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Tennessee Guardsmen reflect on growing experience
June 17, 2010
Spc. Brandon Watkins, a .50 caliber Browning machine-gunner for 2nd Platoon, Troop K, 3rd Squadron, 278th Armored Cavalry Regiment of the Tennessee National Guard, prepares to put on his head-set prior to providing security for a convoy transporting equipment and assets from Contingency Operating Base Q-West, Iraq, June 10, 2010.
Air Guard opens F-16 maintenance school in Arizona
June 17, 2010
Senior Airman Sean McKinney, a crew chief in training from the New Jersey Air National Guard's 177th Fighter Wing, gets his first hands-on experience with an F-16 Fighting Falcon on the Davis-Monthan Air Force Base flightline June 15, 2010. MicKinney and seven other Air National Guardsmen make up the first class to attend the Tucson Aircraft Maintenance School operated by Arizona's 162nd Fighter Wing.
North Dakota Guardsman in Kosovo bridges cultures
June 16, 2010
Army Staff Sgt. Andrew T. Gilbertson of the North Dakota National Guard displays artwork from students in Oakes, N.D., to students in Bicec, Kosovo, April 15, 2010.
Louisiana Guardsmen extend a 'Helping Hand' in Haiti
June 16, 2010
From left to right: Mr. Pierre Michele Laguerre, the director general of the Haiti Ministry of Education, Dr. Gabriel Timonthe, the director general of the Haiti Ministry of Public Health, Mr. David Lindwall, the deputy chief of mission, Army Maj. Gen. Bennett C. Landreneau, the adjutant general of Louisiana National Guard, Army Col. Michael J. Borrel, commander of Task Force Kout Men, Army Brig. Gen. Renaldo Rivera, the adjutant general of the Virgin Islands, Army Brig. Gen. Manuel Ortiz Jr., the deputy commanding general of the U.S. Army South, and Command Sgt. Maj. Tommy Callier, the senior enlisted advisor of the Louisiana National Guard, celebrate after the Task force Kout Men New Horizons 2010 opening ceremony June 15, 2010.
VA secretary announces new hotline for homeless veterans
June 16, 2010
H2O to go at Golden Coyote
June 15, 2010
Sgt. Joseph Meyer, a water purification specialist assigned to the South Dakota Army National Guard’s Company A, 139th Brigade Support Battalion, tests the water at Rapid Creek during the 26th annual Golden Coyote training exercise, June 13, 2010. The 139th BSB, based out of Watertown, S.D., provides potable water to nearly 2,200 personnel attending the event throughout the Black Hills of South Dakota.
South Dakota signal unit provides communication support
June 15, 2010
Sgt. Lance Jahnig, a member of the South Dakota Army National Guard’s 115th Signal Company, tests the connection of a commercial phone line at the Custer State Park Airport during the South Dakota National Guard's Golden Coyote training exercise June 13, 2010. Soldiers of the 115th are responsible for providing communication support for all units participating in the 26th annual Golden Coyote exercise.
RSOI gives Golden Coyote participants information to succeed
June 15, 2010
Sailors from the U.S. Navy Reserve’s Operational Health Support Unit – Dallas, check-in at the South Dakota Army National Guard’s 109th Regional Support Group reception, staging and onward integration (RSOI) process during the South Dakota National Guard's 26th Golden Coyote training exercise June 13, 2010.
New Jersey Air Guard team proud to support 380th AEW operations
June 15, 2010
A nine-person team from the New Jersey Air National Guard's 108th Force Support Squadron, 108th Air Refueling Wing, at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., are deployed supporting operations Iraqi Freedom, Enduring Freedom and the Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa for the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing in Southwest Asia. The team includes, from left, Senior Airman Abdul Montaser, Airman 1st Class Andre Jackson, Staff Sgt. Heather Bartlett, Tech. Sgt. Jeremy Berry, Tech. Sgt. Lauren Holba, Tech. Sgt. Taylor Holba, Senior Airman Darnell Holmes, Senior Airman Levar Kinard, and Airman 1st Class Patricia Arias.
