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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.
South Carolina National Guard hosts Colombian military law experts during exchange
June 3, 2016
Seven members of the Colombian military meet with the University of South Carolina's Rule of Law Collaborative in Columbia, S.C., May 23, during a Subject Matter Expert Exchange with the South Carolina National Guard's State Partnership Program. The week-long information exchange with Colombian military and National Police legal experts focused on human rights and operational law.
Defense Department begins educating service leaders on new retirement system
June 2, 2016
Implementation timeline for the military Blended Retirement System.
Federalizing the National Guard: Preparedness, reserve forces and the National Defense Act of 1916
June 2, 2016
Opening of 64th Congress, 1915. This session took place in the year that debate on the National Defense Act began, eventually leading to the measure becoming Public Law 64-85.
Alaska National Guard leads field medical training in Mongolia
June 2, 2016
Alaska Army National Guard members conduct a class on combat casualty care at Five Hills Training Area near Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia on May 30, 2016.
South Carolina National Guard strengthens ties during Exercise Eager Lion
June 1, 2016
U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Brad Owens, director of Joint Staff for the South Carolina National Guard, provides closing remarks during the recognition ceremony for participants of Eager Lion 16. Eager Lion is a bilateral, scenario-based exercise with the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, designed to exchange military expertise and improve interoperability among partner nations.
National Guard units take on unique missions
June 1, 2016
Among National Guard unique missions are those carried out by New York's 109th Wing, which flies missions to Antarctica. This photo, from Dec. 15, 2012, shows a plane at McMurdo Station, Antarctica.