Air Guard pauses to reflect on suicide, high-risk behavior

Col. John Slocum, the Air National Guard's safety director, discusses high-risk behavior, suicides and Wingman concepts with Airmen from the Air Guard Readiness Center at the base theatre on Joint Base Andrews, Md., during an Air Force-wide Wingman Stand-down June 9, 2010.

Air Guard recognizes outstanding honor guards

Master Sgt. Velia Mireles, the Air National Guard 2010 Honor Guard Member of the Year, left, and Master Sgt. Brian Mays, the Air Guard Honor Guard Program Manager of the Year, were honored during an awards banquet at Bolling Air Force Base in Washington, D.C., June 17, 2010.

McKeague: Diversity strengthens U.S. military

U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Kelly McKeague, assistant to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff for National Guard Matters, addresses those in attendance at the 2010 Forum on Asian Pacific American Council, at the Gaylord Convention Center in National Harbor, Md., Monday, May 3, 2010.(U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Jon Soucy)(Released)

Air National Gaurd Supports Regional Mass Fatality Management Training Evolution, Jersey City, N.J.

Major Julie Carpenter, Medical (Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, or Explosive) Enhanced Response Force, conducts a preliminary health assessment on a firefighter from the Jersey City Hazmat Team, Jersey City Fire Department, N.J., before he conducts field operations and recovery during the Regional Mass Fatality Management Training Evolution on May 11, 2010 at the U.S. Army Reserve Center/Jersey City Police Facility in Jersey City, N.J. The RMFMTE focuses on fatality management techniques and procedures and assists in the development of local and regionalized response plans for response to a mass fatality event resulting from terrorist attacks or natural disasters. The week long joint training effort include the Air National Guard, Department of Homeland Security, New York City Office of Chief Medical Examiner, along with numerous medical examiners/coroners, fire departments, law enforcement, and other federal and local agencies from the New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, and Pennsylvania. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Jerry Bynum/Released)

Air National Gaurd Supports Regional Mass Fatality Management Training Evolution, Jersey City, N.J.

Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Leah Marino, Survey Team Chief, New York Joint Forces Headquarters Army/Air National Guard 24th Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Team, documents a simulated contaminated decedent during the Regional Mass Fatality Management Training Evolution on May 11, 2010 at the U.S. Army Reserve Center/Jersey City Police Facility in Jersey City, N.J. The RMFMTE focuses on fatality management techniques and procedures and assists in the development of local and regionalized response plans for response to a mass fatality event resulting from terrorist attacks or natural disasters. The week long joint training effort include the Air National Guard, Department of Homeland Security, New York City Office of Chief Medical Examiner, along with numerous medical examiners/coroners, fire departments, law enforcement, and other federal and local agencies from the New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, and Pennsylvania. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Jerry Bynum/Released)

Air National Gaurd Supports Regional Mass Fatality Management Training Evolution, Jersey City, N.J.

Staff Sgt. Ryan Ammons, 132nd Force Support Squadron, Des Moines, Iowa, helps erect a Deployable Rapid Assembly Shelter M-Series Tent during the Regional Mass Fatality Management Training Evolution on May 10, 2010 at the U.S. Army Reserve Center/Jersey City Police Facility in Jersey City, N.J. The RMFMTE focuses on fatality management techniques and procedures and assists in the development of local and regionalized response plans for response to a mass fatality event resulting from terrorist attacks or natural disasters. The week long joint training effort include the Air National Guard, Department of Homeland Security, New York City Office of Chief Medical Examiner, along with numerous medical examiners/coroners, fire departments, law enforcement, and other federal and local agencies from the New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, and Pennsylvania. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Jerry Bynum/Released)