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Puerto Rico National Guard fosters State Partnership with Honduras
March 30, 2012
Honduran public affairs Soldiers observe a mosaic of Puerto Rico's crest during a visit to the governor's mansion in Old San Juan. The visit of the Honduran military was part of the State Partnership Program in which they had the opportunity to visit the Puerto Rico National Guard training facilities and exchange training information with its leaders.
Missouri Army National Guard building better lives in Central America
March 30, 2012
Missouri National Guard Logo.
N.D. Aviators Serving on Rotations to the Southwest Border
March 30, 2012
Army Chief Warrant Officer 2 Jonathan Sigl performs a pre-flight inspection on an OH-58 Kiowa aircraft in Marana, Ariz. Sigl is part of a North Dakota National Guard flight crew participating with Task Force Raven of the Southwest Border mission.
Hawaii National Guard "Stay on Track" program helps youth stay drug-free
March 30, 2012
Army Sgt. Bernie "Buma" Bumanglag, Hawaii Army National Guard with the Hawaii Counter Drug Stay On Track Program, teach a group of sixth graders at Aiea Elementary School on the island of Oahu in Hawaii, about the GUARD decision making process. This lesson is a part of a semester long drug awareness curriculum designed to give school children the necessary skills and knowledge, to choice a drug-free life.
Georgia National Guard members help set Afghan school children up for success
March 29, 2012
Army Lt. Col. Robyn Blader, a staff judge advocate team member with Task Force Hyrda, Georgia National Guard, speaks with Gulnaz, an eighth grade student, at the Darulaman school in Kabul, Afghanistan. Gulnaz told Blader that she would wants to study literature in college.
Rhode Island Guard Soldier makes selfless, ultimate sacrifice for Afghan child
March 29, 2012
Sgt. Dennis Weichel Jr., a Rhode Island Army National Guard infantryman mobilized with Company C, 1st Battalion, 143rd Infantry Regiment, sits inside a Black Hawk helicopter prior to a mission earlier in his deployment in Afghanistan. Weichel died March 22, 2012, from injuries he sustained when he was struck by a mine-resistant, ambush-protected vehicle, or MRAP, after moving an Afghan child to safety.
Texas Army National Guard members teach combatives course in Djibouti
March 29, 2012
Spc. James Niederhauser and Sgt. 1st Class Christopher Max, both Texas Army National Guard members with Task Force Raptor, 3rd Squadron, 124th Cavalry Regiment, battle it out during clinch drills at a Modern Army Combatives Level-One Instructor Course. The Texas National Guard members hosted the course, March 12-16 at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti.
California National Guard member first Hispanic female general officer
March 29, 2012
Army Col. Sylvia Crockett listens as Gov. Edmund Brown Jr. gives comments prior to her promotion to the rank of brigadier general on March 28, 2012 at the state Capitol in Sacramento, Calif. Crockett is the first Hispanic woman to achieve the rank of general officer in the history of the California National Guard.
Minnesota Army National Guard member, Ukraine native officially becomes U.S. citizen
March 28, 2012
Army 1st Lt. Christopher Bingham (right), commander of Company C, 1st Combined Arms Battalion, 194th Armor; Army 1st Sgt. Tim Flahave (2nd from right), Company C first sergeant, and other Soldiers from Charlie Company 1-194 CAB greet and congratulate Army Spc. Yaroslav Sergei Dmytrochenko (2nd from left) after becoming a naturalized U.S. citizen. Company C, a Minnesota Army National Guard unit, is deployed to Kuwait with the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 34th Infantry Division, in support of Operation New Dawn.
National Guard Marathon Team runners perform well in desert to honor Bataan Death March
March 28, 2012
Army National Guard Spc. Rachel Walter, a member of the All-Guard Marathon Team and Maryland National Guard, marches through the desert between miles 20 and 21 during the 23rd Annual Bataan Memorial Death March near White Sands, N.M., March 25, 2012. Walter completed the most grueling of all categories-Military (Heavy) Marathon-which means she carried a 35-pound rucksack the entire 26.2 mile distance.
Senior Enlisted Leaders Meet to Tackle Troop, Family Issues
March 28, 2012
Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Denise Jelinski-Hall, the senior enlisted advisor to the Chief of the National Guard Bureau.
N.Y. Air Guard member selected as best Air Guard honor guard manager
March 27, 2012
Air Force Master Sgt. Jeffrey Lamarche
California Civil Support Team enhances civilian partnerships through training
March 27, 2012
Army Staff Sgt. Aaron Zuniga, a science and healthcare specialist assigned to the 95th Civil Support Team, California Army National Guard, refers to his instructional steps before beginning to extract and test DNA from samples of a potential Weapon of Mass Destruction taken from a simulated domestic terrorist lab while participating in Operation Red Snow, Feb. 16, 2012 at the U.S. Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center near Bridgeport, Calif. Operation Red Snow is a multi-agency chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear threat response exercise to strengthen the partnership between federal, state and local jurisdiction regarding a response to the possible threat of a domestic attack on the United States.
Afghanistan: Missouri Agribusiness Development Team supports local Afghan agriculture
March 27, 2012
Members of the Nagarhar Agribusiness Development Team, along with members of the United States Agency for International Development, meet with the owner of a hydroelectric facility for an inspection, March 18, 2012. The mission of the agribusiness development team is to support initiatives that will ensure the sustainability of Afghan agricultural productivity.
Local Missouri Guard member reacts quickly to flood waters, saves neighbor
March 27, 2012
Army Staff Sgt. Abe Faulkner, a member of Joint Force Headquarters in Jefferson City and a fulltime mechanic in the Combined Support Maintenance Shop at the Ike Skelton Training Site, helped rescue a neighbor from high waters on Big Tavern Creek near Iberia, Mo. last week. Local emergency responders used Faulkner's boat to reach the stranded driver and get him to safety unharmed.
DOD, National Guard's Operation Deep Freeze 2011-2012 season concluded
March 26, 2012
Afghanistan: EOD active duty, Guard, Reserve save lives, deny terrorists victory
March 26, 2012
Air Force Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technician Staff Sgt. Scott Rice from the 673rd Civil Engineering Squadron, EOD flight, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, prepares to conduct a controlled detonation of unexploded ordnance March 14, 2012. Rice is deployed to the 966th Air Expeditionary Squadron EOD flight who supports Combined Joint Task Force Paladin. EOD members are experts in chemical, biological, incendiary, radiological and nuclear materials and devices. The unit helps ensure freedom of operations in a deployed environment by applying special procedures to totally remove hazards created by unexploded ordnance and improvised explosive devices.
White House official honors Kentucky Air Guard wing with rare award
March 26, 2012
Richard Reed, special assistant to President Barack Obama for national security affairs, congratulates Airmen of the 123rd Airlift Wing during an awards ceremony held March 18, 2012, at the Kentucky Air National Guard Base in Louisville, Ky. Reed was at the base to honor the wing and two other Kentucky Air Guard units for their excellence.
Ohio National Guard Soldiers use AED equipment, swift action to save life
March 26, 2012
Paramedics prepare to transport a civilian contractor via helicopter to the hospital March 6, 2012, after he suffered a heart attack while working on a building rooftop at Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base. Through use of an automated external defibrillator - located in all Ohio National Guard facilities throughout the state - Ohio Guard Soldiers helped revive the contractor when he initially went into cardiac arrest.
Cambodia: Idaho Army Guard Soldiers, Royal Cambodian Army provide medical care to thousands of Cambodians
March 26, 2012
Cambodian flag.