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Senior Airman Heather Ransom volunteers above and beyond the call for Honor Flight Project vets
July 31, 2014
Members from the Illinois Air National Guard's 126th Air Refueling Wing stand at Lambert International Airport, St. Louis, July 8, 2014, after greeting veterans during the Greater St. Louis Area Honor Flight.
Guard members from Arizona, Louisiana earn coveted Expert Infantry Badge
July 31, 2014
Arizona Army National Guard Soldiers joke with each other while waiting to be tested at the next Expert Infantry Badge station at Camp Navajo, Ariz., July 23, 2014.
North Carolina Guard members become leaders in motorcycle safety training
July 31, 2014
Students, including Chief Warrant Officer 3 Thomas Anspach, North Carolina National Guard assistant state training officer, ride during the Highway Patrol's Bike Safe assessor's course on July 18, 2014, in Raleigh N.C. Ansbach is the first National Guardsman to graduate from this course.
Air National Guard's Outstanding Senior NCO of the Year: Master Sgt. Joseph Ashwood
July 31, 2014
Air National Guard Outstanding Senior Non-commissioned Officer of the Year, Master Sgt. Joseph G. Ashwood, a remotely piloted aircraft sensor operator assigned to the 111th Reconnaissance Squadron at Ellington Joint Reserve Base, Houston, Texas. Ashwood has been instrumental in developing Airman training for the 111th, enhancing thier combat effectiveness by 30 percent.
South Dakota Guard partners with Danish Home Guard to add international perspective to officer training
July 30, 2014
Danish Home Guard 1st Lt. Jannick B. Reumann instructs a U.S. Army National Guard officer candidate on land navigation, July 16, 2014, at Fort Meade, S.D. Reumann, along with 14 other Danish Home Guard instructors, completed U.S. Army Basic Instructor Course training, July 1-4, in Denmark through a DoD Officers Foreign Exchange Program, in cooperation with the South Dakota Army National Guard. Danish Home Guard instructors were then selected to come to South Dakota to serve as Officer Candidate School instructors, July 13-26.
Senior Airman Christian Goldsmith is Air National Guard's Airman of Year
July 30, 2014
The Air National Guard's Outstanding Airman of the Year, Senior Airman Christian Goldsmith, a geospatial intelligence analyst from the 150th Special Operations Wing, New Mexico Air National Guard. Goldsmith's work ethic and dedication to process improvement has dramatically reduced production time in his squadron, raising its production by 25 percent.
Alaska Air Guard rescuers transport woman in labor with twins
July 30, 2014
An Alaska Air National Guard HH-60 Pave Hawk combat search and rescue helicopter from the 210th Rescue Squadron flies over Cook Inlet April 30, 2013. Airmen with the Alaska Air National Guard’s 210th, 211th and 212th Rescue Squadrons assisted July 28, 2014, with the transportation of a pregnant woman in labor from Nulato, Alaska.
Missouri Guard course focuses on creating well-rounded, physically fit Soldiers
July 29, 2014
South Dakota Guard members aid Afghanistan drawdown
July 29, 2014
A Soldier with the 1742nd Transportation Company, South Dakota National Guard, bore sights his vehicle's weapon system while preparing for a convoy July 22, 2014, at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan. The 1742nd regularly escorts contracted semitrailers on convoys throughout southern Afghanistan as Regional Command-South closes outlying bases and draws down their forces.
Tech. Sgt. Douglas Matthews is Air Guard's Outstanding Non-Commissioned Officer of the Year
July 29, 2014
The Air National Guard's Outstanding Non-commissioned Officer of the Year, Technical Sgt. Douglas Matthews, a combat controller assigned to the 125th Special tactics Squadron, Oregon Air National Guard. Matthews was recently awarded the Silver Star, the nation's third-highest award for valor and is one of the 12 Outstanding Airmen of 2014.
2014 Secretary of Defense Employer Support Freedom Award recipients announced
July 28, 2014
Fifteen employers will be honored at a September ceremony "for their unwavering commitment to service members and their families," in the words of Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel.
New York National Guard training takes to the skies
July 28, 2014
A New York Army National Guard flight medic from the Rochester, N.Y.-based Company F, 1st Battalion, 169th Aviation (Air Ambulance), rises up from the wood line to conduct medical evacuation training with infantry Soldiers from the New York Army National Guard's 2nd Platoon, Company C, 2nd Battalion, 108th Infantry, from Gloversville, N.Y. The two units trained jointly during their New York Army National Guard Annual Training, July 17, 2014.
Relationship-centered security cooperation model comes of age
July 28, 2014
Gen. Ljubisa Dikovic, Serbia's chief of defense, welcomes Army Maj. Gen. Deborah Ashenhurst, adjutant general of the Ohio National Guard, for a meeting in Belgrade, Serbia, July 23, 2014. Serbia and Ohio have been partners in the National Guard State Partnership Program since 2006.
Guard Airmen, Soldiers continue western wildfire battle
July 25, 2014
Utah Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Jason Towensend, 2-211 Aviation Battalion, drops water on the Tunnel Hallow fire near Morgan, Utah, July 23, 2014. The two HH-60 Black Hawks assisting with the fire were able to drop more than 29,000 gallons of water on the fire.
Army National Guard activates its first brigade engineer battalion
July 25, 2014
Army Lt. Col. Zac Delwiche, commander of the California Army National Guard's 578th Brigade Engineer Battalion, receives the unit guidon during the activation ceremony for the unit at Camp Roberts, California, June 14, 2014. The 578th BEB is the first brigade engineer battalion to be activated in the Army National Guard and part of an Army-wide change to provide greater organic engineer support to brigade combat teams.
Nevada Air Guard member earns NAACP Roy Wilkins service award
July 25, 2014
Senior Master Sgt. Torry Thompson of the Nevada Air National Guard receives the Roy Wilkins Renown Service Award at the 2014 National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) 39th Annual Armed Services and Veterans Affairs Awards Luncheon, Las Vegas, July 22, 2014.
Air National Guard director Clarke makes Wyoming re-enlistment ceremony memorable
July 24, 2014
Lt. Gen. Stanley E. Clarke III, the director of the Air National Guard, administers the oath of enlistment during a mass re-enlistment ceremony, for Airmen of the 153rd Airlift Wing on July 23, 2014. Clarke visited the 153rd, and met with unit and Wyoming National Guard leaders .
Michigan Army Guard kicks off XCTC training exercise, active component and Army Guard Soldiers train together
July 23, 2014
A Soldier assigned to the 1st Battalion, 119th Field Artillery Regiment, Michigan National Guard, prepares for contact from opposing forces in his hasty fighting position during the Field Artillery Defense situation training exercise lane during the eXportable Combat Training Capability exercise on Camp Grayling Joint Maneuver Training Center, Mich., July 17, 2014. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Jeremy Miller/Released)
New Jersey Army Guard hosting unique officer candidate school for Albanians
July 23, 2014
Albanian 2nd Lt. Hekuran Budani and Sgt. Marjana Kotarja speak to students of the Command and General Staff Officer Course at Joint Base Dix-McGuire-Lakehurst, N.J., about the first-of-its-kind Officer Candidate School they are attending. In the background is Matthew Zilinski, senior platoon training officer of New Jersey's OCS program for the Albanians.
Eight Nevada Guard Airmen support humanitarian mission in Tonga
July 23, 2014
In this file photo, Air Force Tech. Sgt. Misty Ray of the Oregon National Guard holds a child to be examined during the Pacific Angel mission in Sri Lanka in 2013. Eight Nevada Guard Airmen are participating in this year’s Pacific Angel mission in Tonga through July 26.