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Tourniquets can save lives, New York Guard Soldiers learn in Combat Lifesaver course
June 15, 2016
New York Army National Guard Soldiers from the 369th Sustainment Brigade (STB) practice evacuating a casualty in a simulated combat environment during Combat Lifesaver (CLS) Training Course at Camp Smith, New York on June 10, 2016. Soldiers from the 369th STB participated in a three-day CLS training course hosted by the 106th Infantry Regional Training Institute prior to their upcoming deployment.
Alabama Air National Guard hosts Romanian partners for F-16 sessions
June 15, 2016
Romanian air force 2nd Lt. Chirila Sandu, right, and Romanian air force Maj. Constantin Pecete talk with U.S. Air Force Senior Master Sgt. William Rhodes, avionics element superintendent with the 187th Maintenance Squadron, about a U.S. Air National Guard F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft June 8, 2016, in the hangar at the Montgomery Regional ANGB, Ala.
Florida Army National Guard shares experience with Central America
June 15, 2016
Staff Sgt. Bitzer and Spc. Hernandez cover terrain models during a class on troop-leading procedures with Reconaissance Soldiers from the 1st Infantry Brigade on May 12, 2016.
New York Army National Guard dentist named tops in reserve component dentists for 2016
June 14, 2016
New York Army National Guard Maj. (Dr.) Joel Bachman works with a Soldier during a medical readiness check at Camp Smith Training Site near Peekskill, N.Y. on June 11, 2016. Bachman has received the Dental Corps Chief's Award of Excellence for 2016 as the top dentist in the Army National Guard and Army Reserve.
Security clearance investigations to include social media activity
June 14, 2016
People who use social media are constantly reminded to be careful when posting and sharing information. The Office of the Director of National Intelligence recently enacted a new policy under which federal agencies may consider publicly available social media information in connection with an application for a security clearance.
Virginia's 185th Cyber Operations Squadron is up and running
June 14, 2016
The 185th Cyber Operations Squadron, the latest addition to the 192nd Fighter Wing Operations Group, is up and running. Director of Operations Maj. Nathan Brown is working hard to staff this new squadron because with a home-station mobilization on the horizon for the fall of 2018, there is no time to waste, he said.
Arizona Air National Guard member fulfills life's dream of becoming an attorney
June 14, 2016
Senior Master Sgt. Alex brown, front, leads the Arizona Air National Guard’s 161st Air Refueling Wing during a march at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Ariz., Dec. 7, 2014. Brown’s prior experience as military training instructor made him the unit’s resident expert on drill and ceremonies and gave him skills that, he said, helped him graduate from law school.
Florida Airmen put joint training to use in hurricane exercise
June 13, 2016
Naval Air Station Key West's Search and Rescue team delivers a sling load of communications equipment to NAS Key West's Saddlebunch Key after picking it up from Fleming Key. The equipment move was part of a communications training operation for the Florida Air National Guard's 290th Joint Communications Support Squadron out of MacDill Air Force Base.
Army Guard leaders urge Soldiers to make 'Life Pledge' to reduce suicides
June 10, 2016
The Guard Your Health website, www.guardyourhealth.com, helps connect Soldiers with mental health care professionals and resources in their local areas, with resources available in all 54 states, territories and the District of Columbia.
Command Sgt. Maj. Kepner assumes duties as 11th sergeant major of the Army Guard
June 10, 2016
Army Lt. Gen. Timothy Kadavy, left, director of the Army Guard, passes the noncommissioned officer's sword to Command Sgt. Maj. Christopher Kepner, center, the incoming command sergeant major of the Army National Guard, during a Change of Responsibility Ceremony, June 8, 2016 in Arlington, Va. The passing of the NCO sword is a symbolic representation of the assumption of responsibilty.
Minnesota and Croatia celebrate 20 years of partnership
June 10, 2016
Soldiers of the Minnesota Army National Guard 851st Vertical Engineer Company, Airmen from the Minnesota Air National Guard 148th and 133rd Civil Support Squadron along with the Croatian Army Engineering Horizontal Construction Company work together for repairs and to rebuild parts of a primary school in Karlovec, Croatia.
