National Guard diversity council recognized among nation's best

The National Guard Bureau Joint Diversity Executive Council was recognized as one of the Top 25 diversity councils in the United States at the Association of Diversity Councils Honors Award dinner in Arlington, Va., on Oct. 4, 2012. The NGB JDEC placed 14th for outstanding contributions and achievement that lead organizational diversity processes. Councils were reviewed in four categories: demonstrated council results; demonstrated management commitment; measurement and accountability, and communication and education. (Army National Guard photo Sgt. 1st Class Jim Greenhill) (Released)

Boy Scouts visit JSTARS EOD

Boy Scouts from Troop 51 out of Forsyth, Ga., pose for a group picture during a visit to the 116th Civil Engineering Squadron (CES) explosive ordnance (EOD) shop, Robins Air Force Base, Ga., Jan. 22, 2012. The scouts were given a tour of the EOD unit during a field trip to Robins Air Force Base. During the tour, Air National Guardsmen Senior Master Sgt. John Bell, kneeling, and Chief Master Sgt. David Fite, 116th CES, demonstrated equipment and techniques used by the EOD unit. (National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Roger Parsons/Released)

Boy Scouts visit JSTARS EOD

Air National Guard Senior Master Sgt. John Bell, 116th Civil Engineering Squadron explosive ordnance technician (EOD) and Browning Sandusky, from Troop 51 out of Forsyth, Ga., help Michael Bass perform pushups while wearing an EOD 9 bomb suit, Robins Air Force Base, Ga., Jan. 22, 2012. The scouts were given a tour of the EOD unit during a field trip to Robins Air Force Base. (National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Roger Parsons/Released)

Boy Scouts visit JSTARS EOD

Boy Scouts from Troop 51 out of Forsyth, Ga., watch a demonstration of the Remote Ordnance Neutralization System robot at the 116th Civil Engineering Squadron explosive ordnance unit (EOD), Robins Air Force Base, Ga., Jan. 22, 2012. The scouts were given a tour of the EOD unit during a field trip to Robins Air Force Base. (National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Roger Parsons/Released)

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Hulman Field, Ind. – Maj. Gen. R. Martin Umbarger, The Adjutant General of Indiana, visited the 181st Intelligence Wing on December 5, 2011. Photo by Senior Master Sergeant John S. Chapman

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.

Leadership key to tackling suicide, Medal of Honor recipient tells Guardsmen

Retired Army Maj. Drew Dix, a Medal of Honor recipient, tells Guard members attending the 39th annual conference of the Enlisted Association of the National Guard of the United States in St. Louis, Mo., on Aug. 8, 2010, that leadership at all levels is key to cutting the spike in servicemember suicides.

Leadership key to tackling suicide, Medal of Honor recipient tells Guardsmen

Air Force Gen. Craig McKinley, the chief of the National Guard Bureau, tells about 1,800 Guard members attending the 39th annual conference of the Enlisted Association of the National Guard of the United States in St. Louis, Mo., on Aug. 8, 2010, that the National Guard likely will continue to play a significant role in overseas contingency operations for the foreseeable future.

Air Guard focuses on equipment for domestic operations

Air Force Maj. Gen. Garry Dean, commander of 1st Air Force and U.S. North American Aerospace Defense Command, addressed nearly 450 Guardmembers during the Air Guard's Domestic Operations Equipment Requirements conference in Baltimore, Md., Aug. 2, 2010.

Wyatt joins joint chiefs on military children panel

Lt. Gen. Harry M. Wyatt III, director of the Air National Guard, shares how his granddaughter coped with his son's combat deployments. Wyatt spoke July 26 with other senior military and elected officials to discuss military deployments, programs and policies that affect the children of active duty, Guard and Reserve servicemembers at the Military Child Education Coalition held in National Harbor, Md.

Texas Air Guard teaches a 'Total Force' lesson

Active duty Air Force security forces Airmen are debriefed after a convoy live fire exercise by an instructor from the Texas Air Guard's Desert Defender Regional Training Center area security operations course at the McGregor Range outside El Paso, Texas, June 30, 2010.

Air Force honors top youths at Pentagon

Dakota Johnson, left, shakes hands with Air Force Lt. Gen. Richard Newton, deputy chief of staff for manpower and personnel at U.S. Air Force Headquarters, while being recognized as the Air National Guard's Youth of the Year as part of the 2010 Air Force Youth of the Year awards program during a ceremony at the Pentagon, Thursday, June 24, 2010. The program, in partnership with the Boys and Girls Club, recognizes young people from each Air Force major command who have taken on leadership roles in their community while achieving academic and other success. Johnson is the son of Air Force Capt. Stephanie Johnson and Air Force 2nd Lt. Eric Johnson, both from the North Carolina Air National Guard's 145th Medical Group.