North Carolina National Guard: Always Ready Always There

Filed under DoD News by on January 28, 2012 at 7:31 am {2 comments}

Produced by Staff Sgt. Joseph E. Rey
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The North Carolina National Guard is deployed to 100 countries every day. They are a ready team of citizen soldiers and airmen who are always ready to protect the lives and property of North Carolinians, defend our nation and secure our American way of life. The most important part of the ready force is the individual nation guard service member. Each one is trained, equipped and committed to serving our communities and our nation. Here is a snapshot of some of the things the North Carolina National Guard is doing to make the world a better place while defending freedom and liberty worldwide.

Family Focus Friday: Siblings Reunite in Afghanistan

Filed under DoD News, Family Focus Friday by on January 20, 2012 at 6:42 am {one comment}

By Army Staff Sgt. Jason Epperson, Regional Command East
From www.defense.gov 

Army Sgt. Nicholaus A. Hale, left, Army Capt. Rikki Salyers and Army Sgt. Adam M. Hale talk to a public affairs official on Forward Operating Base Salerno, Afghanistan. The three siblings reunited after four years with help from Army Maj. Gen. Daniel Allyn, Regional Command East commander, after the general received an email from their father. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Eric-James Estrada)

KHOST PROVINCE, Afghanistan – Having three deployed members in one family would seem unlikely; however, for the Hale family, it’s a reality. With a little help, they were able to reconnect after a four-year separation at Forward Operating Base Salerno Jan. 6

Army Capt. Rikki Salyers of the Indiana National Guard’s 4-19th Agribusiness Development Team and her two stepbrothers — Army Sgt. Nicholaus A. Hale, a squad leader with the 25th Infantry Division’s C Company, 1st Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, and Army Sgt. Adam M. Hale, an infantryman with the 172nd Infantry Brigade’s B Company, 2nd Battalion, 28th Infantry Regiment — came to the attention of Army Maj. Gen. Daniel Allyn, commander of Regional Command East, when their father reached out to him.

Though they are step-siblings, Salyers, a native of Oxford, Ind., doesn’t make that distinction.

“Technically they’re my step-brothers, but I’ve never considered them [that],” said Salyers, who works with the Women’s Outreach Program at Forward Operating Base Salerno. “We’ve been together since I was in fourth grade, so they are my brothers.”

The last time the siblings were united was four years ago, Salyers said.

“Our parents flew us in to Arkansas,” she said. “That was our Christmas present. We actually got to come together for a family Christmas and get some pictures, so it was a really good time.”

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Digging Out of the Snow Part 2

Filed under DoD News by on January 15, 2012 at 7:26 am {no comments}

Video from Alaska National Guard Public Affairs

Being a member of the National Guard means more than just drills and floods.  Sometimes, especially in Alaska, the job description requires a shovel and a lot of patience.  Despite the cold and weather conditions, members of the Alaska National Guard continue their efforts to help the snow buried city of Cordova, Alaska. (Produced by Spc. Balinda O’Neal. Alaska National Guard Public Affairs)

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Digging Out of the Deep Snow

Filed under DoD News by on January 14, 2012 at 7:00 am {no comments}

Video from Alaska National Guard Public Affairs

Being a member of the National Guard means more than just drills and floods.  Sometimes, especially in Alaska, the job description requires a shovel and a lot of patience.  Despite the cold and weather conditions, members of the Alaska National Guard continue their efforts to help the snow buried city of Cordova, Alaska. (Produced by Spc. Balinda O’Neal. Alaska National Guard Public Affairs)

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Episode #118: Weekly News Roundup for January 13, 2012

Filed under DoD News, Emerging Media by on January 13, 2012 at 7:31 pm {no comments}

In “This Week in the DoD” for Jan. 13:

The Defense Department is adopting a new strategy that will allow the military to meet fiscal guidelines set by Congress. The military will be leaner and more mobile, leaders have said, but still able to meet future threats facing the U.S.

While many parts of the U.S. have faced relatively mild winters, several towns in Alaska are buried under snow — in some places, more than 18 feet of it. They’ve enlisted the assistance of the National Guard to help dig them out of their icy predicament.

American servicemembers have rescued two Iranian crews in the Arabian Sea this week. The U.S. Navy rescued a crew that had been taken hostage by pirates; the U.S. Coast Guard saved the crew of a ship that had begun taking on water.

The Department of Veterans Affairs is expanding its social media presence. All of its 152 medical centers now have their own Facebook pages, and they intend to have a similar expansion on Twitter.

Monday is Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. America celebrates the civil rights leader’s birthday every year with a day of service. We replay some of his famous “I Have a Dream” speech.

Listen to the podcast here.

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    The only African-American ace of World War II, and a former Tuskegee Airman, went on to have a career in the Air Force, as well as success in the business world.

    Lee A. Archer joined the Army in 1941 with high hopes of becoming a pilot, but was initially denied because of his race. When the Army’s policy changed about a year later, Archer was accepted to the training program for black aviators at the Tuskegee Army Airfield in Alabama.

    Archer is best known for a day in late 1944 when he was involved in a series of dogfights over German-occupied Hungary. Flying a P-51 Mustang fighter, Archer shot down three German fighters. He would go on to add two more German fighters to his credit to become the first and only African-American ace of the war.

    As a civilian, Archer enjoyed even greater success, serving as vice president for urban affairs with General Foods, as CEO of North Street Capital Corp. and chairman of Hudson Commercial Corp. He also served on the board of directors of Beatrice International Foods and the Institute for American Business.

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