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Michigan's first A-10 deployment proves combat readiness
February 25, 2010
Lt. Col. Doug Champagne, commander of the 107th Fighter Squadron of the Michigan Air National Guard, is strapped into the A-10 that he deployed in as part of Operation Demons to DM on Jan. 9, 2010. After just six months of flying the A-10 mission at Selfridge Air National Guard Base, the 107th's Red Devils along with about 120 maintenance and support personnel, deployed to Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., where the Michigan Guardsmen took advantage of the ideal weather conditions to to prepare to upcoming missions in support of global operations.
Biden helps stuff care packages for Florida Guard families
February 25, 2010
The Wingman Project is a Total and Joint Force program designed to eliminate suicides among Airmen and family members through human outreach, media and training. The project trains Airmen and their families on how to identify a person in crisis, and how to intervene to save a life. The training method is called ACE, which stands for Ask, Care and Escort.
New one-minute video report launches March 1
February 25, 2010
Minute Man Report graphic.
Mechanical issue slows Guard-car to finish 32nd
February 24, 2010
Dale Earnhardt Jr., (left) drives the No. 88 National Guard-sponsored NASCAR race car Feb. 21 at Fontana Speedway, Calif.
Youth ChalleNGe program nears 100,000 graduates
February 24, 2010
Air Force Gen. Craig McKinley, the chief of the National Guard Bureau; Indy 500 champion Dan Wheldon and NASCAR's Dale Earnhardt Jr. at the fifth annual ChalleNGe Champions Gala at the J.W. Marriott Hotel in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 23, 2010, to honor advocates of the National Guard Youth ChalleNGe Program, a 17-month voluntary intervention program that has graduated more than 92,850 former high dropouts since 1993.
Alaska Air National Guard Airlift Squadron Assists in Haitian Relief Efforts
February 24, 2010
Army: Guard equipment readiness still a work in progress
February 24, 2010
Army Secretary John McHugh talks with Sen. John McCain and Sen. Joseph Lieberman before the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on the Army's 2011 fiscal year budget in Washington, D.C., Feb. 23, 2010.
Former Guardsman led the way for black athletes in the Winter Olympics
February 24, 2010
From left to right, bobsledders Jeff Jordan of Canada, Jeff Gadley and Willie Davenport of the U.S. team competed in the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, N.Y.
Arkansas Guard alerts Soldiers of data loss
February 24, 2010
ANG recruiters, retainers celebrate the best of times
February 24, 2010
Col. Mary Salcido, director of Air National Guard Recruiting and Retention, awards Tech. Sgt. Gurston Hoebing from the Guam Air National Guard with the Director's Award for Recruiting and Retention during a formal awards banquet in Dallas Feb. 22, 2010. "He never stops smiling," said Salcido, who called Hoebing's accomplishments "amazing." The Air Guard's 600-plus recruiters applauded their many accomplishments during their annual recruiting and retention workshop Feb. 22-26, 2010. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Mike R. Smith, National Guard Bureau) (Released)
South Dakota engineer platoon provides route security
February 24, 2010
Soldiers from Second Platoon, 211th Engineer Company (sappers) of the South Dakota Army National Guard, known as "The Punishers," recently conducted traffic control points in the Paktika Province of Afghanistan.
Airmen rediscover RED HORSE legacy in Haiti
February 24, 2010
A concrete block etched with "820th RED HORSE Squadron" stands near the camp of the 24th Air Expeditionary Group at Toussaint L'Ouverture International Airport in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The 820th RED HORSE Squadron Airmen spent time in Haiti in 1994, 1995 and 1996, helping the country build basic infrastructure.
Georgia brigade begins redeployment from Afghanistan
February 24, 2010
Georgia Guardsmen from Springfield's Battery A, 1st Battalion, 118th Field Artillery embrace each other after arriving safely back in Georgia at Savannah's Hunter Army Airfield. The more than 100 artillerymen spent a year in Afghanistan helping the Afghan army and National Police become more efficient at taking over the security of their country.
Teela finishes 29th in 15K, prepares for final event
February 23, 2010
Army biathlete Sgt. Jeremy Teela of the Vermont National Guard, bib #28, skis to 29th place in the Olympic men's 15-kilometer mass start race Feb. 21, 2010, at Whistler, British Columbia.
West Virginia Guard still helping snowbound communities
February 23, 2010
Sgt. James Riley of the West Virginia National Guard's 601st Engineer Company, uses a grader to help clear snow from Platt Mt. Lane in Inwood, W.Va., Feb. 19, 2010. Riley is one of 33 Soldiers, who volunteered for Stay Behind Force Dragon.
VFW provides airline tickets to Haiti
February 23, 2010
Pennsylvania Airman chosen for Tops in Blue
February 23, 2010
Airman 1st Class Lisa Weiss of the Pennsylvania Air National Guard sings "Heart of the Matter" with a live band in front of an audience during one of her vocal competitions at the Air Force World Wide Talent Show held in the Bob Hope Theater at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas Jan. 17-23, 2010.
North Dakota Guard prepares for possible spring flood
February 23, 2010
Staff members of the North Dakota National Guard discuss solutions for possible scenarios involving spring flooding during a recent training exercise that involved nearly 50 people and took place at Fraine Barracks Joint Operations Center.
Wyoming Airmen plan medical exercise with Tunisia
February 23, 2010
From left to right, Captain Terrence Kilgore, Air Force liaison officer with the U.S. Embassy in Tunisia, reviews exercise plans with Tunisian Forces Colonel Khaled Lamine and Lieutenant Colonel Khaled Baltage, January 2010. The three were taking part in a recent planning conference for a medical and disaster response exercise being coordinated by 17th Air Force (Air Forces Africa). The exercise, scheduled to take place in April, will include participation from the Wyoming Army and Air National Guard.
New York families prepare for homecoming
February 23, 2010
Antonette Bevins shows offer her artistic skills while her family members attended at Family Readiness Group meeting for family members of the 206th Military Police Company and 1108th Explosives Ordnance Disposal Company at the Division of Military and Naval Affairs in Latham, N.Y., Feb. 20, 2010. The meeting which is part of the New York Army National Guard Yellow Ribbon Program provides families a robust support network of information and services available form county, state, and federal and private outreach organization upon the Soldiers return home from a war zone. Her uncle Spec Joseph Bevin, is deployed in Basra, Iraq with the 206th MPs.