens, special assistant to the director, Army National Guard; Maj. Gen. Deborah Wheeling, deputy surgeon general for the Army National Guard; Lawrence Sadwin, past chairman of the American Heart Association; David Markiewicz, executive director of the American Heart Association, Mid-Atlantic; and Col. David Sproat, the Army Guard's chief surgeon, gather to highlight the Army Guard Readiness Center's efforts to become a Start! Fit Friendly worksite. Start! encourages employers to cultivate an environment of physical activity and health through walking. The initiative expands the Army National Guard's Decade of Health Program, a 10-year outreach campaign that promotes a healthy military force, "Always Ready, Always There...Always Healthy."
Crack house crashes when Counter Drug cracks down
November 26, 2007
A tract loader operated by a Texas National Guardsman begins demolition of a structure that had been identified as a haven for illegal drug use.
Study Jihadists, take advantage of DOD foreign culture, language programs, Guardmembers urged
November 20, 2007
"Exotic" Army Guard aviation unit returns from deployment
November 20, 2007
Lt. Col. Patrick Weber (right) and Command Sgt. Maj. Jimmy Mills (center) unfurl the Operational Support Airlift Command colors to symbolize the unit's safe return home from deployment during the unit's Freedom Salute and Welcome Home ceremony held at Davison Army Airfield at Fort Belvoir, Va., on November 16. Sgt. Joseph Garland (left) holds the colors.
Air Guard readies for expanded center
November 20, 2007
From left: Lt. Gen. Craig McKinley, director of the Air National Guard; retired Lt. Gen. John Conaway, former chief of the National Guard Bureau; Col. Joe Lengyel, ANGRC commander; Air Guard Command Chief Master Sgt. Richard Smith; and J.L. Herndon of Clarke Construction break ground on an ANGRC expansion project Nov. 19 at Andrews Air Force Base, Md.
Mears Congratulates Arizona Soldier, NCO of the Year
November 20, 2007
National Guard NASCAR driver, Casey Mears signs an autograph for the Arizona National Guard's 2007 NCO of the Year, Sgt. Frank Ledesma, Nov. 11, during the Checkers Auto Parts 500 at the Phoenix International Raceway.
Army National Guard's 42nd Infantry Division team with Egyptian counterparts
November 19, 2007
Brig. Gen. Stephen Hines, deputy commander of the Army National Guard's 42nd Infantry Division, confers with Egyptian Brig. Gen. Sala Fouaad, deputy commander of the Egyptian 9th Armored Division. The two organizations will combine staffs to jointly support a battle simulation exercise as part of Bright Star 2007. The training for the U.S. Central Command and U.S. Army Central leaders and staff during Bright Star fosters greater military to military relations with participating nations.
Air Guard pilots, maintainers make history in Iraq
November 7, 2007
AL ASAD AIR BASE, Iraq -- A 438th Air Expeditionary Group weapons loading team prepares to mount a Joint Direct Attack Munition to an A-10C Thunderbolt II using an MJ-1 “jammer” vehicle here. The Airmen made history in Iraq when their upgraded A-10s successfully employed JDAMs in combat. Because the weapon is guided to targets by pinpoint GPS coordinates, experts here say it is 100 percent more accurate than munitions previously employed on the A-10C Thunderbolt II, dramatically improving precision and reducing fratricide. The Airmen are deployed from the 175th Wing, Maryland Air National Guard, located in Baltimore, Md.
Upgraded A-10s prove worth in Iraq
November 7, 2007
Senior Airman Daniel Young marshals in an A-10 Thunderbolt II for munitions disarming after an Oct. 28 mission at Al Asad Air Base, Iraq. The A-10C's are assigned to the 104th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron, which is made up primarily of members from the 175th Maryland Air National Guard. Airman Young is a Maryland Air National Guard crew chief. The 104th EFS is the first unit to use the C-model A-10 in a combat zone. Its upgrades have made air power more efficient and have streamlined the close-air-support mission.