The National Guard Bureau acknowledges 

the following members for their photographic 

contributions to this publication: 

Colonel Martin Leppert

Major Rick Brietenfeldt

Major Jacqueline Guthrie

Major Todd Harrell

Major Gabe Johnson

Captain Geoff Legler

First Lieutenant Wayde Minami

First Lieutenant Paul O’Leary

Second Lieutenant Brooke Brzozowske

Senior Master Sergeant David H. Lipp

First Sergeant John T. Kibler

Master Sergeant Lance Cheung

Master Sergeant Corine Lombardo

Master Sergeant John Nimmo Sr.

Master Sergeant Doug Roles

Master Sergeant Jason W. Rolfe

Master Sergeant Mike Smith

Technical Sergeant Brian E. Christiansen

Technical Sergeant Brett R. Ewald

Technical Sergeant Francisco V. Govea II

Technical Sergeant Beth Holliker

Technical Sergeant Alex Koenig

Technical Sergeant Mark Olsen

Technical Sergeant Alex R. Salmon

Technical Sergeant Thomas J. Sobczyk Jr.

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State 

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In 

Memoriam

Staff Sergeant Christopher Boitz

Staff Sergeant Greg L. Davis

Staff Sergeant Ray Drumsta

Staff Sergeant Dallas Edwards 

Staff Sergeant Brian Ferguson

Staff Sergeant Jim Greenhill

Staff Sergeant Blair Heusdens

Staff Sergeant Russell Lee Klika

Staff Sergeant Nicholas A. McCorkle

Staff Sergeant Erin McNamara

Staff Sergeant David J. Murphy

Staff Sergeant Jon Soucy

Sergeant Andrew H. Owen

Sergeant Robert G. Cooper III

Sergeant Teddy Wade

Senior Airman Jessica Donnelly 

Senior Airman Paul Duquette

Senior Airman Felicia Juenke

Specialist Ryan A. Cleary

Specialist Cassandra Monroe

Mr. Fred W. Baker II

Mr. Charles Kaminski

Mr. Monte Miller

Mr. Brandon Quester

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Executive 

Overview
About 400 years ago, a few hardy

souls boarded tall ships from

the shores of their comfortable

European homeland to travel to a North

American wilderness. They risked the

lives on the treacherous waters of the

North Atlantic for a new land and a

better life.

Immediately, homeland security became

a concern for these early settlers. 

times of need, volunteers from tiny

hamlets and towns picked up their

muskets to rush to the defense of their

homes and families.

Out of this necessity, the first militia

was organized in the Massachusetts

Bay Colony in 1636. About 140 yea

later, these Citizen-Soldiers had become

a formidable force. At the Batt

of Concord in 1775, outnumbered

musket-wielding militia defeated

an “invincible” British force and the

enduring reality of the Minuteman was

born.

The Minuteman image was

immortalized in the statue that stands

today by the North Bridge, which spans

the Concord River. The Minuteman w

sculpted in traditional militia mufti with

one hand on the plow and the other

grasping a musket. The Citizen is rea

at a moment’s notice to become the

Soldier.

That ethos continues, ever stronger

today, abroad and at home. Our CitizenGeneral Craig R. McKinley 

Chief, National Guard Bureau

Soldiers and Airmen are adding value to

America.

Rapid Evolution

The National Guard Abroad 

The depth provided by the National

Guard is no longer the “once in a

lifetime” use of a strategic reserve

as envisioned during the Cold War.

The National Guard has become an

operational force that is an integral

part of the Army and Air Force. It 

populated by seasoned veterans with

multiple deployments in support of

operations in Iraq, Afghanistan, the

Balkans, and many other

locations around the

world.

Our most precious

assets flow from

our communities.

At this time, nearly

60,000 CitizenSoldiers and Airmen

are deployed in

support of overseas

operations in Iraq,

Afghanistan, the

Balkans, and the

Sinai.

The National

Guard has

maintained

a high

Tennessee 

Army National 

Guard Soldiers 

participate in 

Base Defense 

Operations 

training for 

a scheduled 

deployment to 

Iraq.

operational tempo for more than eight

years in support of the operations in

Iraq and Afghanistan. Through t

admirable service of thousands of

Guardsmen we have provided essential

combat, logistics, and other support

capabilities to these operations.

National Guard 

Bureau Executive

Overview

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Most recently, the National Guard

provided critical Humanitarian

Relief and Disaster Response support

following the massive earthquake of

January 2010 in Haiti. From providi

initial medical evacuation to sustained

logistics support and airborne

communications, National Guard

Soldiers and Airmen quickly delivered

the specialized expertise required to

support the Haitian people in their

hour of need.

The National Guard at Home 

In addition to the thousands of

National Guard Soldiers and Airmen

currently activated for ongoing

federal missions overseas, the

National Guard provides significant

response to unexpected contingencies

at home.

On average, on any given day, 17

U.S. Governors call out their National

Guard to help citizens in need. 

responded in 2009 as we always

have – immediately, effectively,

appropriately, and in force. There

no reason to believe 2010 will be any

different.

Three significant events in 2009 were

the record floods in North Dakota, the

incredibly devastating ice storms in

Kentucky, and the aid Hawaii quickly

delivered to American Samoa after a

tsunami smashed into the island.

Rapid and full emergency response

is another service that our CitizenSoldiers and Airmen do well.

At the peak of flood fighting efforts,

the North Dakota Guard responded

with more than 2,400 Citizen-Soldiers

and Airmen aided by Guardsmen from

six other states including Minnesota,

Wisconsin, South Dakota, Montana,

Missouri, and Iowa.

North Dakota Air and Army National Guard members 

work with civilian flood-fighting volunteers in the 

Fargo Dome to fill sandbags for flood barriers at Fargo.

The Guard assisted with levee patrols,

evacuating residents, and sandbag

operations. Our Soldiers and Airm

also provided traffic control points

and presence patrols. They fl

aviation support missions, including

reconnaissance and ice salting to

promote melting. They also delivered

and operated water pumps, broke up

ice jams, and performed other

missions as required.

In Kentucky, the entire Kentucky Army

National Guard plus Guardsmen from

Florida, Indiana, Ohio, Tennessee,

and Wisconsin were called to duty,

removing debris and running

communications sites in addition to

delivering essential supplies.

Restoration of electric power to water

plants, communications facilities,

home generator support, operation

of shelters in 24 armories, and

removing downed trees were the top

priorities. Troops worked with sta

and local crews clearing roads and

gaining access to damaged power

transmission lines. Our Nation

Guard men and women delivered

more than 285,000 meals and a half

million bottles of water every day to

needy communities.
An 8.4 magnitude earthquake struck the Samoa Islands

region on September 29, which resulted in a destructive

tsunami with 15-20 foot waves impacting the east side of

American Samoa. Buildings suffered damage; up to 6,0

people were without power; there were 1,912 refuges in 14

shelters; and 32 confirmed fatalities.

Within 24 hours, about 90 National Guard personnel from

Hawaii’s Civil Support Team and CBRNE Enhanced Response

Force Package, a command and control element, and a

mortuary affairs team flew to American Samoa to help in

the recovery efforts.

The National Guard is located in more than 3,300

communities around the nation providing an indispensable

link between the military and the citizens of our great

nation. We may be the only military that some of our

citizens ever see.

At the same time, more than 4,600 personnel are on duty in

our daily ongoing domestic operations – state active duty,

and Counterdrug and Air Sovereignty Alert missions. Mo

than 390,000 are available to respond to any situation.

Readiness

Personnel

Despite all the nation has asked of them in the overseas

warfight as well as here at home, we are recruiting and

retaining National Guard members in impressive numbers

and with higher quality marks. Americans join and st

in the National Guard. But as successful as we have be

to date, we need continued support for recruiting and

retention efforts.

Equipment

The National Guard must have modern equipment if we are

to remain successful as defenders of the homeland at home

and abroad. Army National Guard (ARNG) units deploy

overseas have the most up-to-date equipment available and

are second to none.

However, a significant amount of equipment is currently

unavailable to the ARNG due to continuing rotational

deployments and emerging modernization requirements.

Many states have expressed concern about the resulting

shortfalls of equipment for training as well as for domestic

emergency response operations.

The Army has programmed $20.9 billion for ARNG

equipment for FY09 through FY13 to procure new

equipment and modernize equipment currently on hand.

We appreciate that support and also the strong interest of

Congress and Department of Defense (DoD) in closing the

gap between our domestic requirements and the available

equipment in our armories and motor pools.

The Air Force is in the midst of modernizing and

recapitalizing its major weapons platforms, and the

Air National Guard (ANG) must be concurrently and

proportionally recapitalized, particularly in order to avoid

the near to mid-term “age-out” of the majority of its

fighter force.

Our primary concern is that 80 percent of our F-16s, the

backbone of our Air Sovereignty Alert force, will begin

reaching the end of their service life in seven years.

To that end, we support the Air Force’s recapitalization

plan, and believe that all roadmaps should be inclusive of

the ANG as a hedge against this “age-out.”

We shouldn’t be relegated to obsolete and incompatible

equipment like we were during the Cold War. We ha

proven that the old way of doing business does not work

in today’s environment. The National Guard must rema

an operational force, indeed a strategic force, and must be

resourced as such, so we can assist the Army and Air Force

as much as possible.

Thousands of National Guard Citizen-Soldiers and 

Airmen take part in the annual ‘Patriot Exercise,’ 

in which multinational forces from as far away as 

the Netherlands come for combat training and a 

homeland defense scenario. 

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National Guard and Reserve Equipment 

Appropriation (NGREA)

A significant success story over the past few years is how

NGREA funding has helped the Guard fill equipment

shortages. This is particularly true for shortages involvi

Critical Dual-Use (CDU) equipment, which are items that

the Guard uses in both federal and state missions. T

equipment purchased through NGREA includes CDU,

however no equipment is purchased solely for domestic use

by the states. The use of NGREA has been instrumental 

providing for the quality and quantity of ARNG equipment.

It has also enabled the ANG to both support Overseas

Contingency Operations (OCO) and to also provide

assistance to domestic response.

An important benefit of NGREA funding is transparency

in accounting. In fact, every dollar can be tracked a

accounted for in the process. With NGREA, we are able 

show Congress exactly what equipment the Guard received

for the money spent and where that equipment is located.

Training

Along with preparations for federal service, the National

Guard prepares for possible use in domestic operations.

To that end, in FY09 the National Guard conducted four

regional Vigilant Guard exercises and three combatant

command/national level exercises to facilitate unity of

effort. In FY10, the NGB is building local, state, a

national level exercise capability to support the 54 states,

territories, and the District of Columbia in preparing for

larger scale exercises, National Special Security Events

(NSSE), and real world events.

Agribusiness Development Teams

Nowhere does today’s 21st century Minuteman embody

the Citizen-Soldier promise better than in our Agribusiness

Development Teams (ADTs) in Afghanistan, where it is so

needed after 40 years of constant turmoil and war.

We send Guardsmen, whose skills and livelihood are

earned in agribusiness in the United States, to this wartorn country to help better their farming industry.

The first team deployed from Missouri in 2007. Toda

eight teams are dispersed throughout Afghanistan, doing

incredible work promoting sustainable farming practices

and stimulating Afghan agriculture.

For the Guardsmen, that means engaging with local

farmers and helping them address many of their

challenges, such as water and infrastructure issues.

Eighty percent of Afghanis depend on agriculture for

their livelihood, so it’s incredibly important that if we’re

going to attack all the challenges and ills that hinder

Afghanistan, we help stabilize their agribusiness economy.

