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Guard's top Airman earns better than the best

Air Force Master Sgt. Tyrone Bingham, one of the Air Force's 12 Outstanding Airmen of the Year for 2009 and the Air National Guard's 2009 Senior Noncommissioned Officer of the Year, visits the Air Force Memorial outside Washington June 9. (U.S. Air Force photo by Air Force Master Sgt. Mike R. Smith, National Guard Bureau) (Released)
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Guard's top Airman earns better than the best

Air Force Master Sgt. Tyrone Bingham, one of the Air Force's 12 Outstanding Airmen of the Year for 2009 and the Air National Guard's 2009 Senior Noncommissioned Officer of the Year, visits the Air Force Memorial outside Washington June 9. (U.S. Air Force photo by Air Force Master Sgt. Mike R. Smith, National Guard Bureau) (Released)
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Last class graduates from AMS

New 2nd Lt. Teah Johnson rings the commissioning bell during her graduation from the Academy of Military Science at the I.G. Brown Air National Guard Training and Education Center at McGhee Tyson Air National Guard Base, Tenn., on June 26, 2009. She will become a navigator on a C-130 cargo aircraft for the 182nd Airlift Wing of the Illinois Air National Guard. Officer candidates of class “O-2009-4,” who graduated today, are members of the last officer commissioning program class at TEC. (Photo by Master Sgt. Greg Rudl, National Guard Bureau)
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2nd Lt. Joseph V. Solberg is commissioned at The I.G. Brown Air National Guard Training and Education Center, culminating 38 years of officer training.

2nd Lt. Joseph V. Solberg receives his commission at The I.G. Brown Air National Guard Training and Education Center (TEC), McGhee Tyson ANGB, Tenn. Solberg received the last officer commission and is the 14,634th to do so through the Academy of Military Science (AMS) at the TEC, June 26, 2009. Posing with Solberg includes Lt. Gen. Harry M. Wyatt III, Director, Air National Guard, and current and former TEC commanders and AMS commandants. Left: Lt. Col. Ronald Daniels, Lt. Col. Kevin Thompson, Col. David Scobey (RET), Col. David Scobey (RET), Col. Barbara Eager (RET), Gen. Kurt Heady, Col. Larry Martin (RET), Col. Gregory Maciolek (RET), Col. Richard Howard, Col. Michael Waggett (RET), 2nd Lt. Joseph V. Solberg, Lt. Col. James Hagenson (RET), Col. Edmund Morrisey (RET), Col. Rowan Bronson (RET), Lt. Col. R.K. Brown (RET), Lt. Gen. Wyatt. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Kurt Skoglund)
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National Guard chaplains contribute to Landstuhl's spiritual warrior care

Maj. Gen. Michael Dubie, the adjutant general of the Vermont National Guard, stands in the Wounded Warrior Ministry Center -- nicknamed the Chaplains' Closet -- at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany on June 17, 2009, during a visit to wounded warriors.
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General Craig R. McKinley and Lt. Gen. Harry M. Wyatt III stand with current and former commanders and commandants from The I.G. Brown Air National Guard Training and Education Center at McGhee Tyson ANGB, TN to attend the final graduating officer trainin

General Craig R. McKinley, Chief, National Guard Bureau (far right), with Lt. Gen. Harry M. Wyatt III, Director, Air National Guard (far left), with current and former commanders from The I.G. Brown Air National Guard Training and Education Center (TEC) at McGhee Tyson ANGB, TN and the Academy of Military Science (AMS) commandants gather together to attend the final graduating officer training class at McGhee Tyson June 25, 2009. AMS began in April 1971 and has trained 14,634 second Lieutenants for the Air National Guard through June 2009. Front row, left: Lt. Gen. Harry M. Wyatt III, Col. Richard Howard, Col. Michael Waggett (RET), Col. Larry Martin (RET), Col. Gregory Maciolek (RET), Col. Barbara Eager (RET), Col. David Scobey (RET), Col. Richard Burris (RET), Col. Edmund Morrisey (RET), Back row, left: Gen. Kurt Heady, Lt. Col. Ronald Daniels, Lt. Col. R.K. Brown (RET), Lt. Col. John William (RET), Col. Rowan Bronson (RET), Lt. Col. Bradley McRee, Lt. Col. Kevin Thompson, Lt. Col. James Hagenson (RET), Gen. Craig R. McKinley (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Kurt Skoglund)(Released)
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McKinley: SPP relationships have matured well

Gen. Craig R. McKinley, the chief of the National Guard Bureau, speaks at the State Partnership Program Conference in Stuttgart, Germany, June 15, saying the program "has matured well" and has grown into solid, long-standing alliances. The U.S. European Command-hosted conference is highlighting many new initiatives, to include SPP partners co-deploying to Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) in Afghanistan, and interactive workshops that transform SPP to the next level to ensure it provides comprehensive support for EUCOM's Strategy of Active Security. (Department of Defense photo by Tech. Sgt. Mark Olsen)
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Chief discusses follow-on missions with Mississippi Air Guard wing

