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DoD recognizes best reserve component family programs
April 19, 2010
From left to right: Air Force Maj. Gen. Buddy Titshaw, special assistant to the director of the Air National Guard; Air Force Col. Penny Dieryck, the commander of the 148th Mission Support Group; Jennifer Kuhlman, the wing's Family Program manager; Minnesota Rep. Jim Oberstar; Dennis M. McCarthy, assistant secretary of defense For Reserve Affairs, and retired Vice Adm. Norb Ryan, Jr.

Guardmembers remember Oklahoma City bombing
April 19, 2010
Army Staff Sgt. David Humphries of the 745th Military Police Company, Oklahoma National Guard, stands watch while rescue operations at the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building continue April 20, 1995, the day after the Oklahoma City bombing.

Army names Minnesota as 2010 COE winner
April 19, 2010

NASCAR driver suits up with National Guard special forces
April 19, 2010
NASCAR driver Jeff Gordon takes aim with a sniper's rifle, with the help of a spotter, during a visit with National Guard Special Forces Soldiers in Maxwell, Texas, April 15, 2010.

Air Force Team of the Year includes Texas Air Guardsman
April 19, 2010

Flying in the shadow of the 'Valley of Death:' Delaware Guard assists in Korengal Valley
April 19, 2010
U.S. Army General Stanley A. McChrystal, commander of International Security Assistance Forces, exits a UH-60 Blackhawk from Company A, 3rd Battalion, 238th Aviation Regiment of the Delaware National Guard to greet an Afghan National Army commander during his visit to the Korengal outpost as part of Operation Mountain Decent II, April 8, 2010. During Operation Mountain Descent II, more than 500 Soldiers and nearly half a million pounds of equipment were airlifted out of the Korengal valley; this was the largest-scale movement of U.S. forces out of the valley. The Delaware unit is part of Task Force Knighthawk, a subordinate battalion of the 3rd Combat Aviation Brigade's Task Force Falcon.

Air Guard engineers say planning the key for Africa trip
April 16, 2010
Staff Sgt. Marcel Prude and Master Sgt. Jeff Talaga, members of the 127th
Civil Engineering Squadron of the Michigan Air National Guard, look over the
job site at Akota air base in Accra, Ghana, April 12, 2010. The 127th CES
deployed to Ghana for two weeks in April to help perform a major renovation
on this training building used by the air force of Ghana.

Think globally, act locally to prevent atrocitie
April 16, 2010
Dr. Greg Robinson, associate professor of history at L'Université du Quebec à
Montréal, spoke at a Day of Remembrance ceremony at the Army National Guard
Readiness Center in Arlington, Va., April 15, 2010. Robinson spoke to a room
of Soldiers and military civilians about the Holocaust and the horrible
crimes that were committed during that time. He emphasized that not only Jews
were systematically killed, but also Poles, Russians, the disabled,
homosexuals and religious groups.

Guardsmen provide dental care to remote Alaskan village
April 16, 2010
A dental technician comforts a child undergoing a dental procedure in Kotzebue, Alaska, April 15, 2010. An Air Force dental team composed of active duty, Guard and Reserve Airmen deployed to Kotzebue as part of Operation Arctic Care, a joint innovative readiness training exercise.

Gordon unveils Special Forces paint scheme for Texas race
April 16, 2010
The No. 24 National Guard Special Forces car will compete in the Sprint Cup Series race this weekend at Texas Motor Speedway on April 18, 2010.

Indiana governor announces proposal for Camp Atterbury expansion
April 16, 2010
Army Maj. Gen. Marty Umbarger, the adjutant general of the Indiana National Guard, gives a local news reporter information after Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels' announcement of plans to expand the Camp Atterbury Joint Maneuver Training Center by 1,200 acres of land at the Department of Natural Resources Sgt. Joseph E. Proctor Memorial Shooting Range in central Indiana, April 15, 2010. The plan is still pending approval from U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the U.S. National Parks Service.

McCarthy: Guard, Reserve want to be operational
April 16, 2010

Northcom nominee pledges to focus on relationships
April 16, 2010
Vice Adm. James "Sandy" Winnefeld Jr.

Multi-state effort supports West African partner
April 16, 2010
Tech. Sgt. Ken Forche uses a saw to cut a piece of lumber as Senior Airman Derek Leppek holds the board steady during a deployment to Accra, Ghana, April 12, 2010. The 127th Civil Engineering Squadron of the Michigan Air National Guard deployed to Ghana for two weeks to help perform a major renovation on this training building used by the air force of Ghana.

Schwartz discusses leadership with Air Guard commanders
April 16, 2010
Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton A. Schwartz talks about leadership with a gathering of Air National Guard squadron and installation commanders at a National Guard Bureau Commanders course at the Air National Guard Readiness Center at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., April 14, 2010.

Air Force Team of the Year includes Texas Air Guardsman
April 16, 2010

Alabama governor pays tribute to Guard children
April 15, 2010
Charlie Pond, the son of a Wisconsin National Guard Soldier, reads an essay entitled "Military kids are courageous" during a youth symposium held during the recent Wisconsin National Guard Family Program statewide conference in Wausau

Memories of Utah's fallen warriors take flight with eagle
April 15, 2010
Close-up of a rehabilitated golden eagle prior to its release at Camp Williams Veterans Memorial Park April 10. The eagle was returned to the wild in honor of 39 Utah Servicemembers who have died in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Non-dual status technicians critical to Guard missions
April 15, 2010

Suspected suicides up among Guard, reserve Soldiers
April 15, 2010
Air Force Gen. Craig McKinley, the chief of the National Guard Bureau, recognizes Valerie Gonzalez as a 2010 Our Military Kid of the Year at a ceremony at the Cannon House Office Building in Washington, D.C., on April 13, 2010. The daughter or a deployed servicemember, Valerie received a grant from Our Military Kids that paid for extracurricular activities while her father was overseas and she created an "Adopt a Soldier" program at her school that collected boxes of items to be sent to troops serving abroad. Our Military Kids has helped more than 17,000 children of National Guard and Reserve servicemembers with grants for enrichment activities and tutoring that nurture and sustain the children during the time a parent is away in service to our country.