The goal is not to teach how to farm but to expand those

skills that Afghan farmers already have. They know h

to farm. They need someone to help them with the mo

scientific aspects of agriculture.

Before those crops get to market they need to be

harvested or processed. Texas and Missouri AD

developed clean and sanitary meat processing facilities

powered by renewable energy sources. Also, mechanic

Army COL Jim D. Moore of the Tennessee 

Agribusiness Development Team visits with village 

elders in eastern Afghanistan during a site briefing.
engineers in the Guard were able to teach the Afghans

how to build wind turbines and help produce power for

these facilities. In the end, that’s the goal – to find simp

solutions to the challenges faced by Afghan farmers.

Because of the ADTs, Afghanistan has entered into a

bilateral relationship with Nebraska. There is a lar

Afghan population in Nebraska, and the University of

Nebraska has a cultural center that has built a relationship

that has endured for decades.

NGB as a Joint Activity

In 2009, the National Guard made great progress in

supporting DoD’s efforts to both manage the Reserve

Components as an operational force and establish the

National Guard Bureau as a joint activity. The NGB, 

part of the total operational force, has a greater role

and increased responsibility for shaping the discussion

and recommendations within DoD for issues related

to Homeland Defense and Defense Support to Civilian

Authorities.

The National Guard has always recognized its unique role

as America’s first military responder. In the continued que

for serving our citizens, we have leveraged the concept

of the Joint Staff, both at the national and at the state

level, to ensure rapid, effective, coordinated responses to

domestic emergencies. This capability is modular, scalabl

and can maximize effectiveness by employing Army and

Air Guard capabilities into a true joint response. Th

supports the Adjutants General with single procedures

for communication, coordination, collaboration, and

employment.

State Partnership Program

The National Guard State Partnership Program (SPP)

establishes enduring and mutually beneficial partnerships

between foreign countries and American states through the

National Guard. This program is an important compone

of the Defense Department’s security cooperation

strategy, the geographic combatant commanders’ theater

engagement programs, and U.S. Ambassadors’ Mission

Strategic Plans.

USSOUTHCOM

Arkansas / Guatemala

Connecticut / Uruguay

Delaware / Trinidad-Tobago

District of Columbia / Jamaica

Florida / Venezuela

Florida / Guyana

Florida / Regional Security

 System (E. Caribbean 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 Republic

Rhode Island / Bahamas

South Dakota/Suriname

Texas / Chile

West Virginia / Peru

Wisconsin / Nicaragua

State Partnerships: 21

USEUCOM

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/Neb / Czech Republic

Vermont / Macedonia

State

Partnerships: 21

USAFRICOM

California / Nigeria

Michigan / Liberia

New York / South Africa

North Carolina / Botswana

North Dakota / Ghana

Utah / Morocco

Vermont / Senegal

Wyoming / Tunisia

State Partnerships: 8

USPACOM

Alaska / Mongolia

Guam / Hawaii / Philippines

Hawaii / Indonesia

Idaho / Cambodia

Washington / Thailand

Oregon / Bangladesh

State Partnerships: 6

USCENTCOM

Arizona / Kazakhstan

Colorado / Jordan 

Louisiana / Uzbekistan

Montana / Kyrgyzstan

Nevada / Turkmenistan

Virginia / Tajikistan

State Partnerships: 6

Total

State Partnerships: 62

Gen Craig R. McKinley, the Chief of the National Guard Bureau, speaks at the 

State Partnership Program Conference in Stuttgart, Germany saying the program 

“has matured well” and has developed solid, long-standing alliances. 

Key officers of the Wisconsin National Guard pay a goodwill visit to Nicaragua. 

The Wisconsin National Guard is paired with Nicaragua in the National Guard 

State Partnership Program. 
2011 Posture Statement | 

A primary aim is to promote partnership among the many

nations working with us to advance security, stability, and

prosperity around the globe.

Today, American states are partnered with more than 60

foreign nations to focus on military-to-military, military-tocivilian, and civil security activities.	

Created in 1993, 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.

This valuable mutual security cooperation program will

continue to expand in size and strategic importance.

Interagency and Intergovernmental 

Coordination and Cooperation

The National Guard’s dual mission requires a disciplined

balance between persistent readiness to defeat threats to

our nation and its vital interests, and constant availability

to help our communities and states.

To improve efficiency for all involved in domestic

operations, the NGB is orchestrating an effort to maximize

collaboration with partner organizations like the U.S.

Coast Guard, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and the

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). 

working together with our partners, we will provide a

more coordinated response for all catastrophes, natural or

manmade.

Future Plans – Our Vision

The Guard must remain a community-based organization

with a clear understanding of its dual role: to serve abroad

in support of our national defense; and to serve the

Governors and people of the states, territories, and the

District of Columbia to which they belong. Recognizi

the principles of states’ rights and the tiered approach

to domestic support to civil authorities, the Adjutants

General (TAGs) will continue to provide a wide range of

capabilities to their Governors and play a significant role in

determining National Guard priorities and in shaping the

future of the Guard.

In an era of persistent conflict, we need a predictable

rotational model and we must maintain proficiency and

interoperability with the rest of the force. We mu

modernize at a proportional rate to the Active Component.

At a steady state, we are going to have persistent

requirements. There are tough resourcing decisions ahea

but I am optimistic we will continue our relevancy both on

the domestic front and abroad while continuing to take the

very best care of our Airmen, Soldiers, and their families.

What the future holds for the National Guard Bureau is

to cement its cross-functional relationships with other

government and military agencies to answer any call,

anywhere with the utmost collaboration and effectiveness.

This is how we will continue adding value to America long

into the future.

A U.S. Soldier secures a combat 

outpost in Kandahar Province, 

Afghanistan. 

The following pages show how the Army 

and Air National Guard and the Joint Staff 

are doing their part to build a balanced, 

flexible, and cohesive force for the future.
60,000

Army and Air National Guard 

personnel who are supporting 

expeditionary operations 

around the world, including 

Operations Enduring Freedom 

and Iraqi Freedom.

316,000

Army National Guard Soldiers 

who have been mobilized for 

federal (Title 10) duty to support 

Overseas Contingency 

Operations around the world 

since 9/11.

10,000

National Guard Soldiers who 

supported federal and state 

agencies during the 2009 

Presidential Inauguration.

FACTS Unique events, leadership

transitions, and a change

in vision defined another

challenging and rewarding year for

the Army National Guard (ARNG). T

ARNG shifted its focus from quantity

of assigned strength to quality of the

force, a new vision for an experienced

and accessible force. As a resul

we have significantly increased the

readiness of the Army National

Guard. Our Soldiers are better train

and equipped to support overseas

contingency operations and provide

domestic support to our civilian

authorities.

The ARNG made notable progress

with our Modular Force Conversion

and Rebalance efforts. We have al

implemented a number of innovative

initiatives such as the:

★	Agribusiness Development Team

★	Domestic All-Hazards Response

Team (DART)

★	Muscatatuck Urban Training

Center

★	Battle Command Training

Capability Program

★	eXportable Combat Training

Capability (XCTC)

★	Patriot Academy

★	General Equivalency Diploma

(GED) Plus

★	Yellow Ribbon Reintegration

Program

★	Community-Based Warrior

Transition Program

Army 

National Guard

Major General Raymond W. Carpenter

Acting Director, Army National Guard

Messge from

Soldiers from the Florida National Guard use the 

eXportable Combat Training Capability or XCTC, which 

gives them a more realistic feel to their training.

Through these efforts, our Soldiers

are educated, trained, equipped, and

supported unlike any other time in our

history. Our efforts to balance the liv

of our operational units and individuals

have given us the flexibility and

effectiveness needed to keep America

strong.

Operations

Balancing domestic and overseas

operations brings out the best in

Army National Guard integrated

missions. The concepts of “critic

dual-use equipment” and “CitizenSoldier” merge together to meet our

international and domestic challenges.

Building on our two pillars of strength

– personnel readiness and equipment

versatility – we conduct our integrated

missions and accomplish our Soldiercentric goals.

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Essential 10

DART

Domestic All-Hazards 

Response Team 

Command and Control (C2) 

Aviation

Security

Medical (each DART has a medical detachment) 

Transportation

Maintenance

Communications

(property, pay, finance, and maintenance) Logistics

Engineering

CBRNE (with access to one or more CSTs)

Overseas Contingency 

Operations (OCO)

Overseas Contingency Operations have

significantly increased the operating

and deployment tempo within the Army

National Guard. Nearly 60,000 Ar

and Air National Guard personnel are

supporting expeditionary operations

around the world, including Operations

Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom.

Since 9/11, more than 316,000 Army

National Guard Soldiers have been

mobilized for federal (Title 10) duty as

of December 31, 2009, to support OCO

around the world.

Domestic Operations

The Army National Guard coordinates

and integrates policies, procedures, and

capabilities to ensure critical operations

continue in the event of an emergency, or

threat of an emergency, anywhere in the

U.S. and its territories.

In January 2009, the ARNG supported

federal and state agencies during the

most attended Presidential Inauguration

in U.S. history by providing over 10,000

National Guard Soldiers from 14 states.

The Soldiers supported civil authorities by

providing traffic control points, reaction

forces, and aviation support.

The ARNG answered calls to their

respective Governors for search and

rescue, power generation, logistical

support, debris clearing, sandbagging,

security, law enforcement support, food

distribution, and shelter construction

during recovery efforts. Most notably, 

March 2009 six states sent more than 5,500

Soldiers to support North Dakota during

the Red River flooding. During this even

the ARNG provided 13 helicopters with

crews to fill a mission assignment from the

Federal Emergency Management Agency

(FEMA).

Domestic All-Hazards 

Response Team

Initiated in FY09, the Domestic AllHazards Response Team (DART) formalizes

the National Guard use of the ARNG

Division Headquarters in response to all

More than 1,000 Iowa Guard 

Soldiers and Airmen supported 

local, state, and federal 

law enforcement agencies 

during the 2009 Presidential 

Inauguration.

Brig Gen Barbaranette Bolden, 

commander, Joint Task Force-District 

of Columbia, led 10,000 National 

Guard troops from 14 states in 

supporting the 2009 Presidential 

Inauguration. 

About 300 members of the 

Minnesota National Guard deployed 

to eastern North Dakota in April 

2009 to support civil authorities in 

flood fighting operations. 

2011 Posture Statement | 
$76,961

per member

$128,791

per member $110,787

per member

ANG FRANCE

ANG Per Member Costs – 

an Extraordinary Value

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56,000

Recruits

65,000

Recruits

FY08

Reduced Our Ranks To

358,200 Soldiers

FY09

120,000 Youth

160,000 Since 2006

The National Guard’s Anti-drug 

Program “Stay-on-Track” (SOT)

FY10

26,000+

10,000+ TONS

Missions Cargo

2009 Aircraft Flew

Passengers

100,000+

28

38

Brigade 

Combat Teams

Functional 

Brigades

Modular Force Conversion and Rebalance 

114 Total Brigades

 Multifunctional 

Brigades

48

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catastrophic events. When requested by the Adjutant General of 

affected state, the DART response is coordinated through the Chief,

National Guard Bureau. The Army National Guard has eight divisi

headquarters. Three division headquarters serve as the DA

Headquarters on an annual rotation – two divisions serving in the

East and West and one reinforcing both regions.

