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NY Guard Airmen plant 'Survivor Tree' to commemorate 9/11
June 1, 2021
Left to right, Col. Paul M. Bishop, EADS commander; Rome Mayor Jackie Izzo; Col. Joseph F. Roos, 224th Air Defense Group commander, and Lt. Col. Josh Klemen, EADS Canadian Detachment commander, planted the 9/11 Survivor Tree seedling at EADS during a short ceremony May 26, 2021. The seedling was taken from a tree found in the World Trade Center rubble in October 2001 and nursed back to health.
Soldier honors his sister's memory on 9/11
September 10, 2020
New York National Guard Lt. Col. Michael Rodriguez during his deployment to Iraq in 2003-2004. His older sister, Lisa, was killed in the World Trade Center attacks on 9/11. She worked on the 89th floor of the South Tower.
Four Rainbow Division Soldiers recall 9/11 response
September 9, 2020
Soldiers, firefighters and policemen stand in front of ground zero in New York praying on Sept. 11, 2001, after terrorists crashed four commercial airliners into the World Trade Center towers, the Pentagon and a Pennsylvania field. A total of 2,996 people died, including the 19 terrorists.
NY Army Guard members reflect on Javits Center COVID-19 response
April 23, 2020
Soldiers with the New York Army National Guard’s 133rd Composite Supply Company move equipment while setting up an alternate care facility at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City, March 25, 2020. The medical station can handle more than 4,000 patients and is staffed with more than 2,200 personnel from every branch of the U.S. military and city, state and federal agencies.
NewYork Guard's Joint Task Force Empire Shield: Guarding NYC transit hubs since 9/11
September 9, 2016
Sgt. Erislav J. Astanov, left, and Spc. Saul Revatta, both part of the New York National Guard’s Joint Task Force Empire Shield, stand guard in a shopping mall and commuter hub at the World Trade Center complex in New York City. The mission of JTF Empire Shield is to detect and deter terrorism— a mission they’ve been carrying out since Sept. 11, 2001. (Photo by C. Todd Lopez)
General Milley: After 9/11, “America’s Army National Guard was everywhere.”
September 22, 2015
On 9/11 anniversary, President Obama conducting worldwide troop talk
September 11, 2015
James J. Townsend Jr., right, the deputy assistant secretary of defense for European and NATO policy, and Jim Laychak, third from right, the president of the Pentagon Memorial Fund, escort Queen Silvia of Sweden on a tour of the Pentagon Memorial in Arlington, Virginia, May 10, 2013. The queen laid flowers at the memorial bench for Dana Falkenberg, the youngest person killed in the Sept. 11 attack on the Pentagon. Observances will occur today as the terror attacks are remembered.
National Guard 9/11 experiences part of Tribute Center web exhibit
September 10, 2013
New York Army National Guard Spc. Christian Miller from Company C, 1st Battalion, 105th Infantry surveys ground zero devastation Sept. 13, 2001, two days after the 9/11 terror attacks.
D.C. Air National Guard detachment responds to 4,000th alert since 9/11
January 28, 2013
Two U.S. Air Force F-16C Fighting Falcon aircraft fly over the nation's capital on a recent mission.
Odierno: National Guard contributions since 9/11 'critical'
September 11, 2012
Army Gen. Raymond T. "Ray" Odierno, the chief of staff of the Army, addresses the 134th National Guard Association of the United States General Conference in Reno, Nev., on Sept. 10, 2012.
Guard exhibit, artifacts to tell 9/11-era Guard story
March 1, 2012
Gov. Dave Heineman, governor of Nebraska, addresses attendees of the 2012 Domestic Preparedness Workshop, near Washington, D.C., on Feb. 24, 2012. Heineman talked about the Unity of Effort, an initiative that solidifies the Guard's role in responding to emergencies and disaster situations.
D.C. mayor recognizes distinguished D.C. Guard members, 9/11 heroes
December 6, 2011
D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray thanks Soldiers and Airman for their service during the D.C. National Guard's Awards and Decorations Ceremony on Dec. 4, 2011.
In their own words: Guard members tell personal accounts of 9/11
September 10, 2011
Air Force Brig. Gen. Carol A. Timmons, director of the Delaware National Guard joint staff, talks to local media at a National Guard 9/11 media day event Aug. 30, 2011, at Joint-Base Andrews in Maryland. Timmons, who is also a commercial airline pilot, was aboard a fifth plane that some believe was to be hijacked on Sept. 11, 2001, before air traffic controllers grounded all aircraft at Kennedy International Airport.
In their own words: Guard members tell personal accounts of 9/11
September 9, 2011
Air Force Lt. Col. Rolando Aguilar, Fairchild RC-26 Metroliner program manager for the 147th Reconnaissance Wing, Texas National Guard, participates in an interview during a 9/11 media-day event at Pentagon crash site Aug. 23, 2011, in Arlington, Va. Aguilar was one of several Guard members who gave interviews about their involvement with the 9/11 attacks.
Illinois soldiers and Airman remember where they were 9/11
September 9, 2011
Sgt. 1st Class Christopher Carlock
Air Guard unit carries fallen wingman's 9/11 memorial service flag into every deployment
September 1, 2011
A T-wall painted in honor of Air Force Staff Sgt. Jerome Dominguez protects members of the 105th Security Forces Squadron who are deployed to Joint Base Balad, Iraq, with the 532nd Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron. Dominguez, who was a security forces member with the 105th SFS, sacrificed his life during the 9/11 attacks at the World Trade Center to help others.
Pennsylvania Guardmembers have a hand in National 9/11 Flag
February 16, 2011
Army Command Sgt. Maj. George Holmes, a Pennsylvania Army National Guardmember, participates as one of 13 specially nominated “local heroes” in the National 9/11 Flag Tour stitching ceremony in Milford, Pa., Saturday, Feb. 12, 2011. Tour event manager Carolyn Deters (pictured) instructs visitors on the placing of their stitch in the traveling star-spangled banner, which once hung at the ground zero complex of the World Trade Center buildings and was severely damaged in the collapse of the towers.
Post 9/11: This isn't your father's National Guard
September 9, 2010
Launched from bases all over the United States, Air National Guard fighter and tankers moved quickly to protect America from further attacks on September 11, 2001. That morning 19 terrorists employed four hijacked airliners to destroy the World Trade Center in New York City and severely damage one section of the Pentagon. The attacks, which were executed by a shadowy radical Islamic group known as al-Qaeda, killed some 3,000 people during the bloodiest terrorist assault in U.S. history. American Airlines Flight 77, which had just taken off from Dulles International Airport in Northern Virginia on a flight to Los Angeles, was seized by al-Qaeda terrorists and crashed through the Pentagon's western wall at 9:37 a.m. North Dakota's 119th Fighter Wing was stationed at the North American Aerospace Defense Command site on Langley AFB, Virginia. Shortly after the attack the 119th's F-16 fighters established a combat air patrol over the nation's capital. In addition to all the passengers aboard Flight 77, 125 people inside the Pentagon were killed and over 600 others were injured seriously enough that they had to be transported to local hospitals.
Military Firefighters, Police in Iraq Reflect on 9/11
September 11, 2008
370th birthday painting captures Guard’s history since 9/11
December 21, 2006
Springfield, Mo., artist John Fulton and his wife Billie display "Our Legacy is Freedom", a watercolor they created to honor the men and women of the Army National Guard and their families.