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Sick baby and her family aboard Navy frigate after 129th Rescue Wing rescue
April 7, 2014
Sailors from Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate USS Vandegrift (FFG 49) assist in the rescue of the Kaufman family with a sick infant via the ship's small boat as part of a joint U.S. Navy, Coast Guard and California Air National Guard rescue effort. The family and four Air National Guard pararescuemen were safely moved from the sailboat to the Vandegrift, and the ship is now sailing to San Diego.

129th Rescue Wing conducting dramatic sea rescue of baby
April 4, 2014
Pararescuemen assigned to the California Air National Guard 129th Rescue Wing transfer a patient from an HH-60G helicopter to land-based medical facilities during a long range over water search and rescue mission which originated 1,400 miles off the Coast of Acapulco, Mexico on Sept. 9, 2012. A similar mission is underway to save an American baby.

Defense Department honors kids during Military Child Month
April 4, 2014
HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. – Four-year-old Tony Jones and three-year-old John Siebert, students at Holloman's Child Development Center, hold up a banner during a march to commemorate the start of the 2012 Month of the Military Child April 6.

Florida disaster response team proves ‘best’ during the ‘worst’
April 4, 2014
Tech. Sgt. Danreb Faustino from the Florida Air National Guard's 125th Medical Group is hoisted from a tunnel as part of a simulated collapsed building during a FL-CERFP External Evaluation at Camp Blanding Joint Training Center, Fla., March 27, 2014.

Texas National Guard and Chilean Armed Forces leaders meet to discuss future of partnership
April 3, 2014
Chilean Air Force Capt. Javier Salinas, left, Commandos, 6th Squadron, 4th Aviation Brigade, Chilean Air Force, briefs U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Brian Newby, Chief of Staff and Vice Commander, Texas Air National Guard, and Command Chief Master Sgt. Oscar Tey, Senior Enlisted Leader, Texas Joint Domestic Operations Command, on the capabilities of his unit at the brigade's air base in southern Chile, March 27, 2014.

Mongolian visit to Alaska Vigilant Guard exercise continues partnership success
April 3, 2014
Staff Sgt. Ned Tri, right, Alaska Medical Station clinical noncommissioned officer-in-charge, explains to Maj. Ariunaa Chadraabal, left, and Col. Ulambayay Nyamkhuu, middle, representatives from Mongolia, the contents of a medical bag used during Exercises Alaska Shield and Vigilant Guard-Alaska 2014, March 28, 2014.

Nominations announced for top employer-support awards
April 3, 2014
The Depoartment of Defense's Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve was established in 1972 to develop and maintain employer support for the Guard and Reserve services.

Washington National Guard keeps up the search for mudslide victims
April 2, 2014
Members of the Washington National Guard continue a grid-based surface search from the west side of the Oso landslide. More than 70 members of the National Guard are involved in search and recovery efforts.

Sexual assault has no place here, Wisconsin National Guard leaders say
April 2, 2014
Working dog Falcon, with 2nd Lt. Amber Garfoot, is assigned to the Wisconsin National Guard as a vital member of the Sexual Assault Prevention and Response team. Falcon's presence helps put victims of sexual or physical assault more at ease, which in turn makes future visits to discuss a traumatic subject more tolerable.

Sexual Assault Awareness Month kicks off
April 2, 2014
Boots painted teal, the color representing sexual assault awareness and prevention, are lined up in the atrium of the Army National Guard Readiness Center in Arlington, Va. Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM) was first observed nationally in April 2001.

North Dakota Airmen deploy in support of CENTCOM
March 31, 2014
Lt. Col. Tad Shauer, the 219th Security Forces Commander, right,speaks to deploying unit members as Master Sgt. Larry Torres, the 219th Security Forces first sergeant, prepares to present a unit flag during a send-off ceremony at the Minot Armed Forces Reserve Center, Minot N.D., March 14, 2014.

National Guard units, government responders training across Alaska
March 31, 2014
A U.S. Army tugboat is unloaded from the USNS Mendonca, a large cargo ship, during Alaska Shield 2014 in Anchorage, Alaska, March 27 2014.

Alaska support unit gains real-world scenario training
March 31, 2014
Spc. Crystal Roseman and Sgt. Geoffrey Hansen with the 207th Brigade Support Company secure cargo of medical supplies before transporting it to the Palmer Fairgrounds during the Alaska Shield Vigilant Guard exercise, Alaska, March 27, 2014.

Vigilant Guard training brings Alaska National Guard together with local responders
March 31, 2014
Staff Sgt. Jonathon Luis of the 103rd Civil Support Team, Alaska National Guard, observes his Soldier responding to scenario where an overturned rail car tanker is leaking hazardous material at the Anchorage Fire department training center rubble pile, Anchorage, Alaska, March 27, 2014.

Japanese reporter visits Air National Guard units to tell their stories back home
March 28, 2014
Japanese aviation reporter Susumu Tokunaga visited the 167th Airlift Wing March 21, 2014, to observe the operations for a series of articles highlighting the Air National Guard. He's briefed here on fire apparatus.

National Guard readies for wildfire season in Florida
March 28, 2014
A member of the Rhode Island National Guard examines the connections to a collapsible firefighting bucket during aerial firefighting training with the Florida Army National Guard at Cecil Commerce Center in Jacksonville, Fla., March 20, 2014.

U.S., Jordanian military leaders deepen National Guard partnership
March 27, 2014
Army Gen. Frank Grass, the chief of the National Guard Bureau, meets with Gen. Masha Al-Zaben, right, chair of the Jordanian Joint Chiefs of Staff, and His Royal Highness, Lt. Gen. Prince Faisal Bin Al Hussein of Jordan, left, in Jordan, March 27, 2014. The Colorado National Guard is partnered with Jordan in the National Guard State Partnership Program.

Georgia Guard members 'won't forget' exchange in Guatemala
March 27, 2014
Staff Sgt. Richard Ramirez of the Georgia Army National Guard provides a safety brief to Guatemalan Interagency Task Force Soldiers and police agents prior to their driver's training class in order to build capacity and to enhance their capability in combating transnational criminal organizations and drug trafficking organizations.

50 years ago, Alaska quake became early model for joint disaster response
March 26, 2014
The large earthquake damaged National Guard offices in Alaska as well as civilian homes and facilities. These Guard members start cleaning up their own building in  Anchorage. They had just arrived there for annual training when the quake hit March 27, 1964.

Kentucky signal Soldiers put 24-hour response package to test
March 26, 2014
Chief Warrant Officer Scott Goode, front,and Sgt. Joshua Atonovich with the 63rd Theater Aviation Brigade installs an antenna to the unit's mobile communication system during a signal exercise in Pensacola, Fla., March 8, 2014. The exercise brought various units of Task Force 46, a Michigan National Guard command, together to validate communication systems and response.