Approximately 50,000 troops are available east of the Mississippi and

30,000 west of the Mississippi for activation into Title 32 Status. T

DART works within the existing Emergency Management Assistance

Compact framework. The DART is also divided along FEMA Regi

boundaries and is well positioned for interagency response. T

DART maximizes the modular structure of the 21st century Army and

positions the nation to respond to any manmade or natural disaster

(or to mobilize in preparation for such an occurrence).

For more details on DART, please see the

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

ARNG Aviation

Operational Support Airlift Agency (OSAA)

The Operational Support Airlift Agency is a Department of the

Army field operating agency under the National Guard Bureau that

supports 114 aircraft worldwide and over 700 personnel. OSAA

fleet of 80 fixed-wing aircraft represents the single largest fixedwing organization in the Army today. Both at home and abroad 

2009, these aircraft:

★	Flew more than 56,000 hours

★	Completed over 26,000 missions

★	Transported nearly 20 million pounds of cargo

★	Carried more than 100,000 passengers

★	Supported the U.S. Southern Command in Colombia,

the Criminal Investigation Task Force, Office of Military

Commissions, and United States Army South at Guantanamo

Bay, Cuba

U.S. Army medics and Virginia National 

Guard firefighters perform a simulated 

aerial medical evacuation with a UH-60 

Blackhawk helicopter in Virginia. 

DART Regions

30,000 50,000
Combat Aviation Brigade (CAB)

By virtue of its basing locations throughout the

homeland, ARNG Aviation provides immediate

responsiveness to the Governors. Additionall

with certain unique design and equipment

differences, the aviation force is a critical

component of Defense Support to Civil Authorities.

Six of the ARNG’s eight CABs have a unique

security and support (S&S) Aviation Battalion

whose primary mission is homeland support. Ea

S&S battalion is equipped with the new UH-72

light utility helicopter with communications and

mission equipment packages that are optimized

for coordination and interoperability with

civilian police, fire, and emergency responders.

In addition, the ARNG aviation force provides

the Army with a NORTHCOM-dedicated Theater

Aviation Brigade for the vital National Guard

Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear,

and High-yield Explosive (CBRNE) Consequence

Management Force that will respond to any

natural or man-made disaster in the homeland. The AR

provides the total Army with 43 percent of its aviation

force.

For more details about the Combat Aviation

Brigade, please see the information paper at: www.

ng.mil/features/ngps

Light Utility Helicopter (LUH) Update 

The UH-72A “Lakota” Light Utility Helicopter is a state-ofthe-art aircraft with twin engine reliability, a 21st century

navigation/communication system, and a proven record of

commercial aviation service.

The Army developed the UH-72 Lakota to meet immediate

and future light utility aviation needs. The ARNG now h

36 UH-72A aircraft and eight UH-72A MEDEVAC aircraft

for a total of 44 Lakotas. The Army plans to field 12 UH72As to the Army National Guard over the next sever

years with a total of 200 new UH-72s to be fielded to the

National Guard by FY17.

For more details about the Light Utility Helicopter,

please see the information paper at: www.ng.mil/

features/ngps

Present and Future Value

Modular Force Conversion and Rebalance

By the end of FY09, the ARNG completed the most

comprehensive force structure change in its history. Th

five-year effort saw more than 2,800 operating force

units transform into modular designs while deploying

43,225 Soldiers to combat and support operations in Iraq,

Afghanistan, and Kuwait. With this transformation, AR

brigade combat teams are identical to Active Component

Army brigades so they are compatible regardless of the

mission. The ARNG continues to grow and adapt to fulfi

all levels of the federal and state missions in support of

Homeland Security and Homeland Defense (HD), which

includes supporting the warfighter.

The historic fill rate for equipment for the ARNG has been

about 70 percent. Fill rates declined to approximately 

percent of equipment available to the Governors in 2006

due to cross-leveling equipment to support immediate

deployment requirements. Seventy-seven percent of t

ARNG’s Modified Table of Organization and Equipment

(MTOE) requirement is currently on hand (as of the end of

FY09).

Increasing our investment in several key areas is essential to

maintaining our forward progress.

$76,961

per member

$

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an Extra

100,000+

28

38

Brigade 

Combat Teams

Functional 

Brigades

Modular Force Conversion and Rebalance 

114 Total Brigades

 Multifunctional 

Brigades

48

403,777 Mobilized

(some multiple times)

9/11

235,261

Soldiers with the 

121st Medical 

Company (Air 

Ambulance) fly 

their UH-72A 

Lakota Light 

Utility Helicopters 

during an 

orientation flight 

throughout the 

Washington, D.C. 

area. 

2,800

operating force 

units transform 

into modular 

designs

43,000+

Supporting Combat 

Operations
Members of the Missouri 

Army National Guard’s Agribusiness Development 

Team visit local farmers in eastern Afghanistan to assist 

them with crop production. 

Agribusiness 

Development Teams

An Agribusiness Development Team

(ADT) is a self-contained volunteer unit

composed of 58 National Guard Soldiers

with backgrounds and expertise in various

sectors of the agribusiness field. Th

provide training and advice to Afghan

universities, provincial ministries, and

local farmers to increase stability and

improve opportunities for Afghanistan’s

reemerging agribusiness sector. Sin

2007, Agribusiness Development Teams

from the following states have deployed

to Afghanistan:

★	Missouri

★	Indiana

★	Tennessee

★	Kansas

★	Nebraska

★	Texas

★	California

★	Kentucky

★	Oklahoma

★	South Carolina

For more details about ADTs,

please see the information paper

at: www.ng.mil/features/ngps

Personnel Strength and Quality

Programs

The overriding theme of the Army

National Guard’s recruiting and

retention mission is to sustain a high

quality force and continue to improve

the quality of life for our Soldiers and

their families.

The ARNG recalibrated the FY09

endstrength mission from 371,000 to

358,200 resulting in a reduction of

the recruiting accession mission to

a target of 56,000. The endstrength

goals focused on achieving

historical quality marks in the

military entrance exam (the Armed

Forces Qualification Test) for high

school graduates and an overall

retention rate of 106 percent of

the ARNG goal. Our sustained recruiti

and retention successes are a testament

to the outstanding work of our recruiting

team and the inherent value of our

organization.

The ARNG is improving the quality of

recruits through the Patriot Academy and

the GED Plus programs.

Patriot Academy

The basic concept for this program came

from research that indicated 500,000

students dropped out of high school in

2006. Launched in June 2009, the Patri

Academy enables Soldiers to complete

basic training and then perform Title 10

Active Duty for Operational Support while

obtaining their high school diplomas,

additional military training, and life

U.S. Army SPC William Suncire and SGT 

Richard Milliron of the Arizona National 

Guard work security in Afghanistan 

during a provincial reconstruction team 

quality assurance mission.

56,000

Recruits

65,000

Recruits

FY08

Reduced Our Ranks To

358,200 Soldiers

FY09

0 

PVT Ismael Ramirez will receive a high 

school diploma from the nine-month 

program at the National Guard Patriot 

Academy at the Muscatatuck Urban 

Training Center, Indiana.
2011 Posture Statement | 1

skills training. The ARNG plans to graduate 500

Soldiers annually.

For more details about the Patriot

Academy, please see the information

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

73%

Success Rate

95.6%

Success Rate

700

Students

2,457

Students

FY07FY08

96.6%

Success Rate

2,205

Students

FY09

GED Plus

The GED Plus program provides high school

dropouts, 18 and older, basic training and a

structured academic environment to earn their

GED. To enroll, students must be fully qualifi

for enlistment and achieve the minimum Armed

Forces Qualification Test score. In FY07, so

700 Soldiers passed for a 73 percent success rate.

In FY08, our success rate jumped to 95.6 percent

with 2,457 students passing. The GED Testi

team tested 2,283 GED Plus Soldiers in FY09

with a passing rate of 96.6 percent. The te

was noted as the best test site in the nation by

Dantes staff. Also in FY09, the National Gua

began construction on an $18 million GED Plus

educational complex which will increase training

capacity to more than 7,500 students per year.

As of May 31, 2009, the success rate continues to

hover around 95 percent, which is significantly

higher than the 69 percent national average

achieved by civilian GED programs. T

improvement is due in part to grouping

students by ability, sharing best practices, and

implementing an instructional lab for specific

student weaknesses.

For more details on the GED Plus

program, please see the information

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

Full-time Support

The ARNG Full Time Support (FTS) program

consists of both Active Guard and Reserve (AGR)

Soldiers and Military Technicians and has a direct

link to unit readiness. In this continuing e

of persistent conflict, FTS personnel are major

contributors across the full spectrum of ARNG

missions, home and abroad, providing vital

strategic depth and continuity of operations.

The ARNG is now an Operational Force and its FTS is even more critical

to unit readiness. Currently, there is no programmed growth f

AGRs while Military Technicians are programmed to increase by 1,170

authorizations by FY13.

Ongoing manpower studies are determining changes in FTS

requirements. Results will be submitted for validation and coordinat

with the appropriate organizations for submission in the Program

Objective Memorandum process as completed.

For more details on FTS, please see the information paper at:

www.ng.mil/features/ngps

Medical Readiness

With the Army National Guard’s transition to an operational force, the

Office of the Chief Surgeon team led medical readiness improvements

in FY09 by addressing its three primary goals:

★	Support deployment of a healthy force

★	Support deployment of the medical force-units

★	Facilitate warriors in transition and family care-beneficiaries

SPC Guy Antoine reviews a patient’s chart with 1LT Amanda Hunt-Queen (left). SPC Antoine is 

a medic and 1LT Hunt-Queen is a health services officer with the Oklahoma Army National Guard. 

Medical readiness increased 13 percent between FY08 and FY09. Th

was a direct result of increased targeted funding and stronger liaison

efforts between NGB and Army medical commands to meet funding,

manning, and equipment requirements.

Industrial Hygiene Base funding served to both identify and mitigate

preventable health conditions prior to impacting the medical

readiness of ARNG units by using three programs – Decade of Health,

Hooah4Health (H4H), and blood pressure kiosks. These programs ha

yielded the following results:

★	Dental readiness increased 34 percent in FY08 and FY09

★	An estimated 1 million Soldiers checked their blood pressure at

kiosks nationwide

★	Over the past five years, more than 5,400 Soldier-students have

completed the Army’s first interactive, web-based correspondence

course on the H4H site with a 97 percent pass rate
Soldier Family Support (SFS)

The increased operating and deployment tempo of the

Army National Guard has placed additional strain on

Soldiers and their Families. In October 2007, the Ar

initiated the Army Family Covenant program and pledged

to provide Soldiers and Families with a quality of life

commensurate with their dedicated service and sacrifice to

the nation. In FY10, the ARNG received an additional $

million to support and ensure long-term sustainability of

SFS functions in support of mission requirements and our

role as an operational force. The following SFS progra

are currently well underway:

The Personnel Blast and Contaminant Tracker system

records data for all service members involved in blast

incidents, even when immediate physical symptoms are

absent. If the exposure to a blast or contaminant has longterm impacts to the service member, data will be used f

line-of-duty benefit evaluation. The “blast tracker” can 

expanded to all Army components as well as to the other

services.

The Resiliency Training Center, opened in Kansas in 2009,

builds resilience in our Soldiers and their families. T

center focuses on preventing high stress through proactive

marriage workshops and stress relief training before,

during, and after deployments.

The Community-Based Warrior Transition Units program

provides high-quality health care, administrative

processing, and transition assistance for recuperating

Reserve Component Soldiers while living at home with

their families. These Soldiers work at a reserve cent

within their capabilities.

