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Alabama Guard graduates six new chaplains
April 26, 2010
From left to right in the front row, 2nd Lt. Jon Whitley, Col. Robert Hicks, State Chaplain Col. Coy Hallmark and Capt. Robert Baylis, Second row, 2nd Lt. Meredith Davenport, 2nd Lt. Edward Solomon, 2nd Lt. Adam Cochran and 2nd Lt. James "Mike" Chitwood. Once the chaplain candidates have finished their seminary schools, they will take their place among the ranks as new chaplains in the Alabama Army National Guard.
Arizona Air Guard's ASA unit named best in country
April 26, 2010
First Air Force, Air Forces Northern, awarded the 2009 Air Sovereignty Alert Unit of the Year award to the Arizona Air National Guard's 162nd Fighter Wing Alert Detachment, an F-16 unit based at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, April 13, 2010.
Chief says Guard should reach for 'promised land'
April 26, 2010
Georgia Guardsman serves as enlisted manager for deployed communications squadron
April 26, 2010
Chief Master Sgt. Michael P. Sipps is the chief enlisted manager for the 380th Expeditionary Communications Squadron in Southwest Asia April 14, 2010. As a chief enlisted manager for the squadron, he's responsible for the overall care and management of all deployed enlisted members of the squadron. Sipps is deployed from the 116th Air Control Wing at Robins Air Force Base, Ga.
Mississippi Guard responds to governor's tornado mobilization
April 26, 2010
Louisiana Guard set to lead new Haiti mission
April 26, 2010
Members of the 118th Civil Engineering Squadron, Tennessee Air National Guard, work various construction projects at a home for children in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Friday, March 12, 2010. The Louisiana National Guard is scheduled to lead a New Horizons humanitarian assistance exercise in Haiti beginning June 1 that will involve about 500 Soldiers.
Air Force announces candidate list for several aircraft
April 26, 2010
National Guard Exercise Participants Arrive in Alaska
April 23, 2010
Oregon Air National Guard, Master Sgt. Cody Pemberton, 173rd Fighter Wing Security Forces, from Kingsfield, Ore. listens intently to the Joint Reception Staging Onward Movement Integration briefing given by the Alaska National Guard prior to his unit's arrival to Alaska April 21 to participate in Vigilant Guard 2010. Vigilant Guard is a premiere joint training exercise designed to increase inter-operability among state, federal , local and volunteer agencies in case of a disaster.
North Dakota governor recognizes military children
April 23, 2010
North Dakota Gov. John Hoeven welcomes Jennifer Vannurden and daughter, Alaina, while holding Vannurden's son, Mark, before signing the Month of the Military Child proclamation at the North Dakota State Capitol building in Bismarck, N.D., April 22, 2010. Jennifer's husband, Capt. Walyn Vannurden, is currently deployed to Afghanistan as the commander of the North Dakota National Guard's 188th Air Defense Artillery Rapid Aerostat Initial Deployment (RAID) IV.
Army Guard celebrates Earth Day
April 23, 2010
Children of servicemembers pet a European eagle owl at the Army National Guard Readiness Center in Arlington, Va., April 22, 2010. The owl was one of several birds of prey that were brought in for the Guard's Earth Day/Take your Child to Work Day celebration. Other activities for the children included face painting, musical guests, aerobics and science demonstrations.
Air Force F-35 completes first test flight
April 23, 2010
This Air Force version of the F-35 Lightning II completed a test flight from Naval Air Station Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base, Texas, April 20, 2010. The F-35 is the first aircraft to be developed to meet the needs of three services - the Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps - and U.S. allies, with variants being developed simultaneously by prime contractor Lockheed Martin.
Guard MAFFS units set to train in South Carolina
April 23, 2010
Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve units will converge on South Carolina next week to take part in Modular Airborne Firefighting System (MAFFS) certification and training. Four units across the country continue the MAFFS legacy which began in the early 1970s, including the 153rd Airlift Wing of the Wyoming Air National Guard, the 145th Airlift Wing of the North Carolina Air National Guard, the 146th Airlift Wing of the California Air National Guard, and the 302nd Airlift Wing, and Air Force Reserve unit based at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo.
Minnesota Guard performs community service
April 23, 2010
The 147th and 247th Finance Detachments of the Minnesota National Guard joined forces with local leaders to clean up their community in Roseville, Minn., April 18, 2010. The two finance units along with local residents picked up garbage, glass and other debris at local parks. Spc. Steven VanCourt, Cpl. Jason Mosher and Staff Sgt. Eric Stensvold, all of the 247th Finance Detachment, help dredge the lake.
Air Guard's security forces at the top of their game
April 23, 2010
Tech. Sgt. Daniel Owczarczak of the 107th Security Forces Squadron of the New York Air National Guard marks and raises a target for a shooter during the zeroing phase of the 31st annual The Adjutant General Match held at Camp Smith, N.Y., April 16-18, 2010. Air Guard security forces personnel are deployed around the world and engaging in all Air Force security forces missions, except the Military Working Dog Program.
Tennessee pediatrician treats all during Arctic Care
April 22, 2010
Col. Cory Strobel, chief of aeromedical services for the 134th Medical Group from McGhee Tyson Air National Guard Base, Tenn., conducts a physical on Alaskan native Matthew Rae, a seventeen-year-old Maniilaq High School student in Kotzebue, Alaska as part of Operation Artic Care 2010 on April 16, 2010. Rae needs the physical to medically qualify for sports at his school.
South Dakota combat engineers improve operations in Afghanistan
April 22, 2010
Spc. Benjamin Peterson with the maintenance platoon, 21tth Engineer Company, South Dakota Army National Guard, works to recover a set of mine rollers damaged by an improvised explosive device (IED) during a route clearance mission here April 5.
Air Guard civil engineers benefit from improvements
April 22, 2010
Deployment stickers for Iraq and Afghanistan are left out for Air National Guard civil engineers at the Civil Engineer and Security Forces Conference in Phoenix April 19-23, 2010. Across the country, thousands of construction and repair experts are in the midst of overseas deployments in historic numbers and scope. While whole units are deploying, leaving bases to manage in their absence, mobilization officials report improvements in notifications as well as in benefits.
Guard looks for 'middle ground' in future
April 22, 2010
Army Maj. Gen. Raymond Carpenter, the acting director of the Army National Guard, right front, presents a Minuteman Trophy to Army Gen. Charles C. Campbell, the commander of U.S. Army Forces Command during the FORSCOM Command Readiness Program held at Camp Joseph T. Robinson in North Little Rock, Ark., April 20.
Missouri Air Guardsman saves deployment sortie
April 22, 2010
Two F-22 Raptors and one B-2 Spirit deployed to Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, from the 90th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron and the 13th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron recently flew in formation over Andersen. The F-22 Raptor and B-2 Spirit deployment to Andersen marks the first time, F-22 Raptors and B-2 Spirits, the key strategic stealth platforms in the Air Force inventory, deployed together outside the continental United States.
Pennsylvania field artillery unit is right on target
April 22, 2010
Members of B Battery calibrate the M777A2 in Iraq in March 2009, ensuring the weapon's accuracy and "dusting off the cobwebs" by re-familiarizing themselves with the howitzer.