Heads-Up
August 27th, 2011 | From the Ranks | Posted by Mike Morones
Indiana National Guard 1st Lt. Katie Elkins rappels at Camp Atterbury Joint Maneuver Training Center in central Indiana on August 18, 2011. (Indiana National Guard photo by Sgt. John Crosby)
Happy To Be Home
August 23rd, 2011 | The Wires | Posted by Mike Morones
Members of the Rhode Island National Guard’s 1207th support company deplane upon their return from a one year deployment in Kuwait, where their unit oversaw security for convoys moving in and out of Iraq, in North Kingstown, RI., Friday afternoon, Aug. 19, 2011. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)
No Pain No Gain
July 6th, 2011 | From the Ranks | Posted by Alan Lessig
Chief Warrant Officer 2 Jody Kyzar endures the pain of a periodic Anthrax vaccination given by Staff Sgt. Joshua Fernandez, and earns a free lollipop for being a “good” patient. Both are members of the Mississippi Army National Guard’s 184th Expeditionary Sustainment Command currently deployed to Afghanistan in support of Operation enduring Freedom. (Photos by Capt. Andrew Adcock)
Flood Duty
June 28th, 2011 | The Wires | Posted by Mike Morones
North Dakota Army National Guard Sgt. Chris Franck naps in the Burlington, N.D., fire hall, about nine miles northwest of Minot, N.D., after a shift on flood duty on Friday, June 24, 2011. The National Guard was helping flood victims in the North Dakota community of Burlington, where at least one-third of its 1,000 residents have been forced to evacuate because of flooding in the nearby Souris River. (AP Photo/Dale Wetzel)
Leaning Into the Rotorwash
June 22nd, 2011 | The Wires | Posted by Alan Lessig
Missouri National Guard soldier Joshua Graham leans forward to keep from getting knocked over by the rotorwash from a Blackhawk helicopter Tuesday June, 21, 2011, while airlifting sandbags along a levee near near Rock Port, Mo. (Photo/Dave Weaver)
Tearful Goodbye
April 26th, 2011 | The Wires | Posted by Alan Lessig
Spc. Shane Winters, left, hugs his wife, Jennifer Winters, during a deployment ceremony for the 201st Regional Support Group Agri-Business Development Team at Fort Gordon, Monday, April 22, 2011, in Augusta, Ga. The unit is headed to Camp Atterbury, Indiana for final training ahead of deployment to Afghanistan. (AP Photo/The Augusta Chronicle, Rainier Ehrhardt)
All Quiet on the QRF
February 7th, 2011 | Photography | Posted by Chris Maddaloni
Sgt. Jacob Davis, Bravo Battery, 1-148th Field Artillery, Idaho National Guard, works on a puzzle at FOB Prosperity in the International Zone in Baghdad, Iraq, February 5, 2011. His team, part of the Quick Reaction Force for what was once called the Green Zone, has had a very quiet time – they haven’t been called out since their arrival five months ago. They’ve completed 20 puzzles since then – some of them mounted on the wall behind him to the left. The U.S. embassy is generally the only target anymore – a few mortars a month – due to it’s easy location on the Tigris river.
A Little Look-See
February 4th, 2011 | Photography | Posted by Chris Maddaloni
National Guard Spc. James Samson, 752nd Military Intelligence, inspects the remains of the “Victory Over America” palace at Camp Slayer in Baghdad, Iraq, February 3, 2011.
Swing Shift
August 3rd, 2010 | Photography | Posted by Chris Maddaloni
1st Lt. Derek Wiser, Alpha Co., 2nd Battalion, 112th Infantry, trains on his Stryker during a live ammo drill at Ft. A.P Hill, Va. The Pennsylvania unit is the only National Guard Styrker brigade in the country, and recently returned from a tour in Iraq last fall.
TOW Away
July 3rd, 2010 | From the Ranks | Posted by Alan Lessig
CAMP RIPLEY, Minn. — Many young Soldiers of D Co. 1-168 Infantry get first time training firing live TOW missile rounds here June 23. Soldiers mounted the weapon system on their Humvees and fired the missiles down range at targets. The TOW missile is used as an anti-tank, anti-fortification weapon. (U.S. Army Photo by Staff Sgt. Ashlee Lolkus)