Rep. Gregg Harper of Mississippi and Gen. Craig McKinley, chief of the National Guard Bureau, talk with the local news media about the MC-12 Project Liberty mission and possible future missions for the 186th Air Refueling Wing at Key Field Air National Guard Base in Meridian, Miss., June 2, 2009.
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Guard's mobilization training, readiness good for America, Chief says By Air

Gen. Craig R. McKinley, chief of the National Guard Bureau, speaks June 1 with Tim Roemer (right) of the Center for National Policy, a "nonpartisan, national security think tank" on issues including regional, national and homeland security, and the future of U.S. military forces.
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Guard chief emphasizes communication, collaboration, coordination

The National Guard has evolved over the last eight years into a force that has been through the crucible of combat, Gen. Craig McKinley, the chief of the National Guard Bureau. told students at National Defense University at Fort Lesley J. McNair in Washington, D.C., on May 27, 2009. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Jim Greenhill) (Released)
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McKinley: Peacekeeping one likely Guard mission in era of persistent

Gen. Craig R. McKinley, chief of the National Guard Bureau, speaks with the deputy commander for operations, U.S. Forces Afghanistan, Army Maj. Gen. Michael S. Tucker, in Kabul, Afghanistan, March 2 about Citizen-Soldiers and -Airmen serving in Operation Enduring Freedom as well as Guard-initiated programs being employed.
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Guard 'T-bird' pilot wheels enthusiasm at nation's capital

Air Force Lt. Col. Derek Routt, "Thunderbird No. 7," looks across the flight line on Andrews Air Force Base, Md., May 14, before an upcoming air show. Routt is a Nevada Air National Guard member in his first season as Operations Officer for the U.S. Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron "Thunderbirds."
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New York Air Guard conducts 100th shuttle mission

Col. Michael Canders, commander of the New York Air National Guard’s 106th Rescue Wing, based at Westhampton Beach, explains how NASA astronauts would bail out of the Atlantis Space Shuttle (background) if a parachute descent to safety was required, known as a Mode 8 Emergency Egress. On May 11, 2009, the 106th Rescue Wing participated in its 100th mission in support of NASA’s Space Shuttle launch program at Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Fla. (Photo by Master Sgt. Corine Lombardo, New York National Guard)
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Illinois Air Guard spouse named top in Air Force

Susan P. Webb, right, and her husband, Air National Guard Master Sgt. Ken Webb, pose for a photograph at the 2009 Military Spouse of the Year awards ceremony in Washington, D.C., May 7, 2009. (DoD photo by Gerry J. Gilmore)
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Better-equipped National Guard still eyes critical shortages

Maj. Gen. Raymond W. Carpenter, acting deputy director of the Army National Guard, and Lt. Gen. Harry M. Wyatt III, director of the Air National Guard, prepare to testify before the House Armed Services Committee Air and Land Forces Subcommittee on May 5, 2009. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Jim Greenhill) (Released)
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Former Oregon Air Guard commander shares Holocaust experiences

Retired Oregon Air National Guard Brigadier General Fred M. Rosenbaum, meets with Col. John Kent, commander of the 142nd Fighter Wing, following Rosenbaum's presentation on his personal experiences during the Holocaust was the focus of the wing's Diversity Council observances for Holocaust Remembrance Month. (Photo by Staff Sgt. John Hughel, Oregon Air National Guard Public Affairs)
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174th Fighter Wing helps open new Yankee Stadium

Aircrew members from the 174th Fighter Wing of Syracuse N.Y., pose for a photo after performing the fly-by for the opening day ceremony for the new Yankee Stadium on April 16, 2009. The F-16 Fighting Falcon crew members include bottom row from left to right, Capt. Scott Bissonnette and Staff Sgt. Preston Cox and top row, Maj. Kurt Tongren, Maj. John Knutsen and Lt. Col. Sean McQuaid. (U.S. Air Force photo by SSgt James N. Faso II/RELEASED)
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Air Guard team provides clean water for storm stricken Arkansas town

Technical Sgt. Brian Sutton, a utilities systems management specialist with the 188th Fighter Wing's Civil Engineering Squadron of the Arkansas Air National Guard, connects a supply hose to a water purification unit that will output purified water to support the water needs of the 1,230 residents of Dierks, Arkansas. The community's only water treatment facility was heavily damaged by a tornado on Thursday, April 9, 2009.
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Annual drill prepares agencies for hurricane season

Planners participate in a Rehearsal of Concept drill held at the community Center at Fort Belvoir, Va., Wednesday, April 15, 2009. The ROC drill is an annual event bringing together civilian and military planners to plan for the upcoming hurricane season. (Photo by Staff Sgt. S. Patrick McCollum, National Guard Bureau)
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Advanced field hospital put to the test in disaster exercise in Puerto Rico

Senior Airman Kara Nicholas, a medic with the 161st Air Refueling Wing, Arizona National Guard, and 2nd Lt. Tomas Chavez, a flight surgeon candidate with the same, check the vital signs of an incoming patient during Exercise Vigilant Guard, Wednesday, March 25, 2009, in Camp Santiago, Puerto Rico. Vigilant Guard is an exercise that tests disaster readiness, and the 161st's response with the Expeditionary Medical Support system, a full-service deployable field hospital. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. S. Patrick McCollum)
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