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Army Guard strives to improve medical readiness
March 15, 2010
Sgt. Nicole Davidson undergoes a dental exam as part of the Sustained Readiness Program at Marseilles Training Center in preparation for the deployment of 440 Illinois National Guard Soldiers to the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt. Davidson is a member of the 2nd Battalion, 123rd Field Artillery Regiment based in Milan, Ill., which is scheduled to deploy to Egypt in May. The Soldiers will be part of the Multinational Force and Observers. The international peacekeeping force oversees the terms of the 1979 peace treaty between Egypt and Israel.
Oregon Guardsmen provide force protection at entry control points
March 15, 2010
Sgt. Mark Benson, a force protection noncommissioned officer at entry control point 13 with A Troop, 1st Squadron, 82nd Cavalry Regiment, 41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team of the Oregon National Guard scans the eyes of a local national before allowing him to enter Victory Base Complex, Iraq, March 8, 2010.
Army, Air Guard directors visit North Dakota
March 12, 2010
Lt. Gen. Harry M. Wyatt III, the director of the Air National Guard, left, shakes hands with Senior Master Sgt. Eric Johnson of the 119th Wing of the North Dakota Air National Guard. Wyatt and Army Maj. Gen. Ray Carpenter, the acting director of the Army National Guard, visited with nearly 500 North Dakota Guard members, who were gathered for the Professional Development Workshop and Combined Associations Conference in Fargo, N.D., March 12, 2010. Col. Kent Olson, also of the 119th Wing, is in the middle.
First Sergeant Academy curriculum, organization mirrors total force
March 12, 2010
Gates: 'Bait-and-switch' pulled on reserve components?
March 12, 2010
Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates speaks to members of 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment at a forward operating base in Afghanistan, March 9, 2010.
Alaska Army Guard partners with Coast Guard to save hiker
March 12, 2010
An Alaska Army National Guard UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter sits on Meade Glacier while Juneau and Douglas mountain rescue teams aid a hiker stranded since March 7, 2010. Army Guard and Coast Guard crews were finally able to reach the hikers location after four unsuccessful Coast Guard attempts due to dense fog and various weather conditions. Alaska State Troopers estimated the area he was stranded in has received 12 feet of snow since Feb. 20.
Renuart: Guard vital to U.S. Northern Command mission
March 12, 2010
The National Guard is critical to U.S. Northern Command's mission, Air Force Gen. Victor E. Renuart Jr., the combatant commander told the Senate Armed Services Committee in Washington, D.C., March 11, 2010. Renuart is photographed here at the National Guard's 2009 Joint Senior Leadership Conference in National Harbor, Md., on Nov. 20, 2009.
Tavares reflects on golden Olympic memories
March 12, 2010
U.S. Army World Class Athlete Program bobsled coach Sgt. Bill Tavares (right) and Army National Guard Outstanding Athlete Program Sgt. Mike Kohn of Virginia peruse a timing chart between runs at Park City, Utah.
Employment program to resume for enrolled spouses
March 11, 2010
Sharing medical ideas during Botswana workshop
March 11, 2010
Guardsman earns bronze star with 'V' device
March 11, 2010
Spc. Christopher M. "Kit" Lowe receives the Bronze Star Medal with "V" Device during a ceremony in Doss Memorial Hall at Walter Reed Feb. 26, 2010. Lowe is recovering at Walter Reed from wounds he received as a result of actions he took during the combat operations in Afghanistan.
Chief visits Washington Guard facilities
March 11, 2010
Maj. Gen. Timothy J. Lowenberg, the adjutant general of Washing ton, and Brig. Gen. Jeff Mathis, the acting commander of I Corps at Fort Lewis, Wash., present a model Stryker vehicle to Gen. Craig R. McKinley, the chief of the National Guard Bureau at Camp Murray, Wash., March 10, 2010. The conversion of the 81st Heavy Brigade Combat Team of the Washington Army Guard into a Stryker BCT was one of the main topics of discussion.
Colorado Army Guard provides disaster relief to quake-ridden country
March 11, 2010
Colorado Army National Guard Chief Warrant Officer 4 Timothy Ames, commander of Detachment 33, stands next to the unit's Fairchild C-26 Metroliner fixed-wing turboprop air transport plane. He and four other members of his unit flew Department of Defense contractors to and from Florida and Haiti in support Operation Unified Response - the U.S. military's response to the 2010 Haiti earthquake.
National Guard announces media contest winners
March 11, 2010
National Guard Bureau Seal
Employment program to resume for enrolled spouses
March 11, 2010
Georgia Guardsmen on the Pakistan border
March 11, 2010
U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Teddy Gribbins retrieves the mail from a helicopter at Combat Outpost Dand Patan, Afghanistan, Feb. 18, 2010.
U.S. Navy builds new Guam readiness center
March 11, 2010
Indiana firefighter protects base, Airmen
March 11, 2010
U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Joshua Wolff, a Monroeville, Ind., native, assigned to the 122nd Fighter Wing, Indiana National Guard, is currently deployed with the 386th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron fire department at an air base in Southwest Asia.
Airman joins President in Rose Garden ceremony
March 11, 2010
Texas trains with Czech public affairs officers
March 11, 2010
Capt. Jolana Fedorkova, Capt. Jan Sulc, Capt. Miroslava Stenclova and 1st Lt. Denisa Smitalova, all of the Czech Republic Armed Forces, look at some materials during the annual Texas Military Forces Public Affairs Conference Feb. 23-24, 2010.