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Hoosiers, Slovaks trade intelligence best practices
March 24, 2016
Indiana National Guard Soldiers and members of Slovakia’s Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition and Reconnaissance Battalion pose for a group photo during a visit to Slovakia by the Hoosier Guardsmen in January 2016.
Iowa National Guard Soldier competes under guidance of Soldier-father
March 24, 2016
Spc. Ethan Estabrooks, a helicopter crew chief with Company C, 2-147th Aviation, Iowa Army National Guard, performs a search on his sponsor and father, 1st Sgt. Gary Estabrooks, at the Iowa Best Warrior Competition at Camp Dodge March 19, 2016.
Environmental stewardship, sustainability top focus throughout the Guard
March 21, 2016
A 20-kilowatt array of solar panels fitted to Building 36 on Camp Grayling. The solar panel array is one of many green energy initiatives the Michigan Army National Guard is employing to generate renewable energy, reduce pollution and save taxpayers money by reducing energy costs for everyday operations. It is one of many initiatives throughout the National Guard.
Virgin Island Air Guard engineers build plant beds to support kids' project
March 21, 2016
Virgin Islands Air National Guard Senior Airman Denel Peterson of the 285th Civil Engineering Squadron inserts screws into a plant bed box while Airman 1st Class Danley McIntosh of the 285th Civil Engineering Squadron observes on St. Croix, Virgin Islands, March 5, 2016. Children in the community learning to garden will use the boxes.
Texas Guard member and his daughter personally supported Flint relief mission
March 18, 2016
Maj. George Hurd, left, Staff Sgt. Erdoo Thompson, center, and 1st Lt. Matthew Verdugo, right, all of the 136th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade, load bottled water in preparation for Hurd's convoy to Flint, Michigan, March 10, 2016, in Round Rock, Texas.
109th Airmen call South Pole home as they package old equipment for shipment north
March 17, 2016
Pallets of excess and obsolete materials are placed in position outside the National Science Foundation's Amundsen-Scott Station at the South Pole in January 2016. A team of three New York Air National Guard Airmen built 73 pallets in 11 days so the unneeded items can be hauled away later this year.
South Carolina National Guard hosts top Colombian army maintenance officer
March 17, 2016
Jose Terrones from U.S. Army South translates maintenance procedures into Spanish during a Subject Matter Expert Exchange at the Combined Support Maintenance Shop at McEntire Joint National Guard Base, Eastover, South Carolina, March 8, 2016. Maintenance officers from the Colombian army toured South Carolina Army National Guard maintenance facilities during a State Partnership Program Subject Matter Expert Exchange held March 7-11, 2016.
102-year-old veteran recalls duty with Michigan National Guard
March 17, 2016
Philas Kelly, who served in the Michigan National Guard from 1937 to 1940, holds his 107th Observation Squadron patch from his days in uniform. Kelly visited the 107th Fighter Squadron at Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Mich., on March 15, 2016, to learn about the current mission of his old unit.
Lawyers land at Saratoga Battlefield for history lesson
March 15, 2016
Saratoga Battlefield historian and retired Park Ranger Larry Arnold discusses the importance of terrain for the Battle of Freeman’s Farm to Soldiers of the Judge Advocate General Corps from the New York Army National Guard and Army Reserve’s 7th Legal Operations Detachment March 12, 2016 at the Saratoga National Historical Park in Stillwater, New York.
Missouri National Guard celebrates 20th anniversary of partnership with Republic of Panama
March 15, 2016
Maj. Gen. Steve Danner, adjutant general of the Missouri National Guard, at a ceremony commemorating the 20th anniversary of the Missouri National Guard's State Partnership relationship with Panama.