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How is the National Guard 140 years older than the U.S.?
December 12, 2018
Spc. Ashley Hartman cuts the ceremonial birthday cake for the National Guard's 381st birthday alongside Nevada Adjutant General, Brig. Gen. William Burks, left. The Nevada National Guard Joint Forces Headquarters office celebrates the National Guard's birthday every year with the highest and most junior ranking members available as cake cutters.
Cal Guard’s new helicopters make fire debut during Camp Fire
December 12, 2018
A U.S. Army UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter assigned to the 1st Assault Helicopter Battalion, 140th Aviation Regiment, California Army National Guard, flies through the smoky Feather River Canyon while helping authorities contain the northeastern edge of the Camp Fire in Butte County, California, Nov. 16, 2018. The Cal Guard provided four helicopters, including two of its new M-models, to help state agencies contain the deadly fire.
S.C. National Guard honors fallen troops with wreath-laying
December 11, 2018
U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Brad Owens, director of joint staff for the South Carolina National Guard, and U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Scott Lambe, assistant adjutant general for air, South Carolina National Guard, place a wreath at the South Carolina Armed Forces Memorial at the South Carolina State House, Dec. 10, 2018. The wreath is placed to honor the service men and women who served in the Armed Forces and made the ultimate sacrifice.
Six N.Y. Guard Soldiers will be part of National Army Museum
December 10, 2018
New York Army National Guard Maj.Robert Freed poses with a mock M-4 and block of wood replicating a radio handset, as photos of his pose are taken at Studio EIS in Brooklyn, N.Y., on Nov. 15, 2018. Freed is one of six New York National Guard Soldiers who served as models for life-size figures that will be part of two exhibits at the National Museum of the United States Army when it opens in 2020. The figure Freed served as a model is of a platoon leader in Afghanistan calling for air support.
Puerto Rico Army Guard honors MIA Soldier from Korea
December 10, 2018
Cpl. Francisco Ramos Rivera was an MIA from the Korean War. He was identified in 2017 and returned home to his family for burial at the Puerto Rico National Cemetery in Bayamon. A Puerto Rico Army National Guard honor guard participated.
Seattle firefighters train with Washington National Guard
December 10, 2018
Members of the Seattle Fire Department participated in a training exercise with the Washington Army National Guard aviators doing personnel movement on UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters.
Northern Strike 19 planning underway in Michigan
December 7, 2018
Maj. Gen. Gregory Vadnais, Michigan National Guard adjutant general, speaks at the Northern Strike 19 Initial Planning Conference (IPC), Fort Custer Training Center, Mich., Dec. 4, 2018
Unmanned aircraft enhances Army Guard response capabilities
December 6, 2018
Army Pfc. Michael Makowski, with the South Carolina Army National Guard's D Company, 1st Battalion, 118th Infantry Regiment, launches an RQ-11B Raven in Bucksport, South Carolina, during Hurricane Florence response operations, Sept. 26, 2018. The unmanned aircraft system assists Army Guard units in gathering situational awareness of disaster scenes and sharing that information with other Guard elements, emergency officials and first responders.
Citizen-Warrior: Ohio Air Guard member fights drug suppliers
December 6, 2018
Staff Sgt. Alicia Stayonovich, a criminal analyst for the Ohio Counterdrug Task Force, tracks drug trafficking patterns as part of her work with Homeland Security Investigations, an arm of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, in Cincinnati. Stayonovich, who provides real-time intelligence and analysis for HSI agents in the field, takes a personal interest in helping remove drugs from the street as her brother died of a heroin overdose in 2015.
New York National Guard marks birthday of eighth president
December 6, 2018
New York Army National Guard Command Sgt. Major David Piwowarski and Brig. Gen. John Adonie, render honors to President Martin Van Buren, the 8th president of the United States, during a Dec. 5, 2018 ceremony at his gravesite at Kinderhook Reformed Church Cemetery in Kinderhook, N.Y.
N.Y. Guard Civil Support Team trains local fire departments
December 6, 2018
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Kristin Northrup, a survey team chief, and Spc. Sean Murray, a survey team member, assigned to the 2nd Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Team (CST), New York National Guard, move to inspect, scan and catalog the contents of a simulated bomb maker's vehicle during a hazardous materials exercise with the City of Kingston Fire Department in Kingston, N.Y., Nov. 28, 2018.
D.C. National Guard supports funeral of George H.W. Bush
December 6, 2018
Maj. Joshua Behsudi, Mobilization Augmentation Command branch chief, hands Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan an invitation to the state funeral for 41st U.S. President George H.W. Bush prior to departing to the Washington National Cathedral Dec. 5, 2018.
Maryland Guard, Bosnia-Herzegovina toast 15-year partnership
December 4, 2018
During a meeting in Sarajevo, Bosnia, U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Linda Singh, left, the adjutant general of the Maryland National Guard, presents Bosnia- Herzegovina army Lt. Gen. Senad Mašović, chief of the joint staff of the armed forces of Bosnia-Herzegovina, a gift commemorating the 15-year partnership between the Maryland Guard and the Bosnia-Herzegovina armed forces as part of the Department of Defense’s State Partnership Program, Nov. 28, 2018.
W. Va. Guard holds maintenance exchange with Peruvian army
December 4, 2018
West Virginia Army National Guard Master Sgt. Ricky Baker discusses preventative maintenance checks and services of the M1165 HMMWV Nov. 28, 2018, with Peruvian Army maintenance personnel during a Subject Matter Expert Exchange (SMEE) Global Peace Operations Initiative (GPOI) mission held in Lima, Peru.
New York Guard honors Korean War GI as he is laid to rest
December 4, 2018
Korean War missing Soldier Army Pfc. John Martin returned home for burial with full military honors December 2, 2018 following his positive identification by the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) in September 2018.
Maryland Guard celebrates unity with Bosnia-Herzegovina
December 3, 2018
Army Brig. Gen. Janeen L. Birckhead, the Maryland Army National Guard’s assistant adjutant general for Army, attend the 13th Bosnia and Herzegovina armed forces celebration in Sarajevo, Nov. 30, 2018.
N.Y. Guard Warrant Officer reinvented career to keep serving
December 3, 2018
Col. John Andonie, chief of staff for the New York Army National Guard, pins Chief Warrant Officer 3 Albert Thiem, electronic warfare officer for the 42nd Infantry Division,during his promotion ceremony at the Division of Military and Naval Affairs Headquarters in Latham, N.Y., Nov. 9, 2018.
Alaska National Guard aerial survey reduces earthquake havoc
December 3, 2018
Members of the 176th Wing performed an aerial damage assessment in a C-130J Combat King II Nov. 30, 2018, over south central, Alaska, following the earthquake that hit the Anchorage and Matanuska-Susitna Valley areas. In a matter of hours, members of the Alaska Air National Guard's Maintenance and Operation groups turned a planned community engagement into an aerial survey of earthquake damage, reporting findings to the State of Alaska's Joint Operations Center.