Home : News
Results:
Archive: September, 2010

McKinley honors Serbian contributions in two world wars
September 13, 2010
Air Force Gen. Craig McKinley, right, the chief of the National Guard Bureau, and Army Maj. Gen. Gregory Wayt, left, the adjutant general of the Ohio National Guard, lay a wreath at the Monument to the Unknown Hero on Mount Avala in Serbia on Sept. 11, 2010. "It was especially poignant today, on the anniversary of Sept. 11, 2001, when our nation was attacked, that I symbolically thank the Serbian military for their support to the United States in World War I and World War II," McKinley said. Serbia and Ohio are paired in the National Guard State Partnership Program.
Guard state partnerships great value for America, university leader says
September 13, 2010
Charles Wise, founding director of the John Glenn School of Public Affairs at the Ohio State University, seen in Karadjordjevo, Serbia, on Sept. 12, 2010, where he is accompanying an Ohio National Guard delegation pursuing National Guard State Partnership Program activities. “I’ve been extremely impressed with the contribution of the National Guard,” he said. “The more I’ve learned about [the SPP] the more I’ve been impressed by not only how effective it is but how cost-effective it is in building relationships with significant countries like Serbia.”
National Guard leaders honor newest Serbian officers
September 13, 2010
Officer cadets from Serbia's Military Academy take part in a graduation ceremony in front of the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia in Belgrade, Serbia, on Sept. 11, 2010, attended by Air Force Gen. Craig McKinley, the chief of the National Guard Bureau, Army Maj. Gen. Gregory Wayt, the adjutant general of the Ohio National Guard and other Guard leaders. Serbia is Ohio's partner in the 62-nation National Guard State Partnership Program.
New York Guard leaves for South African air show
September 13, 2010
Sgt. Kevin Ressler steadies the tail of an OH-58 Kiowa assigned to the New York Army National Guard's Detachment 1, Co. A, 1st Battalion 224 Security and Support Aviation as he and other maintainers prepare the aircraft for a flight to Stewart Air National Guard Base in Newburgh, N.Y., on Sept. 13, 2010. Ressler, and four other members of the detachment, will accompany the aircraft to the Africa Aerospace and Defense Exposition 2010 in Cape Town, South Africa. The helicopter will be loaded on board a giant C-5A Galaxy belonging to the 105th Airlift Wing of the New York Air National Guard.
Texas Guard trains on emergency response at Rangers Ballpark
September 13, 2010
Ambassador: Ohio Guard strengthens relationship with Serbia
September 11, 2010
Michael Fitzpatrick, foreign policy advisor to the chief of the National Guard Bureau, and Jonita Whitaker, coordinator for foreign policy advisors in the State Department's Bureau for Political-Military Affairs, take notes during a meeting between Air Force Gen. Craig McKinley, the chief of the National Guard Bureau, and Army Gen. William "Kip" Ward, commander, U.S. Africa Command, at AFRICOM headquarters in Stuttgart, Germany, Aug. 12, 2010.
Officials Extend Spouse Career Program Deadline
September 10, 2010
Air Guard 400 to determine NASCAR's top 12
September 10, 2010
Post 9/11: This isn't your father's National Guard
September 9, 2010
Launched from bases all over the United States, Air National Guard fighter and tankers moved quickly to protect America from further attacks on September 11, 2001. That morning 19 terrorists employed four hijacked airliners to destroy the World Trade Center in New York City and severely damage one section of the Pentagon. The attacks, which were executed by a shadowy radical Islamic group known as al-Qaeda, killed some 3,000 people during the bloodiest terrorist assault in U.S. history. American Airlines Flight 77, which had just taken off from Dulles International Airport in Northern Virginia on a flight to Los Angeles, was seized by al-Qaeda terrorists and crashed through the Pentagon's western wall at 9:37 a.m. North Dakota's 119th Fighter Wing was stationed at the North American Aerospace Defense Command site on Langley AFB, Virginia. Shortly after the attack the 119th's F-16 fighters established a combat air patrol over the nation's capital. In addition to all the passengers aboard Flight 77, 125 people inside the Pentagon were killed and over 600 others were injured seriously enough that they had to be transported to local hospitals.
Guard’s foreign policy advisor nurtures State Department partnership
September 9, 2010
DoD joins in call for innovative solutions
September 8, 2010
Department of Defense Seal
Guard’s first F-35 pilot ready for action at new squadron
September 8, 2010
Maj. Jay Spohn of the Florida Air National Guard is the National Guard’s first F-35 pilot. He arrived at the 58th Fighter Squadron at Eglin Air Force Base this summer, and said he is ready to begin training and honing the skills it will take to master the F-35 Lighting II Joint Strike Fighter.
Illinois, North Dakota participate in MEDFLAG 10 in Congo
September 8, 2010
Members of the 814th Area Support Medical Company of the North Dakota National Guard sort through medical supplies in preparation for MEDFLAG 10. Participants arrived in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo and began to prepare for MEDFLAG 10, a joint medical exercise focused on humanitarian assistance that will take place in Kinshasa, Sept. 6-18, 2010.
Kansas medics train with Armenian military
September 8, 2010
A team of Armenian surgeons simulates a field surgery in an expeditionary medical support system during a three-day exercise near Zarh, Armenia, Sept. 3, 2010. It was the first time the Armenian military had deployed EMEDS to the field.
Lithuanian troops to join Pennsylvania Guard in Afghanistan
September 8, 2010
Army Maj. Gen. Jessica L. Wright, the adjutant general of the Pennsylvania National Guard, recently met with Maj. Gen. Arvydas Pocius, the Chief of Defence of Lithuania.
Louisiana Guard continues mission despite drawdown
September 8, 2010
Sgt. Daniel Butts, left, an assistant convoy commander, and Sgt. Derick Woods, a convoy commander, both with the Louisiana National Guard's 199th Forward Support Company, 3rd Battalion, 156th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Sustainment Brigade, 103rd Sustainment Command (Expeditionary), pose for a photo before a recent overnight mission.
116th to return to Iraq for start of new mission
September 8, 2010
An Iraqi Army platoon sergeant from the 1st Battalion, 1st Brigade of the 4th Iraq Army Division briefs Lt. Chad Knowles, a Colts platoon leader from the Idaho National Guard's 1st Battalion, 148th Field Artillery, Task Force Liberty, before a joint counter-IED and combat patrol on Sept. 11, 2005.
First lady, Dr. Biden urge troop, family support
September 7, 2010
First Lady Michelle Obama, left, and Dr. Jill Biden, wife of Vice President Joe Biden.
Army Guard director on Soldier suicide: "We can solve this"
September 3, 2010
Army Maj. Gen. Raymond Carpenter, the acting director of the Army National Guard, addresses the 132nd General Conference of the National Guard Association of the United States in Austin, Texas, on Aug. 21, 2010. We are actually turning people away from our organization, Carpenter said. Who would have guessed that almost nine years into two wars we would have a volunteer Army that is turning people away.
Border mission 'not unique' for Guardsmen
September 3, 2010
Border Patrol agents observe an Arizona National Guard Soldier training for Operation Copper Cactus at an undisclosed location in Arizona on Aug. 25, 2010. Operation Copper Condor is the Arizona National Guard's contribution to the up to 1,200 National Guard troops being deployed to support the Border Patrol and Immigration and Customs Enforcement in the four Southwest border states.