AU tries to restore education database, records processes
June 15, 2010
New York Army Guard cooks compete for top Army prize
June 15, 2010
New York Army National Guard Spc. Steven Hoyt serves food to a fellow soldier during the Philip A. Connelly cooking competition evaluation on June 13, 2010. The days menu included roast turkey, gravy, Mexican corn, corn soup, salad, and Florida lemon cake with a cream cheese frosting.
Missouri Guardsmen train with new GPS device
June 15, 2010
Missouri National Guard Spc. James Fetterhoff, of Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3-135th Theater Aviation Battalion points to the digital compass on the Army’s defense advanced global positioning system receiver inside a Humvee during a recent navigation exercise in Laclede County.
North Dakota uses new technology to reach families, public
June 15, 2010
Army Sgt. Jon Haugen checks the video camera as Ken Lee, president of StreamQuik, calls back to the North Dakota National Guard’s visual information office to check the live video feed coming from the StreamCell device, which is the yellow case connected to the camera. The North Dakota National Guard used the new technology for the first time at the Capitol this month.
Obama praises military support in Gulf
June 15, 2010
President Barack Obama addresses troops at the Naval Air Technical Training Center on Naval Air Station Pensacola, Fla., June 15, 2010. The president recognized the continued efforts of military leadership in the war on terror.
Louisiana Guard begins shoreline protection project in Cameron
June 14, 2010
Ohio Air Guard provides medical services to Hawaii communities
June 14, 2010
Staff Sgt. Bill McConaha, an optometry technician with the 178th Medical Group of the Ohio Air National Guard performs an eye screening to test near vision on a patient at Pu’ukohola Heiau National Historic Site in Kona, Hawaii June 8, 2010. The 178 MDG is on a two-week medical training deployment, which provides free medical services to underserved Kona communities.
North Dakota Guard conduct training on new bridge equipment
June 14, 2010
Soldiers of the North Dakota Army National Guard’s 957th Engineer Company (Multi-Role Bridge Company) work on securing the Improved Ribbon Bridge (IRB) emplaced on the Missouri River south of Bismarck, N.D., June 10-11, 2010. MKII Bridge Erection Boats (BEB) are depicted on both sides of the bridge as a backhoe is crossing the bridge. The 957th participated in an evaluation of the new “Thrust and Shore Guy” anchorage system with Product Manager Bridging, Tank-Automotive and Armaments Command (TACOM), TACOM Research, Development and Engineer Center (TARDEC), Maneuver Support Center of Excellence, and the National Guard Bureau.
Alexander’s Castle still has military uses in Afghanistan
June 14, 2010
A U.S. Soldier from the security forces team assigned to Provincial Reconstruction Team Zabul, walks up a staircase to the teahouse, which sits on the highest part of "The Castle" in Qalat City, Afghanistan May 31, 2010. “I’m not the first Soldier to walk up the hill to use ‘The Castle’ for military purposes, and I probably won’t be the last,” said Army Staff Sgt. Clarence Washington, PRT Zabul third squad security forces lead deployed from the Pennsylvania National Guard’s 110th Infantry Battalion in Connellsville, Pa.
Missouri Air Guard engineers renovate cabins in Hawaii
June 14, 2010
Members of the 131st Civil Engineering Squadron of the Missouri Air National Guard unloaded drywall to take to a construction location at Camp Pineapple 808 in Wahiawa, Hawaii as part of their efforts to help a non-profit corporation as part of an Innovative Readiness Training mission on June 7, 2010.
Louisiana’s UAS platoon takes to the air
June 14, 2010
From left, Pfc. Travis Hampton, Staff Sgt. Donald Segura and Sgt. Mike Lejeune, complete pre-combat checks and inspections on the RQ-7B Shadow Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System before its first flight from Contingency Operating Base Adder, Iraq May 21, 2010. The Soldiers are deployed with the Unmanned Aircraft Systems Platoon, Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 256th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 13th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.