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Illinois Guard participates in earthquake response workshop
September 21, 2010
MEDFLAG 10: A lasting partnership between two countries
September 21, 2010
Spc. Kerry Thompson of Bismarck, N.D., a combat medic with the North Dakota National Guard's 814th Army Support Medical Company, carries a simulated injured patient to the hands of an Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo soldierin Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sept. 17, 2010. A mass casualty exercise simulated a bus crash with about 50 patients that were treated by the FARDC quick reaction force.
Oklahoma, Texas Air Guard activates for Afghanistan Engineering and Installation project
September 21, 2010
New York Army and Air Guard Members Participate in South African Air Show
September 21, 2010
New York Army National Guard Soldiers with Detachment 1, Alpha Co, 1-224 Aviation Security and Support Battalion, unload an OH-58 Kiowa from a New York Air National Guard C-5 Galaxy at Air Force Base Ysterplaat Cape Town, South Africa Sept. 17, 2010. The team will participate in the African Aerospace Defence Exposition 2010.
Twins reunite in Afghanistan
September 21, 2010
Army 1st Lt. Michael Paluczak and his twin brother, Army Capt. John Paluczak, enjoy a reunion on Bagram Airfield in eastern Afghanistan's Kabul province, Sept. 7, 2010.
Craigslist scammer impersonates Illinois Guardsman
September 17, 2010
Guard presence on border deters threats
September 17, 2010
Army Maj. Gen. Peter Aylward, special assistant to the chief of the National Guard Bureau, center, speaks with Arizona Army National Guard Soldiers near Nogales, Ariz., while visitng troops serving along the Southwest border in support of U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agents, Sept. 13, 2010. Slightly more than 1,200 National Guard Soldiers and Airmen are in training or deployed to the border and will be providing administrative, logistical, engineering and other support to CBP and Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.
Missing Civil War cannon returns Illinois Guard after 30 years
September 17, 2010
Iowa ADT members donate blood to save Soldier’s life
September 17, 2010
U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman 1st. Class Mark Chase, who is assigned to the Kunar Provincial Reconstruction Team Field Surgical Team at Forward Operating Base Wright, prepares to take blood from U.S. Army Master Sgt. John Storey, noncommissioned officer in charge of operations for the 734th Iowa National Guard's Agribusiness Development Team. The blood was needed for immediate infusion into a seriously wounded Soldier, who needed whole blood of a particular type.
National Guard reaches 1,200 mark on border
September 17, 2010
Members of the California National Guard stand in formation before undertaking operations on California's Southern border. Slightly more than 1,200 National Guard members from the four Southwest border states are in training or already deployed in support of the border mission
Louisiana Guard conducts marriage enrichment retreat
September 16, 2010
Coins were given to Louisiana National Guardsmen and their spouses to remind them of the three important parts of a marriage: faith, hope and love. The marriage enrichment retreat was hosted by the Louisiana National Guard Chaplains Corps to help couples with relationship building in New Orleans, Sept. 10-12, 2010.
South Dakota Guardsmen plan new security measure for Afghanistan elections
September 16, 2010
A new Persistent Surveillance System (PSS) begins its assent above Camp Julien Sept. 14, 2010, to provide the Afghan National Security Forces and International Security Assistance Force officials with an extra level of surveillance capability for security operations around Kabul, Afghanistan. The PSS, a floating aerostat (or blimp), has high-tech camera equipment able to provide 360 degree views of the city.
Air Guard dedicates Shepperd Hall at Andrews
September 16, 2010
From left to right: Chief Master Sgt. Denise Jelinski-Hall, the National Guard Bureau senior enlisted advisor; Gen. Craig R. McKinley, the chief of the NGB; retired Maj. Gen. Donald W. Sheppard, former director of the ANG; retired Lt. Gen. John Conaway, former chief of the NGB; Lt. Gen. Harry M. Wyatt III, director of the ANG; and Command Chief Master Sgt. Christopher Muncy, the ANG command chief, cut a ceremonial ribbon on the new addition to the ANG Readiness Center named “Shepperd Hall.”
Mullen: 'It's your money; come and get it'
September 16, 2010
Admiral Mike Mullen
Ohio National Guard and Hungary: ‘Graduate-level’ state partnership
September 16, 2010
Army. Maj. Gen. Gregory Wayt, the adjutant general of the Ohio National Guard, awards the Ohio Commendation Medal to Hungarian Defense Forces soldiers who served in a joint unit with Ohio National Guard members in Afghanistan at Tata, Hungary, on Sept. 15, 2010. A delegation of Ohio National Guard leaders was in Hungary for National Guard State Partnership Program activities.
Vermont brigade in ‘third quarter’ of Afghan mission
September 16, 2010
Army Col. Will Roy, left, commander of the Vermont National Guard's 86th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, poses with “Lashkar,” an Afghan army officer, and Vermont National Guard Sgt. Erik K. Morrill in Afghanistan.
COMMENTARY: A chaplain's view on a day off
September 16, 2010
Washington Air Guardsman earns bronze star with ‘V’ for seven-hour firefight
September 16, 2010
Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz hangs the bronze star with valor award on Staff Sgt. Kenneth I. Walker III during the Air Force Association's Air and Space Conference and Technology Exposition at the National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Md., Sept. 14, 2010. Walker, a member of the Washington Air National Guard, earned the award for heroism as a member of Detachment 2, 817th Expeditionary Air Support Operations Squadron and Task Force Spader while engaged in ground combat in Ghosleck Valley, Afghanistan
Wyatt: Air Guard a more cost-effective, operational forc
September 16, 2010
Girl’s alertness, quick wits thwart terrorist attack
September 15, 2010
U.S. Army Capt. Daniel T. Rosseau, a Florida National Guard member, who works with the Iraqi Police Transition Team based at Joint Security Station Shield, demonstrates a typical placement for a magnetically adhesive improvised explosive device.