Guardmembers with the Louisiana National Guard's 1023rd Vertical Engineering Company, 528th Engineer Battalion, fold interlocking tubing for the Tiger Dam water diversion system, May 20, 2010, near the southwest pass of the Mississippi River delta. The 1023rd VEC is constructing an 7.1 mile barrier to prevent any possible oil from coming in to the wetlands. Photo by: Master Sgt. Toby Valadie.
Tags: LANG Louisiana National Guard Tiger Dam South West Pass Venice Mississippi River oilspill10 Army Soldiers La. United States engineers spill response deepwater horizon citizensoldier usa armynationalguard armyguard
South Carolina Guardmember Lt. Col. Michael Lightner, a fighter pilot with the 169th Fighter Wing at McEntire Joint National Guard Base, S.C., checks the time while preparing to launch an F-16 Fighting Falcon for a mission from Joint Base Balad, Iraq, Aug. 7. The 169th Fighter Wing at McEntire sent F-16's, pilots, maintenance specialists, and support personnel overseas for its first major combat operation since 2003, when the unit deployed to Operation Iraqi Freedom and flew more than 400 combat missions. The 169th FW is now an "Active Associate" wing. This unique agreement with the 20th FW at Shaw AFB embeds 150 active duty Airmen with the 169th FW at McEntire to forge an even stronger, more mobile force. Elements of the South Carolina Air National Guard's 169 FW began this historic deployment in early May 2010 when airmen landed at JBB in support of OIF. (Photo by Tech Sgt. Caycee Cook)
Tags: Iraq South carolina national guard deployment f16 169th FW air Guard iraqi Freedom mcentire Joint National Guard Base
U.S. Air Force firefighters from the 125th Fighter Wing, Jacksonville, Fla., and the 71st Fighter Wing, Langley, Va., extinguish a fire in a burn pit at the Combat Readiness Training Center in Savannah, Ga., March 13, 2010. The burn pit, a live-fire training simulator, recreates most scenarios of a real aircraft fire. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Shelley Gill/Released)
Tags: 125th Florida Air Guard Savannah GA USA national guard air force usaf flang jacksonville florida fla. fl langley va virginia fire extinguish firefighter combat readiness training center georgia burn pit training aircraft blaze extinguisher firefighting
Soldiers from 53rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team march in formation after completing training at Ft. Hood, Texas, Feb. 25, 2010. The Florida Army National Guard Soldiers departed by plane from Ft. Hood in late-February and early-March for missions in Kuwait and Iraq. Photo by Spc. Karen Kozub
Tags: kuwait iraq national guard fl florida army usa u.s. soldier soldiers march formation marching deploy deployment mobilization training ft. hood fort hood oif oef operation iraqi freedom ibct infantry brigade combat team
Georgia Guardmember Spc. Steven Clements, an avionics specialist with Detachment 1, Bravo Company, 1-169th General Support Aviation Battalion, is greeted by his two-year-old son Bo while in his homecoming formation. Clements, a resident of Pooler, Ga., spent the last 10 months in Afghanistan. (Photo by Master Sgt. John Kinnaman)