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Be honest. Are the dots horrendous? I'm trying to make this a little more creative, because it's a simple, un-artistive, non-creative photo. Sorry...
The Soldiers and Airmen of the Florida National Guard’s Task Force Search and Rescue spent the night at the Miami-Opa Locka Executive Airport, Sept. 1-2, 2019, as they prepare for potential missions in response to Hurricane Dorian. (Photo by Ching Oettel)
Florida National Guard Soldiers and Airmen, from the CBRN Enhanced Response Force Package (CERFP), prepare equipment in Opa-Locka, Fla. on Sept. 2, 2019, for potential missions responding to Hurricane Dorian. (Photo by Ching Oettel)
The Soldiers and Airmen of the Florida National Guard's CBRN Enhanced Response Force Package (CERFP) team work from daybreak throughout the evening Sept. 1, 2019, at Camp Blanding Joint Training Center, readying themselves for missions in response to Hurricane Dorian. (Photo by Ching Oettel)
Florida National Guard Soldiers and Airmen, from the CBRN Enhanced Response Force Package (CERFP), load equipment and prepare for potential missions responding to Hurricane Dorian, in Opa-Locka, Fla., on Sept. 4, 2019. (Photo by Ching Oettel)
The Soldiers and Airmen of the Florida National Guard's CBRN Enhanced Response Force Package (CERFP) team work from daybreak throughout the evening Sept. 1, 2019, at Camp Blanding Joint Training Center, readying themselves for missions in response to Hurricane Dorian. (Photo by Ching Oettel)
Florida National Guard Soldiers and Airmen, from the CBRN Enhanced Response Force Package (CERFP), load equipment and prepare for potential missions responding to Hurricane Dorian, in Opa-Locka, Fla., on Sept. 4, 2019. (Photo by Ching Oettel)
My favorite type of shot with the blurry background. Getting the background to "cooperate" is easy, Getting Libby to cooperate, not so easy.... but worth it!
The Soldiers and Airmen of the Florida National Guard's CBRN Enhanced Response Force Package (CERFP) team work from daybreak throughout the evening Sept. 1, 2019, at Camp Blanding Joint Training Center, readying themselves for missions in response to Hurricane Dorian. (Photo by Ching Oettel)
Florida National Guard Soldiers and Airmen, from the CBRN Enhanced Response Force Package (CERFP), load equipment and prepare for potential missions in Opa-Locka, Fla. on Sept. 2, 2019, responding to Hurricane Dorian. (Photo by Ching Oettel)
Florida National Guard Soldiers and Airmen, from the CBRN Enhanced Response Force Package (CERFP), load equipment and prepare for potential missions in Opa-Locka, Fla. on Sept. 2, 2019, responding to Hurricane Dorian. (Photo by Ching Oettel)
Members of Task Force Three, an urban search and rescue team, unload their vehicles from a Florida National Guard helicopter on Dog Island to conduct rescue operations within affected areas after Hurricane Michael October 11, 2018. (Photo by Tech. Sgt. Christopher Milbrodt)
Florida National Guard Soldiers and Airmen, from the CBRN Enhanced Response Force Package (CERFP), load equipment and prepare for potential missions in Opa-Locka, Fla. on Sept. 2, 2019, responding to Hurricane Dorian. (Photo by Ching Oettel)
Florida National Guard Soldiers and Airmen, from the CBRN Enhanced Response Force Package (CERFP), load equipment and prepare for potential missions in Opa-Locka, Fla. on Sept. 2, 2019, responding to Hurricane Dorian. (Photo by Ching Oettel)
Florida National Guard Soldiers and Airmen, from the CBRN Enhanced Response Force Package (CERFP), load equipment and prepare for potential missions in Opa-Locka, Fla. on Sept. 2, 2019, responding to Hurricane Dorian. (Photo by Ching Oettel)
TSgt. Severin Stalmarck , an airman with the 176th Security Forces Squadron, embraces his son at Ted Stevens-Anchorage International Airport upon his return from Kandahar, Afghanistan on June 22, 2020. 12 AKNG Airmen deployed in support of Operation Freedom Sentinel, a NATO-led continuation of the Global War on Terrorism. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Lt. Col. Candis Olmstead)
U.S. Air Force Civil Engineering Airmen from the 165th Airlift Wing, conduct route clearance in Seminole County, Ga., Oct. 14, 2018. The Georgia Air National Guard has been working with the Georgia Emergency Management Agency conducting route clearance and debris removal. (U.S. Air National photo by Tech. Sgt. Amber Williams)
Last night I had a dream about my Father...
