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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.
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 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.
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.
'Noble Resolve' experiment tests emergency-response communications
July 30, 2008
New Mexico flood victims look to the skies for help
July 30, 2008
Awards program strives to improve Army Guard installations
July 30, 2008
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.
Maintenance: 'Heartbeat' of JTF Sentinel's flying mission
July 30, 2008
Army Specialist Matthew Dawson, a UH-60 Black Hawk mechanic, installs the tail rotor cover on a Black Hawk. Specialist Dawson is deployed to Mather Field from the 1106th Aviation Classification and Repair Activity Depot in Fresno, Calif.
Guard capability tears down communications walls between first responders
July 30, 2008
First Lt. Michael Malloy, left, of the National Guard's Joint Communication, Command, Control and Computer Coordination Center in Smyrna, Del., briefs Paul McHale, assistant secretary of defense for homeland defense; LTG H Steven Blum, the chief of the National Guard Bureau; and Deputy Secretary of Defense Gordon England at the Pentagon on July 25, 2008, about the National Guard's Joint Incident Site Communications Capability. Deployed in all 54 states and territories by the National Guard Bureau, JISCC is a communications bridge between first responders and other local, state and federal agencies that can provide initial communications capability within one hour after arrival at an incident scene.
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.
Air Force communications support aids fight against California fires
July 29, 2008
An Electronic Systems Center team recently helped establish remote communications capabilities that were used for command and control of firefighting efforts in California. ESC is located at Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass.
California Guard rescues nation's largest Ponderosa Pine
July 29, 2008
Families tied by war: Sisters pilot Afghan skies
July 29, 2008
Army Chief Warrant Officer Amber Smith (left) and Air Force Capt. Kelly Smith (right) celebrate at a graduation for their younger sister, Army Chief Warrant Officer Lacey Smith (center). All three Smith sisters are pilots in the armed forces.
Georgians train 'Georgians' to save lives in combat
July 29, 2008
A Soldier from the Georgian army's 4th infantry Brigade lets his combat lifesaver instructor know he's completed the steps necessary for giving mouth-to-mouth resuscitation to Pvt. Daniel Williams, an infantryman with Company D, 1st Battalion, 121st Infantry.
ARNG Soldier writes contest's top country song
July 29, 2008
PATRIOT '08 exercise meets units' training needs
July 28, 2008
Two Louisiana Guard Blackhawks respond to Yosemite fire
July 28, 2008
British soldiers join forces with Georgia National Guard in Patriot '08
July 28, 2008
Soldiers with the British army's 4th Battalion, The Yorkshire Regiment, head out on a foot patrol during exercise Patriot '08 at Fort McCoy, Wisc., Monday July 21, 2008. Patriot '08 was a large-scale training exercise that brought together elements from the U.S. Army and Air Force as well as units from the British, Dutch and Canadian armies.
Strike teams push out aid for Hurricane Dolly victims
July 28, 2008
Truck driver Fernando Rios watches hurricane victims arriving from South Padre Island, Texas, looking for relief aid July 24 while U.S. Army Specialist Luis Dominguez prepares bags of ice to be loaded into vehicles. Texas Task Force 1 members passed out nearly 4,000 bags of ice, 50 tons of water and 1,200 self-heating meals to vicitims of Hurricane Dolly. Specialist Dominguez is stationed with the 133rd Aviation Battalion at New Braunfels, Texas.