An Alaska National Guard flight crew makes a supply drop on a frozen runway in the Alaskan village of Nulato, April 16, 2011.

An Alaska National Guard flight crew makes a supply drop on a frozen runway in the Alaskan village of Nulato, April 16, 2011. The re-supply teams are a key element in the support of the Operation ARCTIC CARE 2011 mission. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Craig Anderson) (Released)

Brigadier General Brian Neal, Commander, Air National Guard Readiness Center, responds to a question during the panel discussion at the 2011 Department of Defense Asian Pacific American Leadership Forum.

(From left to right – Mr. Larry Stubblefield, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Diversity and Leadership, Dr. James Meng, Science Technology Engineering & Mathematics Executive, reporting to the Principal Civilian Deputy, Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Research Development & Acquisition and Vice Chairman, Asian American Government Executives Network (AAGEN), Dr. Jarris Taylor, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force Strategic Diversity integration, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Manpower and Reserve Affairs, Captain Cynthia Macri, Special Assistant to Chief of Naval Operations for Diversity at Naval Operations, and Brigadier General Brian Neal, Commander, Air National Guard Readiness Center

ANG Command Chiefs at Safety Summit in Orlando 3-5 May 2011

ANG Command Chiefs at Safety Summit in Orlando 3-5 May 2011

Chief Muncy and Chief Joe Thornell, 1AF/CCC, and members of 601st

Chief Muncy and Chief Joe Thornell, 1AF/CCC, and members of 601st Air Operations Center at their 9-11 Memorial. Steel beams from Twin Towers are seen in back row. Florida ANG, ANG, Air Force, AF Reserve, and Canadian professionals guarding America's skies

Kentucky National Guard members Army Pfc. David Barrow, Army Spc. Tommy Wyatt and Army Pvt. Cedric Bransford, 2113th Transportation Company, assist local residents in flood relief mission in Oscar, Ky., April 27, 2011

Kentucky National Guard members Army Pfc. David Barrow, Army Spc. Tommy Wyatt and Army Pvt. Cedric Bransford, 2113th Transportation Company, assist local residents in flood relief mission in Oscar, Ky., April 27, 2011. (Photo by Staff Sgt. Michael J. Oliver) (Released)

Lt. Gen. Charles E. Stenner Jr., the chief of Air Force Reserve and commander, Air Force Reserve Command speaks with Airmen at the Missouri Air National Guard’s Advanced Airlift Tactics Training Center

Lt. Gen. Charles E. Stenner Jr., the chief of Air Force Reserve and commander, Air Force Reserve Command speaks with Airmen at the Missouri Air National Guard’s Advanced Airlift Tactics Training Center, Rosecrans Air National Guard Base, Mo., April 18 during a town hall meeting. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Mike R. Smith, Missouri National Guard)

Arizona Sen. John McCain speaks with members of the Reserve Forces Policy Board after being presented with their 2011 Citizen Patriot Award, March 10, 2011.

Arizona Sen. John McCain speaks with members of the Reserve Forces Policy Board after being presented with their 2011 Citizen Patriot Award, March 10, 2011. The award recognizes McCain's substantial contribution to the nation’s defense and national security. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. John Orrell) (Released)

Soldiers from the Alabama National Guard build and maintain miles of HESCO barriers to protect Dauphin Island, Ala., beaches

Soldiers from the Alabama National Guard build and maintain miles of HESCO barriers to protect Dauphin Island, Ala., beaches from the BP oil spill on July 23, 2010, during Operation Deepwater Horizon, which saw more than 1,600 National Guardmembers support civilian authorities in four Gulf states. The American people have come to expect swift and effective responses to natural and manmade disasters, the chief of the National Guard Bureau said Monday. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Jim Greenhill) (Released)

Air Force Gen. Craig McKinley

Air Force Gen. Craig McKinley, chief of the National Guard Bureau, gives every cadet his challenge coin as a keepsake before the National Guard Youth Foundation's 2011 ChalleNGe Champions Gala in Washington, March 1, 2011. Unique for this year's gala was the celebration of the program's 100,000th graduate, cadet Tori Walston, from Louisiana. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Darron Salzer) (Released)

Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz

Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz addresses the National Guard’s top officers and enlisted leaders during the 2011 General Senior Leadership Conference at Arlington Hall in Arlington, Va., on Feb. 28, 2011. He told the group that economic austerity makes communicating and collaborating as a total force paramount. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Darron Salzer, National Guard Bureau)

Lt Gen Wyatt and Chief Muncy visit Arizona Soldiers and Airmen on Southwest Border.

Lt Gen Wyatt and Chief Muncy visit Arizona Soldiers and Airmen on Southwest Border.

