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California Air Guard Airmen break language barrier during rescue mission
May 31, 2012
An HH-60G Pave Hawk rescue helicopter from the California Air National Guard's 129th Rescue Wing hovers over a Chinese fishing vessel, the Fu Yuan Yu #871, March 12, 2012. Guardian Angel pararescuemen from the 129th rescued two fishermen who were severely burned during an onboard diesel fire approximately 700 miles off the coast of Acapulco, Mexico.
Kosovo: Wisconsin Guard members get close-combat training
May 31, 2012
Soldiers assigned to Multinational Battle Group East participate in the basic combatives course at Camp Bondsteel, Kosovo May 11, 2012. The course, which began May 7 and was part of Modern Army Combatives, is the entry level program to prepare Soldiers to defeat the enemy in hand-to-hand combat.
Kentucky National Guard's CERFP shatters records during evaluation
May 31, 2012
Army Lt. Col. Dan A. Manning, a physician's assistant with the Kentucky National Guard's Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear High-Yield Explosives Enhanced Response Force Package training and a mission certification at Muscatatack Urban Training Center, Butlerville, Ind., May 23, 2012. During the certification, evaluators said members of the Kentucky CERFP surpassed many previously-held training records and is among the best CERFP's in the country.
Minnesota National Guard Soldiers train with partners in Croatia
May 31, 2012
Soldiers from the Minnesota Army National Guard's 2nd Combined Arms Battalion, 136th Infantry Regiment train with members of the Croatian army in Knin, Croatia, May 16, 2012 during Guardex 12.
Afghanistan: Caring for the warrior's soul, Air Guard chaplain reflects on experiences at Bagram Airfield
May 30, 2012
U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Brian Bohlman, chaplain with the 455th Air Expeditionary Wing, Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, meets with and prays with a severely injured Afghan girl at the Craig Joint Theater Hospital, May 26, 2012. Bohlman works the night shift at the hospital and routinely visits patients, American and Afghan, throughout the night helping them to cope with their circumstances. The hospital here employs 528 joint medical staff.
Afghanistan: New Mexico Army National Guard MEDEVAC crew puts service before self to rescue wounded Marine
May 30, 2012
Soldiers from C Company, 1st Battalion, 171st Aviation Regiment, land in a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter during a training flight on Camp Dwyer, Afghanistan. Soldiers from the unit recently transported a critically wounded Marine who had live rocket propelled grenade round embedded in his leg. Without the quick thinking of the air crew, the Marine would not have survived.
VA, EPA Program Connects Disabled Vets with Jobs
May 30, 2012
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Seven Army National Guard Soldiers honored with MacArthur Leadership Award
May 29, 2012
Army Capt. Audrey L. Fielding, Ohio Army National Guard, accepts her award at the 2011 General Douglas MacArthur Leadership Award ceremony May 24, 2012 at the Pentagon Auditorium in Arlington, Va. Army Chief of Staff Gen. Ray Odierno presented the award to 22 other recipients - six of which were National Guard members - from all three Army components.
Afghanistan: Louisiana National Guard transportation company braves one of Afghanistan's deadliest roads under cover of darkness
May 29, 2012
A convoy led by the Louisiana National Guard's 1086th Transportation Company, Task Force Muleskinner, makes its way through Kabul May 23, 2012. The unit was completing a 400-mile convoy from Bagram Air Field to Forward Operating Base Warrior and back as security for more than a dozen Afghan-owned cargo trucks, taking one of Afghanistan's most dangerous roads - Highway 1.
New Hampshire National Guard, El Salvador exchange emergency management best practices
May 24, 2012
As part of the National Guard Bureau's State Partnership Program, a group of New Hampshire National Guard members and N.H. civil emergency response leaders greet members of the Comandos del Salvamento Green Cross outside the Republica de El Salvador en la American Central, Ministerio de Governacion building, as they tour various emergency response centers in San Salvador, El Salvador, May 10, 2012.
New Hampshire National Guard, El Salvador exchange emergency management best practices
May 24, 2012
Wisconsin Guard medics train as they fight
May 24, 2012
Wisconsin Army National Guard combat medics quickly assess a battle-damaged mannequin in an urban combat setting during a two-day Army Medical Department (AMEDD) training session at Fort McCoy, Wis., May 19 to 20, 2012. Realistic training events - such as extracting wounded Soldiers from an urban combat zone and from a guard tower, litter obstacles, battalion aid station and loading casualties on air and ground medevac vehicles - reinforced core skills for more than 200 combat medics and other military medical professionals.
Ghana: North Dakota engineers work with Ghanaian army engineers
May 24, 2012
Army Sgt. 1st Class Jonathan Pearson, with the 166th regiment, Regional Training Institute, works through an engineering problem with combat engineers from the Ghanaian army using a scale model of a bridge at the Ghanaian army's Coker-Appiah Engineer Training School in Accra, Ghana, Thursday, May 17, 2012. Pearson was working with the Ghanaian engineers as part of a week-long engineer course through the State Partnership Program, which partners National Guard units with 65 countries throughout he world as a way to foster greater relationships between nations.
Defense Department selects finalists for Freedom Award
May 23, 2012
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Honduras: Missouri Army Guard Soldiers celebrate building a schoolhouse for Hondurans
May 23, 2012
Army South's Task Force Tropic, commanded by Army Lt. Col. Robert L. Jones, Missouri Army National Guard, and Leonidas Matamoros, a community leader who had been instrumental in getting this project for his community, thanked each for their mutual help in building a school, in Micheletti, Honduras, May 8, 2012.
Canada: Connecticut National Guard members train with multinational forces
May 23, 2012
Connecticut Army National Guard Soldiers from D Company, 1-169th Aviation Regiment, perform routine inspection and maintenance on the tail end of a UH-60 Black hawk helicopter at a Canadian army training site in Gagetown, New Brunswick, May 12, 2012. The Soldiers were training in Canada as a part of their two-week annual training exercise.
Guam Guard members work with Philippine counterparts to complete new library
May 22, 2012
Airmen from the Guam Air National Guard's 254th Red Horse Squadron engineers work on installing the frame for the roof of the new library they were building with the Guam Army Guard's 1224th Engineer Support Company and Armed Forces of the Philippines' 600th Air Base Wing at the San Isidro Elementary School in Santa Ana, Pampanga, Philippines.
New Hampshire Air Guard air traffic controllers impart wisdom to Salvadorans
May 22, 2012
Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Richard Reed, 260th Air Traffic Control Squadron, briefs El Salvadoran air force air traffic controllers on how the New Hampshire Air National Guard trains their own air traffic controllers, as part of a weeklong subject matter expert exchange between the New Hampshire Air National Guard and the El Salvadoran air force, in San Salvador, El Salvador, May 7-11, 2012. This SMEE was part of the National Guard Bureau State Partnership Program.
Illinois Guard members awarded Silver Star from Dempsey, others also recognized
May 22, 2012
Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, awards Army Sgt. 1st Class Ryan Ahern, with Company A, 2nd Battalion, 20th Special Forces Group (Airborne), the Silver Star at the Pritzker Military Library in Chicago, May 19, 2012. Ahern was awarded the Silver Star for saving the lives of his injured teammates in Afghanistan in 2009. He thanked members of his unit and his family for the sacrifices they made during his deployment. Also pictured is Army Capt. Tom Bozzay, with Company A, 2nd Battalion, 20th SFG (Airborne), who received the Silver Star from Dempsey as well.
McKinley: National Guard serves bravely at home, abroad
May 22, 2012
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