www.ng.mil/features/ngps
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Overseas Defense Mission:

Ô Critical component to Army / 

Air Force war fighting mission

Ô A flexible, cost effective 

on-demand force

Global Engagement:

Ô Theater security 

cooperation through 

dynamic overseas 

partnerships

Ô Interagency relationships 

aimed at global stability 

and prosperity

Core Competencies Provided 

by Your National Guard:

4 12 16

Overseas Defense Mission Executive Overview

and Message From Directors Global Engagement
2012 Posture Statement 3

Domestic Mission Support:

Ô Lifesaving capabilities

Ô Protection of critical infrastructure

Soldier, Airman, and Family Support 

Programs:

Ô A competent, capable, diverse, and 

healthy workforce

Ô Immeasurable benefits to local 

communities through proven youth 

outreach

 We would not be anywhere close to where we are in terms 

of our execution of mission without the National Guard.

 Admiral Mike Mullen Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff 

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Domestic Mission Support Soldier, Airman, and Family Support Programs
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General Craig R. McKinley 

Chief, National Guard Bureau

National Guard Bureau

EXECUTIVE 

OVERVIEW

“Prevailing in today’s wars requires a Reserve Component that can serve in an operational 

capacity – available, trained, and equipped. Using the National Guard and Reserves will 

lower overall personnel and operating costs, better ensure the right mix and availability of 

equipment, provide more efficient and effective use of defense assets, and contribute to the 

sustainability of both the AC and RC.”

 2010 Quadrennial Defense Review 

A

merica’s National Guard remains ready, reliable, 

and accessible. As members of an operational 

force, regularly used by the President and State 

Governors, the Soldiers and Airmen of the National 

Guard contribute daily to our nation’s overseas and 

domestic security objectives.

The National Guard is at a crossroads. As we approach 

Fiscal Year 2012 (FY12), a national debate is addressing 

the most cost-effective way to run the nation, the federal 

government, and the Department of Defense. One of 

the main issues concerning our military forces involves 

determining the appropriate mix of active duty and 

reserve forces. To that end, we need to ascertain the 

correct balance of utilization rates – somewhere between 

the current National Guard operations tempo and what is 

sustainable over the long term. 

On average, 63,000 National Guard members are either 

deployed or mobilized at any given time for federal 

missions and about 5,800 are activated for domestic 

missions. I believe that this utilization rate of National 

Guard personnel is appropriate and that we can sustain 

this level of activation providing the deployments are 

programmed as far in advance as reasonably possible.

In the coming months, the Department of Defense, the 

Administration, and Congress will analyze the current 

status of the National Guard. I am confident they will 

conclude that our organization is as strong as it has ever 

been. The investment made in the National Guard over 

the past decade must be capitalized upon and leveraged 

for the future. 

This Posture Statement will not only detail how the 

National Guard has effectively used its appropriated 

funds over the past year, but how we, as an organization, 

intend to continue being good stewards of the taxpayers’ 

dollars entrusted to us in FY12. As we embark upon 

this new fiscal year, we plan to make the National Guard 

stronger, more capable, and more ready.

The National Guard Bureau’s Army, Air, and Joint 

Directorates each work with the Adjutants General 

of the 50 States, three Territories, and the District of 

Columbia to execute the strategies set forth by National 

and State leaders. This synergistic effort is at the heart 

of our success. The National Guard fosters and nurtures 

a deep-rooted connection to the more than 3,300 

communities across our country that allows the men 

and women of the National Guard to be an accessible, 
2012 Posture Statement 5

Executive Overview

strong, and capable asset – one that is always ready, 

always there. 

The Army National Guard and Air National Guard are 

full partners with their respective services in providing 

combat resources and enabling units for the overseas 

fight. However, the National Guard also makes ground 

and air forces available to the Governors when needed. 

The National Guard Bureau team works closely with the 

Army and Air staffs to: 

Ô Maintain endstrength at or above 358,200 for the 

Army National Guard (ARNG) and 106,700 for the 

Air National Guard (ANG), with a primary focus on 

caring for the Guard members and their Families

Ô Modernize and re-capitalize the ARNG and ANG 

equipment. This means equip the ARNG to no 

less than 80 percent of its equipment requirements, 

ensuring that the ARNG always has the level of 

equipment needed to meet domestic operational 

requirements regardless of a unit’s status 

Ô Ensure the ANG is equipped concurrently and in 

balance with the Total Air Force

Ô Stabilize the force to build readiness and train forces 

to the ARFORGEN level of proficiency and to 

support the Air Expeditionary Force

Since the National Guard Bureau’s official designation 

as a joint activity of the Department of Defense (DoD), 

we have been forging ahead to develop our dual-mission 

capabilities, both domestic and overseas. We have 

focused on developing strategic relationships within 

DoD and other federal agencies to implement efficient 

and effective response capabilities. The goal is to ensure 

the American people have ready access to the essential 

capabilities of homeland response. To support our 

domestic response priorities, the National Guard Bureau 

is:

Ô Enhancing Chemical, Biological, Radiological, 

Nuclear, and High-Yield Explosive (CBRNE) 

Enterprise response capability at the State level

Ô Establishing a Homeland Response Force (HRF) in 

each FEMA region

Ô Documenting the State Joint Force Headquarters 

requirements to further improve command and 

control capacity during the response 

Personnel 

358,200

Personnel 

106,700

*Total Budget includes all active and reserve operations, personnel,

and construction appropriations.

National Guard Allotments of

Army and Air Force Resources 

Total Air Force Budget*

FY 2010

Total Air Force

Personnel

Total Army Budget*

FY 2010

Total Army

Personnel

Air National

Guard

Air National

Guard

21%

32%

6.48%

10.88%

Army National

Guard Army National

Guard

The National Guard in Local Communities Circles represent Army (green) and Air Force (blue) installations plus 50 mile radius.
6 National Guard Bureau

The tremendous value that the National Guard provides 

can be effectively described through our four broad 

mission areas – our core competencies: 

Ô Overseas defense mission

Ô Support to global engagements

Ô Domestic response mission 

Ô Soldier, Airman, and Family support programs

Overseas, the National Guard will continue its full 

engagement in current operations. As of September 30, 

2010, the National Guard has mobilized nearly 650,000 

Soldiers and Airmen in support of Overseas Contingency 

Operations since the attacks of September 11, 2001. 

