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Minnesota, Ohio Guard prepare to deploy with partners
May 19, 2010
Croatian and Minnesota National Guard Soldiers prepare to clear a room during an Operational Mentoring and Liaison Team training exercise at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center. The U.S. and multinational troops will deploy together to Afghanistan as part of the NATO International Security Assistance Force. The OMLT will help with the ISAF mission of assisting the Government of Afghanistan in establishing and maintaining a safe and secure environment.
Air National Guard names 2010 Youth of the Year
May 18, 2010
Dakota C. Johnson, 16, of Gastonia, N.C., was recently selected as the Air National Guard 2010 Youth of the Year. The rising senior at Highland School of Technology, along with 10 other Air Force Youths of the Year winners will be flown to Washington D.C., to attend a ceremony and teen forum at the Pentagon.
Louisiana Guard constructs water diversion system
May 18, 2010
Soldiers of the Louisiana National Guard's 1023rd Vertical Engineer Company, 528th Engineer Battalion continue constructing the interlocking water diversion system at the southwest pass of the Mississippi River Delta near Venice, La., May 14, 2010. The dam will act as a second line of defense to the boom line, in order to protect the natural marshlands.
Louisiana Guard preserves coastal shoreline
May 18, 2010
Heavy equipment operators from the Louisiana National Guard's 922nd Horizontal Engineer Company, 769th Engineer Battalion, dump rocks to construct a barrier off the west side of Elmer's Island near Grand Isle, La., May 16, 2010. The barrier will be a secondary defense in addition to the boom line in the Gulf of Mexico to prevent oil from reaching further inland.
Illinois Guard participates in medical exercise in Tunisia
May 18, 2010
Chief Warrant Officer-2 Lucas Bohm (left) along with Chief Warrant Officer-2 Lance Stafford, helicopter pilots assigned to the Illinois Army National Guard, help outfit one of their Tunisian Army counterparts with a U.S. Air Force issue chemical suit during the Medlite-10 Exerise. Chiefs Stafford and Bohm, along with Air National Guard and Army Reservists from Wyoming, Arizona, and Nevada traveled to northern Africa to help enhance the medical capabilities and interoperabilities between United States and Tunisian forces.
New York Guard hosts South African defense force chief
May 18, 2010
Col. Dave Martinez (left), director of Joint Operations; Brig. Gen. Renwick Payne, director of Joint Staff for the New York National Guard; and Gen. Godfrey Ngwenya, chief of the South African Defence Force; are briefed on New York National Guard capabilities and organization during Ngwenya's visit the New York State Division of Military and Naval Affairs headquarters on Monday, May 17. South Africa is paired with New York as part of the National Guard's State Partnership Program in which state National Guards develop bilateral relationships with developing nation's militaries.
Texas ADT goes back to school
May 18, 2010
Army 1st Lt. Rodney Robinson, agri-business marketing specialist from the Texas National Guard, inventories the items that the Texas Agribusiness Development Team funded for Sanayee High School. Included were tools and seeds for the agricultural classes that 10th and 11th grade students attend.
Florida responders prepared for potential emergencies
May 18, 2010
Representatives from the Florida National Guard and the U.S. Coast Guard monitor the oil spill disaster and participate in planning and operations from the State Emergency Operations Center in Tallahassee, Fla., May 13, 2010.
Recalled helmets no 'direct risk' to Soldiers
May 18, 2010
Louisiana Guard airlifts sandbags to Pelican Island
May 18, 2010
Pfc. Kyle Whitaker of Detachment 1 of the 843rd Horizontal Company, 205th Engineer Battalion of the Louisiana National Guard, directs the Skytrak operator as he loads sandbags on a tractor trailer, which will be used to haul them to a staging area where they will be air-lifted by UH-60 Blackhawk helicopters to fill the breaches on Pelican and Scofield Island, May 17, 2010.
First in, last out: Air Guard RED HORSE squadron back in Iraq
May 18, 2010
Senior Airman David Schrock ,left, and Tech. Sgt. Clayton Heimert review operating procedures for a four-wheel-drive service platform at Ali Base, Iraq May 14, 2010. Schrock is a heavy equipment operator deployed from Nellis AFB, Nev. Heimert is a civil engineer deployed from Camp Perry Air National Guard Base in Ohio.
Guard, NFL team up to develop future leaders, athletes
May 18, 2010
Arizona school to benefit from ANG training
May 18, 2010
Inspired Guardsman competes in Warrior Games
May 18, 2010
Oklahoma Army National Guardsman Sgt. Kisha Makerney, waits for the ball to come her way during a Warrior Games volleyball match at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo., May 11, 2010.
Air show highlights jointness
May 17, 2010
Sgt. Shauna Rohbock of the Utah National Guard shows off the silver medal she earned at the 2006 Winter Olympics to civilians during the Joint Services Open House at Andrews Joint Air Base, Md., May 15, 2010.
Utah Guard joins African Lion exercise
May 17, 2010
Staff Sgt. Anette Aldridge, a French linguist serving with Company C, 142nd Military Intelligence Battalion of the Utah Army National Guard, talks with a colonel of the Moroccan Army after a chemical awareness presentation given at the Moroccan military's South Command Headquarters in Agadir, May 16, 2010. Aldridge, along with other French and Arabic linguists of the 142nd MI Bn., were attached to the 151st Expeditionary Medical Group, Utah Air National Guard, to assist them as translators during humanitarian missions conducted as part of Exercise AFRICAN LION 2010.
Air show highlights jointness
May 17, 2010
Texas Guardsman shoots for gold at Warrior Games
May 14, 2010
Spc. Shawn Porter of the Texas Army National Guard won a gold medal in the 10-meter air rifle standing/non supported event during the inaugural Warrior Games held in Colorado Springs, Colo., May 13, 2010. Porter is assigned to the 136th Military Police Battalion in Tyler, Texas.
Behavorial health conseling available for returning servicemembers
May 14, 2010
Adjutant general puts suicide prevention front and center
May 14, 2010