Military units in Tacoma train jointly for natural disaster
June 10, 2016
A Soldier assigned to 331st Modular Causeway Company, 11th Transportation Battalion, 7th Sustainment Brigade from Fort Eustis, Va., docks part of a modular causeway system during Joint Logistics Over the Shore at the Port of Tacoma, Wash., June 6, 2016. Sections of the Modular Causeway can be combined on a bare beach in order to supply emergency resources to areas affected by natural disaster.
'Casualty actors' perform during Washington earthquake response drill
June 10, 2016
Tech. Sgt. Jermaine Lindsay, Senior Airman Waylen Anderson, Senior Airman Michael Yearsley and Tech. Sgt. Kristal Cavanaugh from the 194th Wing, Washington National Guard, pose as zombies with their simulated injury makeup before a notional earthquake is to strike the Pacific Northwest as part of exercise Cascadia Rising 2016. Cascadia Rising 2016 is a full-scale exercise involving more than 100 federal, state, county and city agencies designed to test the state's earthquake response plan.
North Carolina unit joins exercise Anakonda 16 in Poland
June 9, 2016
High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems crews of the 5th Battalion, 113th Field Artillery Regiment, North Carolina Army National Guard, travel throughout training areas in Drawsko Pomorski, Poland, as part of Exercise Anakonda 16 June 1, 2016. AN16 is a Polish national exercise that seeks to train, exercise and integrate Polish national command and force structures into an allied, joint and multinational environment.
New York Army National Guard quarry detachment ready to crush it
June 8, 2016
Troops of the New York Army National Guard’s 204th Engineer Detachment (Quarry) remove a failing conveyor belt from a quarry machine called a “crusher” here on May 14, 2016. Operating the crusher, which can turn large rocks into various grades of construction material, is the detachment’s main mission. Soldiers of the detachment, which is based in Binghamton, N.Y., worked for about 10 hours on May 14 to fix several mechanical shortfalls and ensure the crusher is operational for the detachment’s annual training in July.
Air National Guard welcomes its 12th command chief master sergeant
June 7, 2016
Chief Master Sgt. Ronald C. Anderson, the 12th command chief master sergeant for the Air National Guard, addresses the audience during his welcome ceremony June 2, 2016, at Joint Base Andrews, Md.
Alabama Army National Guard makes large construction strides in Romania
June 7, 2016
Cpl. Gigi Done, engineer, 10th Engineer Brigade, Romanian Land Forces; Sgt. Steve Reece, electrician, 877th Engineer Battalion Alabama Army National Guard and Cpl. Baluta, engineer, 10th Engineer Brigade, Romanian Land Forces, work together to cut boards used for building a multipurpose building, May 22, 2016, in Cincu, Romania. The building is on Cincu Training Range and the partnership between the U.S. and Romanian forces is part of Resolute Castle 16, a joint training operation between U.S. and NATO forces focused on building strong partnerships among NATO allies.
Canadian Air Force allies train at Fort Indiantown Gap
June 6, 2016
Canadian and American forces gather for a group shot in front of the building the Canadian troops helped to renovate. The troops were here for several weeks as part of a partnership program that offers U.S. and Canada engineers to train together.
Zoo, Pennsylvania Guard base continue cooperation to save butterfly species
June 6, 2016
A Regal Fritillary sips nectar from an orange milkweed, also known as a butterfly milkweed, (asclepias tuberosa). The Regal's habitat has been diminished over the last 30 years, but Fort Indiantown Gap's ranges provide a natural grassland habitat allowing the butterflies to flourish.
A California Guardsman’s surprising journey to Iraq and Pentagon accolades
June 3, 2016
Chief Warrant Officer 2 Ryan Anderson of the California National Guard displays the MacArthur Leadership Award on June 1 at the Pentagon, moments after receiving the prestigious honor from Chief of Staff of the Army Gen. Mark A. Milley. Anderson is joined by his wife, Angela, father, Robert, and Susan Anderson. The award is presented annually to one National Guard warrant officer and 28 Army officers overall nationwide who exemplify the ideals for which Gen. Douglas MacArthur stood: duty, honor, country.