In many cases, these men and women have mobilized 

for combat multiple times. Most Americans know that 

the Army and Air National Guard provide many of the 

forces in Afghanistan and Iraq, but few are aware that 

the vast majority of the forces in Bosnia, Kosovo, the 

Sinai, and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba are also National 

Guard members. These missions are critical to our 

national security and garner significant international 

support in keeping peace across the globe. 

Global engagement is another National Guard 

core competency. Since the end of the Cold War 

the National Guard, through its State Partnership 

Program (SPP), has established enduring and mutually 

beneficial relationships between American States 

and more than 60 foreign nations. Working with the 

Department of State, military commands, and other 

agencies, the State Partnership Program is an integral 

component of the Defense Department’s global security 

cooperation strategy, the geographic Combatant 

Commanders’ theater engagement programs, and the 

U.S. Ambassadors’ Mission Strategic Resource Plans. 

These partnerships work to advance regional security, 

stability, and prosperity. By fostering relationships with 

other countries, we develop more understanding and 

familiarity with each other, thereby creating a foundation 

of trust, appreciation, and burgeoning global security. 

Furthermore, as the demand for Overseas Contingency 

Operations forces declines, there is opportunity to 

preserve operational National Guard capability by 

expanding the experience gained through the SPP. 

Using contingency forces in its one year of rotational 

availability permits it to prepare for five years with 

personnel costs that are a small fraction of the active 

component. National Guard units that are used for 

these purposes can offer the Combatant Commander the 

predictability and stability inherent in the operational 

RC, which in turn provides the benefit of continuity in 

sourcing and building long-term relationships. 

The National Guard is ideally suited for providing 

support to Combatant Commanders. Soldiers with 

valuable civilian skills and expertise from professional, 

technical, and managerial fields in the private sector 

make up the National Guard. Moreover, retaining 

specific skill sets within particular units is possible 

because National Guard Soldiers characteristically spend 

their entire career in the same unit. Skill sets not only 

apply to those that are civilian acquired, but also military 

investments made in language training and cultural 

awareness. The National Guard’s proven track record in 

recruiting and retaining prior service personnel preserves 

the training expense already invested while on active 

duty.

The Afghanistan Agribusiness Development Program 

is a unique engagement program of the National Guard. 

The Agribusiness Development Teams provide training 

and advice to Afghan agricultural universities, provincial 

ministries, and local farmers, leading to increased 

stability and improved opportunities for Afghanistan’s 

reemerging agribusiness realm. Thanks to the 

National Guard, Afghanistan reports declines in poppy 

production and increases in harvests of apples, grapes, 

pomegranates, cherries, almonds, wheat, corn, alfalfa, 

and saffron. 

Domestically, the National Guard is ready to respond 

on a moment’s notice to any emergency, manmade or 

natural. The National Guard will have 10 Homeland 

Response Force units that are either dedicated to or dualhatted for this critical homeland mission. These units 

will complement and enhance the existing civil-support 

structure in National Guard units across the nation. 

The National Guard seeks to provide exemplary support 

to our Soldiers, Airmen, and their Families. Programs, 

such as the Army’s Warrior Transition Units (WTUs) and 

Community-Based Warrior Transition Units (CBWTUs), 

focus on caring for Wounded Warriors from across the 

Army. The Army National Guard supports the Army’s 

WTUs and CBWTUs at all levels of the organization 

from squad leader to battalion commander. 

The Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Program provides 

information, services, referrals, and proactive outreach 

to Soldiers, spouses, employers, and youth throughout 

the different stages of mobilization: pre-alert, alert, 
2012 Posture Statement 7

Executive Overview

As we embark upon this new 

fiscal year, we intend to make 

the National Guard stronger, 

more capable, more ready, and 

more accessible to the President 

and our nation’s Governors.

pre-deployment, deployment, post-deployment, and 

reintegration. 

Our Citizen-Soldiers, who in their civilian lives are in 

positions of influence across the spectrum of business, 

education, and government, make up the backbone of the 

National Guard Youth ChalleNGe Program (NGYCP). 

This award-winning, community-based program leads, 

trains, and mentors high school dropouts to become 

productive citizens in America’s future. ChalleNGe has 

32 sites in 28 States and Puerto Rico, offering a fivemonth “military style” residential phase and a one-year 

post-residential mentoring phase for unemployed youth 

ages 16-18. ChalleNGe saves States approximately 

$175 million annually in juvenile corrections costs, 

while keeping youth off federal assistance.

Investment in the National Guard is a great value for 

America. These brief examples display only a fraction of 

what we currently accomplish and I am confident that we 

can provide more in the years to come. 

We must sustain the National Guard as a ready and 

accessible force. We must find a sustainable balance 

between operational utilization and overuse of these 

dedicated Citizen-Soldiers and Citizen-Airmen. The 

National Guard currently provides 35-40 percent of the 

Army and Air Force operational force for less than 7 

percent of the base defense budget – precisely the type 

of efficiency the Department of Defense is seeking. With 

the proper disbursement of scarce defense dollars, the 

National Guard is an investment with a very high return. 

Today and in the future, the National Guard will continue 

to simultaneously defend the nation’s interests overseas, 

support the homeland, and serve as an indispensable, 

cost-effective military option for the United States. For 

375 years, our National Guard has proven itself a great 

value for America. With a deliberate decision to support 

the Reserve Component as an operational force, and the 

discovery of the critical balance between funding and 

use, the National Guard will be successful in FY12, and 

emerge as an even greater value in the future. 

For more details on the National Guard, please 

see the information papers at: 

www.ng.mil/features/ngps
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ARMY 

NATIONAL 

GUARD

MESSAGE

O

ur nation, indeed our Army National Guard, is 

approaching a decade of war with an all-volunteer 

force. We are in uncharted territory, but to 

the credit of our Soldiers and their leaders, we are 

experiencing huge successes. We continue to see young 

people who want to join and serve in the ARNG and 

just as impressive, retention rates of our current serving 

force, which includes many combat veterans, make the 

decision to continue to serve at historic rates.

The experience we have gained since 

9/11, the modern equipment fielded, 

the training delivered to our Soldiers, 

and the frequency of deployments have 

resulted in a highly seasoned force. 

That force has been described as an 

Operational Force. The experience 

of our Army National Guard in recent 

years has emboldened our Soldiers and 

units to the benefit of our nation like 

no other time in recent history. No 

less than 15 research studies have been 

commissioned to guide the future of an Operational 

Army National Guard. Ultimately, these studies are in 

agreement that for a relatively minor investment on a 

continuing basis, an Operational Army National Guard 

can be sustained. In return, the nation will benefit from 

the past investment and experience of the Guard; and in 

a budget-constrained environment, the Army National 

Guard is a cost-effective option.

