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Mississippi Air National Guard receives first MC-12 aircraft
April 30, 2009
Mississippi's 186th Air Refueling Wing welcomed the arrival of the first MC-12W yesterday at Key Field, Meridian, Miss., April 27. The arrival of the aircraft is part of an agreement between the Air Force and Air National Guard to establish a temporary MC-12 mission qualification training detachment. The MC-12 is the Air Force's newest intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance platform.
Guard's 7th Civil Support Team aces external evaluation, earns validation
April 30, 2009
Air Guard chief selected as NORTHCOM advisor
April 30, 2009
Construction at Army, Air readiness centers on track
April 27, 2009
Construction workers pour cement and attach exterior glass on an addition to the Air National Guard Readiness Center April 16 during a warm spring day. The multi-million dollar expansion project is about 40 percent complete and it will provide office space for the nearly 1,400 Air Guard members that will work there by 2011.
From field to nuptials during training at Guard site
April 24, 2009
Maj. Mark Woodsmall and his new bride, Beth, greet their wedding guests for the first time as husband and wife. The couple was married early April in the chapel at Muscatatuck Urban Training Center in Butlerville, Ind. Woodsmall was attending weekend training with the 38th Infantry Division's Special Troops Battalion in preparation for deployment to Afghanistan.
"Passport" program helps Soldiers, families re-unite
April 24, 2009
Wyatt discusses ASA mission with Congress
April 24, 2009
Air Force Lt. Gen. Harry M. Wyatt, director of the Air National Guard, and Air Force Staff Sgt. Wes Chadwick, an avionics technician with the 115th Fighter Wing, Wis., at the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington April 22 in a congressional hearing on the state of the nation's Air Sovereignty Alert (ASA) operations. The Air Guard operates 16 of the 18 ASA sites located across the United States to protect the nation's airspace.
Army, Marine Corps juggle high demands for ground forces
April 24, 2009
Federally employed Guardsmen eligible for extra pay
April 24, 2009
Illinois Guard leads task force training for Afghan army, police
April 24, 2009
Gen. Craig R. McKinley, chief of the National Guard Bureau, walks with Brig. Gen Steven P. Huber, commander of Task Force Phoenix VIII, during a recent visit to Camp Phoenix, Kabul, Afghanistan. McKinley was visiting the National Guard Troops assigned to Camp Phoenix in March.
National Guard responds to Myrtle Beach wildfires
April 24, 2009
North Carolina Army National Guard SGT Joseph Elmorel, a crew chief, looks out of a UH-60 Blackhawk while the aircraft drops water using a "Bambi Bucket" onto fires nearby Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Four UH-60 Blackhawk Helicopters and crews from the North Carolina Army National Guard's Company C, 1st Aviation Assault Battalion, 131st Aviation Regiment based in Salisbury, N.C. have been deployed to help extinguish the wildfires.
New 'Operation Purple' program provides family retreats
April 23, 2009
Oregon Guard launches Homefront Heroes program for kids
April 23, 2009
Boston Marathon supported by Massachusetts Guard
April 23, 2009
Army Chief Warrant Officer Thomas R. Lamont, a military personnel technician with Headquarters Company, 26th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade wears an Army t-shirt as he runs past Sgt. Brian L. McClelland in Hopkinton, Mass., during the 113th running of the Boston Marathon April 20, 2009. Lamont finished the marathon with a time of 4 hours 47 minutes.
Rhode Island Guardsmen walk Boston Marathon in memory of fallen comrade
April 23, 2009
California Army Guard bids farewell to Huey
April 23, 2009
California Air Guard rescue C-130s go digital
April 23, 2009
Two MC-130P Combat Shadow tanker aircraft from the 129th Rescue Wing, Moffett Federal Airfield, Calif., taxi on the Moffett flightline. A test version of the communication format called Situation Awareness Data Link, or SADL, was recently installed and evaluated on a 129th MC-130P Combat Shadow tanker.
CAC-enabled kiosks coming to armories, reserve centers
April 21, 2009
A test model of CAC-enabled kiosk stands at the New York National Guard Joint Force Headquarters in Latham, N.Y. The Army National Guard is installing thousands of these kiosks at armories and reserve centers in all 54 states and territories. More than $3.5 million has been allocated for about 8,400 kiosks around the country.
Former Oregon Air Guard commander shares Holocaust experiences
April 21, 2009
Retired Oregon Air National Guard Brigadier General Fred M. Rosenbaum, meets with Col. John Kent, commander of the 142nd Fighter Wing, following Rosenbaum's presentation on his personal experiences during the Holocaust was the focus of the wing's Diversity Council observances for Holocaust Remembrance Month.
Wisconsin Guardsmen train urban ops, put 'face to the fight'
April 21, 2009
Pfc. Jack Shaw, front, and Sgt. Michael Ring, both assigned to C Company, 2nd Battalion, 127th Infantry Regiment, encounter a threat as they enter a building during urban-operations training Saturday at McGregor Range, N.M.