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Value of dual-status commanders seen for complex events
May 10, 2016
Senior staff members of the Pennsylvania Army and Air National Guard listen to an operational brief by Shane Woodmancy, an emergency management specialist with Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency during Vibrant Response 2016. The Pennsylvania National Guard is the agency’s partner and works under its direction during state activations.
Florida National Guard member selected as Inspector General Soldier of the Year
May 9, 2016
Sergeant 1st Class William Hughes is the 2016 National Guard Bureau Inspector General Soldier of the Year winner. Hughes is assigned to the Joint Force Headquarters, Florida National Guard, and was one of four Soldiers from across the Army National Guard who competed for the top spot.
Army Guard tank crew wins Sullivan Cup
May 6, 2016
The crew from the North Carolina Army Guard's C Company, 1st Battalion, 252nd Armor Regiment have been named the Army's best tank crew and have won the Sullivan Cup.
As wildfire season approaches, Air teams practice with MAFFS units
May 6, 2016
Assistant Air Base Fueler from the Santa Maria Air Tanker Base Elena Rios with U.S. Forest Service monitors water being pumped into a MAFFS unit on a C-130 air tanker during training at the 146th Airlift Wing in Port Hueneme, California on May 4, 2016. Air National Guard and Reserve units from across the U.S. convened for MAFFS (Modular Airborne Fire Fighting Systems)annual certification and training this week to prepare for the upcoming fire season in support of U.S. Forest Service.
Today celebrates and honors military spouses
May 6, 2016
Symbolic of today's designation as Military Spouse Appreciation Day, family and friends welcome Soldiers assigned to the 1st Battalion, 252nd Armor Regiment, 30th Armored Brigade Combat Team, home with open arms after redeploying to Pope Airfield at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, March 22, 2016.
New York Army National Guard cooks take their shot at winning Army-wide cooking challenge
May 3, 2016
New York Army National Guard Private Spc. Ramon Vargas, a food service specialist with the 642nd Aviation Service Battalion, adds mashed potato mix to a pot of boiling water during the state level Phillip A. Connelly Competition at Camp Smith Training Site on April 29, 2016.
Collaboration the catchphrase during chief of the National Guard Bureau’s visit to New Mexico
May 3, 2016
Gen. Frank J. Grass, Chief of the National Guard Bureau, left, toured New Mexico National Guard Apr. 29-30, 2016. Grass began his visit at the Army Aviation Support Facility then was flown via Army UH-60 Black Hawk to the southern section of New Mexico. Brig. Gen. Andrew Salas, adjutant general of New Mexico National Guard, recounts the efforts of the Soldiers and Airmen assigned to the New Mexico National Guard’s Joint Counterdrug Task Force.
‘Friendly Islands’ hospitality on display during weapons tactics, techniques exchange
May 2, 2016
Member of His Majesty’s Armed Forces of Tonga participate in a weapons maintenance information-sharing session led by Nevada Guard Soldiers and Airmen in Tonga last week. The Nevada National Guard and the Tongan military are teamed in the National Guard's State Partnership Program.
Diversity strengthens the National Guard
May 2, 2016
U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Jaquaisia Johnson, left, and Staff Sgt. Ivon Palacios-Araujo, right, 116th Medical Group, Detachment 1, Georgia Air National Guard, strap simulated patient, Airman 1st Class Kayla Martin, into the Stokes Basket rescue stretcher during the pre-EXEVAL Exercise Operation Nuclear Tide Hazard at Fort McClellan, Alabama, April 18, 2016. The diverse makeup of the National Guard is one of its strengths, senior leaders say.
Rice confirmed as Air Guard director; to receive third star
April 29, 2016
Maj. Gen. Scott Rice was approved by the U.S. Senate April 28, 2016, to become director of the Air National Guard
Long before smartphones, National Guard responded to nationwide muster in Operation Minuteman
April 28, 2016
Trucks of the 179th Field Artillery, 48th Armored Division loaded full of troops move out from the Atlanta Armory during Operation Minuteman on April 27, 1955..