Our nation has invested over $37 billion in equipment 

for the Army National Guard in the past five years. 

Most of that investment has been in Critical Dual Use 

(CDU) equipment. CDU equipment items are used in 

the overseas mission as well as in the homeland mission. 

Not well publicized, is the capability developed for the 

wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The overseas defense 

mission has built a dramatically improved capacity 

in the Army National Guard to respond to disasters, 

emergencies, and even terrorist attacks on the homeland.

While supporting homeland operations, fixed-wing 

aircraft transported emergency supplies 

and personnel throughout the Gulf Coast 

during the aftermath of the Deepwater 

Horizon oil spill. The Operational 

Support Airlift Agency provided critical 

combat support by transporting blood 

donations and Wounded Warriors across 

the United States. Fixed-wing aircraft 

also transported much-needed supplies 

and personnel to Haiti in support of 

Operation Unified Response among 

other missions.

People are our most precious resource. The quality 

of the Citizen-Soldiers of the Army National Guard 

is unprecedented. However, we are experiencing a 

troubling increase in the incidence of suicides. Calendar 

Year 2010 initial statistics reveal a near doubling in the 

number of suicides reported. The analysis shows that 

there is no single contributing cause. It is not necessarily 

a deployment problem, because 60 percent have not 

deployed. It is not an unemployment problem, because 

only 10-15 percent were unemployed. Three primary 

denominators associated with suicide among Guard 

Soldiers are being young, male, and white. A recent 

Major General Raymond W. Carpenter

Acting Director, Army National Guard

“People are our 

most precious 

resource. The quality 

of the CitizenSoldiers of the Army 

National Guard is 

unprecedented.”
2012 Posture Statement 9

Army National Guard

U.S. Army epidemiological report of suicides from 2003 

through 2009 also found primary factors of suicide as 

being young and male. Additionally, civilian research 

on suicides consistently reports young, male, and white 

associated with suicide.

Case analysis indicates that society as a whole is 

experiencing a significant increase in the rates of suicide 

in the younger generation. There are regular news 

stories of the numbers of suicides in a given high school 

or local college. 

Ultimately, in my opinion, the conclusion can be drawn 

that the younger generation in their late teens and 20s, is 

less resilient and has not developed the coping skills of 

previous generations. Within the Army National Guard, 

several States have developed comprehensive social 

support and mental health initiatives. These programs 

emerged out of a need to deepen Soldier resilience. 

Several of our States including Michigan, Nevada, 

Nebraska, California, Wisconsin, Kansas, and Illinois 

have innovative resilience programs.

The Army National Guard, in conjunction with the 

U.S. Army, the Department of Defense, the Veterans 

Administration, and each of the States, Territories, and 

District of Columbia, has made turning this trend around 

a priority. The ARNG has developed a campaign plan, 

as have most of the States, to focus efforts on behavioral 

health issues. Acknowledging unemployment as a 

stressful challenge affecting our Soldiers and Families, 

the Army National Guard implemented employment 

outreach as a necessary step in building resilience. The 

Job Connection Education Program is an employment 

initiative designed to help improve quality of life for 

unemployed or underemployed Soldiers. This program 

focuses on how Soldiers seek, obtain, and retain civilian 

employment.

Of most importance is the effort to build resilience in our 

Soldiers. We are training “Master Resilience Trainers” 

and “Resilience Training Assistants,” both of whom are 

Soldiers, with acquired resources and insights. They 

will be assigned to every Company-size unit and will be 

responsible for teaching Soldiers coping skills. There 

are many more efforts too numerous to cover here that 

are ongoing and I am confident that, as a team we will 

turn this trend around. In the end, I believe the Soldiers 

and Families of the Army National Guard will not just 

be physically strong, but will be an 

emotionally and spiritually 

stronger force in service 

to our States, Territories, 

District and nation.
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AIR 

NATIONAL 

GUARD

MESSAGE

T

his is a critical time in our history. We are faced 

with increasingly limited resources and tight or 

declining budgets. We must accentuate the strength 

of the Air National Guard—our cost effectiveness.

We must adapt to the changing 

strategic environment in order to 

effectively meet the threats to our 

nation’s security. As an organization, 

we explore new mission areas and 

build on the strengths of our costeffective construct to maximize our 

contribution to our nation’s defense, 

and we do this in full partnership with 

our Air Force.

Operating costs are increasing; aircraft 

are aging quickly and becoming more 

expensive to fly. In 1967, the average 

age of our force structure was 8.5 

years; now it’s 23.5 years and getting 

older. Aging aircraft alone is not 

the issue—it is the decreasing military utility of some 

aircraft. Readiness hasn’t suffered, but we’re paying a 

high cost to remain ready.

While our defense leadership is making tough decisions, 

we know the Air National Guard is well situated as a 

cost-effective answer in both our defense and domestic 

response roles. The Air Guard provides a trained, 

equipped, and ready force for a fraction of the cost. Our 

savings are largely due to a mostly part-time force and 

the ability to maintain a stable force (fewer personnel 

moves, longer careers, etc.). Another factor that is key 

to our cost effectiveness is the infrastructure savings 

inherent in the Air National Guard basing model that not 

only allows us to operate efficiently, 

but also allows us to be a part of, and 

contribute to, communities across 

the country. With some of our leases 

costing as little as one dollar annually, 

the Air Guard is able to realize 

even more cost savings through its 

supporting infrastructure. In fact, 

for less than $4 million annually 

through Joint Use Agreements, the Air 

National Guard provides stewardship 

to approximately $12 billion in 

infrastructure.

The Air National Guard continues 

to be incredibly busy. Over the past 

nine years, more than 200,000 Guard 

Airmen have mobilized overseas, many of them multiple 

times. In the past year alone, we have mobilized close to 

22,000 members to 50 countries.

