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From U.S. to Berlin: Utah and Maryland Guard members exchange experiences with German counterparts
September 30, 2015
Maryland National Guard Capt. Kurt M. Rauschenberg and Utah National Guard Lt. Col. Steven A. Fairbourn stand with the commander of the Center of Military Information in Berlin, Germany, Sept. 7, 2015.
South Carolina National Guard helps Youth Challenge Cadets to obtain trade certificates
September 30, 2015
U.S. Army Brig. Gen. R. Van McCarty, deputy adjutant general for South Carolina National Guard, joins with Aiken Technical College President Dr. Susan Windsor to sign the Department of Labor grant for the South Carolina Youth Challenge Academy's POST Job Challenge at Aiken Technical College, Sept. 16, 2015. POST Job Challenge will afford Youth Challenge graduates the opportunity to continue their education at Aiken Tech.
S.C. National Guard, U.S. Army Central host delegation from Pakistan
September 30, 2015
Pakistan Army Col. Shahid Hussain, deputy director of military training, and Lt. Col. Harpreet Baines, U.S. Army Central branch chief for Central and South Asia, discuss future exercise opportunities Sept. 22, 2015, during Inspired Gambit 15. Inspired Gambit is a USARCENT-led exercise held to increase proficiency, expand levels of military-to-military cooperation, and promote long-term regional stability and interoperability.
South Dakota Guard and Suriname military develop leaders
September 25, 2015
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Richard Watkins, Master Sgt. Marcus Frey and Air Force Master Sgt. Lori Hoop, all members of the South Dakota National Guard, observe how the Suriname Army survives in a jungle environment during a subject matter expert exchange on non-commissioned officer professional development in Paramaribo, Suriname, Sept. 16, 2015.
Resident lauds California National Guard in aftermath of the devastating Valley Fire
September 25, 2015
Lake County resident Bridget Sargeant thanks Staff Sgt. Janneth Rendon and Spc. Steven Garivay for their assistance and patience while escorting her back to her home. Close to 100 California Guard military police assisted local authorities in escorting residents to make brief trips back to feed animals, grab medications or other important documents from the homes they had to evacuate because of wildfires. Some residents have been away from their homes for 10 days. The Guard members are part of the 870th Military Police Company.
National Guard supports local authorities with Pope Francis visit
September 24, 2015
Sgt. Julian O’Hare, 50th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, New Jersey Army National Guard, directs a medical Humvee at the National Guard Armory in Woodbury, Sept. 24, 2015. The Soldiers are part of a task force comprised of Soldiers and Airmen who will be assisting New Jersey civil authorities with security during Pope Francis’s visit to Philadelphia Sept. 26-27.
Heroism on Everest: Air Guard doctor recounts lifesaving efforts in wake of massive Nepal earthquake
September 24, 2015
Maj. Asif Anwar in Nepal in April. Anwar, a flight surgeon with the Wisconsin Air National Guard’s 128th Air Refueling Wing, treated more than 500 patients on Mount Everest and in Katmandu, Nepal, in the days following the earthquake.
New Jersey's 177th Fighter Wing practices heavy-lifting skills
September 23, 2015
U.S. Air Force Airmen from the New Jersey Air National Guard 177th Fighter Wing Crash Disabled Damaged Aircraft Recovery team maneuver an F-16 Fighting Falcon hooked up to a crane, Sept. 19, 2015 at Naval Air Station Wildwood Aviation Museum, N.J. The CDDAR team completed crane lift training, a tri-annual certification used in the event an immobile aircraft needs to be removed from a runway quickly and safely.
Kentucky plays host to delegation from new partner Djibouti
September 23, 2015
Chief Warrant Officer Kevin Keith discusses the capabilities of a UH-60 Black Hawk with Lt. Col. Chakib Mahamed Ali, deputy commander of the Djibouti Air Force, during a visit to the Kentucky Guard’s Army Aviation Support Facility in Frankfort, Kentucky, Sept. 15, 2015. Members of the Djibouti military toured several sites across Kentucky as part of the country’s new partnership with the Kentucky Guard.
