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Service Members Receiving RAND Military Workplace Survey
August 18, 2014
The Pentagon with the Washington Monument and National Mall in the background. Military personnel will have the opportunity to participate in a confidential survey.
188th Wing family named Air National Guard Family of the Year
August 18, 2014
The 188th Wing’s Barr family - Senior Master Sgt. Scott Barr, his wife Cindy and the couple’s children - were awarded National Military Family Association 2014 Family of the Year Award for the Air National Guard. Gen. Frank Grass, chief of the National Guard, left, and Maj. Gen. William Wofford, Arkansas National Guard adjutant general, right, presented the accolade to the Barrs at the national volunteer conference in Norman, Oklahoma, Aug. 13.
Hurricane Camille - Joint National Guard response to huge 1969 storm
August 15, 2014
Mississippi Army National Guard helps in cleanup operations in aftermath of Hurricane Camille in Gulfport-Biloxi area.
Two Maryland Guard members honored for rescuing girl from blazing house
August 15, 2014
Two Maryland Army National Guard Soldiers, Sgt. Maj. Merle L. Bragg Jr. with the 29th infantry division, and Sgt. Edward L. Carmean with the 290th military police company, both senior police officers with the Berlin Police Department, were presented with the Life Saving Award, Aug. 11, 2014, at the Council Chambers - Berlin Town Hall in Berlin, Md. Bragg and Carmean heroically rescued a 6-year-old girl, Mia McKenize, from a residential house fire on April 17, 2014, at 117 Branch Street.
Emergency physicians help New York Guard Soldiers hone medical skills
August 15, 2014
Pfc. Tyler Kinzel, a Port Jervis, N.Y., resident assigned to Medical Command, New York Army National Guard, begins bag-mask ventilating a medical mannequin after inserting an endotracheal tube through the esophagus under the direction of Dr. Anar Patel on Aug. 5, 2014.
California Guard financial specialist gets back to Soldier roots to help fight fires
August 15, 2014
California Army National Guard Soldiers, including Spc. Eunjin Lee, with Fire Crew 10 head back into camp after working all day as hand crews at the Little Deer fire in Klamath National Forest Aug. 10, 2014, in support of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection's firefighting efforts.
New York Army National Guard Soldiers become MPs during four-week course
August 14, 2014
New York Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Douglas Sandburg, an instructor with the 106th Regional Training Institute, instructs Sgt. Patricia Schuett, 222nd Chemical Company, of Woodhaven, N.Y., how to operate and clear a MK 19 Grenade Machine Gun, Aug 4, 2014. The training is part of a four-week military police reclassification course taught at Camp Smith Training Site, Peekskill, N.Y.
National Guard creates new Chaplain Corps Handbook
August 13, 2014
The Training Analysis Feedback Team located at the Mission Training Complex Leavenworth released the Chaplain Corps Handbook for National Guard unit ministry teams. The last publication for chaplains was in 2005.
1,000 convene in Phoenix for National Guard Enlisted Association meeting
August 13, 2014
Gen. Frank Grass, chief of the National Guard Bureau, talks about the future of the National Guard during the 43rd Annual National Conference and Expo of the Enlisted Association of the National Guard of the United States, Aug. 11, 2014 The conference, held in Arizona, hosted more than 1,000 Guard members from across the country.
New York Army National Guard Cavalry Soldiers take to the water in Zodiac boat drill
August 12, 2014
New York Army National Guard Soldiers of C Troop 2nd Squadron 101st Cavalry move their boats inland after crossing Indian Lake in Zodiac inflatable boats during an annual training exercise here on Aug. 10, 2014. The Soldiers are the dismounted troop for the squadron - which serves as the eyes and ears of the 27th Infantry Brigade Combat Team - and need to hone their skills at conducting reconnaissance across rivers and lakes.
Tennessee National Guard engineers pitch in to clear debris from massive tornado
August 12, 2014
Sgt. Eddie Branum, of the 190th Mobility Augmentation Company, uses a National Guard chainsaw to cut a downed tree for removal from the tornado disaster site that devastated areas of Claiborne and Campbell County, Tenn., on July 27, 2014
Louisiana Soldiers endure jungle training with partners in Belize
August 11, 2014
Louisiana National Guard members practice jungle-warfare techniques during a training exercise in Cayo, Belize, July 1, 2014. The training, part of the National Guard’s State Partnership Program.
National Guard space operations expand leaders' problem-solving tools
August 11, 2014
Pfc. Miranda Yost, a geospatial engineer with the Army Space Support Team 30, 117th Space Support Battalion, Colorado National Guard, uses mapping software during the multi-state large-scale, natural disaster emergency response exercise Vigilant Guard 2014, hosted by the Kansas National Guard in Salina, Kan., Aug. 4-7, 2014.
Guard members continue to fight wildfires in western states
August 8, 2014
A UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crew from the California Army National Guard delivers a 660-gallon bucket full of water on a Northern California fire Aug. 4.
Paratroopers from around world forge bonds at Leapfest competition hosted in Rhode Island
August 8, 2014
A group of German paratroopers jumps from a CH-47 Chinook helicopter during Leapfest Airborne Competition Aug. 4, 2014, West Kingston, R.I. Leapfest is an Airborne parachute competition sponsored by the Rhode Island National Guard to promote high level technical training within the International Airborne community.
Armenian visitors observe Vigilant Guard exercise under State Partnership Program
August 7, 2014
Expeditionary Medical Support System (EMEDS) personnel from the Kansas Air National Guard demonstrate Emergency Room procedures to the Armenian delegation during Vigilant Guard 2014, Salina, Kansas, Aug. 5, 2014. The delegation's visit is through the National Guard's State Partnership Program. The Kansas National Guard has been partnered with Armenia since 2003.
Army Guard to seek redesign of sports marketing program within budget constraints
August 6, 2014
National Guard Bureau Seal
Preparation was key, say Army National Guard's Best Warrior competitors
August 6, 2014
Competitors in 2014 Army National Guard Best Warrior Competition cross the finish line of the ruck march portion of the competition at Camp Joseph T. Robinson, Arkansas, July 16, 2014. The competition tested competitors on a variety of tactical and technical skills in a physically and mentally demanding environment as they vie to earn the title of Best Warrior and become the Soldier and Noncommissioned Officer of the Year for the Army Guard. The winners of the competition will go on to represent the Army Guard in the Department of the Army level Best Warrior Competition later this year.
ANG's Outstanding Honor Guard Program Manager of the Year: Master Sgt. David Coker
August 6, 2014
The Air National Guard's 2014 Outstanding Honor Guard Program Manager of the Year, Master Sgt. David Coker, a services craftsman with the 128th Air Refueling Wing, Wisconsin Air National Guard. Coker was selected for his leadership excellence and dedication to ensuring our nation’s veterans are paid proper final respects.
Indiana National Guard partners with FEMA in water-rescue exercise
August 6, 2014
Brian Harting, a rescue team member from Task Force 1, Ohio's Federal Emergency Management Team, prepares to deliver a simulated casualty to a litter team of Soldiers from the 381st Military Police Company, Indiana National Guard, Brush Creek Reservoir in Butlerville, Ind., near Muscatatuck Urban Training Center, Aug. 4, 2014. The Vibrant Response 14 exercise tests the abilities of multiple agencies to respond in the event of an actual chemical, biological, radioactive or nuclear incident or other emergencies.