This year we began the process of defining the Air 

National Guard’s role in domestic operations. Many 

are unaware of the contributions and skills our Guard 

Airmen provide to domestic support. The Air National 

Guard has particular core capabilities for which we are 

Lieutenant General Harry M. Wyatt III 

Director, Air National Guard

“This has been an 

exciting and challenging 

year for the Air 

National Guard. Our 

Guard Airmen have 

proven they are ready 

to meet any challenge 

and we look forward to 

the coming year.”
2012 Posture Statement 11

Air National Guard

uniquely trained and equipped. Many have been used in 

the past year alone, to include: 

Ô Air Defense (Air Sovereignty Alert)

Ô Air Traffic Control, 

Ô Tactical airlift, 

Ô Airlift coordination

Ô Civil engineering

Ô Specialized medical care

Ô Law enforcement

Ô Aerial firefighting

Ô Mortuary affairs

Ô Urban search and rescue

Ô Communications 

Whatever the mission, the Air National Guard is as 

integral a part of domestic operations as it is to the Air 

Force’s overseas operations.

Homeland Defense will remain our top priority. We 

expect this to remain a steady-state mission for the Air 

National Guard and we will be engaged constantly 

in protecting America, at home and abroad, spanning 

the spectrum from consequence management to 

planned rotations within the Air Expeditionary Force. 

The Air Guard will continue to provide forces for 

two separate and distinct mission profiles: support 

to the respective States and surge capability for the 

Combatant Commanders. Additionally, our mix of 

capabilities must remain flexible enough to function 

within these two contexts. We must be adaptable!

This has been an exciting and challenging year for the 

Air National Guard. Our Guard Airmen have proven 

they are ready to meet any challenge and we look 

forward to the coming year.
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Overseas 

Defense 

Mission

National Guard Mobilizations in Support of

Overseas Contingency Operations – FY10

The ARNG/ANG numbers 

above include National 

Guard Soldiers and 

Airmen who have

mobilized multiple times

Army Guard

41,744

Operation Enduring 

Freedom (Afghanistan) 

and Operation Iraqi 

Freedom 

427,754

Mobilized since 9 /11

,

3,054

Balkans, Sinai,

elsewhere around the ewhere ar the

world

Air Guard

12,658

Operation Enduring 

Freedom (Afghanistan) (Afghanistan) 

and Operation Iraqi and Operatio

Freedom

221,379 22

Mobilized since 9/1 Mo 1 

,

7,739

Balkans, Sinai,

elsewhere around the 

world
2012 Posture Statement 13

 No one wants to go back to the 

National Guard being just a strategic 

reserve. We have come way too 

far. Half of the Guard is combat 

veterans. That’s a fundamentally 

different force and, as a result, it’s a 

fundamentally different Army.

Gen. George W. Casey, Jr. 

U.S. Army Chief of Staff
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Currently, five States operate 

nine RPAs in combat air patrols 

in theater, and we anticipate even 

greater involvement in the future.

ANG AIRCRAFT

Summary

Operation 

Noble Eagle 

 Sorties

Operation 

Enduring 

Freedom 

(Afghanistan) 

Sorties

 Operation 

Iraqi 

Freedom

Sorties

Pacific 

Command 

Sorties

Operation 

New 

Dawn 

Sorties

Airlift 804 68,852 50,321 94 102

Refuelers 7,452 15,203 10,518 440 114

Fighters 20,905 3,673 25,885 202 46

SpOps 195 1,310 11,947 0 421

Rescue 0 2,690 217 0 0

OSA 0 224 349 0 0

Totals 29,356 91,952 99,237 736 683
2012 Posture Statement 15

Overseas Defense Mission

T

he National Guard’s depth is no longer the “once in 

a lifetime” strategic reserve envisioned during the 

Cold War. The National Guard is an operational 

force and an integral part of the Army and Air Force. 

Seasoned veterans, having multiple deployments in Iraq, 

Afghanistan, the Balkans, and other locations, populate 

our ranks. 

Structured for the Future 

The National Guard (NG) has structured its force for 

the future. As an operational force, the NG is the most 

cost effective means of adjusting supply to respond 

to a constantly changing demand. The current Active 

Component structure incurs high cost regardless of 

whether or not demand for forces is high. A properly 

resourced operational force, such as the National Guard, 

is essential to meeting our national security requirements 

in an era of persistent conflict and declining defense 

resources.

High Readiness at a Great Value

The use of Army National Guard ground forces in an 

era of persistent conflict provides tremendous capability 

at an acceptable cost. The demand 

for ground forces will be neither 

constant nor predictable. At best, 

we can only anticipate a most likely 

range of demand over time. A ready 

and accessible operational force 

is the most cost-effective means 

of adjusting force supply within 

the anticipated demand range. An 

operational force also provides 

the strategic agility and depth 

required to respond to unexpected 

contingencies. A Train/Ready force 

pool required to support a 1:5 Mob 

Dwell goal can provide needed 

surge capacity. 

Fielding the “Shadow” to the 

Army National Guard

The Shadow Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System 

MQ-1 Predator unmanned aerial vehicles and 

F-16 Fighting Falcons provided intelligence, 

and search and reconnaissance gathering 

features, as well as munitions capability to 

support ground troops and base defense 

during Operation Iraqi Freedom. 

Actual

Demand 

High Readiness at Great Value

TIME

Anticipated Demand Range

(TUAS) is a low-to-medium-altitude, short endurance, 

unmanned aircraft system. The individual Shadow air 

vehicle (AV) carries a variety of mission equipment 

packages including electro-optical, infrared, and laser 

designation. These payloads enable the Shadow AV, via 

fixed or portable ground control, to conduct immediate 

responsive intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance 

target acquisition; battle damage assessment; and 

communications relay. 

Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA)

The ANG currently operates eight MQ-1 Predator 

Combat Air Patrols (CAPs) and one MQ-9 Reaper 

CAP. These unmanned aerial vehicles provide combat 

intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, close air 

support, force protection and escort, base security, and 

precision strikes.

Each ANG MQ-1 unit flies one Overseas Contingency 

Operations CAP (plus one surge OCO CAP). This effort 

equates to nearly 14,600 hours (1,000 sorties) per year, 

per unit. The four ANG MQ-1 Predator units are: 

Ô 214th Reconnaissance Group, 

Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ

Ô 163rd Reconnaissance Wing, 

March AFB, CA

Ô 119th Wing, Fargo, ND

Ô 147th Reconnaissance Wing, 

Ellington Field, TX 

The New York ANG’s 174th 

Fighter Wing, based in Syracuse, 

is the only ANG MQ-9 unit. 

The 174th is forecast to fly 

approximately 7,300 hours (650 

sorties) per year.

To meet the Secretary of 

Defense’s 65 CAP plan, the Air Guard will add six RPA 

units by FY13.
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Global 

Engagement

 More programs like ADT (Agribusiness Development Teams) can 

be developed. We are working with the Services and their Reserve 

components to find appropriate force structures that can capitalize on 

the professional skills of Guardsmen.

