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Syracuse ANG Airmen 'don't fear the Reaper'
August 1, 2008
Tech Sgt. Jason Owens talks to fighter pilots during arming of an F-16 Fighting Falcon here July 8. When the Syracuse, N.Y., Air National Guard unit returns from its current deployment to Joint Base Balad, it will become the first Air National Guard unit in the country to adopt an MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial system mission. Sergeant Owens, a weapons specialist with the 332nd Expeditionary Fighter Squadron, is deployed from Hancock Field Air National Guard Base in Syracuse, N.Y.
Air Guard marks training center's 40th anniversary
August 1, 2008
From left, Lt. Gen. Craig R. McKinley, director of the Air National Guard, Col. Michael L. Waggett, commander of the Air Guard's I.G. Brown Training and Education Center (TEC) and Chief Master Sgt. Deborah Davidson, TEC enlisted education commandant, watch a pass and review of Noncommissioned Officer Academy students July 31 during the TEC's 40th anniversary celebration at McGhee Tyson Air National Guard Base, Tenn.
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