I have them from time to time.
They're usually a little distressing...
Of him in bed sick or in the hospital before he died.
This one was a little different...
It was ME who was in hospital.
I'd been there over night and they told me I could go home now...
They told me there was someone in the waiting room for me...
Who had been there all night too...
I opened the door and there sitting amongst a group of other waiting people...
Was my Father!
He stood up and walked over to me...
And gave me the biggest hug!
He stood so tall and strong and it was so damn vivid...
The clothes he wore, the hat he wore and the expression on his face.
Just as I remembered him all those years ago when he was well.
Then I woke up!
It made me cry!
But not really tears of sadness...
More an emotional response to what had just happened.
It wasn't like most of the dreams I have had over the past 20 years since he died...
He looked so strong and healthy this time...
It was like he was there this time to look after me!
It was like he knew I'd been going through sad times.
When I woke up this morning I had to right it down.
It's comforting to know that the ones we lose...
We never really lose...
They're always with us when we need them! %-)
U.S. Air Force Maj. Bjorn Hegleson, 165th Airlift Wing, opens a conex box to conduct Hurricane Michael relief operations in Seminole County, Ga., Oct. 14, 2018. The Georgia Air National Guard is working with local authorities to conduct route clearance and debris removal. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Amber Williams)
A Soldier with the Florida National Guard's Company B, 1-111th Aviation Regiment scans the horizon after dropping off a search and rescue team on Dog Island, Florida within an affected area after Hurricane Michael on October 11, 2018.
Members of Task Force Three, an urban search and rescue team, load their vehicles into a Florida National Guard helicopter for transport to affected areas after Hurricane Michael on October 11, 2018. (Photo by Tech. Sgt. Christopher Milbrodt)
Florida National Guard Soldiers and Airmen, from the CBRN Enhanced Response Force Package (CERFP), load equipment and prepare for potential missions in Opa-Locka, Fla. on Sept. 2, 2019, responding to Hurricane Dorian. (Photo by Ching Oettel)
oh, i'm bein' followed by a moonshadow, moonshadow, moonshadow
leapin and hoppin on a moonshadow, moonshadow, moonshadow
and if i ever lose my hands, lose my plough, lose my land,
oh if i ever lose my hands, oh if.... i won't have to work no more.
and if i ever lose my eyes, if my colours all run dry,
yes if i ever lose my eyes, oh if.... i won't have to cry no more.
and if i ever lose my legs, i won't moan, and i won't beg,
yes if i ever lose my legs, oh if.... i won't have to walk no more.
and if i ever lose my mouth, all my teeth, north and south,
yes if i ever lose my mouth, oh if.... i won't have to talk...
did it take long to find me? i asked the faithful light.
did it take long to find me? and are you gonna stay the night?
