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Joint Task Force Haiti prepares for 'New Horizon'
May 13, 2010
A Message from the Senior Enlisted Leader, National Guard Bureau
May 13, 2010
Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Denise Jelinski-Hall, the senior enlisted advisor to the Chief of the National Guard Bureau, is seen at the 2009 Joint Senior Leadership Conference at the Gaylord National Hotel and Convention Center in National Harbor, Md., on Nov. 19, 2009. The third senior enlisted advisor to the CNGB, Jelinksi-Hall is the first Air Guardmember and the first woman to fill the role.
"I've got a lot of reasons to live"
May 13, 2010
Two fellow Soldiers saved the life of full-time Arkansas Army National Guard Sgt. 1st Class James Powell, seen here outside a readiness center in Hot Springs, Ark., on April 15, 2010, when they went to his home, found him hanging from the ceiling and cut him down. Intervention at the first signs of trouble and having experts who are available to listen are crucial to helping troubled Soldiers before they ever reach that point, Powell said. "Somebody who's borderline suicidal, the last thing they need to do is be talking to answering machines all day," he said. "All that does is push you over."
Louisiana Guard supports shoreline protection mission
May 13, 2010
Aviation Command work to fill breaches with 3,000 to 5,000-pound sandbags in Lafourche Parish in an effort to keep oil tainted water from moving to closer to the coast of Louisiana May 11, 2010. These Guardsmen were activated in support of operations related to the oil spill off the coast of Louisiana.
“It takes the strength and courage of a warrior to ask for help”
May 13, 2010
Army Maj. Gen. William Wofford, the adjutant general of the Arkansas National Guard, and Army Capt. Tanya Phillips, the state's suicide prevention program manager, discuss a Soldier's case before visiting with him at the Central Arkansas Veterans Heathcare System's Eugene J. Towbin Healthcare Center on April 17, 2010. "It takes the strength and courage of a warrior to ask for help," Wofford said. The Arkansas National Guard has aggressively pursued innovative ways to help troubled Citizen-Soldiers and -Airmen since leaders first noticed increased warning signs about two years ago.
Air Force officials announce FY 2011 force structure alignments
May 12, 2010
DoD official urges reserve component funding, predictability
May 12, 2010
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Guard teams finish in top 15 of Best Ranger event
May 12, 2010
Capt. Robert May (left) and 1st Sgt. Kevin Dylus cross the finish line at the end of the grueling Best Ranger competition at Fort Benning, Ga., May 9, 2010. May and Dylus were one of 25 teams that finished the competition out of 40 that began. The two Soldiers represented the North Carolina Army National Guard.
DoD to study Guard compensation, incentives
May 12, 2010
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Alaska Guard rescues infant in respiratory failure
May 12, 2010
A three-month-old child suffering respiratory failure and mother are transported from an Alaska Army National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk to a LifeMed Alaska aircraft May 8 at the Bethel airport. Guardsmen transported the infant from the Hooper Bay clinic to Bethel with two flight medics from LifeMed Alaska onboard
Louisiana Guard continues to push in Grand Isle
May 12, 2010
Heavy equipment operators from the Louisiana National Guard's 922nd Horizontal Engineer Company, 769th Engineer Battalion, bulldoze sand to close a strait between two peninsulas near Grand Isle, La., May 10, 2010. The closure will be a secondary defense in addition to the boom line in the Gulf of Mexico to prevent any oil from reaching further inland.
81st CST practices air load at Minot
May 12, 2010
North Dakota's 81st Civil Support Team lines their equipment outside the belly of a C-17 Globemaster at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., May 5, 2010.
Partnership offers new options with C-130 training
May 12, 2010
Air Force officials have announced a plan to augment the C-130 Hercules training fleet with C-130s, like those shown here, from the Air National Guard and the Air Force Reserve.
VA officials cutting insurance premiums for families
May 11, 2010
Louisiana Guard begins filling breaches
May 11, 2010
A Louisiana National Guard UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter delivers a 4,500-pound sandbag to one of five breaches along the coast of the southeast side of Lafourche Parish, May 10, 2010.
DoD officials authorize medal for Haiti relief efforts
May 11, 2010
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Guard teams finish in top 15 of Best Ranger event
May 11, 2010
Capt. Christopher J. Ahlemeyer of Rhode Island Air National Guard low crawls during an event in the 27th annual David E. Grange Jr. Best Ranger competition held at Fort Benning, Ga., May 7-10, 2010.
Guardsman, referee sees it all in international rugby
May 11, 2010
1st Lt. David Bryant (light blue shirt in background), a member of the Indiana National Guard, was chosen as a referee for the USA Rugby Military Club Championship at Fort Benning, Ga. In this game, the Marine team from Camp Lejeune N.C., fights to gain another inch on the rugby field as Soldiers from Fort Hood, Texas try to push them back during the consolation finals for the April 30, 2010. The Marines won 15-12 against Fort Hood.
North Dakota Guard helps students 'Stay on Track'
May 11, 2010
Lt. Patrick Joyce teaches a program called "Stay on Track" to a group of Turtle Lake, N.D., students. The program is an evidence-based drug and alcohol prevention course aimed at teaching middle school students healthy choices.
TRICARE launches one-stop information portal for Guard
May 10, 2010