For details about more medical programs, please

see the information paper at: www.ng.mil/

features/ngps

Facilities and Military 

Construction

Army National Guard facilities are critical to the readiness

and capability of the National Guard. These are t

locations where our Soldiers perform administration,

conduct training, and store and maintain equipment.

Additionally, many National Guard facilities are critical

rallying points for communities when disaster strikes. N

a combat-proven operational force, the Army National

Guard needs adequate facilities to fulfill its crucial role in

defending America at home and abroad. The ARNG h

over 3,000 readiness centers nationwide. Approximate

1,408 readiness centers are more than 50 years old and

are located on five acres or less. Recognized as t

hometown “Armory,” these essential facilities may be

“the only military installation for hundreds of miles.” F

FY10, appropriations for Army National Guard military

construction are $582 million.

The Army National Guard received over $1.4 billion in

military construction funds for FY09 which included:

★	$736 million for 54 projects for the Military

Construction Army National Guard program

★	$147 million for three emerging requirements

projects

★	$470 million to construct 14 projects for the base

realignment and closure (BRAC) program (ARNG

executed 100 percent of these BRAC projects)

★	$50 million for six construction projects as part of the

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

★	$25 million of FY08 funds to assist Mississippi and

Indiana with storm damage to their facilities

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2011 Posture Statement | 1

ARNG Military Construction

funding for FY10 includes $30

million from the National Guard

and Reserve Initiative. These fun

are intended to address critical

unfunded requirements of the

ARNG.

Environmental Program

Recent success in the ARNG’s

environmental program

underscores its mission to excel in

environmental stewardship which

balances community needs with

sustaining military readiness.

Since the Army Compatible Use

Buffer (ACUB) program began

in 2003, military funding ($17.5

million) has combined with

private funding ($90 million) to

protect 40,000 military-acres from

encroachment at eight ARNG

training centers.

For more details about

environmental programs,

please see the information

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

Equipment Readiness 

Equipment On-Hand (EOH) 

and Equipment Availability

At the end of FY09, the Army National Guard had 76

percent of its equipment on-hand. Subtracting equipme

that is mobilized and deployed to support federal missions,

the current equipment-on-hand percentage falls to 63

percent of requirements available to the Governors. E

levels remained fairly flat in FY09 as overall requirements

increased by 2 percent and equipment inventories rose

3 percent. In many cases, particularly with vehicles, n

trucks replaced older legacy vehicles. This kept the E

relatively constant although capabilities increased due to

modernization and an overall decrease in the age of the

fleet.

Equipment Modernization 

and Readiness

Beginning in FY06, the Army significantly

increased its investment in ARNG equipment,

allocating approximately $25.1 billion for

new procurement and recapitalization

between FY06 and FY09. As a result of th

investment, the Army National Guard received

approximately 296,000 new items in FY08 and

another 433,000 in FY09 at a combined value

of $10.2 billion. Additionally, $16.9 billion 

currently programmed for Army National Guard

equipment between FY10 and FY15.

Despite these successes, the Guard needs to procure and

field leading-edge battle command equipment, and

improve fill levels for a number of Combat Service Support

items such as water purification systems, generators,

material handling equipment, field feeding systems,

tactical ambulances, and aviation ground equipment.

In addition, modernization of the Guard’s truck and

helicopter fleets, while absolutely critical to long-term

success, will continue to be a challenge well beyond FY15.

Ground and Air Operating Tempo

Ground Operating Tempo

The ground operating tempo (OPTEMPO) program is

one of the keys to equipment readiness. The progr

consists of two parts: direct and indirect. Direct ground

OPTEMPO pays for petroleum, repair parts, and depotlevel repairables. Indirect OPTEMPO pays for expens

such as administrative and housekeeping supplies,

organizational clothing and equipment, medical supplies,
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nuclear, biological and chemical supplies and equipment,

and inactive duty training (IDT) travel which includes

Command Inspection, staff travel, and cost of commercial

transportation.

Air Operating Tempo

The air OPTEMPO program supports the ARNG flying hour

program, which includes petroleum-oil-lubricants, repair

parts, and depot-level repairables for the rotary wing

helicopter fleet.

In FY09, air OPTEMPO funding for the Army National Guard

totaled $271 million in base appropriation plus $40 million

in supplemental for a total of $311 million. This funding

provides for fuel and other necessities so that 5,722 ARNG

aviators can remain current and proficient in their go-towar aircraft. Achieving and maintaining desired readine

levels will ensure aircrew proficiency and risk mitigation,

which helps to conserve resources. ARNG aviators mu

attain platoon level proficiency to ensure that they are

adequately trained to restore readiness and depth for

future operations.

Reset Process

The Department of the Army programmed the ARNG

for $202 million to fund repair parts and the personnel

required to repair equipment used in Overseas Contingency

Operations during FY10. The ARNG is planning to Reset 

brigade-sized elements as well as many units below brigade

level. The Reset process also provides additional traini

for National Guard Soldiers as they repair this equipment.

As in previous years, having the ARNG perform its own

SPC Soledad 

Siordia of the 

California Army 

National Guard 

conducts 

maintenance 

on a vehicle in 

Iraq. 

Field Reset allows for equipment to be returned to the

states’ control much faster and repaired in a much more

expeditious manner.

Logistics-Depot Maintenance

The Depot Maintenance Program is an integral part of

ARNG sustainment activities. This program is based on

“repair and return to user” system as opposed to the direct

exchange system used by the active Army component. 

FY10, depot surface maintenance program requirements

increased by 14 percent. Funding for the ARNG’s surfa

depot maintenance requirement was increased by 19

percent because of new requirements. In FY10 the AR

plans to overhaul 2,883 pieces of combat and tactical

equipment.

2LT Tate Atkinson, calls in medical support for a Soldier hit by an improvised 

explosive device during training for military police companies in Michigan.
Training and Technolo

During FY09, the ARNG information technology (IT)

resources supported the implementation of network

security projects, mobilization support, wide area network

modernization and redundancy, and emergency response

projects. This allowed continued support to each Unit

States Property and Fiscal Office, Joint Forces Headquarters

- State and Army National Guard Headquarters primarily in

the National Capital Region.

For more details about IT programs, please see the

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

eXportable Combat Training Capability

Soldiers and units are better prepared for mobilization due

to the advent of the eXportable Combat Training Capability

(XCTC) program. XCTC is an innovative training progr

that reduces training overhead without sacrificing training

quality, standards, or outcomes. This pre-mobilizati

training program provides tough, realistic training to

achieve company level certification and battalion battle

staff proficiency. XCTC builds on fundamental tactic

techniques, and procedures by using advanced live, virtual,

and constructive training technologies.

For more details about the XCTC, please see the

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

Muscatatuck Training Center

The 974-acre Muscatatuck Training Center in Indiana

provides a realistic training environment for urban

warfare, civil support operations, and emergency response.

Trainees include Army National Guard troops, firefighters,

police officers, and other first responders. The center

concentrated urban infrastructure consists of 68 major

buildings including a school, hospital, dormitories, light

industrial structures, single-family dwellings, a dining

facility, and administrative buildings totaling about 850,000

square feet.

Soldiers in XCTC training 

prepare for an upcoming 

deployment to Iraq by using 

GPS-enabled gear that allows 

leaders to see what’s going 

on in the battlefield as it is 

happening.
FACTS

146,000

Air National Guard members 

who have deployed overseas 

since 9/11 – many on their 

second or third rotations to 

combat zones overseas.

33% 

Total Air Force capabilities 

provided by ANG for less than 7 

percent of the Total Force 

Budget.

7,000

Air National Guard members 

who are actively deployed in 

Iran, Afghanistan, and other 

overseas regions.

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America’s Exceptional Force, 

Home and Awa

The Air National Guard (ANG), the U.S. Air Force Reserve, and the Regular

U.S. Air Force (RegAF) comprise our Total Air Force. The ANG anchors th

Total Force team, providing trained and equipped units and personnel to

protect domestic life and property; preserving peace, order, and public safety; and

providing interoperable capabilities required for Overseas Contingency Operations.

The ANG, therefore, is unique by virtue of serving as both a reserve component of

the Total Air Force and as the air component of the National Guard.

Upon its founding in 1947, the ANG served primarily as a strategic reserve for

the U.S. Air Force. Increasingly and dramatically, the ANG has become more 

Air National 

Guard

Lieutenant General Harry M. Wyatt III 

Director, Air National Guard

Messge from

Maintenance personnel perform about 12 inspections each year on KC-135 tankers. 
an operational force, fulfilling U.S.

Air Force routine and contingency

commitments daily. Since 9/11, ov

146,000 ANG members have deployed

overseas.

A snapshot of U.S. forces at any time

shows Air Guard members in all

corners of the globe supporting joint

and coalition forces in mission areas

such as:

★	Security

★	Medical support

★	Civil engineering

★	Air refueling

★	Strike

★	Airlift

★	Intelligence, Surveillance, and

Reconnaissance (ISR)

Currently, over 7,000 ANG members

are deployed in Iraq, Afghanistan,

and other overseas regions. At 

alert sites, three air defense sectors,

and Northern Command, 1,200 ANG

members vigilantly stand watch

over America’s skies. Amazingly, 

percent of our deployed individuals

are volunteers, and 60 percent are

on their second or third rotations to

combat zones. Percentages like the

speak volumes about the quality and

sense of duty of America’s ANG force!

The ANG supports state and local

civil authorities with airlift, search

and rescue, aerial firefighting, and

aerial reconnaissance. In additio

we provide critical capabilities in

medical triage and aerial evacuation,

civil engineering, infrastructure

protection, and hazardous materials

response with our Civil Support

Teams and our Chemical, Biological,

Radiological, Nuclear, and High-yield

Explosive (CBRNE) Enhanced Response

Force Packages (CERFPs).

In the past year, Air Guard members

helped their fellow citizens battle floods,

fight wildfires, mitigate the aftermath

of ice storms, and provide relief from

the devastating effects of a tsunami.

Here are just a few examples of how

the ANG provides exceptional expertise,

experience, and capabilities to mitigate

disasters and their consequences.

★	Kentucky, Arizona, and

Missouri Guard members

responded to debilitating ice

storms, which resulted in the

largest National Guard call-up

in Kentucky’s history.

★	North Dakota, South Dakota,

and Minnesota ANG members

provided rescue relief and

manpower in response to

Midwest flooding.

★	The Hawaii ANG sent

personnel from their CERFP, a

command and control

element, and a

mortuary affairs team

to American Samoa

in response to an 8.4

magnitude earthquakegenerated tsunami.

Within the Total Force, the

ANG provides extraordinary

value in terms of meeting our

national defense needs with

cost efficiency and immediate

availability. In our domest

role, the ANG provides

capabilities to support local

emergency responders with

life and property saving

capabilities and expertise not usually

found elsewhere in the Total Force.

National Guard 

members helped 

civilians protect 

their homes with 

sandbags as the 

flood waters rose 

during North 

Dakota floods in 

2009.

Combat training missions like 

Red Flag provide advanced aerial 

exercises that train U.S. and allied 

Air Force pilots for real combat 

situations. 
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Best Value 

for America 

Building Adaptable Airmen 

and Priorities for the Future

The outstanding men and women of the ANG continue

to defend American interests around the world.

Throughout 2009, the ANG projected global

presence in a variety of missions in regions

ranging from the Balkans to Southwest

Asia, and from Eastern Europe to Latin

America. We have provided mu

more than airpower, contributing our

exceptional capabilities in security,

medical, logistics, communications,

civil support, and engineering, in

order to support our nation’s national

security.