Honorable Robert Gates 

Secretary of Defense
2012 Posture Statement 17

USCENTCOM - 6

Arizona / Kazakhstan

Colorado / Jordan 

Louisiana / Uzbekistan

Montana / Kyrgyzstan

Pending / Turkmenistan 

Virginia / Tajikistan

USPACOM - 6

Alaska / Mongolia

Hawaii, Guam / Philippines

Hawaii / Indonesia

Washington / Thailand

Oregon / Bangladesh

Idaho / Cambodia

USAFRICOM - 8

California / Nigeria

New York / South Africa

North Carolina / Botswana

North Dakota / Ghana

Michigan / Liberia

Utah / Morocco

Vermont / Senegal

Wyoming / Tunisia

BI-LATERALS - 3

NGB / Israel

Iowa / Russia Federation

Minnesota / Norway

USEUCOM - 21

Alabama / Romania

California / Ukraine

Colorado / Slovenia

Georgia / Georgia

Illinois / Poland

Indiana / Slovakia

Kansas / Armenia

Maine/Montenegro

Maryland / Estonia

Maryland / Bosnia

Michigan / Latvia

Minnesota / Croatia

New Jersey / Albania

North Carolina / Moldova

Ohio / Hungary

Ohio / Serbia

Oklahoma / Azerbaijan

Pennsylvania / Lithuania

Tennessee / Bulgaria

Texas, Nebraska / Czech Republic

Vermont / Macedonia

USSOUTHCOM - 20

Arkansas / Guatemala

Connecticut / Uruguay

Delaware / Trinidad-Tobago

District of Columbia / Jamaica

Florida / Venezuela

Florida / Guyana

Florida, VI / Regional Security

 System (E. Carib. Islands)

Kentucky / Ecuador

Louisiana / Belize

Massachusetts / Paraguay

Mississippi / Bolivia

Missouri / Panama

New Hampshire / El Salvador

New Mexico / Costa Rica

Puerto Rico / Honduras

Puerto Rico / Dominican Rep.

South Dakota/Suriname

Texas/Chile

West Virginia / Peru

Wisconsin / Nicaragua

USNORTHCOM - 1

Rhode Island / Bahamas
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The first demonstration farm 

built by the Agribusiness 

Development Team in eastern 

Afghanistan’s Kunar Province will 

be used to show local farmers 

alternative methods of planting 

to help increase crop production 

in the area. 
2012 Posture Statement 19

Global Engagement

State Partnership Program (SPP) 

The primary goal of the National Guard’s State 

Partnership Program is to establish enduring and 

mutually beneficial relationships through more than 

60 partnerships between American States and foreign 

nations. These partnerships work together to advance 

regional security, stability, and prosperity. By fostering 

these 

relationships, we develop more understanding and 

familiarity with each other, creating a foundation of 

mutual trust and appreciation. 

For example, the Vermont National Guard and its partner 

Macedonia recently completed a joint deployment 

in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. These 

relationships are not limited to military-to-military 

frameworks. Members of the New Jersey National 

Guard partnered with Albania on a drug reduction 

program aimed at reducing drug use among Albanian 

children. They also are working with the Combatant 

Command and other agencies within Albania to fight 

trafficking. 

Working with the Department of State, SPP is an 

integral component of the Defense Department’s 

security cooperation strategy, the geographic Combatant 

Commanders’ theater engagement programs, and the 

U.S. Ambassadors’ Mission Strategic Resource Plans. 

Created in 1993 with only a handful of partnerships in 

the former Eastern Bloc, the SPP has helped the U.S. 

European, African, Southern, Pacific, and Central 

Commands engage the defense and military 

establishments of countries in every region of the 

globe. It is critical that this mutually beneficial 

program continue to expand to increase 

understanding and cooperation. 

Afghanistan Agribusiness 

Program 

An Agribusiness Development Team 

(ADT) is a self-contained team of 58 

Army National Guard Soldiers and Air 

National Guard Airmen with backgrounds 

and expertise in various sectors of the 

agribusiness field. The goal of the ADTs 

is to supplement current Afghan farming 

practices by introducing advanced farming 

techniques and methods. The agribusiness 

teams provide training and advice to 

Afghan agriculture universities, provincial 

ministries, and local farmers, leading to 

increased stability and improved opportunities 

for Afghanistan’s reemerging agribusiness 

realm. 

The ADT concept provides two major benefits to 

the Counterinsurgency strategy:

Ô Cultivates immediate agricultural expertise 

among Afghan farmers 

Ô Assists Task Force Commanders with daily 

community engagement 

ADT members bring their military capabilities as well as 

their professional civilian skills and education in various 

agricultural disciplines to work directly with the farmers 

of Afghanistan. Specific skills include agronomy 

(soil and seed science), irrigation, horticulture (plant 

cultivation), pest control, veterinary/animal husbandry 

techniques, civil engineering, and energy management. 

As a result of the ADTs, Afghanistan decreased poppy 

production while increasing harvests of apples, grapes, 

pomegranates, cherries, almonds, wheat, corn, alfalfa, 

and saffron.
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Large Scale Efforts

National Guard members also provided critical humanitarian 

support to other places around the globe in FY10.

Ô In Haiti, nearly 7,100 Army and Air Guard members 

removed debris, conducted mortuary affairs, and provided 

lifesaving food, medical assistance, and lodging services. 

National Guard members also built three schools, several 

police substations and treated some 70,000 patients.

Ô The Louisiana National Guard will lead New Horizon Haiti 

2011, a collaborative effort to rebuild and renovate school 

Airmen from the Oregon Air 

National Guard spent six 

months in Haiti to assist with 

recovery efforts and provide 

weather operations support to 

the Joint Task Force. 
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Global Engagement

buildings and operate medical treatment sites.

Ô After the devastating floods in Pakistan, more than 5,000 

Guard members were called upon to rescue residents, 

deliver much needed medical supplies, and provide 

medical treatment. 

Ô Using LC-130s equipped with skis, Air Guard members 

completed 374 missions in Antarctica, carrying 2,400 

passengers and 8.1 million pounds of cargo and fuel in 

support of Operation Deep Freeze, the U.S. military’s 

support of science and research activities. 
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Domestic 

Mission 

Support

 As the front lines of defense, and a key asset 

to the Governors and the States and Territories 

we serve, the National Guard is one of our most 

important partners.

