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Honing spiritual fitness, Texas Air National Guard chaplain grows chaplain's program
November 25, 2015
Chaplain Brig. Gen. Steve Chisolm, Air National Guard Assistant to the U.S. Air Force Chief of Chaplains, preaches to Texas Air National Guard members and their families during a chapel service held at the 136th Airlift Wing headquarters, Nov. 15, 2015, Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth, Texas.
Iowa, Kosovo a model National Guard State Partnership Program relationship
November 25, 2015
Gen. Frank Grass, chief of the National Guard Bureau, visits in Kosovo with representatives on each side of the partnership program between the U.S. and Kosovo.
Gen. Grass issues Thanksgiving message to civilians and uniformed personnel
November 24, 2015
U.S. Army Gen. Frank Grass, the chief of the National Guard Bureau, addresses the Air Force Association's 2013 Air and Space Conference and Technology Exposition at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland., Sept. 18, 2013. Grass just released his Thanksgiving message
New app makes it easy for Guard members to connect with mental health care
November 23, 2015
The new Guard Ready app allows service members to select their branch so it can connect them with sources of assistance.
New York State Military Museum's new exhibit tells story of the state's Air National Guard
November 23, 2015
The flying jacket and helmet used by Maj. Gen. John Fenimore, a commander of the 109th Airlift Wing, which flies missions to Antarctica, and later the adjutant general of New York from1995 to 2001, is among the exhibits in "Ever Upward: The History of the New York Air National Guard" show which opened at the New York State Military Museum in Saratoga Springs on Nov. 20.
Kansas National Guard patrols assist motorists stranded by heavy snow
November 23, 2015
The 997th Brigade Support Battalion deployed Stranded Motorists Assistance Response Teams to patrol roads in northwest Kansas on Nov. 18, 2015, searching for stranded motorists. Four vehicles and 10 personnel were activated due to blizzard conditions.
Louisiana National Guard cyber team trains to defend the Web
November 20, 2015
Louisiana National Guards Lt. Col. Henry T. Capello, chief communications officer, conducting training for the Cyber Defense Incident Response Team (CDIRT). To practice looking for potential security breaches during training, members of the Louisiana Army and Air National Guard who are on the CDIRT log onto computers formatted to duplicate common operating systems and website platforms and look for unusual activity that may indicate that a hacker is actively compromising a state website.
Kadavy: Increased training is key to readiness
November 19, 2015
Soldiers with the 1344th Transportation Company of the Illinois National Guard participate in an urban warfare training exercise at Fort Irwin, California, during the unit's annual training in May 2010.
Heavy snow in Colorado brings out National Guard crew
November 19, 2015
An M973A1 Small Unit Support Vehicle, also known as an SUSV, sporting emergency lights and digital camouflage, claws its way through the snow at Taylor Park Reservoir near Gunnison, Colorado, March 15, 2010. The SUSV, which is capable of traversing almost any terrain, is the primary vehicle used by the Colorado Army National Guard’s Snow Response Team.
This Airman Brown shows she's 'unstoppable'
November 18, 2015
U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Tanya L. Brown, a services journeyman with the 182nd Force Support Squadron, Illinois Air National Guard, poses on the 182nd Airlift Wing aircraft apron in Peoria, Ill., Nov. 7, 2015. Brown – a full-time beautician, farmer, student, wife and mother - enlisted in the Air National Guard at the age of 35.
Air National Guard director receives Order of the Sword invitation
November 18, 2015
Air Force Lt. Gen. Stanley E. Clarke, III, director, Air National Guard, is presented the Order of the Sword invitation from Chief Master Sgt. James W. Hotaling, command chief master sergeant of the Air National Guard, at 10 House Fire Department, New York, Nov. 11, 2015. The Air Force enlisted corps established the Order of the Sword to recognize and honor military senior officers for significant contributions to the enlisted force.
All Michigan, all the time, for this operation in Liberia
November 18, 2015
Soldiers of the Gladstone-based, 1430th Engineer Company, Michigan Army National Guard, Airmen and ground crew offload a Selfridge-based KC-135 from the Michigan Air National Guard on a tarmac in Liberia last week in preparation to assist with Liberia engineers as part of efforts to help the Liberians build new barracks buildings.
Guard Your Health launches #ClassIRecipes
November 13, 2015
The Guard Your Health program will be releasing recipes for all tastes and budgets and skill levels.
Arizona National Guard helps keep NATO flights aloft
November 13, 2015
Staff Sgt. Kevin Gimenez, a KC-135 Stratotanker boom operator assigned to the Arizona Air National Guard, prepares to refuel a NATO E-3A Sentry over northern Germany during a training mission, Nov. 10, 2015. Airmen from the 161st Air Refueling Wing based in Phoenix are supporting aircrew training operations Nov. 9-20 at NATO Air Base Geilenkirchen, Germany.
Performing service every day is part of this South Carolina Guard Soldier's life
November 12, 2015
First Lt. Darrion Lemon guides a driver along as he works with other U.S. Army engineers with the South Carolina National Guard to repair roads in Manning, S.C., Nov. 5, 2015. The engineers assigned to the 178th Engineer Battalion and 122nd Engineer Battalion are supporting recovery efforts after the state was impacted by historic flooding that damaged roads and infrastructure in October 2015.
Veterans Day message to the force
November 11, 2015
Members of the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division participated in Anchorage's first-ever Veterans Day Parade on Nov. 7, 2015. More than 50 airmen of the Alaska Air National Guard's 176th Wing joined approximately 200 other military members to represent actively-serving veterans for the celebration.
147th Reconnaissance Wing reaches 100K flight hours on MQ-1 Predator
November 10, 2015
Members of the 147th Reconnaissance Wing Maintenance Group open the crate holding an MQ-1 Predator at Ellington Field Joint Reserve Base in Houston, Aug. 18, 2009. The wing is transitioning from the F-16 to the MQ-1 and this is the first of several Predators that the wing will receive.
Long-delayed Medal of Honor awarded to Harlem Hellfighters' Sgt. Henry Johnson displayed in New York Capitol
November 10, 2015
New York Army National Guard Command Sgt. Major Anthony McLean accepts the New York State Medal of Valor on behalf of Sgt. Henry Johnson during a ceremony marking the display of a Medal of Honor posthumously awarded to Johnson for his World War I actions, on Nov. 9, 2015, at the New York State Capitol in Albany. Also pictured are Maj. Gen. Patrick Murphy ( right) the adjutant general of New York and Col. Dave Martinez, the commander of the 369th Sustainment Brigade.
Alaska National Guard saves two after plane crashes at snowy airstrip
November 9, 2015
A Utah Army National Guard Soldier from the 19th Special Forces is hoisted up to an HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter during a combat search and rescue integration exercise over the Utah Test and Training Range in Sandy, Utah, on May 3, 2007. Alaska National Guard rescuers use similar craft in their missions, which resulted in a save of two fliers on Nov. 7, 2015.
Army Guard to see reductions, changes in personnel and force structure
November 6, 2015
A Stryker vehicle from the 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team passes a gas station north of Vilnius enroute to Rukla. A platoon of soldiers from the 28th Infantry Division unit from Hazleton, Pennsylvania, will spend two weeks training in the Saber Strike 2015 exercise. Saber Strike is a long-standing U.S. Army Europe-led cooperative training exercise. Projected changes to National Guard units will lead to conversion of some, including the 81st Armored Brigade Combat Team, which is slated to transition to a Stryker brigade combat team in 2017.