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North Dakota uses new technology to reach families, public
June 15, 2010
Army Sgt. Jon Haugen checks the video camera as Ken Lee, president of StreamQuik, calls back to the North Dakota National Guard’s visual information office to check the live video feed coming from the StreamCell device, which is the yellow case connected to the camera. The North Dakota National Guard used the new technology for the first time at the Capitol this month.
Obama praises military support in Gulf
June 15, 2010
President Barack Obama addresses troops at the Naval Air Technical Training Center on Naval Air Station Pensacola, Fla., June 15, 2010. The president recognized the continued efforts of military leadership in the war on terror.
Louisiana Guard begins shoreline protection project in Cameron
June 14, 2010
Ohio Air Guard provides medical services to Hawaii communities
June 14, 2010
Staff Sgt. Bill McConaha, an optometry technician with the 178th Medical Group of the Ohio Air National Guard performs an eye screening to test near vision on a patient at Pu’ukohola Heiau National Historic Site in Kona, Hawaii June 8, 2010. The 178 MDG is on a two-week medical training deployment, which provides free medical services to underserved Kona communities.
North Dakota Guard conduct training on new bridge equipment
June 14, 2010
Soldiers of the North Dakota Army National Guard’s 957th Engineer Company (Multi-Role Bridge Company) work on securing the Improved Ribbon Bridge (IRB) emplaced on the Missouri River south of Bismarck, N.D., June 10-11, 2010. MKII Bridge Erection Boats (BEB) are depicted on both sides of the bridge as a backhoe is crossing the bridge. The 957th participated in an evaluation of the new “Thrust and Shore Guy” anchorage system with Product Manager Bridging, Tank-Automotive and Armaments Command (TACOM), TACOM Research, Development and Engineer Center (TARDEC), Maneuver Support Center of Excellence, and the National Guard Bureau.
Alexander’s Castle still has military uses in Afghanistan
June 14, 2010
A U.S. Soldier from the security forces team assigned to Provincial Reconstruction Team Zabul, walks up a staircase to the teahouse, which sits on the highest part of "The Castle" in Qalat City, Afghanistan May 31, 2010. “I’m not the first Soldier to walk up the hill to use ‘The Castle’ for military purposes, and I probably won’t be the last,” said Army Staff Sgt. Clarence Washington, PRT Zabul third squad security forces lead deployed from the Pennsylvania National Guard’s 110th Infantry Battalion in Connellsville, Pa.
Missouri Air Guard engineers renovate cabins in Hawaii
June 14, 2010
Members of the 131st Civil Engineering Squadron of the Missouri Air National Guard unloaded drywall to take to a construction location at Camp Pineapple 808 in Wahiawa, Hawaii as part of their efforts to help a non-profit corporation as part of an Innovative Readiness Training mission on June 7, 2010.
Louisiana’s UAS platoon takes to the air
June 14, 2010
From left, Pfc. Travis Hampton, Staff Sgt. Donald Segura and Sgt. Mike Lejeune, complete pre-combat checks and inspections on the RQ-7B Shadow Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System before its first flight from Contingency Operating Base Adder, Iraq May 21, 2010. The Soldiers are deployed with the Unmanned Aircraft Systems Platoon, Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 256th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 13th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Flag Day honors American ideals, sacrifices
June 14, 2010
Members of the International Security Assistance Force and senior officials from the U.S. Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, pay their respects to nine U.S. soldiers killed in Nuristan province during a ramp ceremony at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan.
South Dakota Guard in-briefs Golden Coyote leadership
June 14, 2010
South Dakota Army National Guard Lt. Col. Mike Oster, executive officer for the 109th Regional Support Group in Rapid City, S.D., briefed National Guard leaders and field commanders from 12 states and 40 units that came together today at Camp Rapid for the 2010 Golden Coyote training exercise.
Program allows Soldiers to connect with kids despite deployment
June 11, 2010
Spc. Robert Snyder of the 220th Transportation Company records a video reading "Danny the Dinosaur" for his children at the United Through Reading room in the USO center at Camp Atterbury Joint Maneuver Training Center, Ind., June 10, 2010. The United Through Reading program allow Soldiers separated from their families by deployments, like Snyder, to remain connected through recordings of them reading books for their children.
Preparation aids financial stability during deployments
June 10, 2010
Wisconsin, Nicaragua delegation share emergency management techniques
June 10, 2010
Brig. Gen. Mario Perezcassar, Nicaraguan chief of civil defense, relates information about his home country to Lt. Gov. Barbara Lawton, as Brig. Gen. Scott Legwold, Wisconsin National Guard chief of joint staff, looks on during a visit to the state capitol building May 26, 2010. The visit was part of a May 25-28 trip by Nicaraguan military officials to share emergency response information with Wisconsin Emergency Management and the Wisconsin National Guard.
Wyoming Guard responds to largest state mission in 10 years
June 10, 2010
U.S., Bangladesh kick off Pacific Angel mission
June 10, 2010
Guard division commanders meet to discuss home, overseas missions
June 10, 2010
Col. William O'Neill, left, and Command Sgt. Maj. Dennis Green, both of the Virginia National Guard's 29th Infantry Division, discuss the role of the Army National Guard division headquarters in homeland security missions. The two leaders were in New York City for the Army National Guard Division Commander's Conference, hosted by the 42nd Infantry Division.
Task Force 38 transfers authority to CAB, 1st ID
June 10, 2010
Indiana Army National Guard Col. David C. Wood, left, and Command Sgt. Maj. John A. Watson, the commander and top enlisted Soldier for the 38th Combat Aviation Brigade, encase the unit's colors during a transfer of authority ceremonyat Joint Base Balad Iraq, June 7, 2010. During the brigade's 10-month deployment, the unit conducted full-spectrum aviation operations including rotary- and fixed-wing direct and general support aviation missions in support of United States Forces-Iraq.
Casualties show tough week in Afghanistan
June 10, 2010
Alaska Guardsman, active-duty Airman perform heroically during plane crash
June 10, 2010
Capt. Erik Boltman an air weapons officer with the 176th Air Control Squadron, Alaska Air National Guard, works as a combat air traffic controller at Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska June 7, 2010.
Macedonia Rangers partner with Vermont Guard in Paktya
June 10, 2010
U.S. Army 2nd Lt. Dan Silver, platoon leader from Dover, N.H., of 4th Platoon, D Company, 3rd Battalion, 172nd Infantry Regiment smiles as his Macedonian counterpart Capt. Burche Turturov, the commander of the Macedonian Ranger Platoon from Skopje, Macedonia, shakes hands with an Afghan National Army soldier during a patrol, June 5. The Macedonians are embedded with the D Company Soldiers of the Vermont National Guard as part of their state Partnership for Peace Program. They are the first state partnership involved in the program to embed and run combat operations.