Honorable Craig Fugate

FEMA Administrator
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Southwest Border

Since July 2010, 1,200 additional National Guard 

personnel, primarily from four States (CA, AZ, NM, 

TX), are providing temporary criminal investigative 

analysts to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement 

and ground surveillance (i.e., Entry Identification Teams) 

to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection. The National 

Guard is providing assistance to law enforcement 

personnel from the Department of Homeland Security 

to target illicit networks’ trafficking in people, drugs, 

illegal weapons, money, and the violence associated with 

these illegal activities. More than 300 National Guard 

personnel were already participating in counter narcotics 

operations along the Southwest border. The National 

Guard successfully supported the border security mission 

during Operation Jump Start from 2006-2008.

Counterdrug Programs

As an organization that has developed and implemented 

appropriate performance measures to evaluate its 

effectiveness, the National Guard Bureau’s Counterdrug 

Division has provided great value to law enforcement 

agencies and community-based organizations across the 

country.

National Guard members provided law enforcement 

agencies analysis as well as air and ground support that 

resulted in the seizure of almost $40 billion worth of 

drugs, property, weapons, and cash in FY10.

On the Drug Demand Reduction (DDR) front, National 

Guard personnel reached nearly 1.7 million children 

and adults through activity-based prevention education 

programs. One of its largest DDR programs, “Stay 

on Track,” positively impacted 65,000 sixth, seventh, 

and eighth graders through a proven, 12-lesson drug 

prevention and character education curriculum in FY10. 

Additionally, the National Guard’s five Counterdrug 

Training Centers located in MS, FL, IA, PA, and 

WA trained 4,906 military personnel, 76,096 law 

enforcement officers, and 29,838 interagency members.

Mobile Airborne Firefighting Systems 

(MAFFS) Operations

Air National Guard C-130s, fitted with MAFFS, have 

completed 245 sorties, delivered 678,740 gallons of 

retardant or water, and logged 265 flight hours annually 

since the DoD activated MAFFS for firefighting 

operations in 1997. Today, three of the four MAFFS 

units are operated by the Air National Guard. 

Currently, the Air National Guard provides the National 

Interagency Fire Center (NIFC) six C-130 aircraft and 

A Counterdrug program Guardsman assists a Kentucky law enforcement officer as he prepares to rappel into an area to eradicate

marijuana. National Guard members helped law enforcers seize nearly $40 billion worth of drugs, property, weapons, and cash in FY10.
2,600 

Counterdrug 

Supported local law 

enforcement in seizing 

drugs, weapons, and other 

contraband

1,530 

Deepwater 

Horizon Oil Spill Provided helicopter support; built 

interlocking water tube barriers; 

operated vacuum barges; erected 

sand bag barriers; processed claim 

information; supplied aerial 

reconnaissance 

1,200 

Southwest 

Border Supported Homeland Security 

Customs and Border Patrol; 

supported U.S. Immigration 

and Customs Enforcement; 

criminal investigative analysis; 

entry identification duties 

National Guard

Personnel Deployed

2012 Posture Statement 25

Domestic Mission Support

More than 1,530 National Guard members proved invaluable to the response 

efforts off the Gulf Coast providing essential command and control elements, 

security patrols, and vital communications platforms for incident management 

in the four-State region directly affected by the oil spill. 

crews trained to fly the U.S. Forest Service-owned 

MAFFS. These aircraft and crews normally respond 

to requests for assistance in support of NIFC when 

federally contracted commercial air tanker capabilities 

are exhausted or overwhelmed.

Deepwater Horizon

More than 1,530 National Guard members answered the 

call to help the Gulf Coast recover from the largest oil 

spill in U.S. history.

During the oil spill, Army National Guard aviation 

crews:

Ô Flew over 3,600 hours 

Ô Hauled over 8,000 tons of cargo, equipment, 

and supplies 

Ô Carried over 6,500 passengers 

Army Guard UH-60 Blackhawks, CH-47D Chinooks, 

UH-72A Lakota rotary-wing aircraft, and C-12 and C-23 

fixed-wing aircraft and crews flew missions that entailed:

Ô Sandbag emplacement

Ô Personnel evacuation

Ô Engineer damage assessment

Ô Fishing area reconnaissance

Ô Local enforcement agencies support

Ô Incident awareness and assessment missions

Air National Guard personnel also provided a crucial 

air operations center, RC-26, public affairs, chaplain, 

communications, and transportation support during the 

Gulf of Mexico oil spill. 

Possibly the two most unique capabilities were provided 

by the ANG’s 601st Air and Space Operations Center 

(AOC) and ANG RC-26 units.

When senior Department of Defense and Homeland 

Security officials decided to centralize airspace 

management operations within Aviation Coordination 

Command, the 601st was selected to provide airspace 

de-confliction in the highly congested airspace 

over the Gulf of Mexico. Additionally, the AOC’s 

Intelligence and Reconnaissance Division, a member 

of the Interagency Remote Sensing Coordination Cell, 

managed aircraft that provided imagery that helped 

locate surface slicks and recover the spreading oil, 

reducing environmental impacts.
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Domestic Mission Support

ANG RC-26 crews, equipped with full-motion video 

downlinks, helped refine the search process and 

provided real-time reporting that was used to keep the 

oil skimming ships engaged in the large areas of surface 

oil. The U.S. Coast Guard hailed the RC-26 and its 

experienced crews as “game changers.” 

INNOVATIVE RESPONSE 

CAPABILITIES

Domestic All-Hazards Response 

Team (DART)

Using the eight Army National Guard Division 

Headquarters, DART teams develop force packages 

to respond to any natural or man-made disaster. 

Coordinated by the Chief of the National Guard Bureau, 

with the consent of the Adjutants General, each DART 

is selected based on its ability to fill the needs of the 

mission. The 

abilities of the 

DARTs align 

with the “essential 

10” capabilities 

of command 

and control, 

communications, 

aviation, force 

protection 

(including civil 

support teams), 

engineering, 

logistics, 

maintenance, 

medical, security, and 

transportation. The 

DART teams work within 

the nation’s Emergency Management 

Assistance framework to support local relief. 

Presently, about 50,000 National Guard personnel are 

available east of the Mississippi River and 30,000 west 

of the river.

Homeland Response Force (HRF)

The DoD is working with the National Guard to 

establish 10 HRFs: two in FY11 and eight in FY12. 