Family Care is common bond for South Carolina National Guard and Colombian military
September 23, 2015
Barbara Livingston, wife of U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Robert E. Livingston, Jr., adjutant general for South Carolina, right, talks to Claudia Patricia Novoa, spouse of Colombian Air Force Maj. Gen. Ramses Rueda, chief of education for the Colombian Air Force and Durley Rocio Torrado Ortiz, spouse of Colombian Lt. Col. Alcaro Enrique Gomez Franco at an informal gathering held at the Livingston's home, Sept. 8, 2015, near Columbia, S.C. The gathering between the S.C. National Guard spouses and state partnership program spouses from Colombia focused on their roles as spouses of military leaders and the various programs in the National Guard such as the U.S. "Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Program" that puts in place programs to help families before, during, and after a deployment.
General Milley: After 9/11, “America’s Army National Guard was everywhere.”
September 22, 2015
General Milley praises National Guard partnership building
September 22, 2015
General Milley: “Nothing’s sacred”
September 22, 2015
General Milley: “There is only one Army”
September 22, 2015
Gen. Mark Milley addresses National Guard leaders in Nashville, Tennessee on Sept. 11, 2015.
Nevada Guard welcomes state partner Tonga, dignitaries from Papua New Guinea and Nauru
September 22, 2015
Chief military officials of the Kingdom of Tonga — Nevada’s nation partner under the National Guard Bureau’s State Partnership Program — and senior officials from Papua New Guinea and Nauru visited Nevada this week. From left to right: Nevada Adjutant General, Brig. Gen. Bill Burks; Warrant Officer Class One (WO1) Taulaki Falesiva; Brigadier Tupou T. Aleamotu’a; Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval; Nauru Deputy Police Commissioner Antonius Amwano; Papua New Guinea Esekia Litur Wenzel; Nevada Army Guard Command Sgt. Maj. Jared Kopacki.
Tank renovation for museum teaches history to New York Soldiers
September 22, 2015
New York Army National Guard Spc. Jonathon Bishop, Co. B, 427th Brigade Support Battalion, attaches a clevis fastener on a refurbished World War II-era M4A3 Sherman tank on permanent display at the New York State Military Museum in Saratoga Springs, Sept. 15, 2015. National Guard Soldiers working full time at the Maneuver Area Training Equipment Site, or MATES, at Fort Drum, spent the past 22 months refurbishing and repainting the tank in their spare time.
South Carolina National Guard hosts Splash-and-Dash event to raise awareness of suicide prevention
September 21, 2015
Participants in the inaugural "Splash-and Dash" athletic competition run to raise awareness for suicide prevention at Saluda Shoals Park, Columbia, South Carolina, Sept. 12, 2015. The South Carolina National Guard hosted the event to recognize September as national suicide awareness prevention month.
Senior leaders: Future combat operations to mirror this one; all components play a part
September 21, 2015
Maj. Gen. Augustus Collins, the adjutant general of the Mississippi National Guard, speaks to Airmen of the Jackson, Mississippi-based 172nd Airlift Wing deployed to Kuwait on Aug. 20, 2015, at Patton Army Heliport located at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait. Collins and Command Sgt. Maj. John Raines spent several days in Kuwait visiting Mississippi units as part of the Joint Monthly Access for Reserve Component visit Aug. 19-22.
New York Army Guard Soldiers take to the water, train on small boat insertion techniques
September 17, 2015
New York Army National Guard Sgt. Aaron Lawrence and Spc. Zach Bouley, two infantrymen assigned to Troop C, 2nd Squadron, 101st Cavalry Regiment, recon a landing site in advance of an inbound F470 Combat Rubber Raiding Craft during a training exercise in Buffalo, N.Y, Sept. 13, 2015. During the exercise, Soldiers from the troop conducted waterborne operations and practiced covertly deploying to a simulated enemy beachhead.
Massachusetts Guard Announces State Partnership With Kenya
September 17, 2015
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