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Entertainers Join Elmo to Help Military Families Find 'New Normal'
January 30, 2009
California has wheels up for upgraded MAFFS
January 30, 2009
A California Air National Guard C-130J Hercules cargo aircraft from the 146th Airlift Wing releases water in a test of a new Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System (MAFFS) system in late January. The 146th was the first unit to be approved for use of the new MAFFS II system.
Manas airmen make memorable bonds with orphans
January 30, 2009
A young boy shows off his soccer skills to Staff Sgt. Milbert Bourgeois and another friend at the Belovodsk, or Belovodosky orphanage, north of Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. Airmen from nearby Manas Air Base visit the orphanage frequently to share friendship and donated toys, as well as clothing, blankets, diapers and toiletries. There are more than 265 disabled children in the orphanage between the ages of 4 and 18. Bourgeois is a Nevada Air National Guardsman who is deployed with the 376th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron.
Alaska Army Guardsman prepares for Iditarod
January 30, 2009
Alaska Army National Guard Staff Sergeant Harry Alexie runs 10 sled dogs on an 18-mile practice run near two-time Iditarod champion Lance Mackey's 'Comeback Kennel' training facility in Fairbanks.
Army works to combat rising suicide rates
January 30, 2009
Famous Boxer Becomes National Guardsman
January 29, 2009
Professional Boxer Sgt. Gilbert Baptist, Troop B, 1st Squadron, 18th Cavalry, throws a punch for the camera at Muscatatuck Urban Training Center.
Air Guard fighters to patrol over Super Bowl
January 29, 2009
Guard responds in states hit by ice, snow
January 29, 2009
Vehicles from the 205th Military Police Battalion and the 1137th Military Police Company of the Missouri National Guard head out to help communities recover from devastating winter storms.
PR Guard general clears path for troops
January 29, 2009
Army Brig. Gen. Rafael O'Ferrall, Joint Task Force Guantanamo deputy commander, climbs down the ladder of a guard tower after visiting with a Trooper at Camp Delta, Jan. 20, 2009.
ARNG brigade prepares for first mountain storm
January 29, 2009
PFC Brian Hults (right) of Alpha Battery, 113th Field Artillery Battalion, 30th Brigade Combat Team, fires a M2 .50 caliber machine gun during training at Camp Shelby, MS. The soldiers will be deploying with the 30th Brigade Deployment Team, North Carolina Army National Guard to Iraq soon.
U.S. military signs over Camp Ramadi
January 29, 2009
Staff Brig. Gen. Adel, the commander of the First Quick Reaction Force Brigade, Iraqi army, headquartered at Camp Ali, and U.S. Army Col. Ronald Kapral, the commander of Camp Ramadi and the 81st Brigade Combat Team, Washington Army National Guard, sign a memorandum of agreement turning Camp Ramadi over to the Iraqi government Jan. 20 at Camp Ali, Iraq. The signing over of Camp Ramadi is a step toward coalition forces pulling out and handing complete responsibility and control back over to the Iraqis.
Fire Chiefs Association Signs Employer Support Statement
January 27, 2009
Mark Light, left, executive director of the International Association of Fire Chiefs, Thomas F. Hall, center, assistant secretary of defense for reserve affairs, and Larry Grorud, the fire chief association's president, display an Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve statement of support signed on the association's behalf Jan. 23, 2009, in Washington, D.C.
NY Guard trains Canadian aircrews on Chinook
January 27, 2009
Canadian CH-47 "Chinook" pilot Capt. Sylvie Coutoure, 430th Squadron, Canadian Air Force, performs pre-flight checks at the Army Aviation Support Facility #2 here on Jan. 21 aboard a New York Army National Guard aircraft. Canadian avaitors are preparing for an upcoming deployment to Afghanistan and partnered with the Rochester-based Company B, 3rd Battalion, 126th Aviation for a two-week training period. The 126th Aviation recently returned from a 10-month deployment flying misions in Afghanistan.
Vietnam veteran, former Steeler talks with ND Guard
January 27, 2009
Vietnam Veteran and former Pittsburgh Steeler Rocky Bleier poses with Capt. Doug Larsen and Bleier's four Superbowl rings at the N.D. National Guard's 2009 Safety Conference in Bismarck on Jan 24. Bleier was the keynote speaker for the conference.
Air Force shares safety program with Arkansas Guard
January 27, 2009
Maj. Gen. William Wofford, Arkansas National Guard Adjutant General, listens as John Over, Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center executive director, explains initial steps in growing the Voluntary Protection Program at Tinker Air Force Base, Okla. The general and several other high-ranking Guardsmen came to Tinker AFB Jan. 16 to learn how to successfully start the safety program in their Army units.
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.