Each HRF, consisting of 566 personnel, is prepared 

to deploy within 6-12 hours to provide lifesaving 

capabilities such as search and rescue, decontamination, 

emergency medical, security, and command and 

control (C2). 

HRF Highlights:

Ô Provides a faster, more capable lifesaving Chemical, 

Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and High-Yield 

Explosive (CBRNE) response capability

Ô Bridges a gap between initial National Guard 

response and Title 10 capabilities

Ô Improves C2 and operational flow for deployed 

National Guard CBRNE forces

Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, 

and High-Yield Explosive Enhanced, 

Response Force Package (CERFP) 

There are 17 CERFPs, at least one in each FEMA region, 

available to Governors to provide a needed capability 

in response to a Chemical, Biological, Radiological, 

Nuclear, or High-Yield Explosive event. These 

professionals train with federal, State, and local agencies 

including the U.S. Marine Corps Chemical Biological 

Incident Response Forces (CBIRF) and FEMA Urban 

Search and Rescue task forces. 

National Guard 

Reaction Force 

(NGRF) 

A critical element 

in the first line of 

counter-terrorism 

defense, the NGRF 

provides every State 

with a ready combat 

arms force capable 

of delivering 75-125 

personnel within 8 hours of the 

Governor’s or President’s request. 

A follow-on force of up to 375 

personnel can arrive within 24 

hours. In FY10, States and 

Territories used their NGRFs to 

support numerous events and emergencies. 

Weapons of Mass Destruction 

Civil Support Teams (WMD-CSTs) 

WMD-CSTs help each State’s civil authorities 

identify CBRNE agents, assess current and projected 

consequences, advise on response measures, and assist 

with appropriate requests for additional support. The 

National Guard will add two new WMD-CST units, 

bringing the total to 57 units. Each unit consists of 22 

full-time Army and Air Guard personnel. 

DART Regions

30,000 50,000
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Lakota crews proved invaluable to the National 

Guard’s homeland response in 2010 rapidly 

responding to the Deepwater Horizon oil recovery.

Texas National Guardsmen rescuing 

civilians from flood waters was one of 

many domestic missions the National 

Guard responded to in 2010. 

Air National Guard ASA

ANG maintains 16 of the 18 Air Sovereignty Alert (ASA) Sites

TUCSON
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Air Sovereignty Alert

The Air Sovereignty Alert (ASA) is composed of 

systems designed to quickly detect, identify, and engage 

air, land, and sea threats to the United States. ASA is 

executed under the auspices of Operation Noble Eagle 

(ONE). 

ANG fighter aircraft and crews charged with ASA 

identification and engagement are positioned at 16 of 

18 sites across the United States. Currently, there are 

approximately 1,085 positions at 16 ANG sites. In 

addition to the fighters, the ANG provides tanker ASA 

support 24/7 at four sites across the United States. 

ANG fighter units are typically located near critical 

infrastructure and dense population areas providing this 

vital defense at a fraction of the cost of an active duty 

Air Force unit. During normal, peacetime operations, 

ANG fighter units run on a “skeleton” crew of full-time 

personnel. 

Light Utility Helicopters – UH-72A Lakota

Lakota aircraft logged over 932 flying hours conducting 

myriad reconnaissance, observation, air transport, 

medical evacuation, and aerial command and control 

(C-2) for homeland defense and overseas operations. 

Domestic Mission Support

Above: Hawaii National Guard members conduct search and extraction procedures while looking 

for victims of a mock parking garage collapse during Vigilant Guard Guam in August 2010.

Right: A robot from the Guam National Guard, equipped with an on-board camera, assesses 

a mock parking garage collapse during a Vigilant Guard exercise. Robots like these assess a 

situation and potential victims before Soldiers assist those in need. 

Lakota crews also proved invaluable to the National 

Guard’s homeland response in 2010 rapidly responding 

to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. 

Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP)

National Guard Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) 

teams assessed over 200 industrial sites and critical U.S. 

Government infrastructure for vulnerabilities to attack 

in FY10, and anticipate assessing 200 sites in FY11. 

The teams support the Department of Defense and 

Department of Homeland Security (DHS) by conducting 

all-hazard vulnerability assessments of prioritized 

Defense Industrial Base (DIB) and DHS-Tier II sites. 

Vigilant Guard (VG)

Each year, the National Guard conducts four regional 

VG exercises to help military first-responders unify their 

efforts to support civilian authorities. The NGB is also 

building a special VG exercise to support the 54 States 

and Territories in preparing for larger scale or realworld events. These exercises are critical to ensuring 

government agencies are interoperable in time of crisis.
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 I am especially impressed with your rapid

deployment of Airmen and Family

readiness program managers. You find 

unique and innovative ways to reach out to 

Family members who are often dispersed 

geographically across your State.

Honorable Michael B. Donley

Secretary, U.S. Air Force

Soldier, 

Airman, and 

Family 

Support 

Programs
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T

he most valuable service member is one who is 

strong in mind, body, and spirit. The National 

Guard provides programs at the National and local 

levels to support Soldiers, Airmen, and their Families. 

YOUTH PROGRAMS

National Guard Youth ChalleNGe Program 

(NGYCP)

Our Citizen-Soldiers and Airmen, who in their civilian 

lives are influential across the spectrum of business, 

education, and government, make up the backbone of 

the NGYCP. The award-winning, community-based 

program leads, trains, and mentors high school dropouts 

to become productive citizens in America’s future. 

ChalleNGe has 32 sites in 28 States and Puerto Rico, 

offering a five-month “quasi-military” residential phase 

and a one-year post-residential mentoring phase for 

unemployed youth ages 16-18. 

The program pays for itself by savings realized 

from keeping young people out of jail and off 

public assistance rolls. Based on a formula from a 

1998 Vanderbilt University study, ChalleNGe saves 

approximately $175 million annually in juvenile 

corrections costs, while keeping youth off of federal 

assistance. 

For more details on the National Guard Youth 

ChalleNGe program, please see the information 

paper at: www.ng.mil/features/ngps

STARBASE

Thirty-four National Guard sites host the DoD 

STARBASE program that reaches out to 5th grade 

students to improve their knowledge and interest in 

the science, technology, engineering, and math fields. 

The U.S. faces a workforce and educational crisis in 

these fields as Americans rank near the bottom of 30 

countries in combined science and math test scores. The 

program exposes the students to advanced technology 

and positive role models found on military bases and 

installations. 

