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New Hampshire medevac unit supports Iraq
January 20, 2010
Spc. Aaron DeAngelis, a crew chief, Company C, 3/238th Aviation (Medevac) of the New Hampshire National Guard, and Spc. Andy Weis of the Michigan National Guard work together to inspect the tail rotor. The group is a joint unit with Soldiers from both New Hampshire and Michigan. They are based at Tallil; Al Kut; and Contingency Operating Base Garry Owen in Iraq. The group functions as an air ambulance unit responding to medical evacuation calls needing a helicopter to get patients to a medical facility quickly.

Mississippi Guard marks six months in Iraq
January 20, 2010
Master Pfc. Quintavis B. Byrd, a gate sentinel from the Mississippi National Guard, watches gun trucks pass the main entry control point of Contingency Operating Location Q-West, Jan. 10. Byrd serves with A Company, 2nd Battalion, 198th Combined Arms, 155th Brigade Combat Team, a mechanized infantry unit out of Hernando, Miss., that provides force protection to Q-West. This day marked the unit's sixth month of ECP operations. There have been no security breaches during their tenure.

Missouri ANG deploys to Arizona in support of relief operations
January 20, 2010

National Guard gets increased funding for facilities
January 20, 2010
Master Sgt. Pfc. Quintavis B. Byrd, a gate sentinel from the Mississippi National Guard, watches gun trucks pass the main entry control point of Contingency Operating Location Q-West, Jan. 10. Byrd serves with A Company, 2nd Battalion, 198th Combined Arms, 155th Brigade Combat Team, a mechanized infantry unit out of Hernando, Miss., that provides force protection to Q-West. This day marked the unit's sixth month of ECP operations. There have been no security breaches during their tenure.

West Virginia ANG wraps up Haiti relief effort for now
January 20, 2010
Master Sgt. Troy Brawner helps load cargo onto a 747 aircraft at the
167th Airlift Wing on Jan. 18, 2010. The air base in Martinsburg, W.Va., was transformed Jan. 14 into a staging area for more than 385,000 pounds of supplies bound for the airport at Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

Wounded vets to participate in first Warrior Games
January 20, 2010

AFNORTH assists with Haitian relief efforts
January 19, 2010
Col. Carlos Quinones assists a U.S. citizen living in Haiti off of a C-130E Hercules aircraft Jan. 17, that landed in San Juan, P.R. Colonel Quinones is the 156th Wing Commander. Airmen from the Puerto Rico Air National Guard's 156th Airlift Wing are working around the clock in support of the relief effort in Haiti in the aftermath of a devastating earthquake.

Alaska Guard pledges support to Haitian recovery efforts
January 19, 2010
An SUV belonging to New York Task Force 1, New York City's FEMA sponsored urban search and rescue team is loaded on a C-17 belonging to the 21st Airlift Squadron from Travis Air Force Base California by Airmen of the 105th Airlift Wing's Logistics Squadron early Saturday morning, Jan. 16. The New York Air National Guard's 105th Airlift Wing provided support to the team as they deployed to Port-au-Prince to respond to the Haiti Earthquake.

Puerto Rico ANG operationally ready
January 19, 2010

Three Guardsmen named to U.S. bobsled team
January 19, 2010
Army Sgt. Mike Kohn (front right) of the Virginia National Guard leads his four-man squad at the start of a U.S. World Cup Team Trials race at Park City, Utah, held last year.

Corporate America reaches out to veterans
January 19, 2010

Puerto Rico ANG evacuates 70 from Haiti
January 19, 2010
Col. Carlos Quinones assists a U.S. citizen living in Haiti off of a C-130E Hercules aircraft Jan. 17, that landed in San Juan, P.R. Colonel Quinones is the 156th Wing Commander. Airmen from the Puerto Rico Air National Guard's 156th Airlift Wing are working around the clock in support of the relief effort in Haiti in the aftermath of a devastating earthquake.

Guardmember rescues woman from house fire
January 19, 2010
Maj. Nathlon Jackson, assignments officer for logistics and communications at the Army National Guard Readiness Center, ran into a burning house on Jan. 11 and saved a woman's life. For her actions, Jackson has been submitted for an award.

Happy Hooligans Respond to Haiti Relief Effort
January 19, 2010

Illinois ANG to coordinate delivery of supplies to Haiti
January 19, 2010

Kentucky Guard sends combat controllers to Haiti
January 19, 2010

New York Air Guardsmen headed For Haiti
January 19, 2010
In the early morning hours of Jan. 16, 2010, Master Sgt. Scott Dixon, a C-130 loadmaster with the 107th Airlift Wing of the New York Air National Guard, secures the cargo area for take-off as they prepare to leave Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station on a mission for Haiti. He will spend the next five days airlifting supplies in to the affected area.

Officials urge Guard, Reserve to nominate employers
January 19, 2010

Pennsylvania ANG to broadcast to Haiti citizens
January 19, 2010
Airmen with the 193rd Special Operations Wing of the Pennsylvania Air National Guard load a C-130J as they prepare to depart Middletown, Pa., Jan. 15, 2010. These, and other Airmen from the 193rd will participate in the humanitarian assistance and disaster relief mission in Haiti.

New York rescue teams depart from Stewart Air Guard Base
January 19, 2010
An SUV belonging to New York Task Force 1, New York City's FEMA sponsored urban search and rescue team is loaded on a C-17 belonging to the 21st Airlift Squadron from Travis Air Force Base California by Airmen of the 105th Airlift Wing's Logistics Squadron early Saturday morning, Jan. 16. The New York Air National Guard's 105th Airlift Wing provided support to the team as they deployed to Port-au-Prince to respond to the Haiti Earthquake.