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Historic New York 369th Infantry Regiment index cards available online
November 13, 2014
Pennsylvania National Guard medics win Army Best Medic competition
November 13, 2014
Staff Sgt. Melvyn Mayo and Sgt. 1st Class Vinicios Occhiena placed first at the 2014 Best Medic Competition.
Utah Air National Guard base will be renamed for war hero Roland R. Wright
November 12, 2014
A vintage photo of retired Brig. Gen. Roland R. Wright, whose plane was named the Mormon Mustang. A Utah air base will be renamed in his honor on Nov. 18 2014.
D.C. National Guard members help support massive Veterans Day 'Concert for Valor'
November 12, 2014
Sgt. Maurice Nichols, 275th Military Police Company, helps the Metropolitan Police Department control traffic in Washington, D.C., Nov. 11, 2014, when the 'Concert for Valor' attracted hundreds of thousands to the capital.
Texas Airmen join forces with Kentucky Air Guard in Senegal; establish airlift squadron for Ebola response
November 10, 2014
Aerial porters from the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Contingency Response Group load 8 tons of humanitarian aid and military supplies onto a U.S. Air Force C-130 aircraft at Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport in Dakar, Senegal, Nov. 4, 2014. The aircraft and crew, from Dyess Air Force Base Texas, are deployed to Senegal as part of the 787th Air Expeditionary Squadron and will fly the cargo into Monrovia, Liberia, in support of Operation United Assistance, the U.S. Agency for International Development-led, whole-of-government effort to contain the Ebola virus outbreak in West Africa.
Historians' corner - Berlin Wall's 1989 destruction helped usher in National Guard's State Partnership Program
November 7, 2014
In November, 1989, East German students sit atop the Berlin Wall at the Brandenburg Gate in front of border guards. The destruction of the once-hated wall signaled the end of a divided Germany.
New York Guard public affairs Soldiers help tell story in Japan
November 7, 2014
New York Army National Guard broadcast journalist Sgt. Jeremy Bratt, right, joins joins 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team public affairs noncommissioned officer Sgt. Kingston Dillard, and a Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force interpreter to interview a Japanese service member on Oct. 21 during Orient Shield 14.
Southern Strike 15 in Mississippi enhancing combat effectiveness for 51 units from 23 states
November 6, 2014
New York Air National Guard Master Sgt. Jerry Kurz, right, 102nd Rescue Squadron loadmaster, based at F.S. Gabreski Airport in Westhampton Beach, N.Y., assists Brig. Gen. William Hill, left, Mississippi Air National Guard chief of staff, with donning a safety harness on board an HC-130P King during exercise Southern Strike 15 (SS15) near the Combat Readiness Training Center (CRTC) in Gulfport, Miss., Oct. 30, 2014.
Nominations open for 2015 Secretary of Defense Employer Support Freedom Award
November 6, 2014
Logo of Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve, a Defense Department agency that is accepting nominations for the 2015 Freedom Award. The award honors employers for helping Guard and Reserve members in their jobs.
New Jersey Air National Guard officer trumps cancer
November 5, 2014
New Jersey Air National Guard Lt. Col. John Fogarty oversees a hazardous waste containment exercise at Atlantic City Air National Guard Base, N.J., on Nov. 4, 2014.
Pennsylvania National Guard breaks ground for new aviation maintenance instruction building
November 4, 2014
State Rep. Rose Marie Swanger, Eugene J. McNally III, president of Senate Builders, Mark W. Kindig of Leidos Engineering, Maj. Gen. Wesley Craig, Pennsylvania adjutant general, and Col. Todd Levendoski, commander of Eastern Army National Guard Aviation Training Site (EAATS) facility, participated in a groundbreaking ceremony Oct. 31, 2014, for the construction of a new aviation maintenance instruction building.
Commentary: An Airman who waited too long to obtain crucial documents
November 4, 2014
Service members should consider legal documents and family plans to help make important decisions should they or a loved become unable to do so.
New York Guard's 24th Civil Support Team hones skills at water supply site
November 4, 2014
Members of the New York National Guard's 24th Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Team exit the decontamination tent during a drill at the Suffolk County Water Authority's New Highway Pump Station, Oct. 27, 2014. National Guard civil support teams are trained to identify the presence of chemical, biological, or radiological agents and provide that information to local authorities. The exercise tested response protocols to intruder events and to identify and correct any existing weaknesses in station security.
Joining Community Forces taps National Guard’s nationwide presence to help all service members
November 3, 2014
Speakers addressed a military and civilian audience at Camp Dawson, W. Va., Oct. 30, 2014. A three-day, first-ever national Joining Community Forces Workshop wrapped up Oct. 31 between local, state and federal representatives.
National Guard agreement with Agriculture Department will assist family outreach
November 3, 2014
Army Gen. Frank Grass, chief of the National Guard Bureau, signs a Memorandum of Understanding, which is designed to assist National Guard Families, Camp Dawson, W. Va., Oct. 29, 2014. Grass, along with Sonny Ramaswamy, director, National Institute of Food and Agriculture, signed the Memorandum of Understanding that will better enhance the health and well-being of military families.
Defense Department celebrates Military Family Month in November
November 3, 2014
November is Military Family Month. In this 2013 photo, 3-year-old Maurcellus Smith, 3, son of Master Sgt. Jamila Smith, battalion S-2 Shop noncommissioned officer in charge, 728th Military Police Battalion, 8th Military Police Brigade, performs pushups while Sgt. Guipps Laguerre, supply sergeant, Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 728th MP Bn., 8th MP Bde. counts and keeps score at Schofield Barracks to celebrate the battalion's military families.