Over 68 percent of Youth ChalleNGe participants have earned a General Educational Development (GED) or high school 

diploma and 12 percent choose to enter the military. Since 1993, ChalleNGe has graduated over 95,500 students.
2012 Posture Statement 33

Soldier, Airman, and Family Support Programs

For more details on the DoD STARBASE 

program, please see the information paper at: 

www.ng.mil/features/ngps

SOLDIERS / AIRMEN

Warrior Transition Units (WTUs)/ CommunityBased Warrior Transition Units (CBWTUs)

The WTUs managed more than 1,800 Army National 

Guard Soldiers and the CBWTU program managed 

1,477 Army National Guard Soldiers throughout the U.S. 

in FY10, providing support and transition assistance for 

wounded, injured, and ill Soldiers. The WTUs provide 

non-clinical support, complex case management, and 

transition assistance for Soldiers of all components at 

medical treatment facilities on Active Army installations. 

The CBWTUs provide high-quality health care, 

administrative processing, and transition assistance for 

recuperating Reserve Component Soldiers; these units 

allow them to live at home and perform duties close to 

their homes and Families. The Army National Guard 

supported the Army’s WTUs and CBWTUs with over 

600 Soldiers in positions at all levels of the organization, 

from squad leader to battalion commander. 

Master Resilience Trainer Course (MRTC)

The Army National Guard’s transition from a strategic 

Reserve to an operational Reserve over the past nine 

years has required an increase in Soldier readiness. 

Due to the unique Citizen-Soldier mission of the Army 

National Guard – and increased OPTEMPO – ARNG 

Soldiers have shown increasing levels of behavioral 

health issues at 12 months post-deployment as well as 

Children with 

catastrophic disorders 

or illnesses experience 

a “day in the life of 

an Air Force pilot” 

as part of the Hawaii 

Air National Guard’s 

quarterly “Pilot for a 

Day” program.
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an alarming number of suicides among those who have 

never been deployed. The ARNG has also witnessed 

an increase in divorce rates, suicide rates, alcohol and 

substance abuse, Post-Traumatic Stress, domestic abuse, 

sexual assault rates, and other behavioral health issues.

The MRTC is a component of Comprehensive Soldier 

Fitness (CSF), which is the Army’s holistic approach to 

address the overall fitness of Soldiers, Family members, 

and civilians. The MRTC provides individually tailored 

skill training that leads to a balanced, healthy, selfconfident force whose resilience and overall fitness 

enables them to thrive in the current environment and 

beyond. The MRTC 10-day course is a train-the-trainer 

course that teaches leaders cognitive skills to increase 

core competencies including optimism, mental agility, 

self-regulation, self-awareness, character strengths, and 

connection. 

The Army’s long range goal is to assign two trained 

MRTs to each Battalion and Brigade within the Total 

Army to service Soldiers; one at each Army Community 

Service/Family Action Center to assist Families and 

Family Readiness Group leaders; and one at each 

Division/State Joint Force Headquarters to assist 

Division Commanders/The Adjutants General to help 

develop resilience and assist in training. 

ANG Resilience and Psychological Health

The ANG will incorporate NGB resiliency programs 

involving the four “pillars” of resiliency (emotional, 

physical, spiritual, and social) as a Total Force Initiative. 

This resiliency will be incorporated throughout the 

service career of an Airman. 

The ANG will also incorporate “Airman Resiliency 

Training” for ANG warriors. This tool assists Airmen in 

recognizing the signs of distress, and shows when and 

how to seek help. 

Additionally, prior to returning home from Iraq and 

Afghanistan, Citizen-Airmen will transition through 

Deployment Transition Centers (DTCs) for two days to 

rest and learn how to reintegrate to pre-deployment life. 

Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Program

The Yellow Ribbon Reintegration program provides 

information, services, referrals, and proactive outreach 

to service members, spouses, employers, and youth 

throughout the deployment cycle: alert/pre-deployment, 

deployment, and post-deployment/reintegration.

The Army and Air National Guard continued to 

aggressively implement the Yellow Ribbon program, 

sponsoring 1,471 events that supported some 134,830 

Soldiers and Airmen, and 128,037 Family members in 

FY10. Yellow Ribbon continues to be a hallmark Soldier 

and Family readiness program.

The Joint Services Support (JSS) Portal 

The JSS portal provides an online support community for 

National Guard service members and Families wherever 

they are located. JSS enters its second year of operation 

with improved functionality, enhanced tools and features, 

and more ways to plug into National Guard services, 

events, and resources via internet, mobile device, 

iPhone application, and touch-tone phone. Today, the 

JSS reaches 61,000 members, features 12,500 local 

resources, and provides direct access between service 

Soldiers attend a Master Resiliency Training class at Fort Hood, Texas. This 10-day 

MRT course was only the fourth Army-wide MRT session that has been held.
2012 Posture Statement 35

members, their Families, and State support staff. The 

JSS represents seven key program areas within the 

National Guard Bureau:

Ô Yellow Ribbon Reintegration

Ô Family

Ô Employer Support

Ô Sexual Assault Prevention & Response

Ô Psychological Health

Ô Financial Management Awareness

Ô Warrior Support 

The JSS is the most comprehensive combined resource 

repository and workspace created for the National Guard 

– by the National Guard. For further information on the 

Joint Services Support Portal, visit 

www.JointServicesSupport.org.

Family Assistance Centers (FACs)

Created to be “one-stop” shops, FACs have been 

established in the 50 States, three Territories, and 

District of Columbia to provide information and referral, 

assistance with identification cards and the Defense 

Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System (DEERs), 

assistance with TRICARE and dental issues, legal 

assistance, assistance with financial issues, and referral 

to Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR). 

For more details on the National Guard FACs, 

please see the information paper at: 

www.ng.mil/features/ngps. 

Soldier, Airman, and Family Support Programs

Oregon National Guard Soldiers returned in April 2010 after a 400-day mobilization for Operation Iraqi Freedom. While there, 

they conducted more than 6,000 convoy missions over an area of 90,000 square miles. They escorted 108,000 trucks carrying 

more than 160 million gallons of fuel, 11.5 million cases of water, 605,000 cases of food, 9 million rounds of ammunition, and 

more than 23,000 other individual pieces of cargo. 
“Our nation’s global reach, as it exists today, would be 

impossible without the contributions of the Guard ... (The 

National Guard provides) maximum combat power when 

and where the nation needs it, with the absolute best 

value for each and every taxpayer dollar.”

Honorable Michael B. Donley

Secretary, U.S. Air Force 

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