-- cat stevens
NCNG team escorts EMS and Safety patrols in Hyde County. Over 70 members of the North Carolina Army National Guard were activated, by the Governor Pat McCrory, and staged across the state to assist state emergency services in preparing storm and flood relief efforts. These photos were provided by our Citizen Soldiers out in the field conducting missions over the last few days. #AlwaysReady #AlwaysThere
North Dakota National Guardsmen take part in classroom training Apriul 21, 2012, near Raymond J. Bohn Armory in Bismarck, N.D. The survival lesson was part of three days of training provided by the North Dakota Forest Service to certifiy and re-certify 38 North Dakota Army National Guard Soldiers in Wildland Fire Behavior and Firefighter Training. The training teaches fire tactics and emergency response in case Guardsmen are needed to respond to wildland fires. (Photo by Maj. Shannon Horton, North Dakota National Guard)
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Airmen from the 179th Airlift Wing, Mansfield, Ohio, conduct Ability to Survive and Operate, or ATSO training course, June 5, 2018, held at the Alpena Combat Readiness Traning Center, Alpena, Michigan. The Airmen don Mission Oriented Protective Posture (MOPP) protective gear used by U.S. military personnel in a toxic environment during a chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear (CBRN) strike. Rotating through stations, Airmen train how to correctly put on MOPP gear and help others put it on, medical Self-Aid Buddy Care, correct decontamination procedures and how to give a detailed report to security personnel about any suspicious people or activities. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sgt. Lisa Francis/Released)
LEBANON, Pa. -- Pennsylvania National Guard members from Company A, 328th Brigade Support Battalion, prepare to depart their armory for New Jersey where they will join Task Force Fuel and provide fuel to critical resources impacted by Hurricane Sandy. (Pennsylvania National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Ted Nichols/Released)
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (April 2, 2020) - As a fit testing instructor, Staff Sgt. Angelo Romano tests Pfc. Sarah Mai's N95 respirator through her face shield as part of COVID-19 response training at the Alaska Army National Guard Armory, Apr. 2, 2020. Romano is an Airman assigned to the 176th Wing, Air National Guard and was brought in by the AKNG COVID-19 Quick Response Force to train their Army National Guard combat medic specialists like Mai to prepare them for the COVID-19 pandemic response.(U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. Seth LaCount) 200402-Z-SR689-0077
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A U.S. Air National Guard C-130 aircraft equipped with the Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System (MAFFS) assigned with the Nevada Air National Guard's 152nd Airlift Wing participates in aerial firefighting training with the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Forest Service (USFS), inside the Angeles Forest, April 14, 2023. This year's training was hosted by the California Air National Guard's 146th Airlift Wing from April 11-15, 2023, which included classroom sessions, flying and ground operations, and other partnered wildfire suppression agency training from the Bureau of Land Management, and the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Nieko Carzis)
The loved ones of Master Sgt. Weight, an Alaska Air Guardsman with the 176th Security Forces Squadron, eagerly await to greet him at Ted Stevens-Anchorage International Airport upon his return from Kandahar, Afghanistan on June 22, 2020. Weight spent 8 months in Kandahar with 11 other AKNG Airmen supporting Operation Freedom Sentinel, a NATO-led continuation of the Global War on Terrorism. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Lt. Col. Candis Olmstead/Released)
A U.S. Air National Guard C-130 aircraft equipped with the Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System (MAFFS) assigned with the Nevada Air National Guard's 152nd Airlift Wing participates in aerial firefighting training with the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Forest Service (USFS), inside the Angeles Forest, April 14, 2023. This year's training was hosted by the California Air National Guard's 146th Airlift Wing from April 11-15, 2023, which included classroom sessions, flying and ground operations, and other partnered wildfire suppression agency training from the Bureau of Land Management, and the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Nieko Carzis)
LEBANON, Pa. -- Spc. Harith Ameen, a petroleum specialist with the Pennsylvania National Guard's Company A, 328th Brigade Support Battalion, prepares to depart to provide fuel to critical resources in New Jersey. Ameen was born in Baghdad,
Iraq and served for four years as linguist with the U.S. Army in Iraq for Operation Iraqi Freedom before coming to the United States and becoming a citizen. He has been with the Pa. Guard for three months. "This is my first mission outside of Pennsylvania, and this statewide mission is what makes the Guard unique, it's comforting in its own way to know as an American you are going and helping fellow citizens that are suffering and in need of assistance," Ameen said. (Pennsylvania National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Ted Nichols/Released)