Our unique community-based heritage

has been the foundation of our strength

since colonial times. While the strateg

environment has continually changed

throughout history, the ANG has proven itself

an adaptive force, able to meet any new challenges.

One reason for our success is that our members normally

live in the same communities in which they serve during

times of natural disasters or when called upon to respond

to national emergencies. Our Guard members know t

folks they support very well because

they work together, their children

attend the same schools, and they

shop at the same businesses. Our fell

citizens know the local Guard members and

their contributions, and their appreciation has been

illustrated through countless welcome home parades

and outpouring of support over the years.

Throughout history, many of the issues our forebears

faced are essentially the same issues we face today:

aging capabilities and declining budgetary

resources. The ANG has consistent

provided the answer in an efficient, costeffective, community-based force that is

ready and responsive to domestic and

national security needs.

Our traditional, predominantly parttime force continually adapts and

evolves toward new missions and

capabilities. As a nation, we mu

ensure America’s ANG continues to

be completely interoperable with the

RegAF to meet operational and strategic

reserve surge requirements. To continue 

America’s best value and to meet our national

security objectives, the ANG focuses priorities in

three areas:

★	Developing adaptable Airmen for future senior

leadership roles and responsibilities

★	Modernizing and recapitalizing our warfighting

Maryland’s 135th Airlift Group 

is one of the first units to 

convert to the C-27B Joint 

Cargo Aircraft.

Members of a National Guard extraction team look for victims of a mock terrorist attack 

during a Chemical Explosive Radiation Force Protection exercise. 
$76,961

per member

$128,791

per member $110,787

per member

ANG FRANCE

ANG Per Member Costs – 

an Extraordinary Value

ITALY

120,000 Youth

160,000 Since 2006

The National Guard’s Anti-drug 

Program “Stay-on-Track” (SOT)

FY10

26,000+

10,000+ TONS

Missions Cargo

2009 Aircraft Flew

Passengers

100,000+

28

38

Brigade 

Combat Teams

Functional 

Brigades

Modular Force Conversion and Rebalance 

114 Total Brigades

 Multifunctional 

Brigades

48

State of the ARNG Since 9/11

Thru 30 Sep 09

403,777 Mobilized

(some multiple times)

9/11

235,261

139,338

26,361

2,569 248

1 Tour 2 Tours 3 Tours 4 Tours 5 Tours

capabilities to ensure we remain

completely interoperable with

RegAF

★	Evolving and shaping our force

to maintain our value to the Air

Force mission

Best Value in Personnel, 

Operations, and 

Infrastructure

During the past year, the ANG has

deployed 18,366 service members

to 62 countries and every continent,

including Antarctica. The A

provides a trained, equipped, and

ready force for a fraction of the cost.

We provide a third of Total Air Force

capabilities for less than seven percent

of the Total Force budget. In all thr

areas – personnel, operations, and

facilities – the ANG provides the “Best

Value for America.”

A key to ANG efficiency is our

part-time/full-time force structure

mix. Our predominantly part-ti

(traditional) force can mobilize quickly

when needed for state disaster

response missions, homeland defense,

or when we need to take the fight

overseas.

We have the ability to maintain a

stable force with considerably fewer

personnel moves than the RegAF,

which is a critical factor in our costeffectiveness. Traditional Nation

Guard members cost nothing, unless

on paid-duty status. ANG efficienci

compared to regular military

components

include:

★	Fewer “pay

days” per

year

★	Lower

medical costs

★	Significantly

lower

training costs

beyond initial

qualification

training

★	Virtually

no costs for

moving families

and household

goods to new

duty assignments every three or

four years

★	Fewer entitlements, such as

basic allowance for housing

★	Lower base support costs in

terms of services and facilities

including commissaries, base

housing, base exchanges, and

child care facilities

The ANG is an operational reserve

with surge potential of 2,200

mobilized and 5,700 volunteering per

day. If this force were full-time acti

duty (as is the RegAF), the military

personnel budget would be $7.62

billion. ANG military personnel p

in FY09, including military technician

pay, was $4.77 billion for a yearly cost

savings of $2.85 billion, or a daily cost

savings of $7.8 million.

Whether compared to another major

command (MAJCOM), the RegAF,

or even to the militaries of other

countries, the ANG is an extraordinary

value. In direct comparison wi

the militaries of France and Italy,

for example, our ANG members cost

$76,961 per member, while the bills

of those countries respectively run to

$128,791 and $110,787 per member.

Further, cost per ANG member is less

than a fifth of that of the RegAF.

Comparisons such as these illustrate

well the cost savings realized with an

operational reserve possessing surge

potential.

Maryland National 

Guard Soldiers and 

Airmen from the 

29th Combat Aviation 

Brigade participate in 

a ‘Patriot Exercise’ in 

Wisconsin. 

Yearly cost savings of 

$2.85 billion, or $7.8 million daily

Full-time RegAF Pay

$7.62 BILLION

Traditional ANG Pay 

$4.77 BILLION
Operational savings are due to the ANG’s experienced

force and lean operating methods. An examination of t

ANG’s F-16 maintenance by Rand Corporation last year

highlighted the ability of our maintenance personnel to

generate double the amount of flying hours in a one-toone comparison of full-time equivalents.

Savings from ANG infrastructure start with basing at civilian

facilities. With some ANG base leases costing as little 

one dollar annually, the ANG is able to realize even more

cost savings for the Total Force through our supporting

infrastructure. Three-fourths of ANG bases are located 

civilian airports. In fact, our Joint Use Agreements wi

civilian airports provide access to approximately $12 billion

in infrastructure for less than $5 million annually.

The Modular Airborne Firefighting System (MAFFS) is an important and effective 

tool used to fight wildfires nationwide and is placed onboard C-130 Hercules 

aircraft as shown here. 

Significantly, the ANG is a dual-use force of people and

equipment. As indispensable as the ANG is to the Air Forc

it is equally indispensable to the National Guard’s domestic

response capability. The ANG leverages the vast majority 

its equipment in this dual role, from the movement of timesensitive cargo and passengers during a domestic crisis to

providing critical capabilities needed to support Total Force

requirements overseas.

Recruiting and Retention

Our ability to conduct missions important to our states

and nation rely on our people, which requires successfully

recruiting and retaining our members. We are fortuna

that our retention numbers have remained strong

throughout 2009, at 90.8 percent, which beat our goal of

90 percent. This is a testament to the outstanding work 

our recruiting and the inherent value of our organization.

We focus our efforts in areas where we face challenges.

Officer recruiting and other critical areas include health

care, engineers, intelligence, mobility pilots, and chaplains.

During 2009, we began linking recruiting and retention

efforts to our strategic planning functions. This allow

the ANG to better position our force for new missions

and align more effectively with shifts in the Air Force

capabilities portfolio. Those new ANG members with pri

service are particularly valuable for the ANG and constitute

more than 50 percent of our recruits.

Developing Future Leadership 

in the Total Force

In developing adaptable Airmen, we are focusing

on initiatives to prepare our Airmen for future Total

Force leadership. Developing this leadership capabili

requires both increased in-residence opportunities at

all Developmental Education schools and increased

opportunities for joint service. Additionally, comma

opportunities must be afforded in theater, commensurate

with the presence of all forces deployed to the warfight.

One of our recent initiatives involved redesigning our

statutory tour program to provide more opportunities

for developing critical command and staff experiences

for personnel at the National Guard Bureau and in the

field. Through this two-way flow, we improve insights a

perspectives that will help develop adaptable Airmen.

A C-17 Globemaster III aircraft from McChord Air 

Force Base, Washington, parks next to a Wyoming 

Air National Guard C-130 at the Wyoming National 

Guard’s Guernsey Army Airfield.
2011 Posture Statement | 

The Air Force Reserve Command tanker and fighter fleets fly regular training 

patrols as vital components to Operation Noble Eagle, along with Air National 

Guard and active-duty aircraft and people.

Protecting America’s Future 

Modernization and Recapitalization

The age of the ANG fleet continues to be of grave concern.

Meeting future challenges at home and abroad will require

modernization and recapitalization of both aircraft and

equipment in the RegAF and the ANG. Concurrent a

proportional equipping of the ANG within the Total

Force ensures continued interoperability with the RegAF.

America cannot afford to fall behind in air supremacy.

Continued dominance depends on modernizing and

recapitalizing planes and equipment, and adapting to the

strategic environment while maintaining our technological

advantages.

An F-16 Fighting Falcon gets into position to receive fuel from a KC-135 

Stratotanker over the Southwestern United States. 

Without concurrent recapitalization, the U.S. Air Force

stands to lose 80 percent of its current Air Sovereignty

Alert force for homeland defense in seven years. Similarl

even as older KC-135 air refueling tankers retire, we

nearly double the annual flight hours for the newer KC135RT, which hastens the aging process. Without suitab

replacements, the current Combat and Mobility Air Forces

face increasing maintenance and safety issues over the

coming years, which will undoubtedly affect mission

execution and accomplishment.

It is essential to concurrently and proportionally maintain

qualified pilots in the ANG who can provide operational

surge capability to the Total Force in times of war, and

lessen the burden of high operations tempo faced by the

RegAF.

Dual-Use Capabilities

The ANG provides the balance at home and abroad

through fielding of “dual-use” capabilities, a cornerstone

of the ANG’s cost effective contribution to the Total Force.

We assist the RegAF as they respond to the needs of the

Combatant Commanders. Comparable capabilities al

protect the homeland and defend America’s skies. As pa

of the Total Force mission, the ANG requires capabilities

to defend against today’s threats, and to assist our states,

territories, and the District of Columbia in domestic

missions, such as disaster response. We also continue 

develop ways to take advantage of the cost effectiveness

inherent in the ANG, such as maximizing associations and

community basing.

Total Force Integration (TFI)

Total Force Integration is the method and process by which

Air Force components leverage the inherent strengths of

their respective forces and blend their equipment and

capabilities to achieve maximum effectiveness across the

full spectrum of air operations. The ANG provides the be

value by applying its component-specific efficiencies to

Total Force operations and by taking on missions that are

appropriate to its cultural and operational composition.

The cost savings offered by the ANG are not derived

solely from its part-time force construct. Significant costeffectiveness is realized in the streamlined operations a

limited infrastructure costs unique to the ANG, as well

as initiatives that combine RegAF and ANG personnel,

equipment, and aircraft at associate units. The associa

unit constructs increase Total Force responsiveness to

national needs by integrating RegAF and ANG-specific

mission capabilities, and by combining the facilities,

training, combat support, and logistical infrastructures that

maximize combat capability. Three prime examples of th

construct are the most recently created associate wings,

all of which perform aerial refueling missions in KC-135

Stratotankers:

★	126th Air Refueling Wing (ARW) at Scott Air Force

Base, Illinois

★	157 ARW at Pease Air National Guard Base (ANGB),

New Hampshire

★	117 ARW at Birmingham ANGB, Alabama
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Planning for Future Missions

The ANG is working with the

Adjutants General to update

and refine recapitalization and

modernization plans through the

ANG Flight Plan, a field-driven process

in coordination with our Strategic

Planning System (SPS) that will

help position ANG units for future

missions. The SPS enables the A

to systematically develop plans that

make sense for our states and the

nation and position the ANG to

support the Total Force in the future.

