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Youth Challenge participants offered 'day of service' to mark anniversary
November 22, 2016
Oregon Youth Challenge cadets at the snack table after donating blood during the American Red Cross blood drive, Oct. 1, 2016, in Bend, Ore.
Photo taken by the Student Body President Daisy Ochoa.

California Guard MPs entertain and inform young visitors
November 21, 2016
Students and faculty from Emek Hebrew Academy Teichman Family Torah Center in Sherman Oaks, California, speak to a Soldier from the 270th Military Police Company, 49th Military Police Brigade, California Army National Guard, prior to start of Vigilant Guard 17 at the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) California Task Force 1, Los Angeles.

Azerbaijan ambassador visits Oklahoma; looks to strengthen partnerships
November 18, 2016
The Azerbaijani Ambassador to the United States, Elin Suleymanov, meets with U.S. Sen. James Lankford, who represents the State of Oklahoma.

South Carolina National Guard strengthens State Partnership Program while fighting wildfires
November 18, 2016
A South Carolina Army National Guard CH-47 Chinook from Det. 1, Bravo Company, 2-238th General Support Aviation Battalion with Soldiers from Donaldson Field in Greenville, South Carolina, responded to a request for help from the South Carolina Forestry Commission to contain fires burning near the top of Pinnacle Mountain in in Pickens County, South Carolina, Nov. 15, 2016.  The aircraft is equipped with a Bambi Bucket, which can be filled with any available water to be transported and dumped on the fire.

Operation Santa Claus begins in tiny Alaska villages
November 18, 2016
Togiak schoolgirls receive backpacks in the school gymnasium Nov. 15, 2016. Several donors were there as part of Operation Santa Claus, an Alaska National Guard-led program that delivers toys, school supplies and other gifts to children in Alaska's remote villages.

Counseling, family bond help Airman cope with post-traumatic stress
November 15, 2016
Retired 131st Bomb Wing Senior Master Sgt. Bob Weber credits his wife, Thomasine Weber, for providing social resiliency support to help him recover from injuries and following the loss of a fellow Missouri Guard member to an improvised explosive device during a deployment to Afghanistan.

Georgia National Guard announces State Partnership with Argentina
November 10, 2016
The Georgia National Guard has been selected as the U.S. partner for the Republic of Argentina as part of the Department of Defense State Partnership Program (SPP).

West Virginia Airman beats cancer; completes 22nd marathon
November 7, 2016
Senior Master Sgt. Todd Kirkwood, 167th avionics superintendent, gives a thumbs up at mile 25 of the Chicago Marathon, Oct. 9, 2016. Kirkwood ran the marathon only eight months after undergoing chemotherapy and radiation treatments for cancer.

Alaska maintenance Airman quietly excels at finding and fixing fuel leaks
November 4, 2016
Staff Sgt. Julia Meyer, a fuels systems mechanic with the 168th Maintenance Squadron, holds her respirator while dressed in waterproof overalls inside the units fuel cell at Eielson AFB, Alaska, October 18, 2016. Meyer is a fulltime technician with the Interior-Alaska unit and was recognized for her outstanding technical abilities during a recent deployment to Southwest Asia.

Illinois National Guard Soldier retires after 41 years
October 31, 2016
Sgt. Maj. Diane S. Rogers, of Girard, Illinois, with the Joint Force Headquarters thanks her family, friends and colleagues Oct. 28, 2016, for their support through her 41 years of military service to the Illinois Army National Guard, which culminated as the Illinois National Guard Sexual Assault Response Coordinator.