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Georgia Guard mentors achieve counter-IED milestone
February 22, 2010
Staff Sgt. Nicholas Ives and Capt. Mohammad Ali Yazdani discuss the progress of the Afghan National Army 209th Corps Route Clearing Company's efforts on its first mission. An eight-member U.S. Embedded Training Team assigned to Task Force 2nd Battalion 121st Infantry Regiment, 48th Infantry Brigade Combat Team of the Georgia National Guard, stationed at Camp Mike Spann, has been training the ANA for more than nine months as part of a plan to establish route-clearing capabilities in each of the five regional commands.
Holcomb leads Team USA in Olympic bobsled event
February 22, 2010
Bobsled pilot Steven Holcomb posts the sixth-fastest time of 51.89 seconds with Curt Tomasevicz aboard USA I in the first heat of the Olympic two-man bobsled competition Saturday at Whistler Sliding Center in British Columbia.
Minnesota Guard trains Norwegian youths
February 22, 2010
Members of the Norwegian Home Guard youth learn how to build temporary shelters as part of cold weather field exercises taught during the Norwegian exchange program at Camp Ripley, Minn., on Feb. 15, 2010.
Army Guard asks states to validate eligibility for PDMRA
February 22, 2010
Retirement conference to eliminate communication disconnect
February 22, 2010
Military eases thumb drive, flash media bans
February 22, 2010
Soldiers to get new uniform for Afghanistan
February 22, 2010
Pfc. Joshua E. Tomblin, Staff Sgt. Kevin J. Imholt, and 1st Lt. Thomas J. Goodman, all with 3rd Platoon, 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, lead a patrol through the Wata Poor district in Afghanistan. The Soldiers are wearing the Army's new uniform pattern for Afghanistan.
Air Guard scales back Haiti relief efforts
February 19, 2010
Chief Master Sgt. Todd Hunt, a 35th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron loadmaster, directs the loading of cargo by a forklift Jan. 22, 2010, at Homestead Air Reserve Base, Fla. Homestead served as an airlift hub for Operation Unified Response. The chief worked side-by-side with reservists, active-duty Airmen and other Guardsmen loading cargo on an Ohio Air National Guard C-130 Hercules in support of the earthquake victims in Haiti. Chief Hunt is assigned to the Ohio Air National Guard's 179th Airlift Wing at Mansfield, Ohio.
Alaska Guardsmen to compete in 2010 Iron Dog
February 19, 2010
Warrant Officer Rick Fleming, left, and Staff Sgt. Elaine Jackson cut through the fresh powder Feb. 16, 2010 in preparation for the 2010 Alaska National Guard Iron Dog.
AMC total force provides hope to Haiti
February 19, 2010
Army Guard joins airlift efforts for Haiti
February 19, 2010
Army Guard's readiness 'incredible,' says Carpenter
February 19, 2010
Major General Raymond W. Carpenter
Air Guard assesses its domestic aviation support
February 19, 2010
Guardsmen lead U.S. bobsled teams this weekend; Teela scratches from 20K biathlo
February 19, 2010
In this file photo, bobsled pilot 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 in 2009. Each of the three U.S. bobsled teams are piloted by former or current National Guard members.
Ill Teela sits out 20K biathlon race
February 19, 2010
Army Sgt. Jeremy Teela of the Vermont National Guard and the U.S. Army World Class Athlete Program catches his breath after finishing ninth in the Olympic men's 10-kilometer sprint Feb. 14, 2010, at Whistler Olympic Park in British Columbia, Canada. He missed the Olympic men's 20-kilometer individual race yesterday because of illness.
West Virginia crews evacuate passengers from downed helicopter
February 19, 2010
Supporting Science to the Extreme: Lt. Col. Mark Doll
February 18, 2010
Lt. Col. Mark Doll is pictured here with his personally-owned ski-plane, a 1946 Aeronca Champ on skis, in Sacandaga Resevoir, N.Y. Doll is the Air National Guard liaison to the National Science Foundation and an LC-130 ski-plane pilot with the 109th Airlift Wing of the New York Air National Guard.
Kansas engineers erect camp for Airmen in Haiti
February 18, 2010
Senior Airman Kristopher P. Stewart, an engineering assistant with the Kansas Air National Guard's 190th Air Refueling Wing, rolls a tape measure while working with other members of the Air Force to survey the Port- au-Prince airport. Stewart is one of 46 members of the unit, who deployed to Haiti to build support infrastructure, including an Expeditionary Medical Support (EMEDS) support hospital.
Mississippi Guardsman shows ingenuity during convoy security missions
February 18, 2010
Staff Sgt. Gary Rhodes, a member of the 203rd Engineer Battalion, Missouri Army National Guard, right, eyes his mine resistant ambush protected vehicle which became stuck along a ditch during a route clearance mission Jan. 30.
Oregon Guardsman uses civilian skills to improve convoy routes
February 18, 2010
Sgt. Maj. Ted Carlson, the brigade operations sergeant major for the Oregon National Guard's 41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team, was recently asked to use his civilian skills as a long-haul driver for Federal Express to improve convoy routes in Iraq.