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Army Guard Soldiers set to compete in Best Ranger Competition
April 14, 2016
Sgt. 1st Class John Melson, assigned to the Massachusetts Army National Guard’s D Company, 1st Battalion, 182nd Infantry Regiment, ascends the climbing tower at the Warrior Training Center at Fort Benning, Georgia, April 5, 2016, in the run up to compete in the Best Ranger Competition. Melson is one of eight Soldiers from throughout the Army Guard selected to take part in the upcoming competition, which tests Ranger-qualified Soldiers on a variety of tactical and technical tasks over a physically and mentally demanding course. Competitors from the Army Guard have been training at the WTC for the past several months in preparation for the competition.
Get your purple on to recognize military children
April 14, 2016
The Purple Up! campaign honors military children.
Puerto Rico's 65th Infantry Regiment honored at U.S. Capitol
April 13, 2016
Maj. Gen. Marta Carcana, the adjutant general of Puerto Rico, laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns on April 13, 2016, at Arlington National Cemetery.
California National Guard Soldier parlays martial arts love into military service
April 13, 2016
California Army National Guard Sgt. Cassandra Peel, an avionic mechanic in Company B, 640th Aviation Support Battalion, 40th Combat Aviation Brigade, practices taekwondo kicks at Camp Buehring, Kuwait, April 2, 2016. Peel has practiced taekwondo for six years and is now a second degree black belt.
Arizona National Guard and Canadian forces share training to build for the future
April 11, 2016
Soldiers with 2 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group, 4th Canadian Division headquartered in Petawawa, Ontario, arrive at Camp Atterbury, Indiana, for in-processing before taking part in the 38th Division Warfighter Exercise on Jan. 26, 2015. Canadian forces drilled over the recent weekend with counterparts from the Arizona National Guard.
Soldiers, Airmen and others hone terrorist-response skills in northern Michigan
April 8, 2016
Spc. Benjamin Footman, right, a member of the 438th Chemical Company of the Indiana National Guard, was among the 1,100 Soldiers, Marines, Airmen, Coast Guardsmen and members of the Home Guard of Denmark who participated in an anti-terrorism exercise this week in northern Michigan.
Air National Guard members are class cutups in extrication training
April 7, 2016
Airman 1st Class Brooke Hunt of the 177th Fighter Wing Fire Department, New Jersey Air National Guard, uses a Halligan tool to break a vehicle window during basic vehicle extrication training exercises at the 165th Airlift Wing's Regional Fire Training Facility in Savannah, Georgia, on April 6th, 2016. Airmen from the Connecticut, Maine, New Jersey, Rhode Island and Vermont Air National Guard Fire Departments are conducting training exercises together to maintain operational readiness.
Defense Department announces pilot tutor program for service members
April 6, 2016
A new, 24/7 online tutoring program has been announced for service members.
Air National Guard firefighters train together in Georgia
April 5, 2016
Airmen from Connecticut, Maine, New Jersey, Rhode Island and Vermont Air National Guard Fire Departments perform a live aircraft fire training exercise at 165th Airlift Wing's Regional Fire Training Facility in Savannah, Georgia, on April 4, 2016. The Airmen are conducting joint training exercises to maintain operational readiness.
Capital Guardians defend nation's capital for 2016 Nuclear Security Summit
April 4, 2016
Pvt. 1st Class Ayuk Orock, a culinary specialist with the 547th Transportation Company, District of Columbia Army National Guard, monitors vehicle and pedestrian traffic at a busy intersection in downtown Washington, D.C., in support of the 2016 Nuclear Security Summit held at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, March 31 and April 1, 2016.
Army Guard takes top honors in Army environmental awards program
April 1, 2016
Paul Catlett, the environmental program manager at Camp Blanding, Fla., inspects portions of a project at the installation to restore 500 acres of land unable to support plant growth as a result of mining operations in the 1950s. The restored land not only now supports plant and animal life, but netted the Florida Army National Guard top honors in the annual Secretary of the Army Environmental Awards program.
Resilient Guard members for a resilient National Guard
April 1, 2016
Arizona National Guard Soldiers from the 158th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade stand in formation on the field at Arizona State University's Sun Devil Stadium, Dec. 7, 2014 in Tempe, Ariz. The formation, which was part of the Arizona National Guard Muster and Community Expo, was the first time in over a century Arizona Soldiers and Airmen assembled together in mass formation.
Guard Your Health’s #WarriorReady Challenge launches April 1
April 1, 2016
Soldiers close in on the finish line in this photo from April 18, 2010, of the run during an Army Physical Fitness Test. A new program from Guard Your Health offers do-it-yourself training and food tips.