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Air Guard to host three KC-135 associate wings
December 11, 2008
Boom Operator Sgt. Mike Girouard controls the boom of a KC-135 from 157th Air Refueling Wing of the New Hampshire Air National Guard as he refuels an F-15 Eagle out of Otis Air Force Base over the skies of New Hampshire.
LA Guard offers job training to at-risk youth
December 11, 2008
Louisiana National Guard Job Challenge Program cadet, 17-year-old Madie C. Denning of Houma, La., takes her final exam, which includes ambulance operations, gaining access and rescue operations, special operations and EMS response to terrorism, to become a certified emergency medical technician. JCP, which is located at the Gillis W. Long Center in Carville, La., helps at-risk youth get back on track while receiving valuable job-skill training. Emergency medical technician is one of eight trade certifications JCP has to offer.
Alaska Guard continues Operation Santa Claus tradition
December 11, 2008
Gov. Sarah Palin helps Santa pass out gifts during Operation Santa Claus 2008 in Kivalina Dec. 6. Operation Santa Claus, an Alaska National Guard community relations and support program, provides toys, books and school supplies for young people in communities across the state.
MA Guardsmen prepare Paraguayans for peacekeeping support
December 11, 2008
Members of the Paraguayan Multi-Role Engineer Company build positive relations with the local community by giving rides to local children in July 2008.
University Provides Care for Wounded Warriors
December 10, 2008
MO Soldier and student renew old acquaintance
December 10, 2008
Besmir Sylejmani (left) and Col. Bruce Pearre (right) the senior logistics officer for Multi-National Task Force - East, in an office at Camp Bondsteel in Kosovo where they recently met and went through Sylejmani's senior year book while getting reacquainted. Sylejmani, who was a foreign exchange student when he met the Pearre family, left New Bloomfield, Mo., shortly after graduation. He had never seen the yearbook.
Ground broke for Army Guard Readiness Center expansion
December 10, 2008
Army Lt. Gen. Clyde Vaughn, left, director of the Army National Guard, and Air Force Gen. Craig McKinley, chief, National Guard Bureau, ceremonially break ground on the expansion project of the Army National Guard Readiness Center in Arlington, Va., Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2008. The project is scheduled for completion in 2011 and will allow the consolidation of several facilities in northern Virginia.
Guardsmen hone in on successful missile defense test
December 9, 2008
Alaska National Guard members of Bravo Crew, 49th Missile Defense Battalion, operate the ground-based midcourse defense portion of the Ballistic Missile Defense System May 5, 2007, at Fort Greely, Alaska. The system has been manned 24/7 since achieving limited defensive capability in 2004.
Washington state Blackhawk pilot earns Distinguished Flying Cross
December 8, 2008
Chief Warrant Officer Four Noel Larson, a Washington Army National Guard Blackhawk pilot, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross Dec. 5 for conduct that was "nothing less then heroic," according to his citation. Larson is assigned to C Company, 1-140th Aviation. On March 25, Larson was the pilot and mission coordinator onboard a UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter when it supported a raid being conducted by coalition forces.
New York Guard hosts South African partners
December 8, 2008
New York State Adjutant General Maj. Gen. Joseph Taluto speaks with Ms. Susan Shabangu, the South Africa Deputy Minister for Safety and Security during the National Guard's State Partnership Conference in Latham on September 4. Leaders from the South African Defense Forces and New York National Guard met to discuss emerging opportunities for military to military relations and continuing partnerships with New York's government agencies.
ND helps Ghana with disaster management, construction
December 8, 2008
Doug Friez, a project advisor with the State Partnership Program, presents a soccer ball to a teacher at a school in Ghana, Africa. Friez and Lt. Col. Mark Tibor (right) were in the country to provide a Disaster Management Workshop. At left are employees with Ghana's National Disaster Management Organization, or NADMO, who participated in the workshop.
ANG providing more than just fuel at Gitmo
December 5, 2008
Air Force Master Sgt. James Butts observes the filling of a fuel bladder at Joint Task Force Guantanamo's Camp Justice, Nov. 24, 2008. These 10,000 gallon bladders are filled five times a week to ensure continuous power is maintained at Camp Justice and the Expeditionary Legal Complex. JTF Guantanamo conducts safe, humane, legal and transparent care and custody of detained enemy combatants, including those convicted by military commission and those ordered released. The JTF conducts intelligence collection, analysis and dissemination for the protection of detainees and personnel working in JTF Guantanamo facilities and in support of the Global War on Terror. JTF Guantanamo provides support to the Office of Military Commissions, to law enforcement and to war crimes investigations. The JTF conducts planning for and, on order, responds to Caribbean mass migration operations.
39th prepares for home; 56th prepares for Victory
December 5, 2008
Members of the 39th Infantry Brigade Combat Team stand in formation during a transfer of authority ceremony in Baghdad Iraq Dec. 1. The ceremony marks the end of the 39th's second deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and symbolizes the brigade's transition of authority to the Texas Army National Guard's 56th Infantry Brigade Combat Team.
NJ celebrates 15 years with Albania
December 5, 2008
Maj. Gen. Glenn K. Rieth (left), the Adjutant General of New Jersey and His Excellency Mr. Gazmend Oketa (right), minister of defense for the republic of Albania, cut a special anniversary cake commemorating the 15-year partnership between New Jersey and the Republic of Albania in December. Mr. Oketa's visit coincides with the 15th anniversary of his nation's participation in the State Partnership Program with the New Jersey National Guard. This week, Albania achieved its long-standing goal of membership in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
Shepperd named 2008 AFA distinguished grad
December 4, 2008
National Guard pioneers long-term tracking of blast exposures
December 4, 2008
Firing back jobs: Guard helping to nurture local businesses in Iraq
December 4, 2008
Brigade Combat Team as project manager with the Iraqi-Based Industrial Zone at Joint Base Balad, talks on Oct. 19, 2008, with Hiadel Hassah, project manager for an Iraqi business that refurbishes shipping containers on base. I-BIZ is a designated secure area on a coalition base where a variety of Iraqi businesses can operate, and the Indiana National Guard spearheaded the I-BIZ effort at Joint Base Balad.
Former Guardsman honored for contributions as space and civil rights pioneer
December 4, 2008
Florida Gov. Charlie Crist congratulates Lt. Col. Alton Yates, 72, after presenting him with the Governor's Medal of Merit last month while Gwen Yates, his wife of more than 40 years, looks on. As the state's highest award, the medal is reserved for those in the military who have demonstrated exceptional service while on duty.
One specialist's long, hard road to Iraq
December 3, 2008
A Sudanese refugee at 16, his father dead in a civil war, Titus Abure came to the United States alone at 25 years old. He enlisted in the National Guard at 38 to give something back and, at 41, he is serving as a paralegal with the Nebraska National Guard's 110th Multifunctional Medical Battalion at Victory Base Complex, Iraq, where he's seen here on Oct. 22, 2008.
Guard chief: Time for our people to stand out
December 3, 2008
Chief of the National Guard Bureau Gen. Craig McKinley (center) receives a briefing on mobile communications systems from Sgt. Bernard Fuller of the Florida Army National Guard during a visit to the Robert Ensslin Armory in St. Augustine, Fla., Dec. 2, 2008. Gen. McKinley was in St. Augustine for the Region III Adjutant's General conference, and visited the Florida National Guard's Joint Operations Center Tuesday for a briefing on the state's emergency operations capabilities.