Intelligence, Surveillance, 

and Reconnaissance (ISR)

The ANG sees opportunities to

contribute further to the Total Force

in mission areas such as ISR. O

military’s increasing focus on special

operations and analysis are two areas

in which the ANG can help meet

increasing demand.

One such area is addressed by the

RC-26, the ANG’s only dedicated,

light-manned ISR aircraft that

supports Special Operations Forces.

Within the domestic mission, the

RC-26 is the ANG’s premier aircraft for

Incident Awareness and Assessment

for National Special Security Events,

counter narcotics, homeland security,

and response to natural or manmade

disasters. The ANG continues to se

Air Force recognition and assignment

of a Major Command for this aircraft.

The ANG also operates Remotely

Piloted Aircraft (RPA) and has been

involved in this rapidly emerging

mission area since 2004. Today, fi

states operate nine RPAs in combat air

patrols in theater, and we anticipate

even greater involvement in the

future. One of these units, the N

York ANG’s 174th Fighter Wing at

Hancock Field ANGB in Syracuse, now

operates the MQ-9 Reaper in support

of operations in Afghanistan, sending

commands to the RPA through

satellite networks. This wing, whi

formerly had an F-16 flying mission,

is the first Air Guard unit to operate

MQ-9s and to open the Air Force’s

only MQ-9 maintenance schoolhouse

this year.

Space and Cyberspace

As we look to the future, the ANG

is well positioned to assist Air Force

missions by virtue of the continuity

and civilian skills we provide. F

example, our Air Guard members’

civilian skills are well suited to help

the Air Force meet various mission

requirements in areas such as cyber

security, where the ANG already has

eight operational units dedicated

to deterring attacks on our nation’s

cyber networks.

In space operations, Air Force

Space Command looks to the ANG

to provide support in areas such

as missile operations, Distributed

Command and Control Missions,

and space launch/range operations.

ANG efficiencies and initiatives such

as TFI help the Total Force mission

requirements in areas such as missile

warning associate squadrons.

Building Partnership Capacity

In the emerging mission areas of

Irregular Warfare/Building Partners/

Building Partnership Capacity, the

ANG seeks to enhance its ability

to meet domestic needs, as well as

sufficient force structure to meet the

demands of steady state deployments.

Maj Tammy Barlette of the Arizona Air National 

Guard is the first Air National Guard unmanned 

aircraft pilot to graduate from the Air Force’s 

Weapons Instructor Course.

Capt Howard Gorberg, from Texas ANG 

monitors an MQ-1 Predator unmanned 

aerial vehicle at an ANG flying schoolhouse. 

Predator Pilot and Instructor Maj Matthew 

Dutkiewicz observes and instructs Capt 

Gorberg.
2011 Posture Statement | 

We are engaged in Light Attack and Armed Reconnaissance

(LAAR) testing and numerous Agile Combat Support

mission areas. We plan to increase tactical and dire

support airlift capacity, such as light mobility aircraft and

rotary wing aircraft, as well as increase our ISR capacity and

LAAR capabilities.

Continuing Missions

The ANG will retain some conventional mission sets,

particularly those associated with Global Persistent Attack.

For example, the ANG is well suited for missions requiring

surge aircraft in the early stages of a large conflict because

of our cost-effectiveness continuity-of-experience. T

ANG must also continue to participate in missions such as

Rapid Global Mobility, which includes:

★	Strategic airlift (C-5, C-17)

★	Intra-theater or tactical airlift (C-130, C-27)

★	Air refueling (KC-135, KC-10, and future platforms)

ANG combat aircraft (A-10, F-15, and F-16) make up a

third of the combat capability of our nation’s Air Force.

Additionally, the ANG defends America’s air space by

conducting the Air Sovereignty Alert (ASA) mission at 14

of 16 sites throughout the country. The F-16s used in th

critical mission will reach their service life expectancy in

seven years. While our maintainers continue to keep o

fleet mission ready and capable, these “legacy” systems

should be replaced as soon as practical for the Air Force to

remain relevant and reliable.

The ANG will continue to retain existing missions that

provide surge capability, such as those involved in

Global Persistent Attack. Our nation’s Air Force Reser

Components are particularly well suited in this role,

providing unmatched cost effectiveness. Many of o

tactical airlift missions, as well as Agile Combat Support

missions, such as medical support, services, security forces,

civil engineers, transportation, and logistics support,

provide dual-use capabilities that are an extraordinary

value provided only by the ANG.

Rebalancing the force and training for new missions

will directly impact thousands of Air Guard members

nationwide. With the continued support of Congress, t

ANG will continue to develop and field the most capable,

cost-efficient force for FY11 and well into the future. T

members of America’s ANG will continue to serve with

pride and distinction at home and abroad.

The ANG is an exceptional force, both in terms of the

cost-effectiveness and in the quality and flexibility of our

force. We continually strive to improve our capabiliti

and support the Total Force effort. We look forward to t

future with great anticipation, secure in the knowledge

that our nation’s Air National Guard provides unsurpassed

value for America.

SSgt Terry Ellison, a loadmaster 

from the Texas Air National Guard, 

directs the loading of a C-130.
FACTS

160,000

Youths reached by the 

National Guard’s anti-drug 

program “Stay-On-Track” 

since 2006.

2,600

National Guard personnel who 

provided counterdrug support 

to law enforcement agencies in 

seizing drugs, weapons, and 

other contraband. 

90,000

Youths who graduated 

from National Guard Youth 

ChalleNGe since 1993.

Today’s prolonged worldwide

irregular campaign against the

forces of violent extremism

requires global engagement across

the spectrum of conflict. T

challenge for the National Guard, as

well as for the military as a whole, is

to maintain the skills necessary to help

struggling nations fight extremism

while addressing the conditions that

allow extremist groups to exist. T

real challenge lies at the heart of

what it means to be a successful,

thriving democracy – the relationship

among the populace, elected officials

and government, and the military.

Fortunately, the competitive

advantage of the National Guard is its

ability to build the bridges between

civil and military authorities. 

do this on a daily basis at home,

and we are increasingly able to

translate this capability to our Title 10

responsibilities abroad.

In 2009, we made great strides in

domestic planning efforts between

U.S. Northern Command and

National Guard Bureau (NGB). T

National Guard has long been well

prepared for commonly occurring

natural disasters such as hurricanes,

wildfires, winter storms, and

flooding. Preparing for less likely b

catastrophic events requires an even

more inclusive approach to planning.

Messge from

An Ohio National Guard Chemical, Biological, 

Radiological, Nuclear Enhanced Response Force 

Package (CERFP) team practices extracting victims 

from a collapsed building during Vigilant Guard 

training at Muscatatuk Urban Training Center. 

In recent years, the National Guard

has developed innovative capabilities

such as the Weapons of Mass

Destruction Civil Support Teams

(WMD-CST) and Chemical, Biological,

Radiological, Nuclear and High-yield

Explosive (CBRNE) Enhanced Response

Force Package (CERFP) to respond to

CBRNE events.

Joint Staff 

National Guard

Major General Michael H. Sumrall

Acting Director, Joint Staff, National Guard Bureau

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Domestic Operations

Here are some examples of how the National Guard adds

value to America:

Weapons of Mass Destruction 

Civil Support Teams (WMD-CST)

The National Guard will add two new WMD-CST units,

bringing the total to 57 units. Each unit consists of 

full-time Army and Air Guard personnel. WMD-CSTs he

each state’s civil authorities in identifying CBRNE agents,

assessing current and projected consequences, advising on

response measures, and assisting with appropriate requests

for additional support.

Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear 

and High-yield Explosive Enhanced 

Response Force Package (CERFP)

Seventeen CERFPs became fully operation capable in

March 2009. This achievement helped to bridge t

gap of a needed capability for a CBRNE response. The

professionals train with federal, state, and local agencies,

and include the Marine Corps Chemical Biological Incident

Response Forces (CBIRF) and FEMA Urban Search and

Rescue. In addition, a number of teams deployed 

support national special security events such as the State of

Union Address, Presidential Inauguration, and Republican/

Democratic National Conventions, and will deploy to many

others as the knowledge of this capability grows within the

domestic operations community.

Homeland Response Force (HRF)

The National Guard has been directed by DoD to create 10

HRFs: two in FY11 and eight in FY12. T

HRF will be made up of those early, lifesaving capabilities including Search and

Rescue, Decontamination, Emergency

Medical, Security, and Command and

Control (C2), with approximately 566

personnel per HRF. The 10 HRFs, 17 CERFPs and 57 CSTs wi

provide the initial military response to a CBRNE incident.

Army MSG Paul Mouilleseaux from the NGB briefs visitors at the NGB Public 

Affairs Rapid Response Team (PARRT) operations center tent that was set up 

for Vigilant Guard Iowa. The PARRT supports state public affairs efforts in a 

homeland disaster.

CBRNE Consequence Management Response 

Force (CCMRF)

Whether deliberate or inadvertent, CBRNE incidents

are one of the greatest challenges facing our nation

today. Accordingly, DoD developed the CCMRF concep

a task force of approximately 5,200 service members who

operate under the authority of Title 10 of the U.S. Code.

The CCMRF is designed to augment the consequence

management efforts of state and local first responders,

conventional National Guard forces, and federal agencies

by providing complementary and unique capabilities when

the effects of a CBRNE incident exceed state capabilities.

Restructured CCMRF 1 capabilities include

CBRNE assessment, search/rescue,

decontamination, emergency medical

security, logistic support, and C2. CCM

2 and 3 each consist of a 1,200 personnel

C2 element to provide additional command

and control capability if required during a

major incident.

Approximately 500 Kentucky National Guardsmen 

responded to a damaging ice storm to assist in clearing 

roadways, transporting supplies, and securing shelters 

throughout the state of Kentucky in early 2009.

17 CERFPs

became fully operational
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Critical Infrastructure 

Program (CIP)

National Guard Critical Infrastructure

Protection (CIP) assessment teams

conduct all-hazard vulnerability

assessments of prioritized Defense

Industrial Base (DIB) and Department

of Homeland Security (DHS) Tier II

sites in support of the Departments of

Defense and Homeland Security.

DIB CIP Teams are manned by

a joint team consisting of nine

traditional Air and Army National

Guard members. The team consists

of a team leader, mission analyst,

electrical specialist, transportation

specialist, water, heating, ventilating

and air conditioning specialist,

communications specialist, a

petroleum, oil, and lubrication

specialist, and security operations and

emergency management. These teams

conduct mission assurance assessments

of prioritized Defense Industrial Base

assets. DHS CIP Teams are mann

by a joint team consisting of three

traditional Air and Army National

Guard members. These teams conduct

assessments based on Department of

Homeland Security criteria of DHSselected critical assets.

In FY09, NGB CIP teams assessed

over 200 industrial sites and critical

U.S. Government infrastructure for

vulnerabilities to attack. The tea

anticipate assessing 200 more in FY10.

For more details on CIP, please

see the information paper at:

www.ng.mil/features/ngps

National Guard Reaction 

Force (NGRF)

A critical element in the first line

of counter-terrorism defense, the

NGRF is designed to respond to an

incident ahead of federal assets

with the capability to be logistically

self-sustaining for up to 72 hours.

Reaction Forces provide every state

with a ready combat arms force

capable of delivering, at the request

of the Governor or President, an

initial force package of 75-125

personnel who can respond within

eight hours. A follow-on force of

up to 375 personnel can arrive

within 24 hours. In FY09, stat

and territories used their NGRFs to

support the Presidential Inauguration

and numerous other events and

emergencies.

