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Alaska National Guard observation leads to remains recovery from 1952 plane crash
June 18, 2014
This Douglas C-124C Globemaster at the National Museum of the United States Air Force is similar to the craft that crashed in 1952 at a remote Alaska site.
Brig. Gen. Michael R. Taheri assumes command of Air National Guard Readiness Center
June 18, 2014
Brig. Gen. Michael R. Taheri, commander of the Air National Guard Readiness Center, assumes command of the ANGRC from Lt. Gen. Stanley E. Clarke III, the director of the ANG, during an assumption of command ceremony June 16, 2014.
Commission seeks service members' compensation preferences
June 18, 2014
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Oregon sons serve with their father in air wing
June 17, 2014
Air Force Senior Airman Zachary Phillips, center, is promoted to his present rank June 7, 2014, at a ceremony on the Portland Air National Guard Base, Ore. His brother, Air Force Senior Airman Lewis Phillips, left, and their father, Air Force Senior Master Sgt. John Phillips participated in the ceremony.
New York Army National Guard Soldiers display tools of their trade for Army’s 239th birthday
June 16, 2014
New York Army National Guard Spc. Erik Grijalva instructs a visitor on the proper way to handle an M-249 Squad Automatic Weapon during a weapons and equipment display the unit hosted as part of the Army's celebration of its 239th Birthday on June 14, 2014. Gen. Raymond Odierno, the Chief of Staff of the Army, took part in the event, held on June 13 in Bryant Park.
Saber Strike 2014 confirms U.S. commitment to Baltic States
June 13, 2014
A Stryker Combat Vehicle from the 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team's 2nd Squadron, 104th Cavalry sits on the ramp at the Harrisburg International Airport, Middletown, Pa., awaiting its turn to be loaded aboard a West Virginia National Guard C-5 bound for the Baltics, June 5, 2014. This is the fifth consecutive year the Stryker Brigade has participated in Exercise Saber Strike - an international exercise that is rotated annually between the countries of Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia.
Old Guard Soldiers mentor Maryland National Guard for ceremonial cannon salutes
June 13, 2014
The Maryland National Guard brought in the pros June 7-8, 2014, as members conducted ceremonial cannon salute training. Soldiers from the 3rd U.S. Infantry Salute Guns Platoon or “The Presidential Salute Battery” traveled to Camp Fretterd, north of Baltimore, to train Maryland Guard Soldiers from the 58th Troop Command on everything related to the ceremonial Howitzer Cannon.
Commentary: A salute to military fathers and the families who love them
June 13, 2014
Chief Warrant Officer Dean Stoops shares a moment with his father, retired Army Lt. Col. Dick Stoops and son, Air Force Capt. Brian Stoops after a change of responsibility ceremony in Frankfort, Ky., Jan. 31, 2014. The three generations of Service members have continued a long tradition of military service in the family, Stoops said.
Army military intelligence Soldiers prepare to uncage the cat at Panther Strike 2014
June 13, 2014
Military intelligence Soldiers from across the U.S. and Canada organize into different units to form a notional combined joint task force at Panther Strike 2014. The exercise is designed to leverage the Soldiers' various MI specialties in the human, counter, signals, imagery, geo-spatial and all-source intelligence fields in order to capture or eliminate cells of Taliban and al-Qaeda insurgents in a simulated valley of Afghanistan's Kunar province laid out on Camp Williams outside Salt Lake City.
Pennsylvania National Guard partners with Lithuanian Infantry for training
June 12, 2014
Pennsylvania National Guard soldiers from the 28th Infantry Division train on advanced rifle marksmanship techniques with Lithuanian infantrymen and women at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pa., June 10, 2014.
Maj. Gen. Jonathan Treacy retires after more than 30 years of service
June 12, 2014
Air Force Maj. Gen. Jonathan T. Treacy, right, stands at attention alongside Army Gen. Frank Grass, chief National Guard Bureau, during the reading of his retirement order at a ceremony in Treacy’s honor, June 6 at Arlington Hall in Arlington, Va. Treacy, who most recently served as the special assistant to the chief, National Guard Bureau, served for more than 30 years in uniform.
Puerto Rico's 65th Infantry Regiment receives Congressional Gold Medal
June 11, 2014
Some of the members of the Puerto Rican infantry unit who distinguished themselves during heroic combat during the Korean War.
NGB vice chief visits Golden Coyote exercise
June 11, 2014
The Vice Chief of the National Guard Bureau, Air Force Lt. Gen. Joseph L. Lengyel, left, and Maj. Gen. Tim Reisch, the adjutant general of the South Dakota National Guard, visit Forward Operating Base Custer in Custer State Park, S.D., as a part the 30th annual Golden Coyote training exercise June 8, 2014. Lt. Gen. Lengyel visited the exercise where National Guard, Reserve, active-duty and allied nation forces come together for two-weeks to train in support of overseas contingency operations and homeland support missions.
California's Camp Roberts rehabs helipad and parade field for millions less than projections
June 10, 2014
California Army National Guard engineers spray an even coat of black dye across the completed surface of Camp Roberts' recently restabilized parade field April 29, 2014.
Baltic's Exercise Saber Strike 2014 showcases international cooperation
June 10, 2014
Brig. Gen. Ainars Ozolins, co-director of the Saber Strike Exercise, gives a thumbs up to Maj. Gen. Mark McQueen, the other co-director, during the opening ceremony. The Ceremony took place at Adazi Training Area in Latvia on June 9, 2014. Saber Strike is a multilateral, multifaceted exercise designed to enhance joint and combined interoperability with the U.S. and allied partners.
Wisconsin enlistee carries on three-generation Guard tradition
June 9, 2014
Rylie Denson receives the Oath of Enlistment from her father, Maj. Doug Denson, executive officer of the 1st Battalion, 147th Aviation Regiment, during a swearing-in ceremony Feb. 25, 2014, in Milwaukee. Rylie became the third generation of Densons to serve in the unit when she enlisted into the Wisconsin Army National Guard. Her grandfather, retired Brig. Gen. Kerry Denson, was the unit’s first commander.
Alaska National Guard saves hiker whose supplies were depleted
June 9, 2014
A pair of Alaska Army National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters taxi after pilots land at the Alaska Army National Guard Army Aviation Support Facility in Nome April 17, 2012. A similar craft rescued a stranded hiker on June 5, 2014.
IN 1937, Colorado Guard used flamethrowers and explosives against plague of locusts
June 9, 2014
Grasshoppers swarm a downtown Colorado Springs, Colorado, storefront in early summer 1937. National Guard troops battled the locust invasion with flamethrowers from slow-moving trains and explosives, among other techniques.
Memorandum establishes commitment between Guard, Army Cyber Command
June 6, 2014
Army Maj. Gen. Judd H. Lyons, right, acting director Army National Guard, and Army Lt. Gen. Edward C. Cardon, commander U.S. Army Cyber Command, sign a memorandum of understanding during an event June 5, 2014, at Fort Belvoir, Virginia. The memorandum establishes a commitment to a total force solution in cyber space solutions and aligns the Army Guard's 1636th Cyber Protection Team under the command and control of ARCYBER.
Guard units take on multiple roles in exercises, real world missions in Europe
June 6, 2014
Soldiers with the Pennsylvania Army National Guard work with a Lithuanian soldier, center, during an exercise in Saber Strike 2013 in Adazi, Latvia, June 4, 2013. S