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Florida National Guard brings Florida law enforcement and Guyana together for communications equipment exchange
April 30, 2015
Adjutant General of Florida Maj. Gen. Michael Calhoun presents a plaque on behalf of the Guyana Defence Force to St. Augustine Beach Police Chief Robert Hardwick on April 30, 2015, in St. Augustine Beach, Florida. The Florida National Guard's State Partnership Program (SPP) helped facilitate the transfer of more than $1 million in radio equipment between two Florida Law enforcement agencies and the Guyana Defense Force in South America.
Sequestration would mean smallest National Guard since Korean War, Gen. Grass warns
April 30, 2015
Army Gen. Frank Grass, chief of the National Guard Bureau, testifies at a hearing on the posture of the National Guard and Reserve before the Senate Appropriations Committee Subcommittee on Defense, Washington, D.C. April 29, 2015. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Michelle Gonzalez) (Released)
Alaska National Guard, Mongolia celebrate their partnership
April 29, 2015
Staff Sgt. Colin Oppegard, a survival lane instructor with the Alaska Army National Guard, teaches a class on antenna theory to members of the Mongolian Armed Forces during a survival-training course as part of Khaan Quest 2014 at Five Hills Training Area, Mongolia, June 25, 2014. KQ14 is a regularly scheduled, multinational exercise co-sponsored by U.S. Army, Pacific, and hosted annually by Mongolian Armed Forces. KQ14 is the latest in a continuing series of exercises designed to promote regional peace and security.
Maryland National Guard unit retrogrades aviation equipment worth $260 million
April 29, 2015
Soldiers, from 1100th Theater Aviation Sustainment Maintenance Group, a Maryland National Guard unit from Edgewood, Maryland, retrograde 16 airframes and $260 million in Class IX equipment from theater during their nine-month deployment in Afghanistan.
Army Guard strives to cut energy and water use and slash waste production
April 28, 2015
Army Brig. Gen. Michael Stone, the assistant adjutant general for installations with the Michigan National Guard, outlines sustainability and renewable resource projects undertaken by the Michigan Guard as he addresses Service members at the Army National Guard Readiness Center in Arlington, Virginia, as part of events marking Earth Day, Wednesday, April 22, 2015. Stone said one of the goals of the Michigan Guard is to obtain a triple net zero rating for Camp Grayling Maneuver Training Area, a large-scale Michigan Army National Guard installation, certifying it as one whose energy use, water use and waste production is effectively zero.
Illinois Guardsman who was first U.S. tank commander to engage enemy forces in World War II dies
April 28, 2015
1st Lt. Benjamin Morin, the first U.S. tank commander to engage enemy forces in World War II and the last surviving officer of the National Guard's famed 192nd Tank Battalion, has died at a retirement home for Catholic priests in Michigan. "Here's a gentleman that endured unspeakable horrors at the hands of others, but he wouldn't speak a bad word about anyone," one Soldier said. "The most he would say about his Japanese captors was 'They were not the nicest people.'"
10 years after founding, Maryland Guard's faith-based relief program helps those in crisis
April 28, 2015
As a Partner in Care congregation, the Christ Our King Presbyterian Church in Bel Aire, Maryland, has agreed to provide support to Maryland National Guard members and their Families when they are in need. Services include counseling for individuals, couples and Families; child care; basic household and auto repairs; emergency food, clothing and housing support; crisis and grief counseling; and transportation. Photo from 2012 shows delivery of holiday tukeys and boxes to a Baltimore church.
Ceremony honors World War II vets for 70 years of liberty in Palawan
April 27, 2015
Oregon Army National Guard Brig. Gen. Steven R. Beach (right), Assistant Adjutant General for Support, and retired Lt. Gen. Ernesto G. Carolin, center, administrator, Philippines Veterans Affairs Office, present medals to Filipino WWII guerrilla fighters at the Provincial Capital on April 22, 2015. The awards are part of several events celebrating the 70-year anniversary of the end of WWII and the liberation of the island of Palawan, Philippines. The events, "A Salute to Valor: Palawan-70 years of freedom," honored the partnership of the Filipino guerrillas and the Oregon National Guard's 41st Infantry Division during WWII and their participation in the liberation in 1945.