Texas Air Guard, in partnership with Chile, conducts medical training
April 27, 2016
Critical Care Air Transport teams from the U.S. Air Force and Fuerza Aerea de Chile, load a mock patient onboard a C-130H2 aircraft belonging to the 136th Airlift Wing, Texas Air National Guard, during a medical air-evacuation exercise at Santiago, Chile, April 5, 2016. The one- day exercise involved Texas and Oklahoma Air National Guardsmen, active-duty USAF and Chilean air force medical teams as they collaborated and exchanged techniques for domestic operations during natural disasters.
Braving temps of -47, New York Airmen build snow runway in High Arctic
April 26, 2016
A loadmaster with the New York Air National Guard's 109th Airlift Wing loads a Canadian transport vehicle onto an LC-130 "Skibird" at Little Cornwallis Island, Nunavut, Canada, on April 13, 2016, in support of Canada's annual Operation Nunalivut. A group of eight Airmen from the 109th AW prepared the ski-way for LC-130 operations and also trained four Canadian engineers on how to build the ski-way.
Massachusetts Air National Guard dad deploys with his son for final time
April 25, 2016
U.S. Air Force and Air National Guard Master Sgt. Donny Masciadrelli, 104th Fighter Wing avionics technician, and his son, Tech. Sgt. Danny Masciadrelli, 104th Fighter Wing F-15 crew chief, deploy together for the first time for an F-15C/D Eagle mission to the Netherlands in April 2016. They are deployed in support of Operation Atlantic Resolve along with more than 250 Airmen from the 104th as part of a theater security package, strengthening relationships and training alongside NATO allies throughout Europe.
North Dakota Guard helps outfit national ambulance service in Ghana
April 22, 2016
Maj. Mark McEvers, bilateral affairs officer for the North Dakota National Guard, center, assists with the delivery of $7,300 in medical supplies to representatives of the Ghanaian National Ambulance Service located at the 37th Military Hospital and Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research in Accra, Ghana.
Texas Guardsman foils terror plot in Denmark; awarded high Danish Defense Medal
April 22, 2016
Capt. Bradley Grimm, center,Texas Army National Guard, receives the Danish Defense Medal for Special Meritorious Efforts by Danish Defense Gen. Peter Bartram, left, and American ambassador to Denmark Rufus Gifford, right, at a ceremony held in Denmark, April 19, 2016. Grimm was instrumental in foiling a terrorist plot to bomb a Danish school and assisted Danish security forces in making an arrest. (Danish Military photo by Sune Wadskjær/Released)
Czech forward air controllers conduct exchange with Texas Airmen
April 22, 2016
Tactical air control party members with the 147th Air Support Operations Squadron, 147th Reconnaissance Wing, pose as a 357th Fighter Squadron A-10 Warthog from Davis Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona, flies overhead April 12, 2016. The battlefield Airmen traveled to the desert range in Gila Bend for a weeklong simulated deployment with their Czech partners.
Texas Guard teams up with other agencies to rescue more than 200 from floods
April 22, 2016
Texas Guardsmen and Texas Task Force 1 rescue personnel wade through thigh-deep water to help stranded residents back to rescue vehicles during severe flooding in Wharton, Texas, April 21, 2016. In coordination with Texas Task Force 1 and the City of Wharton emergency services, a detachment from Delta Company of the 536th Brigade Support Battalion, Texas Army National Guard deployed several Light Multi-terrain Vehicles to floodwaters rescuing both people and pets.
South Carolina twin Soldiers recall Guard's response to last year's massive floods
April 21, 2016
U.S. Army Capt. Jay Sirmon, an engineer officer assigned to the training site command, and his brother Warrant Officer 3 William Sirmon, a pilot assigned to the 1-111th General Support Aviation Battalion, South Carolina Army National Guard, pose after a flight taken to survey the recovery efforts in Columbia on April 5, 2016 following the flood that hit the area in Oct. 2015. Many bridges and roads remain closed six months later as recovery efforts are still underway.
Air Guard enlisted bestow highest honor on Lt. Gen. Stanley Clarke III
April 21, 2016
Chief Master Sgt. James W. Hotaling, the command chief master sergeant of the Air National Guard, presents Lt. Gen. Stanley E. Clarke III, director of the Air National Guard, with a scroll signed by the enlisted Airmen attending his Order of the Sword induction ceremony at the Renaissance hotel Montgomery, Alabama, April 17, 2016. Clarke is the 13th Air National Guard officer to be inducted into the Order of the Sword, which is the top honor the enlisted corps can bestow upon an officer.