Airmen from the Services Flight of the New Jersey National Guard's 177th Fighter Wing and the Rhode Island National Guard's 143rd Air Wing provide a hot meal for Virginia National Guard Soldiers, Jan. 18, in the National Capital Region. About 18 Airmen from the two units are working together for the first time to provide hot meals for more than 500 Soldiers and Airmen in one of the many staging areas for National Guard personnel supporting the Presidential Inauguration. More than 9,400 National Guard personnel from 25 states and territories are working for Joint Task Force-District of Columbia, providing communications, transportation, traffic control, medical and logistical support - as well as marching in the Inaugural parade.
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Spectators line up at an entry control point manned by the 1st Squadron, 158th Cavalry Regiment, Maryland National Guard before inauguration ceremonies for President Elect Barack Obama, Tuesday, Jan. 20. The unit, a part of the 58th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, assisted U.S. Park Police, Secret Service, and other federal agencies with crowd management.
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Sgt. Mark McCain of Foxtrot Company, 1st Battalion, 128th Base Support Battalion, Maryland Army National Guard creates a photo of D.C. Police Chief Cathy Lanier as she interacts with local residents during the 56th Presidential Inauguration, Jan. 20 in Washington D.C. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Thaddeus Harrington)
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Spc. Joseph Casaday, a member of Company D, 334th Brigade Support Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, from Sioux City, Iowa, helps direct traffic and assists in crowd control minutes before Barack Obama was sworn in as the nation’s 44th president on Jan. 20. Spc. Casaday said he was very proud to be a part of this historic event. Casady was in Washington, D.C. as part of a 1,000 member task force of Soldiers and Airmen from the Iowa National Guard sent to assist local and federal law enforcement agencies with security during the 56th presidential inauguration. This was the first time the Iowa National Guard participated in a presidential inauguration.
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Medic Spc. Siaca Francisco of the Maryland National Guard yells for assistance while giving medical aid to a woman who became ill during the 56th Presidential Inauguration
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