Public Health Service Capt. Joan Hunter, director of psychological health for the National Guard Bureau

Public Health Service Capt. Joan Hunter, director of psychological health for the National Guard Bureau, speaks at the 2010 Suicide Prevention Conference sponsored by the Defense and Veterans Affairs departments in Washington, D.C. (Defense Department photo by Elaine Wilson) (Released)

Air Force Brig. Gen. John Owen, right, a Missouri Air National Guard member who is the Air Guard advisor to the command surgeon of Air Mobility Command lands at Ramstein Air Force Base, Germany, on Jan. 9, 2011

Air Force Brig. Gen. John Owen, right, a Missouri Air National Guard member who is the Air Guard advisor to the command surgeon of Air Mobility Command, talks with Air Force Col. Bruce Guerdan of the Florida Air Guard, second from left, and Master Sgt. Jody Nitz of the Michigan Air Guard, left and back to camera, after he lands at Ramstein Air Force Base, Germany, on Jan. 9, 2011. Owen worked with AMC to provide the Air Guard medical personnel needed for Critical Care Air Transport Teams. Guerdan and Nitz are members of the first Air Guard CCATT currently deployed to Ramstein. Also pictured is in the right foreground is Air Force Maj. Joey Jackson of the Tennessee Air Guard, an air operations officer who is currently deployed to Ramstein. (Air Force photo by Lt. Col. Ellen Krenke)

Maj Gen Carpenter

Army Maj. Gen. Raymond Carpenter, acting director of the Army Guard, speaks to a panel of industry leaders at the Reserve Officer Association building on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. Dec. 8, 2010. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Darron Salzer) (Released)

A firefighter from the Port of Laem Chabang in Pattaya, Thailand, secures a hose fitting during a training exercise

A firefighter from the Port of Laem Chabang in Pattaya, Thailand, secures a hose fitting during a training exercise with the Washington National Guard near the port on May 19, 2009. A roundtable recently recommended enhancing the National Guard's State Partnership Program as a tool for citizen diplomacy. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Jon Soucy) (Released)

Facebook offers virtual face time with Air Guard director

Facebook offers virtual face time with Air Guard director

Air Force Lt. Gen Harry "Bud" Wyatt III, the director of the Air National Guard

Air Force Lt. Gen Harry "Bud" Wyatt III, the director of the Air National Guard, speaks to about 2,000 members of the Air National Guard's senior leadership at the 2010 Air National Guard senior leadership conference in Washington D.C., Nov. 16, 2010. This year's conference is about preparing for challenges the Air Guard will face in 2025. (Photo by Tech. Sgt. John Orrell, National Guard Bureau) (Released)

Command Chief Master Sgt. Christopher Muncy, the command chief master sergeant for the Air National Guard

Command Chief Master Sgt. Christopher Muncy, the command chief master sergeant for the Air National Guard, holds up a copy of the Air Force's Enlisted Force STructure handbook, while addressing attendees at the Air National Guard's Senior Leadership Conference in Washington, D.C., Thursday, Nov. 18, 2010. Muncy stressed the importance of using the handbook--often called simply the LIttle Brown Book--to develop junior Airmen into NCOs and leaders. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Jon Soucy)(Released)

Air Guard general shares Afghanistan experience with school children

Air Force Brig. Gen. Guy Walsh high-fives students from Clark Wood Elementary School in Elkland, Pa., during a visit to the school, Oct. 7, 2010. Walsh, commander of the 451st Expeditionary Wing while deployed to Khandhar, Afghanistan, corresponded with third and fourth graders at the school during his year-long deployment. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Jon Soucy)(Released)

Clarence Tinker

Clarence Tinker

Sheppard Hall

100916 –F-5508O-002 From left to right: Chief Master Sgt. Denise Jelinski-Hall, the National Guard Bureau senior enlisted advisor; Gen. Craig R. McKinley, the chief of the NGB; retired Maj. Gen. Donald W. Sheppard, former director of the ANG; retired Lt. Gen. John Conaway, former chief of the NGB; Lt. Gen. Harry M. Wyatt III, director of the ANG; and Command Chief Master Sgt. Christopher Muncy, the ANG command chief, cut a ceremonial ribbon on the new addition to the ANG Readiness Center named “Shepperd Hall.” (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. John Orrell, National Guard Bureau)

National Guard State Partnership Program

President Abdoulaye Wade of Senegal, Vermont Gov. Jim Douglas and Air Force Maj. Gen. Michael Dubie, the adjutant general of the Vermont National Guard, meet at Camp Johnson, headquarters of the Vermont National Guard, in Colchester, Vt., on Sept. 20, 2010, during the president's two-day visit for National Guard State Partnership Program activities. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Jim Greenhill) (Released)

Civilian, military leaders: Guard is America’s solution in changing times

Air Force Gen. Craig McKinley, the chief of the National Guard Bureau, addresses the 132nd general conference of the National Guard Association of the United States in Austin, Texas, on Aug. 21, 2010. "Maybe for the first time in our 364 years, we're more operational than we've ever been for a sustained period," he said.

National Guard aids with Pakistani flood relief

Vermont Army National Guard members from 1st Platoon, A Company, 1st Battalion, 172nd Cavalry of the 86th Infantry Brigade Combat Team along with members of E Company, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Combat Aviation Brigade pull a liner open to spread it out, before placing a fuel bladder on top as part of a forward area refueling point in Rubicon. The team worked as part of the flood relief effort in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan, Aug. 10, 2010.