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South Carolina National Guard bridge company helping rebuild Columbia
October 23, 2015
Engineers from the 125th Multi-Role Bridge Company, South Carolina Army National Guard help contractors clear debris out of the canal in Columbia, on Oct. 21, 2015.
Vietnam opens new school and shelter built with Oregon National Guard
October 23, 2015
Brig. Gen. Michael E. Stencel, adjutant general, Oregon, poses with students at their new intermediate school in Phu Tinh village in the Quang Nam Province of Vietnam, Oct. 21, 2015, following a ribbon cutting ceremony. The new school was built in cooperation between the U.S. and Vietnam and has a secondary-use as a shelter during natural disasters.
Texas Guard members fight fires in Bell County; save 200 homes
October 22, 2015
A Texas Army National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk from the Austin Army Aviation Facility assists in suppressing a wildfire in Bastrop County, Texas. The Texas National Guard mobilized aviation assets from Austin, Grand Prairie and San Antonio to help combat the fire that burned about 4,200 acres and destroyed nearly one dozen homes.
New York National Guard Civil Support Team hones skills at fire training center
October 22, 2015
New York Air National Guard Staff Sgt. Joshua Spagnola tests a potential hazardous material in a vacant residential building at the Colonie Fire Training Center in Latham, Oct. 20, 2015. Members of the 2nd Civil Support Team trained at the center to improve and test their team's ability to rapidly detect and identify chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear (CBRN) hazardous and respond to these threats.
Texas National Guard crews helping fight wildfires
October 21, 2015
A Texas Army National Guard CH-47 Chinook from Grand Prairie and a UH-60 Black Hawk from the Austin Army Aviation Facility assist in suppressing a wildfire in Bastrop County, Texas.
National Guard State Partnership Program: East Africa
October 20, 2015
Kenya and Djibouti represent the first East Africa nations to join the National Guard Bureau’s State Partnership Program.
Maryland Guard Soldier builds strength after adversity
October 20, 2015
Staff Sgt. Verlillian Githara, 104th Area Support Medical Company food service specialist, serves with the Baltimore City Police Department as a detective.
New aide to Chief Master Sgt. James Hotaling helps ensure that enlisted force's concerns are addressed
October 19, 2015
Master Sgt. Barbara DiPoli, special assistant to the office of the command chief master sergeant of the Air National Guard, joined the OCCM team Sept. 15, 2015. Airmen assigned to the OCCM can expect to gain a better understanding of Air National Guard day-to-day operations and grow as senior noncommissioned officers in the ANG.
Colorado's 140th Wing participates in Wing Wartime Readiness Inspection
October 19, 2015
U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Robbin Bruning, 140th Maintenance Squadron, Colorado Air National Guard, ushers in an F-16 Fighting Falcon during the wing’s readiness inspection at Buckley Air Force Base, Aurora, Colorado, Oct. 16, 2015. This training is a part of the 140th Wing’s four-day Wing Wartime Readiness Inspection, the U.S. Air Force’s new evaluation system for wartime, contingency and force sustainment readiness.
Airmen of New York's 109th Airlift Wing begin Antarctic mission
October 19, 2015
An LC-130 "Skibird" and aircrew with the New York Air National Guard's 109th Airlift Wing departed Oct. 16, 2015, from Stratton Air National Guard Base, New York, for McMurdo Station, Antarctica. This is the 28th season that the unit has participated in Operation Deep Freeze, the military component of the U.S. Antarctic Program, which is managed by the National Science Foundation.
Alaska Air Guard members escort WWII and Korean War vets to Honor Flight
October 16, 2015
Nine Airmen of the Alaska Air National Guard's 249th Airlift Squadron connected with more than 20 World War II and Korean War veterans, assisting them at Ted Stevens International Airport on Oct. 13, 2015. The Alaska veterans were participants of the Last Frontier Honor Flight, an organization taking them to Washington, D.C., to see for the first time the monuments erected there to honor those who served during those conflicts.
North Carolina National Guard engineers aid flood-stricken South Carolina residents
October 15, 2015
North Carolina National Guard Soldiers, assigned to the 882nd Engineers Company (Vertical), 505th Engineers Battalion, assess the damage of a road in Eastover, South Carolina, Oct. 13, 2015.
National Guard Bureau Chief Frank Grass sees 'outstanding work' of Pennsylvania troops
October 14, 2015
Gen. Frank Grass, chief of the National Guard Bureau, fires an M-4 rifle using both iron and close combat optic sites at the installation’s range 8A, Oct. 9, 2015. Fort Indiantown Gap, run by the Pennsylvania Army National Guard, trains more than 130,000 service members from all branches and components, multinational partners and interagency partners at the federal, state and local levels annually.
First person: My son defines a hero
October 14, 2015
Two U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcons from the 120th Fighter Squadron, Colorado Air National Guard, fly together during a photo chase mission around Denver, May 29, 2015.
Army National Guard Soldier places second in all-Army Best Warrior Competition
October 13, 2015
Spc. Cruser Barnes, left, from the Hawaii Army National Guard’s Troop A, 1st Squadron, 299th Cavalry Regiment, stands next to Army Staff Sgt. Kevin Simpson, assigned to the U.S. Army Band, Military District of Washington, during the all-Army Best Warrior Competition awards luncheon at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C., Oct. 12, 2015. Barnes was the first runner-up in the Soldier category of the competition after winning the Army National Guard level competition earlier in the year.
Surprise from Washington: Pennsylvania Air Guard program manager gets presidential recognition
October 13, 2015
Anna Richar, left, Horsham Air Guard Station’s Airman & Family Readiness Center program manager, holds the President’s Volunteer Service Award alongside Jenny Papas, Friends of the Family Readiness Group president Oct. 4, 2015, at the Wing headquarters building, Horsham Air Guard Station, Pennsylvania. Richar earned the accolades for her work with veterans and military families in 2014.
North Carolina National Guard helping South Carolina Guard in flood aftermath
October 13, 2015
A North Carolina National Guard Soldier assigned to the 875th Engineer Company looks over the bridge, onto the damaged canal where rocks are being placed to create a temporary dam in Columbia, South Carolina, Oct. 11, 2015. The NCNG has been ready to support the South Carolina Emergency Management Division and other state and federal partner agencies as South Carolina recovers from the effects of extended rain downfall, causing severe flooding throughout the state.
Mississippi National Guardsmen prepare to defend nation's capital
October 9, 2015
Soldiers, with the 1st Battalion, 204th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, Mississippi Army National Guard, emerge after a storm to prepare to fire a Stinger ground-to-air missile from an Avenger vehicle platform during a pre-deployment live-fire exercise on Fort Bliss, Texas, Oct. 7, 2015.
Louisiana National Guard conducts anti-terrorism exercise at Camp Beauregard
October 9, 2015
Rapides Sheriff's Office deputies and Pineville Police Department officers detain one of the role-players during a multi-layered anti-terrorism training scenario at Camp Beauregard in Pineville, Louisiana, Oct. 7, 2015.
Californians express thanks to Guard members and other firefighters
October 9, 2015
Camren Roebuck, a 9-year-old Angels Camp resident, holds a poster thanking California Army National Guardsmen assigned to the Butte Fire in Calaveras County, California, Sept. 24. Camren, a fourth-grader at Mark Twain Elementary School, was watching California Guard tactical vehicles return to base camp.