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Obama signs veterans, caregivers legislation
May 6, 2010
Army surgeon general describes WTU challenges
May 6, 2010
Airmen work as nighttime 'Guardians of the U.S. mail'
May 6, 2010
Tech. Sgt. Monique Evans, a North Carolina Air National Guard member serving as the 386th Expeditionary Communications Squadron mail control activity nighttime supervisor, handles the administrative side of the mail activity in Southwest Asia, April 27, 2010. Evans is a member of the 145th Airlift Wing.
Soldier becomes citizen
May 6, 2010
Army Spc. Carlos Baptista (middle) of the Rhode Island Army National Guard’s 115th Military Police Battalion, takes the U.S. Oath of Allegiance during his naturalization ceremony at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, April 19, 2010. Deployed to Joint Task Force (JTF) Guantanamo, Baptista was born in Cape Verde.
Alabama Guard deploys first contracting team
May 6, 2010
(From left to right) Staff Sgt. Daniel Martin, Grant, Ala., Capt. Todd Floyd, Cullman, Ala., Capt. Jeffery Campbell, Madison, Ala., and Staff Sgt. Lesly "Rich" Richardson, Toney, Ala., stand ready to deploy as the Alabama Army National Guard's first contingency contracting team (CCT). The four men make up the 1960th CCT. It is the second CTT from the Army National Guard to deploy to Afghanistan.
Obama signs veterans, caregivers legislation
May 6, 2010
The Presidential Seal.
Oregon governor to recognize military families
May 6, 2010
Yellow Ribbon event provides rest, eases redeployment
May 5, 2010
Participants of the Yellow Ribbon Reintegration event register and peruse the exhibition tables at Hershey Lodge in Hershey, Pa., April 16, 2010. The two-day event provided deployed Airmen resources to help ease their transition home after a deployment.
ACOE outlines Minnesota Guard's accomplishments
May 5, 2010
Members of the Minnesota Army National Guard were the overall winner of the Army Guard's Army Communities of Excellence (ACOE) award at the Army Guard Readiness Center May 4, 2010. Guard officials called the ACOE program "invaluable to the implementation of organization-wide improvement" of the readiness of the Guard's units, organizations and installations.
Virginia's 'Bedford Boys' carry history into deployment
May 5, 2010
Dusty skies set in as a lone Virginia National Guard Soldier from 1st Battalion, 116th Infantry Regiment, headquartered in Lynchburg, Va., looks down across a valley from the Ziggurat of Ur near the Tallil Airbase in Iraq. The 1/116th is currently deployed with the Louisiana National Guard's 256th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 13th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
McKeague: Diversity strengthens U.S. military
May 5, 2010
U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Kelly McKeague, assistant to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff for National Guard Matters, addresses those in attendance at the 2010 Forum on Asian Pacific American Council, at the Gaylord Convention Center in National Harbor, Md., Monday, May 3, 2010.
Yellow Ribbon event provides rest, eases redeployment
May 5, 2010
Participants of the Yellow Ribbon Reintegration event register and peruse the exhibition tables at Hershey Lodge in Hershey, Pa., April 16, 2010. The two-day event provided deployed Airmen resources to help ease their transition home after a deployment.
F-16 training bolsters U.S., Pakistan relations
May 5, 2010
Pakistan Air Force Squadron Leader Azman Khalil, left, goes over flight information with Capt. Andy Wittke, an instructor pilot with the Arizona Air National Guard's 162nd Fighter Wing, before a training mission April 27, 2010. Khalil and seven other Pakistani pilots graduated from F-16C/D upgrade training at Tucson International Airport on May 4, 2010.
Gates approves federal money for Guard units in Gulf
May 5, 2010
Maj. Gen. Bennett C. Landreneau, adjutant general of the Louisiana National Guard, thanks members of the 1022nd Engineer Company, 527th Engineer Battalion, at the Breton Sound Marina for their help during operations related to the oil spill off the coast of Louisiana, May 4, 2010. The 1022nd is assisting St. Bernard Parish officials and Oil Mop, LLC, with oil booms support.
Members of Royal Thai air force observe during MAFFS training
May 4, 2010
Maintenance technicians from the 145th Airlift Wing of the North Carolina Air National Guard service and reload an aircraft preparing for another Modular Airborne Firefighting Systems (MAFFS) training mission in Greenville, S.C., April 26-30, 2010.
Earnhardt battled for position at Richmond
May 4, 2010
Dale Earnhardt Jr. races the No. 88 National Guard-sponsored NASCAR racecar May 1 at Richmond International Raceway, Va.
Arkansas, Kentucky continue to recover from tornados
May 4, 2010
Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear points out the counties declared states of emergency on a map at a press conference held at the Emergency Operations Center in Frankfort, Ky., May 3, 2010.
Workshop touts '3 Cs' for better prevention, intervention
May 4, 2010
Army Maj. Gen. Larry H. Ross, director of manpower and personnel at the National Guard Bureau talks with Command Chief Master Sgt. Denise Jelinski-Hall, NGB’s senior enlisted leader, during a break at this year’s National Guard Health Promotion and Annual Training Prevention Workshop at Buck Head’s Grand Hyatt Hotel in Atlanta, Ga., April 27, 2010.
National Guard to hold virtual career fair
May 4, 2010
Military supports federal oil spill response
May 4, 2010