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Alaska Air Guard pararescuemen airlift climber after 150-foot fall
April 23, 2012
Two HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopters from the Alaska Air National Guard fly over Alaska during a training mission Feb. 18, 2011.
Texas Guard members connect with Uganda airmen, children
April 23, 2012
Army Sgt. Enrique Icedo (right) and Army 1st Lt. Victor Lauersdorf, members of Task Force Raptor, 3rd Squadron, 124th Cavalry Regiment, Texas Army National Guard, visit a local school near the Ugandan Peoples Defense Forces training center here April 3, 2012. The Guard members are conducting various military-to-military training sessions in support of Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, whose mission is to build partnerships with nations in East Africa.
Utah Guard members provide aid to Moroccan villagers during African Lion 2012
April 23, 2012
Army 1st Lt. Emily S. Smith, a physician assistant from the Utah State Medical Command, Utah Army National Guard, gives a Moroccan boy a checkup at the Humanitarian Civil Assistance site in Sidi Mussa, Morocco April 13, 2012. The HCA is part of African Lion 2012, an annual, bilateral exercise where U.S. and Moroccan forces work side-by-side to learn each other's tactics and operational procedures.
Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve announces award semifinalists
April 20, 2012
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Kentucky Air Guard to support, participate in Thunder Over Louisville
April 20, 2012
Two U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor fighters taxi into the Louisville Air National Guard Base in Louisville, Ky. April 18, 2012 prior to the 2012 Thunder Over Louisville Air Show. The Raptor Demo Team, based out of Langley Air Force Base, Va., will be one of the show's marquee events. The Kentucky Air Guard is once again supporting military aircraft for Thunder, which has grown to become one of the largest air shows in North America, organizers say.
Wyoming Guard supports Utah during major earthquake exercise
April 20, 2012
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Defense Department honors Guard member, DOD personnel for combating sexual assault
April 19, 2012
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HONDURAS: Missouri Army Guard members begin Beyond the Horizon exercise
April 19, 2012
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Maryland Army Guard unveils newest helicopter in its arsenal
April 19, 2012
The first of four UH-72A Lakota helicopters - that will be part of the Maryland Army National Guard's fleet used for civil support, search and rescue and homeland security missions - takes off at Camp Fretterd, Maryland with senior members of the Maryland National Guard aboard for the inaugural flight April 18, 2012. The flight was crewed by Army Lt. Col. Michael Whelan, commander for the Maryland Army National Guard's 1st Battalion, 224th Aviation Regiment, Army Chief Warrant Officer 2 Renonzo Belcher, a Lakota pilot and a Baltimore police flight officer and Army Staff Sgt. Joseph Beale, who was the flights crew chief.
Alaska Guard, active-duty service members, Reservists serve rural communities
April 18, 2012
Air Force Senior Airman Keisha Eanes, from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, administers an eye exam at the Alaska National Guard armory in Nome, April 16, 2012. Optometrists have performed 1,697 procedures, assisting 582 patients during Arctic Care 2012.
Arizona Air Guard members cream of the crop in Air Guard culinary
April 18, 2012
Air Force Tech. Sgt. Santos Flores, of the 162nd Force Support Squadron at Tucson International Airport, adds a little "zing" to sheet pans of chicken pieces during the unit's training weekend Feb. 11, 2012. Flores and his fellow foodservice Airmen at the 162nd Fighter Wing captured the 2012 Senior Master Sgt. Kenneth W. Disney Award, and will be traveling to Chicago to receive their honors in May.
North Carolina Guard member dedicates 100-mile run to fallen comrades
April 18, 2012
Army Staff Sgt. Samuel Joyce of the 113th Sustainment Brigade runs a few laps with Sgt. 1st Class Rita Rice during her 100-mile run around Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, April 1, 2012. Each lap around the base was approximately seven miles, and Rice dedicated every lap of her race to fallen comrades from North Carolina.
Wyoming Air Guard unit conducts annual MAFFS training
April 18, 2012
Airmen assigned to the 153rd Airlift Wing, Wyoming Air National Guard, prepare to load a U.S. Forest Service Modualar Airborne Firefighting System II onto a Wyoming Air Guard C-130 Hercules, April 13, 2012. The annual training maintains currency and upgrade qualifications for pilots, aircrew and ground crews in preparation for the fire season
Ohio Air Guard members win Air Transportation awards
April 17, 2012
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Panetta, Dempsey announce initiatives to stop sexual assault
April 17, 2012
From left to right: Congressman Michael Turner (Ohio), General Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta, Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez (California) hold a press briefing at the House of Representatives in Washington D.C. on April 16, 2012. Secretary Panetta and General Dempsey along with Representatives of the Women's Caucus addressed new measures to combat sexual assault in the military. (DoD photo by Erin A. Kirk-Cuomo)
Oregon Guard participate in Shanti-Doot exercise in Bangladesh
April 16, 2012
Oregon Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Darrin Culp, of the 249th Regiment Training Institute in Monmouth, Ore., oversees two Nepalese soldiers as they tend to their role-playing comrade during a medical emergency scenario on the first day of Exercise Shanti Doot 3, in Bangladesh March 9. Culp and his fellow Soldiers were invited to participate as a battlefield lifesaving technique instructors through the State Partnership Program between Oregon and Bangladesh. Exercise Shanti Doot 3 is a Bangladesh armed forces-hosted and U.S. Pacific Command Global Peace Operations Initiative supported joint multi-national exercise designed to give operations, logistics, planning and tactical peace-keeping training to members of 13 different countries in preparation for United Nations Peace-keeping Operations.
Mongolia-Alaska Guard exchange info during Arctic Care
April 16, 2012
Mongolian Lt. Col. Elbegjargal Buyantogtokh (left) speaks to Air Force Capt. Alex Kwon, an optometrist from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson April 15, 2012. Buyantogtokh is an optometrist with the Mongolian Armed Forces who travelled to Alaska to see operations during Arctic Care 2012.
Air Guard units close chapters, begin anew
April 16, 2012
Florida Air National Guard State Command Chief Master Sgt. Robert Lee (left) and Senior Master Sgt. Cory Brown (right) unveil the new official colors for the 131st Training Flight at Camp Blanding Joint Training Center, April 12, 2012. The Florida Air National Guard's Weather Readiness Training Center was deactivated and replaced as the 131st Training Flight was activated.
Army Guard top enlisted leader makes time to visit deployed Soldiers
April 16, 2012
Army Command Sgt. Richard J. Burch, the Army National Guard command sergeant major, awards a coin for outstanding performance to Army Spc. Jonathon Richards during a visit with the Kentucky National Guard's Agribusiness Development Team 4 on April 4, 2012 in southern Afghanistan.
Kenyan native gives back to new home through service in National Guard
April 16, 2012
Army Pvt. Paul Baiywo (right) takes his first physical fitness assessment at the Raytown High School track while his recruiter, Army Sgt. Jerry Simons, encourages him to do as many push-ups as he can April 16, 2012.