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Challenges call for creativity, hard choices, efficiency, boldness, Winnefeld tells Reserve chiefs
September 10, 2013
Navy Adm. James Winnefeld, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, addresses the 2013 Reserve Forces Policy Board dinner, in Arlington, Va., Sept. 4, 2013. The RFPB is a federal advisory committee established by statute within the Office of the Secretary of Defense that independently advises the secretary on strategies, policies and practices to improve and enhance the capabilities, efficiency and effectiveness of the reserve components.
Winnefeld: State Partnership Program one of nation's best foreign policy bargains
September 10, 2013
Marine Maj. Gen. Arnold Punaro, retired, chairman of the Reserve Forces Policy Board, talks with Navy Adm. James Winnefeld, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, before the 2013 RFPB dinner in Arlington, Va., Sept. 4, 2013.
Joint Alaska Air and Army National Guard effort saves crash victim
September 10, 2013
The Alaska Army National Guard supplied a UH-60 helicopter similar to this model to assist in a recent rescue.
Maryland National Guard Soldiers 'de-slime' during training
September 10, 2013
Soldiers from the Maryland Army National Guard's 231st Chemical Company, based in Greenbelt, Md., decontaminate fellow Soldiers and their equipment during a Sept. 8, 2013, training exercise at Gunpowder Military Reservation.
Vietnam veteran retires after 42 years of service
September 10, 2013
U.S. Army Master Sgt. Richard Hitchens gives words of encouragement to Pvt. Spencer Bradford, a new recruit with the DNG who attended Hitchens' retirement ceremony held at Bethany Beach Training Site, Bethany Beach, Del., Sept. 7.
National Guard 9/11 experiences part of Tribute Center web exhibit
September 10, 2013
New York Army National Guard Spc. Christian Miller from Company C, 1st Battalion, 105th Infantry surveys ground zero devastation Sept. 13, 2001, two days after the 9/11 terror attacks.
Air National Guard director pays visits to Illiniois wings
September 9, 2013
Lt. Gen. Stanley E. Clarke III meets Staff Sgt. Brandon Johnson of the 182nd Civil Engineer Squadron to receive a briefing on urban search and rescue equipment during a visit at the 182nd Airlift Wing in Peoria, Ill., Sep. 6, 2013.
California Air Guard members help re-do Latvian high school
September 6, 2013
Senior Airman Jarrett Smith, center, works alongside Latvian soldiers installing new windows to the Ernst Gluck High school.
Forest Service ends Air National Guard firefighting activation for now
September 5, 2013
MAFFS 6, a C130J from the 146th Airlift Wing in Port Hueneme, Calif., drops a line of retardant over the trees in the mountains above Palm Springs July 19, 2013. The 146th Airlift Wing was activated July 18 to support CAL Fire and CAL OES on the Mountain fire and other potential wildfire activity throughout the state.
Finances affect service members' readiness, official says
September 5, 2013
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Illinois and Wisconsin Soldiers volunteer to dig for infant's remains
September 4, 2013
James Stroh, left, a former Wisconsin Guard member, stands with Wayne Brooks, the police chief in Zion, Ill., and Staff Sgt. Andrew Whelan, a Wisconsin Army National Guard recruiter from Waukesha, Wis., Aug. 24 during a search for the remains of a murdered infant at a landfill in Zion.
Hawaii National Guard air defense experts share with Philippine air force partners
September 4, 2013
Despite the wrath of Tropical Storm Maring earlier in the week that brought significant flooding to Manila, the SMEE concluded on time and was considered a much-appreciated and successful exchange for both counties. The event closed with a ceremony featuring guest of honor Brig. Gen. Raul Del Rosario, commander of the Air Defense Wing, and a family-style luncheon hosted by the Hawaii Air National Guard participants.
Delaware National Guard senior leaders visit Republic of Trinidad and Tobago
September 4, 2013
Col. Mike Feeley, Maj. Gen. Frank Vavala, Lt. Col. Pete Klabunde and Brig. Gen. Scott Chambers get a tour of the Trinidad and Tobago Reserve Training Base from the commander, Col. Lyle Alexander.
Hagel emphasizes department's resolve in suicide prevention
September 3, 2013
Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel speaks at a press conference with Philippines National Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmine at the Malacanang Palace in Manila, Philippines, Aug. 30, 2013. Hagel has issued a message on suicide prevention to the men and women of the Defense Department.
Hurricane Katrina, eight years later: Former Guard chief reflects on the Guard's "finest hour"
August 29, 2013
Army Maj. Timothy A. Doherty, with the Georgia Army National Guard's 148th Medical Company (Air Ambulance), helps a man from a school building near downtown New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. More than 50,000 National Guard members responded to the disaster and by the end of September 2005 they had flown more 10,200 missions, airlifted more than 88,000 passengers to safety, moved roughly 18,000 tons of supplies and relief aid and saved more than 17,000 lives.
Pa. Guard begins planning for exercise Vigilant Guard, Lithuanian counterparts scheduled to participate
August 29, 2013
Lithuanian Col. Arturas Rackauskas, left, deputy director of the fire and rescue department of Lithuania, and Bob Edmiston, Fort Indiantown Gap fire chief, discuss different aspect of firefighting during a tour of the fire station at Fort Indiantown Gap. The tour was part of planning discussions for Vigilant Guard, an emergency-preparedness exercise hosted by the Pennsylvania National Guard that is scheduled to include Lithuanian military and rescue personnel as part of the partnership between the Pennsylvania Guard and Lithuania through the National Guard Bureau's State Partnership Program.
Last aircraft departs as N.D. Air National Guard ends flying mission, transitions to intelligence mission
August 28, 2013
Tech. Sgt. Scott Hovda, a crew chief with the 119th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, gives hand signals as he assists pilots Col. Kent Olson, 119th Wing commander and Col. Brad Derrig, 119th Wing vice-commander, as they prepare to take off from the North Dakota Air National Guard Base in Fargo, N.D., in the unit's last C-21A Learjet, Aug. 27, 2013. The departure of the unit's last C-21A brings to a close 66 years of flying history in the North Dakota Air Guard as the 119th Wing transitions to a non-flying intelligence mission.
DC National Guard provides support during 50th anniversary of 'March on Washington'
August 27, 2013
Sgt. 1st Class Samuel Isabell, with Joint Forces Headquarters, District of Columbia National Guard, assists attendees during the 50th Anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King's famous March on Washington, where he gave his historic "I Have A Dream" speech. District of Columbia National Guard service members were on hand to assist local law enforcement agencies with security, safety, and traffic control.
Calif. National Guard members battle Northern California wildfires
August 27, 2013
Aircrews from the California Air National Guard’s 129th Rescue Wing drop water from an HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter on the Rim fire in the Stanislaus National Forest near Yosemite National Park, Calif., Aug. 21, 2013. Members of the California National Guard have been working with state and local officials to battle several ongoing wildfires in Northern California.
Texas Army National Guard doctor closes file on his last Operation Lone Star mission
August 27, 2013
Army Col. Arnold "Skip" Jones, with Medical Command, 71st Troop Command, Texas Army National Guard, passes on medical advice to a patient during Operation Lone Star in Laredo, Texas. Operation Lone Star is a weeklong, real-time large scale emergency preparedness exercise that provides medical services and disaster recovery training to state agencies and personnel while addressing the medical needs of thousands of under-served Texas residents in the South Texas border region.