Soldiers, employers bridge gap between military, civilian worlds in Texas
April 24, 2015
A civilian employer fires a machine gun at Camp Swift in Bastrop, Texas, during an Employer Support for Guard and Reserve event with the 636th Brigade Support Battalion, Joint Task Force 136 (Maneuver Enhancement Brigade), as part of the unit's weeklong annual training period April 21, 2015.
Guard engineers from Louisiana and Oregon in Kuwait complete much-needed housing project
April 24, 2015
Spc. Zenas Sigrah and Spc. Kevin Lucas work on installing pipe for plumbing in the support trailers recently at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait. The project was part of an effort to expand housing units for Soldiers assigned to Camp Arifjan. The base has seen its numbers increase with the drawdown in Afghanistan and the beginning of Operation Inherent Resolve in Iraq.
Military, civilian education key to future promotions, top Guard enlisted Soldier says
April 22, 2015
Command Sgt. Maj. Brunk Conley, top enlisted Soldier in the National Guard, speaks with a group of National Guardsmen during a senior leader visit to Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, April 6, 2015. He provided career guidance and addressed the questions and concerns of the Soldiers.
Louisiana Air Guard, other agencies rehearse to prepare for hurricanes
April 22, 2015
Airmen from the 59th Medical Wing, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, discuss a simulated patient's care during aeromedical evacuation processing in an Ultimate Caduceus 2015 exercise at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base New Orleans on April 16, 2015. Ultimate Caduceus 2015 consists of approximately 140 military personnel representing Active Duty, National Guard and Reserve Forces from California, Delaware, Illinois, Kansas, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Texas and Washington, D.C.
New York Airmen get hands-on training during 109th Airlift Wing's first rodeo
April 22, 2015
Volunteers demonstrate self-aid buddy care in a combat situation during a briefing as part of the 109th Airlift Wing's first ancillary training rodeo April 18, 2015. More than 200 Airmen went through the training which also included hands-on SABC as well as hands-on chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear training.
Georgia National Guard begins motorcycle-training season
April 21, 2015
Brigade commander, motorcycle rider and rider coach Col. Reginald Neal on the road following a basic rider's course refresher at Dobbins Air Reserve Base in Marietta, Georgia. "No matter how busy you are, you have time for safety," said Col. Neal during the training.
Kentucky military police sergeant leads MPs, high school students
April 21, 2015
Army Sgt. 1st Class Jennifer Fulkerson, assigned to the 223rd Military Police Company, is congratulated by Kentucky's Adjutant General, Maj. Gen. Edward Tonini after re-enlisting into the Kentucky Army National Guard on April 18, 2015, during the “Thunder Over Louisville” air show.
Massachusetts Soldiers and Airmen help keep Boston strong during Marathon
April 21, 2015
One of the approximately 500 Soldiers and Airmen from the Massachusetts National Guard keeps watch as athletes run the Boston Marathon on April, 20, 2015.
New York and New Jersey National Guard Troops rehearse to respond to terror attacks
April 20, 2015
Members of the New York and New Jersey Homeland Response Force (HRF) train to remove victim remains during a Homeland Response Force (HRF) exercise April 18, 2015, at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst. The HRF, with more than 600 personnel, conducted a full-scale exercise for response to a chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear incident here April 15-19. The HRF trains to extract casualties of a CBRN incident and provide decontamination and medical triage in support of civil authorities and first responders.
Mississippi National Guard recruits find pre-Basic training a helpful intro to military life
April 20, 2015
Pvt. Daniel Chambers, of Canton, Mississippi, conducts physical training during the Recruit Sustainment Program drill at the Raymond Road Readiness Center in Jackson. Chambers will go to Basic Combat Training this summer.
Alaska Air National Guard Airman aims high for the future
April 20, 2015
Air National Guard Staff Sgt. Kimberly Daugherty, a C-17 Globemaster III loadmaster with the 249th Airlift Squadron, is studying to get her private pilot license with the Elmendorf Aero Club at Joint Base Elmendorf-RIchardson, Alaska. Daugherty endeavors to a professional pilot flying for the Air National Guard or for a commercial carrier.
Zachary Parsons named National Guard Military Child of the Year
April 17, 2015
U.S. Army Gen. Frank J. Grass, National Guard Bureau Chief, and Operation Homefront president Tim Farrell present National Guard Child of the Year nominee Zachary Alan Parsons with a trophy during the 2015 Military Child of the Year Awards Gala, in Arlington, Virginia, April 16, 2015. The awards gala is held to recognize outstanding military children - one nominated for each of the service branches.