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Michigan Air Guard firefighters respond to 193-vehicle crash
January 14, 2015
Michigan Air National Guard firefighters from the 110th Attack Wing, Battle Creek Air National Guard Base, respond to a multi-vehicle crash on the I-94 expressway near the base, Jan. 9, 2015.
New York and Louisiana Guard members honor fallen comrades 10 years later
January 13, 2015
A Soldier lays a wreath in front of a memorial to a fallen comrade to mark the 10th anniversary of the Louisiana National Guard's C Co., 2nd Battalion, 156th Infantry Regiment, 256th Brigade Combat Team’s 2004-2005 deployment to Iraq where eight of the unit’s soldiers lost their lives soldiers during a ceremony in Houma, La., Jan. 10, 2015. The unit was joined for the ceremony by their brethren from the New York National Guard's 1st Battalion, 69th Infantry Regiment, which was the unit’s higher headquarters during the deployment.
Virginia Guard veteran, 92, decorated by French as Knight to Legion of Honor
January 13, 2015
Former Army Lt. Cary Jarvis, a World War II veteran who landed in the first wave on the beaches of Normandy on D-Day with the Virginia National Guard’s 111th Field Artillery Battalion, 29th Infantry Division, is recognized as a Knight in the French Legion of Honor by retired French Consulate Nicole Yancey Jan. 11, 2015, in Norfolk, Va.
North Carolina National Guard Soldiers deploy for Kuwait
January 12, 2015
Mountain Grove Church in Granite Falls, North Carolina, hosted proud parents, nervous spouses, very energetic children, local employers, veteran service organization leaders and many friends for the North Carolina National Guard’s 1450th Transportation Company deployment ceremony for duty in Kuwait in support of Operation Resolute Support.
Indiana's 181st Intelligence Wing Airmen conduct no-notice disaster exercise
January 8, 2015
The 181st Intelligence Wing, 113th Air Support Operation Squadron members perform voice and data connectivity checks during an exercise Jan. 7, 2015, Hulman Field, Terre Haute, Ind. The no-notice exercise demonstrated domestic response capabilities highlighting the Unit’s ability to pass critical information without the use of cell phones or landlines at beyond line-of-sight distances.
New York National Guard unit marks death of 8 Louisiana Soldiers
January 8, 2015
Veterans from the New York Army National Guard's Task Force Wolfhound join the Urbina family at Long Island National Cemetery in Farmingdale, New York, to mark the tenth anniversary of Spc. Wilfredo Urbina's loss in combat on Nov. 29, 2004 while deployed with the 1st Battalion, 69th Infantry to Iraq. The 69th Regimental family also remembered Sgt. Christian Engeldrum in a wreath-laying ceremony Nov. 29, 2014, at Engeldrum Bluff at Fort Hamilton, New York, and at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia.
Pennsylvania Guard Soldiers depart for Southwest border support mission
January 7, 2015
Capt. Jonathan Regets addresses the audience at his unit’s send-off ceremony on Jan. 5, 2015. Nine Pennsylvania Soldiers are departing for a six-month border support mission.
Wisconsin's 115th Fighter Wing sending 250 personnel, 12 F-16s to Japan in support of Pacific Command
January 6, 2015
Four F-16 Fighting Falcons from the 115th Fighter Wing fly in formation over Lake Monona, Wisconsin. Some Airmen and jets will be deploying to Japan this month.
ANG's command chief master sergeant Hotaling visits units in Alaska, Hawaii and Antarctica
January 6, 2015
Chief Master Sgt. James W. Hotaling, the Air National Guard command chief master sergeant, poses at the geographic South Pole during a visit in November, 2014. Hotaling was there meeting deployed Airmen from the New York ANG's 109th Airlift Wing, who provide Airlift capability for the U.S. Antarctic program throughout the Antarctic continent.
With a 'whoosh' and a dunk of airborne bucket, Arizona National Guard trains for wildfire suppression
January 5, 2015
An Arizona Army National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter from A Company 2-285th Assault Helicopter Battalion stationed in Phoenix slowly climbs into the air after filling a Bambi Bucket with canal water outside Rittenhouse Army Heliport, Queen Creek, Ariz., Dec. 12, 2014. The Guard members conducted wildland firefighting training using the bucket, capable of carrying nearly 530 gallons of water, to pick up and drop water onto target areas.
Airmen open hearts, homes to future military working dogs
January 2, 2015
Tech. Sgt. Brandon M. Harrist, an aircraft electrical and environmental systems craftsman assigned to the 149th Maintenance Squadron, Texas Air National Guard with DDexter, a military working dog in training, which he is fostering as part of the Department of Defense’s Military Working Dog Breeding Program, at Joint Base San Antonio–Lackland, Texas, Nov. 20, 2014.
Alaska Air National Guard members rescue snowmobiler
January 2, 2015
An HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter from the 210th Rescue Squadron, Alaska Air National Guard, practices “touch and go” maneuvers at Bryant Army Airfield on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Dec. 17, 2014. A similar helicopter helped rescue a stranded hunter, whose snowmobile broke down on Dec. 29.