For more details about the

National Guard Reaction

Force, please see the

information paper at:

www.ng.mil/features/ngps

West Virginia National Guard Quick Reaction 

Forces train in Washington, D.C., prior to the 2009 

Presidential Inauguration.

Joint Enabling Team

The National Guard Bureau Joint

Enabling Team (JET) provides critical

NGB Joint Staff, Army, and Air

National Guard expertise to support

the state or territory during a crisis

event. In essence, when a disaster

strikes, NGB will assist with reporting

and coordination of NGB support.

JETs will be on site within 24 hours

of decision to execute. JETs ha

satellite phones, laptops and printers,

cell phones, communications gear,

and any other equipment needed

to ensure a successful mission. T

Team arrives self-sufficient and

sustaining. NGB can field up to fo

JETs simultaneously.

Joint Incident Awareness 

and Assessment Team (JIT)

Incident Awareness and Assessment

(IAA) is a key enabler that

leverages traditional DoD and

other governmental intelligence,

surveillance, and reconnaissance

(ISR) capabilities to support domestic

operations while strictly adhering

to all applicable legal frameworks.

The JIT, a select, highly trained,

fly-away team, assists the state

Joint Force Headquarters (JFHQState) in crisis response with

expertise in IAA planning, tasking,
2011 Posture Statement |

The National Guard brings three

unique qualities to the Counterdrug

problem:

★	Trained Citizen-Soldiers and

Airmen with unique military

skills and equipment

★	Legal status as a state militia

(exempt from posse comitatus)

★	Ties to the more than 3,200 local

communities where National

Guardsmen and women live and

serve

In FY09, approximately 2,600

National Guard personnel

provided counterdrug support

to law enforcement agencies

in seizing drugs, weapons, and

other contraband. During FY09,

counterdrug academies in Iowa,

Florida, Mississippi, and Pennsylvania

trained a total of 97,092 students

which included:

★	4,278 military personnel

★	23,918 community coalition

members

★	68,896 law enforcement

students

The National Guard’s anti-drug

program “Stay-On-Track” (SOT) has

reached over 160,000 youth since

2006. We expect to expand SOT a

reach out to 120,000 students in FY10.

acquisition, processing, assessment,

and dissemination to appropriate

responders during an incident.

Counterdrug Programs

The National Guard Counterdrug

Program conducts a full spectrum

campaign that bridges the gap

between the Department of Defense

and non-DoD institutions in the effort

against illicit drugs and transnational

threats to the homeland. T

Counterdrug Program supports all

levels of government, including DoD,

law enforcement and communitybased counterdrug operations to

anticipate, prevent, deter and defeat

those threats in order to enhance

national security and protect our

society.

The National Guard Bureau

Counterdrug Program is part

of the national drug control

strategy. Initially authorized by t

President and Congress in 1989,

DoD provides funds on a yearly

basis to state Governors who submit

plans specifying the usage of each

state’s National Guard to support

drug interdiction and counterdrug

activities.

National Guard personnel provide counterdrug support to law 

enforcement agencies as well as reach out to students through 

anti-drug programs.

$76,961

per member

$128,791 per member $110,787 per member

ANG FRANCE

ANG Per Member Costs – 

an Extraordinary Value

ITALY

65,000

Recruits

FY08

Reduced O

358,200 

120,000 Youth

160,000 Since 2006

The National Guard’s Anti-drug 

Program “Stay-on-Track” (SOT)

FY10

26,000+

10,000+ TONS

Missions Cargo

2009 Aircraft Flew

Passengers

100,000+

28

38

Brigade 

Combat Teams

Functional 

Brigades

Modular Force Conversion and Rebalance 

114 Total Brigades

 Multifunctional 

Brigades

48

State of the ARNG Since 9/11

Thru 30 Sep 09

403,777 Mobilized (some multiple times)

9/11

235,261

139,338

26,361

2,569 248

1 Tour 2 Tours 3 Tours 4 Tours 5 Tours

For more details about the

National Guard’s Counterdrug

program, please see the

information paper at:

www.ng.mil/features/ngps

National Guard Prioritized 

Capability Gaps

Section 351 of the National Defense

Authorization Act (NDAA) for FY08

directs DoD to provide an assessment

of the extent to which the National

Guard possesses the equipment

required to perform its responsibilities

in response to an emergency or major

disaster. The assessment is t
30 | National Guard

★	Identify any equipment shortfall that is likely to affect

the ability of the National Guard to perform such

responsibilities

★	Evaluate the effect of any shortfall on the capacity of

the National Guard to perform such responsibilities in

response to an emergency or major disaster

★	Identify the requirements and investment strategies

for equipment provided to the National Guard by the

Department of Defense that are necessary to plan for

a reduction or elimination of any such shortfall

In response to this requirement, NGB developed

its own Capability Assessment and Development

Process (CADP), which is modeled after

Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff processes

for analyzing mission functions and

capabilities, and determining gaps/

shortfalls and solutions. The CA

supports NGB’s ability to assess current

and future capability needs to respond

to domestic events, and to articulate those

needs in appropriate planning, programming, and

budgeting forums.

The National Guard Bureau conducted regional scenariobased exercises in 2008 that provided data for the National

Guard CADP. Subsequent analyses enabled the Nation

Guard Bureau to identity and prioritize several capability

gaps and develop recommendations for:

★	Improving command and control (C2),

communications, interagency information sharing,

and capacity to conduct domestic operations

★	Improving National Guard Chemical, Biological,

Radiological, Nuclear, and High-yield Explosive

(CBRNE) disaster response capabilities

★	Increasing joint and interagency training and

readiness

The National Guard Bureau is working through appropriate

plans, programs, and budgetary processes in order to

obtain the necessary resources to mitigate identified

National Guard capability gaps and improve National Guard

capabilities for Homeland Defense and Civil Support.

Joint and 

Interagency Traini

The NGB is leading the total force in a “Race

to the Top” that postures the National Guard

as the most effective joint force for domestic

military operations. This endeavor start

with a training transformation (T2) in NGB’s Joint

Interagency Training Capability (JITC) programs.

NGB advanced T2 from a vision to reality in FY09 by

investing in new joint training and education, and by

integrating joint exercises and training capabilities with

interagency partners. T2 will emphasize JITC programs 

FY10 and beyond that produce experienced leaders and

staff officers who are joint-minded, innovative, and who

can adapt to the operational contexts of an event. T

final objective of T2 is a fully joint force of motivated

people who are well-trained, well-educated, and exercised

to accomplish their joint mission essential tasks (JMETs).

This Geographical 

Informational System has 

the capabilities to zero into 

any area of a mission site to 

follow troop movement and 

generate points of contacts 

and other information.
Joint Interagency Training 

Capability (JITC) programs

Since its inception, JITC has prepared

the National Guard by providing more

than 30,000 man-days of individual,

staff, and collective training in over

800 events. NGB plans to condu

over 200 events in FY11. Vital JI

programs include:

Defense Support of Civil Authorities 

(DSCA) Training

DSCA training uses simulations and

linked Live-Virtual-Constructive

environments to enhance training for

homeland defense and emergency

response missions.

Joint Task Force (JTF) Commander 

Training Course

This five-day course provides current

and future JTF commanders with an

understanding of directives, current

policies, guidance, and lessons

learned regarding the complexities of

commanding a JTF.

Joint Staff Training Course

This six-month course blends distance

learning with face-to-face sessions to

train joint force staff personnel in all

New York Army 

National Guard 

CERFP members 

and a CBRNE 

team rescue a 

mock casualty 

from a rubble heap 

during Operation 

Vigilant Guard in 

2009. 

aspects of joint operations, planning,

and execution to prepare them

to act in concert with other joint,

interagency, and intergovernmental

organizations.

Standardized CBRNE 

Collective Training

This program trains CERFP, WMDCST, and NGRF teams to provide an

immediate response capability to

support civil and military authorities

following a CBRNE incident

by forensically identifying the

contamination; locating, extracting,

decontaminating, and medically

treating victims; and providing

responders with security.

Vigilant Guard

Each year, the National Guard

conducts four regional Vigilant

Guard (VG) exercises to help military

first-responders unify their efforts

to support civilian authorities. 

2009, regional VG exercises were

hosted by Iowa, Montana, New York,

and Puerto Rico, with many other

The Joint Incident Site Communication 

Capability (JISCC) can rapidly provide global 

communications to on-scene commanders 

including satellite communications, video 

teleconferencing, secure voice transmissions, 

and internet capabilities.

The Connecticut National Guard deployed 

12 personnel to supply a full spectrum of 

communication services to Joint Task Force 

District of Columbia during the 2009 Presidential 

Inauguration.

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CBRNE

Training Program WASHINGTON

OREGON

IDAHO

MONTANA

WYOMING

NEVADA

CALIFORNIA

UTAH

ARIZONA

COLORADO

NEW MEXICO

KANSAS

OKLAHOMA

MISSOURI

ARKANSAS

TEXAS

LOUISIANA MISSISSIPPI

ILLINOIS

NORTH DAKOTA

SOUTH DAKOTA

MINNESOTA

WISCONSIN

IOWA

NEBRASKA

MICHIGAN

MICHIGAN

INDIANA

OHIO

WEST VIRGINIA

PENNSYLVANIA

NEW YORK

VIRGINIA

DC

KENTUCKY

VT NH

MAINE

RI

MASS

CONN

NEW JERSEY

DELAWARE

MARYLAND

NORTH CAROLINA

TENNESSEE

ALABAMA GEORGIA

SOUTH CAROLINA

FLORIDA

HAWAII

ALASKA
32 | National Guar

states contributing. The NGB is also building a speci

Vigilant Guard exercise to support the 54 states and

territories in preparing for larger scale or real-world events.

Implementation will begin in FY11.

Emergency Response and Training

The National Guard’s Joint Incident Site Communications

Capability (JISCC) provides communications capabilities for

the National Guard while conducting domestic operations

and providing military support to civil authorities. With 

deployed systems, JISCC is available for utilization anytime

and anywhere. It provides interoperable communicatio

and emergency satellite links to command and control

centers to share information and tools needed to

support collaboration with other federal, state, and local

responders including FEMA, the Department of Homeland

Security (DHS), and state emergency management agencies.

The success of JISCC’s anytime and anywhere

communications capability in supporting domestic

operations has received recognition and support from the

military departments. The NGB and Army and Air For

are assessing it for future development as a programmed

and funded defense communications system. The JIS

system, in conjunction with a web-based application (Joint

Information Exchange Environment), and a Command and

Control Coordination Center (C4) are known collectively

as the Joint CONUS Communications Support Environment

(JCCSE).

Together, JCCSE’s three elements offer the states and

territories, Combatant Commanders, and domestic

operations partners a complete communications package

for emergency management/response:

★	Deployable communication equipment

★	Situational awareness and common operating picture

capability

★	A center for coordinating emergency operations

Partial funding for sustainment of the three JCCSE elements

has been recognized in the FY10-15 defense budget.

Supporting the Warfighter

and Family

Financial Management Awareness Program 

In 2009, the National Guard Bureau established

the Consumer Education and Financial Services

Program. Working with defense, government, a

civilian agencies, the program educates members of

the National Guard and their families on financial

responsibility and provides them with the necessary

resources available to help them make sound financial

decisions. Financial health is essential to the Nation

Guard’s preparedness and is an important quality-of-life

issue. Continued collaboration among all agencies wi

ensure that every National Guard member and each

family can understand and access the myriad of available

financial resources.