LEBANON, Pa. -- Pennsylvania National Guard members from Company A, 328th Brigade Support Battalion, depart their armory for New Jersey where they will join Task Force Fuel and provide fuel to critical resources impacted by Hurricane Sandy. (Pennsylvania National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Ted Nichols/Released)
Airmen from the 179th Airlift Wing, Mansfield, Ohio, conduct Ability to Survive and Operate, or ATSO training course, June 5, 2018, held at the Alpena Combat Readiness Traning Center, Alpena, Michigan. The Airmen don Mission Oriented Protective Posture (MOPP) protective gear used by U.S. military personnel in a toxic environment during a chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear (CBRN) strike. Rotating through stations, Airmen train how to correctly put on MOPP gear and help others put it on, medical Self-Aid Buddy Care, correct decontamination procedures and how to give a detailed report to security personnel about any suspicious people or activities. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sgt. Lisa Francis/Released)
Airmen from the 179th Airlift Wing, Mansfield, Ohio, conduct Ability to Survive and Operate, or ATSO training course, June 5, 2018, held at the Alpena Combat Readiness Traning Center, Alpena, Michigan. The Airmen don Mission Oriented Protective Posture (MOPP) protective gear used by U.S. military personnel in a toxic environment during a chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear (CBRN) strike. Rotating through stations, Airmen train how to correctly put on MOPP gear and help others put it on, medical Self-Aid Buddy Care, correct decontamination procedures and how to give a detailed report to security personnel about any suspicious people or activities. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sgt. Lisa Francis/Released)
LEBANON, Pa. -- Pennsylvania National Guard members from Company A, 328th Brigade Support Battalion, prepare to depart their armory for New Jersey where they will join Task Force Fuel and provide fuel to critical resources impacted by Hurricane Sandy. (Pennsylvania National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Ted Nichols/Released)
MMA fighter and Special Forces Sgt. 1st Class Tim Kennedy, right meets with Gen. Frank Grass, Chief of the National Guard Bureau, center, and Chief Master Sgt. Mitchell Brush, senior enlisted advisor for the National Guard Bureau, left, at Onnit Academy in Austin, Texas. Grass and Kennedy reflect on time spent together during a recent USO tour overseas, June 17, 2016. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Capt. Jessica Jackson/Released)
LEBANON, Pa. -- Pennsylvania National Guard members from Company A, 328th Brigade Support Battalion, prepare to depart their armory for New Jersey where they will join Task Force Fuel and provide fuel to critical resources impacted by Hurricane Sandy. (Pennsylvania National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Ted Nichols/Released)
Citizen Soldiers from the Delaware National Guard support the Division of Public Health by conducting #PPE inventory at Delaware’s Division of Public Health warehouse, today. #DNG Leadership visited the group this morning to observe the partnerships built between the Delaware Guard and State of Delaware. (U.S. Army National Guard Photo by Sgt. Laura Michael) #InThisTogether // Delaware National Guard | The National Guard | Delaware Emergency Management Agency | Delaware Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS) | #AlwaysReady | #AlwaysThere | #KnowYourMil | #COVID19
LEBANON, Pa. -- Pennsylvania National Guard members from Company A, 328th Brigade Support Battalion, prepare to depart their armory for New Jersey where they will join Task Force Fuel and provide fuel to critical resources impacted by Hurricane Sandy. (Pennsylvania National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Ted Nichols/Released)
i know i already posted a blue shot today, but when i was leaving the house this morning the sun was just coming up, yet the moon was still bright and visible in the sky -- and when i saw this pinkish contrail drifting right across it, i knew i had to shoot it. yep, it's noisy and technically crappy, but i'm posting it anyway, for a few reasons -- one of which i will share with you:
my pal ania told me today that her daughter oliwia, who's almost three, knows two words in english now: no, and moon. (this is exceptional, given that her parents are polish, and she is growing up in germany.)
:-)
2023 JOINT ENLISTED BANQUET: The Delaware National Guard recently held their annual Joint Enlisted Recognition Banquet, recognizing the outstanding efforts of our #delawarenationalguard enlisted Airmen and Soldiers from throughout the year.
Individuals recognized were…
U.S. Army Recruiter of the Year, Staff Sgt. Matthew Rahe
U.S. Army Instructor of the Year, Sgt. 1st Class Christina Rogers
U.S. Army NCO of the Year 2022, Sgt. Colton Platzke
Soldier of the Year 2022, Spc. Brian Kneisly
Airman of the Year, Senior Airman A Ariana Bernal-Cruz
U.S. Air Force NCO of the Year, Tech Sgt.
U.S. Air Force Senior NCO of the Year, Master Sgt. Russell Yorks
U.S. Air Force Sergeant Major of the Year, Senior Master Sgt. Carrie Dupuie
U.S. Air Force Honor Guard member of the Year, Staff Sgt. Abdallah Celestin
Year in and Year out, our Citizen Guardsmen are #AlwaysReady and #AlwaysThere
LEBANON, Pa. -- Pennsylvania National Guard members from Company A, 328th Brigade Support Battalion, prepare to depart their armory for New Jersey where they will join Task Force Fuel and provide fuel to critical resources impacted by Hurricane Sandy. (Pennsylvania National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Ted Nichols/Released)