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Florida Air Guard holds realistic ORE training
January 27, 2009
Airmen from the 125th Fighter Wing respond to a simulated blister agent attack during an Operational Readiness Exercise at the unit's base in Jacksonville, Fla., Jan. 23.
Gates: Guard's domestic missions must not suffer
January 27, 2009
Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates testifies before the Senate Armed Services Committee in Washington, D.C., Jan. 27, 2009. Secretary Gates wore his jacket halfway on due to surgery on his arm last week.
North Dakota health officials return from Africa
January 27, 2009
Army Guard breaks ground on $18.4 million training complex for GED Plus program
January 25, 2009
Lt. Gen. Clyde Vaughn, in fleece jacket, director of the Army National Guard; Pvt. Megan Jones, a student in the GED Plus program; and Maj. Gen. William D. Wofford, right, adjutant general for Arkansas, perform ceremonial groundbreaking honors for new facilities for the GED Plus program, Sunday, Jan. 25, 2009. The GED Plus program allows non-high school graduates to enlist in the Army National Guard with the stipulation they earn their GED prior to attending Basic Combat Training. In order to reach that goal, those in the program attend a course at the Army National Guard's Professional Education Center at Camp Robinson that prepares them to complete the GED exam.
Army Guard 'fundamentally different' now
January 25, 2009
Gen. George Casey Jr., Army chief of staff, responds to questions from the media during a press conference at the Army National Guard Professional Education Center at Camp Joseph T. Robinson, Ark., Sunday, Jan. 25, 2009. Casey was a featured speaker at the annual Army National Guard Senior Commanders Conference and spoke to the media on the state of the National Guard as well as challenges facing the Army as a whole in the future.
'Spur Ride' links Panhandle Guard unit with cavalry heritage
January 23, 2009
Panama City resident Spc. Loren Brinson of A Troop, 1st Squadron, 153rd Cavalry Regiment, practices placing a claymore anti-personnel mine during his unit's spur ride at Ft. Rucker, Ala., Jan. 10, 2009.
Deployed Soldiers Get a 'Troop Cave' with Creature Comforts
January 23, 2009
Tony Siragusa, second from right, former National Football League player and co-host of DIY Network TV's "Man Caves," bonds with members of an Ohio National Guard unit during a taping of the show's one-hour special, "Man Caves: USO Troop Edition."
South Dakota troops ready for deployment
January 23, 2009
Soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 147th Field Artillery, set up a hasty check point during the annual training period at Fort Chaffe, Ark., Jan. 10-24.
Army Guard launches first military reality TV program
January 22, 2009
A competitor tests his shooting skills in "Warrior Challenge," the Armed Forces' first reality video program.
Agriculture teams call for equal parts citizen and Soldier
January 22, 2009
Lt. Gen. Clyde Vaughn, director of the Army National Guard, addresses members of the media during a press conference on the mission of the Guard's Agricultural Development Teams at The Pentagon, Thursday, Jan. 22, 2009. The ADTs are made up of Guard SOldiers and Airmen that have a civilian background in farming or agriculture-related businesses and have been working with local Afghani officials to rebuild Afghanistan's agricultural infrastructure and promote sustainable farming techniques. The press conference included Vaughn, Secretary of the Army Pete Geren and via satellite from Afghanistan Col. Stan Poe, commander of the ADT in East Ghazni Province, and Sultan Hussein Abasyar, Ghazni Province director of agriculture, irrigation and livestock.
Pennsylvania AASF achieves VPP Star Status
January 21, 2009
VPP "Star Status" Flag Ceremony. From left: Major General Jessica Wright, Adjutant General of Pennsylvania; Mr. Tad Davis, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Environment, Safety and Occupational Health; Sergeant Matthew Dohner, Association of Civilian Technicians representative; Mr. Ed Selker, OSHA Deputy Regional Administrator; Colonel Steve Mahoney, facility Commander
Guard plays key role in inauguration
January 21, 2009
Pvt. 2nd Class David Niedlinger, a fire support specialist with Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 1st Squadron, 158th Cavalry Regiment, Maryland National Guard, gives directions to lost spectators before inauguration ceremonies for President Elect Barack Obama, Tuesday, Jan. 20. The unit, a part of the 58th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, assisted U.S. Park Police, Secret Service, and other federal agencies with crowd management.
CNGB: 'Largest footprint' for any inauguration ever
January 20, 2009
Gen. Craig McKinley, the chief of the National Guard Bureau, visits with National Guard Citizen-Soldiers of Joint Task Force 29 led by the 29th Infantry Division on Jan. 19, 2009, at a temporary operations center established at Fort Belvoir, Va., to coordinate some of the 9,300 National Guard Citizen-Soldiers and -Airmen who are supporting the 56th Presidential Inauguration.
Guard nerve centers key to inaugural, national charge
January 20, 2009
The National Guard Bureau's Soldiers and Airmen attend a Multi-agency Coordination Center video teleconference at the Bureau's Joint Coordination Center in Crystal City, Va., Jan. 18 to communicate their inaugural efforts with a host of other government agencies supporting the presidential inauguration in the District of Columbia.
Airmen, volunteers foster community relations in IZ
January 19, 2009
Chaplain (Capt.) Kelvin Francis, 732nd Air Expeditionary Group Religious Support Team, currently deployed from Shaw Air Force Base, S.C., while on foot-patrol in a apartment complex in Baghdad, Iraq, International Zone on Jan. 10, entertains Iraqi children by juggling balls. Francis is a native of Jacksonville, Fla.
Guardmembers flow in for inauguration support; first stop – in-processsing
January 18, 2009
Rhode Island National Guard members in town to support the presidential inauguration situate themselves in the East Gym at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., on Jan. 16, 2009. Thousands of Guardmembers from several states were arriving in the nation's capital to provide communications, transport, traffic control, medical and logistical support and crowd control, or participate in the inaugural celebrations themselves. Many will lodge at school gyms around the area.
Illinois Air Guardsman has tuba, will travel (Updated)
January 18, 2009
TSgt. Doug Mattsey is one of five tuba players in the 99-piece U.S. Air Force band, which practiced inside a hangar in preparation of its parade performance for the inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama. The practice took place on Andrews Air Force Base, Jan. 7, 2009.
Maryland Guard provides security for Obama's whistle stop in Baltimore
January 18, 2009
Soldiers of the Maryland National Guard and the Baltimore City Police Department provided force protection during President Elect Obama's visit to Baltimore Saturday, January 17, 2009. Crowds swarmed by the 1,000s to see Obama meet and great the city during the "Whistlestop Tour," echoes the 1861 journey of Abraham Lincoln.
Wyoming Guard Commander Preps for War on Home Front
January 17, 2009
Army Col. Richard K. Knowlton, commander of the Wyoming Army National Guard's 115th Fires Brigade, talks to families at a community meeting at the armory in Douglas, Wyo., Jan. 9, 2009. Knowlton led a statewide information campaign to prepare families and business and community leaders for the largest single deployment in the state's history.
Minutemen ready, once again, for inaugural history
January 15, 2009