Websites:

http://www.militaryhomefront.dod.mil/

http://www.myarmyonesource.com

http://www.jointservicessupport.org/

The National Guard Bureau has put the finishing touches on a new Joint Services 

Support (JSS) portal, located at www.jointservicessupport.org. The portal 

helps Guard members and their families obtain information on an abundance of 

assistance and support programs. 

The Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Program (YRRP) provides

information, services, referrals, and proactive outreach to

Service members, families, and employers throughout predeployment, deployment, and post-deployment. Throu

May 2009, the National Guard has already conducted 619

events involving 47,182 service members and 58,350 family

members.

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Youth ChalleNGe Programs

WASHINGTON

OREGON

IDAHO

MONTANA

WYOMING

NEVADA

CALIFORNIA

UTAH

ARIZONA

COLORADO

NEW MEXICO

KANSAS

OKLAHOMA

MISSOURI

ARKANSAS

TEXAS

LOUISIANA MISSISSIPPI

ILLINOIS

NORTH DAKOTA

SOUTH DAKOTA

MINNESOTA

WISCONSIN

IOWA

NEBRASKA

MICHIGAN

MICHIGAN

INDIANA

OHIO

WEST VIRGINIA

PENNSYLVANIA

NEW YORK

VIRGINIA

DC

KENTUCKY

VT NH

MAINE

RI

MASS

CONN

NEW JERSEY

DELAWARE

MARYLAND

NORTH CAROLINA

TENNESSEE

ALABAMA GEORGIA

SOUTH CAROLINA

FLORIDA

HAWAII

ALASKA
2011 Posture Statement | 3

Youth Development

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

influential across the spectrum of business, education, and

government make up the backbone of the National Guard

Youth ChalleNGe program. The award-winning communitybased program leads, trains, and mentors at-ri

youth to become productive citizens in America’s

future. ChalleNGe has 32 sites in 28 states a

Puerto Rico, offering a five-month “quasi-military”

residential phase and a one-year post-residential

mentoring phase for unemployed, crime-free high

school dropouts, ages 16-18.

Since 1993, ChalleNGe has graduated over 90,000

students. Over 67 percent have earned a G

or high school diploma and 12 percent enter the

military. The program pays for itself by savin

realized from keeping young people out of jail and

off public assistance rolls. Based on a formula fr

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

Army National Guard SPC Michael Anderson Jr. 

receives information about full-time employment 

opportunities during a Yellow Ribbon Reintegration 

Program meeting. 

National Guard Youth Leader Camps teach high 

school-aged kids leadership skills and help them 

develop self-confidence through a series of 

physical and mental challenges.
DoD STARBASE Program

Thirty-four National Guard sites host the DoD

STARBASE Program which reaches out to at-risk 5th

grade students to improve their knowledge and

interest in the science, technology, engineering,

and math fields. The U.S. faces a workforce a

educational crisis in these fields as American 15-

year-olds rank near the bottom of 30 countries

in combined science and math test scores. T

program exposes the students to advanced

technology and positive role models found on

military bases and installations.

For more details on the DoD STARBASE

program, please see the information paper

at: www.ng.mil/features/ngps

A Leader in Equal Opportunity

The NGB Office of Equal Opportunity (NGB-EO)

provides direction, administration, management,

and policy implementation of National Guard (NG)

military Equal Opportunity (EO) and technician

Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and Civil

Rights programs to both Army and Air Force.

NGB-EO ensures the effective management of NG

Affirmative Action Programs to achieve a military

and civilian workforce structure that is reflective of

the diversification of the 54 states, territories, and

the District of Columbia.

NGB-EO also oversees the implementation of

programs that focus on the special needs of

employees with disabilities. People with disabiliti

can be hired through the traditional competitive

hiring process or if they qualify, noncompetitively

through the use of accepted service appointing

authorities. NGB-EO is responsible for providi

educational awareness about Wounded Warriors,

reasonable accommodations, and employment

opportunities through various programs. As 

employer, the National Guard recognizes that

all employees with disabilities and wounded

service members are essential to our workforce

and have demonstrated excellence in executive,

administrative, managerial, and technical fields.

A security forces member of 

the provincial reconstruction 

team in Afghanistan scans the 

area during a mission to drop 

humanitarian aid in 2009. 

DoD STARBASE Program Atlantis Norfolk

DoD STARBASE Program Maxwell Alabama
2011 Posture Statement | 35State Adjutants Genera

Alabama

Major General

Abner C. Blalock Jr.

Alaska

Brigadier General

Thomas H. Katkus

Arizona

Major General (AZ)

Hugo E. Salazar

Arkansas

Major General

William D. Wofford

California

Brigadier General

Mary J. Kight

Colorado

Major General

H. Michael Edwards

Connecticut

Major General

Thaddeus J. Martin

Delaware

Major General

Francis D. Vavala

District of Columbia

Major General

Errol R. Schwartz,

Commanding General

Florida

Major General

Douglas Burnett

Georgia

Major General

William T. Nesbitt

Guam

Major General

Donald J. Goldhorn

Hawaii

Major General

Robert G. F. Lee

Idaho

Major General (ID)

Gary L. Sayler

Illinois

Major General

William L. Enyart

Indiana

Major General

R. Martin Umbarger

Iowa

Brigadier General

Timothy E. Orr

Kansas

Major General

Tod M. Bunting

Kentucky

Major General

Edward W. Tonini

Louisiana

Major General

Bennett C. Landreneau

Maine

Major General (Ret)

John W. Libby

Maryland

Brigadier General (MD)

James A. Adkins

Massachusetts

Major General (MA)

Joseph C. Carter

Michigan

Major General

Thomas G. Cutler

Minnesota

Major General

Larry W. Shellito

Mississippi

Major General (MS)

William L. Freeman, Jr.

Missouri

Brigadier General (MO)

Stephen L. Danner

Montana

Brigadier General (MT)

John E. Walsh

Nebraska

Brigadier General (NE)

Judd H. Lyons

Nevada

Brigadier General

William R. Burks

New Hampshire

Major General (NH)

William N. Reddel III

New Jersey

Major General

Glenn K. Rieth

New Mexico

Major General (NM)

Kenny C. Montoya

New York

Brigadier General

Patrick A. Murphy

North Carolina

Major General

William E. Ingram, Jr.

North Dakota

Major General

David A. Sprynczynatyk

Ohio

Major General

Gregory L. Wayt

Oklahoma

Major General

Myles L. Deering

Oregon

Major General

Raymond F. Rees

Pennsylvania

Major General

Jessica L. Wright

Puerto Rico

Major General (PR)

Antonio J.

Vicens-Gonzalez

Rhode Island

Major General

Robert T. Bray

South Carolina

Major General (Ret)

Stanhope S. Spears

South Dakota

Major General

Steven R. Doohen

Tennessee

Major General (TN)

Terry M. Haston

Texas

Major General

Jose S. Mayorga Jr.

Utah

Major General

Brian L. Tarbet

Vermont

Major General

Michael D. Dubie

Virginia

Major General

Robert B. Newman Jr.

Virgin Islands

Brigadier General (VI)

Renaldo Rivera

Washington

Major General

Timothy J. Lowenberg

West Virginia

Major General

Allen E. Tackett

Wisconsin

Brigadier General (WI)

Donald P. Dunbar

Wyoming

Major General

Edward L. Wright
36 | National Guard

SGT Christopher P. Abeyta, IL

CPT Clayton L. Adamkavicius, KY 

PVT Algernon Adams, NC

SGT. Roger L. Adams Jr, NC

SGT Ryan C. Adams, WI

SFC Brent A. Adams, PA

SGT Leonard W. Adams, NC

SGT Spencer C. Akers, MI

SPC Segun F. Akintade, NY

PFC Wilson A. Algrim, MI

SPC Azhar Ali, NY

SGT Howard P. Allen, AZ

1LT Louis E. Allen, PA

SSG William A. Allers III, KY

SFC Victor A. Anderson, GA

SPC Michael Andrade, RI

SGT Jan M. Argonish, PA

SGT Travis M. Arndt, MT

SSG Daniel L. Arnold, PA

SSG Larry R. Arnold, MS

SGT Jesse A. Ault, VA

SPC Adrian L. Avila, AL

SGT Christopher J. Babin, LA

SFC Travis S. Bachman, KS

SSG Nathan J. Bailey, TN

SPC William L. Bailey, NE

SPC Ronald W. Baker, AR

SGT Sherwood R. Baker, PA

SGT Juan C. Baldeosingh, NC

MSG Scott R. Ball, PA

1LT Debra A. Banaszak, IL

SGT Derek R. Banks, VA

1LT Gerard Baptiste, NY

SGT Michael C. Barkey, OH

1LT Leevi K. Barnard, NC

1LT Christopher W. Barnett, LA

SPC Bryan E. Barron, MS

SGT Michael Barry, KS

SSG Robert J. Basham, WI

SPC Todd M. Bates, OH

SSG Mark C. Baum, PA

SSG Tane T. Baum, OR

SFC John C. Beale, GA

SPC Alan Bean Jr., VT

SGT Bobby E. Beasley, WV

SSgt Brock A. Beery, TN

CPL Joseph O. Behnke, NY

SGT Aubrey D. Bell, AL

SSG Keith A. Bennett, PA

SGT Darry Benson, NC

SPC Bradley J. Bergeron, LA

LTC Richard J. Berrettini, PA

SSG David R. Berry, KS

SSG Sean B. Berry, TX

SSG Harold D. Best, NC

SGT Robert L. Bittiker, NC

1SG John D. Blair, GA

SSG Richard A. Blakley, IN

SGT Dennis J. Boles, FL

SFC Craig A. Boling, IN

SSG Jerry L. Bonifacio Jr., CA

SSG Darryl D. Booker, VA

COL Canfield Boone, IN

SPC Christopher K. Boone, TX

CPL Samuel M. Boswell, MD

SSG Collin J. Bowen, MD

PFC Samuel R. Bowen, OH

SGT Larry Bowman, NY

SSG Hesley Box Jr., AR

SSG Stacey C. Brandon, AR

SPC Kyle A. Brinlee, OK

SSG Paul F. Brooks, MO

SSG Cory W. Brooks, SD

SFC John G. Brown, AR

SGT Lerando Brown, MS

PFC Nathan P. Brown, NY

PFC Oliver J. Brown, PA

SPC Philip D. Brown, ND

SPC Timothy D. Brown, MI

SGT Charles R. Browning, AZ

SFC Daniel A. Brozovich, PA

SSgt Andrew C. Brunn, NY

SPC Jacques E. Brunson, GA

PFC Paul J. Bueche, AL

CPL Jimmy D. Buie, AR

SSG James D. Bullard, SC

SPC Alan J. Burgess, NH

SSG Jason E. Burkholder, OH

SGT Casey. Byers, IA

SGT Charles T. Caldwell, RI

MAJ Jeffrey R. Calero, NY

SPC Norman L. Cain III, IL

SSG Joseph Camara, MA

1LT Jaime L. Campbell, WA

LTC David C. Canegata III, VI

SGT Deyson K. Cariaga, HI

SPC Frederick A. Carlson, PA

SSG Nicholas R. Carnes, KY

SPC Jocelyn L. Carrasquillo, NC

MSG Scott M. Carney, IA

SGT James D. Carroll, TN

SPC Dane O. Carver, MI

SGT Frank T. Carvill, NJ

SFC Virgil R. Case, ID

CPT Christopher S. Cash, NC

SPC Stephen W. Castner, WI

SPC George W. Cauley, MN

SPC Jessica L. Cawvey, IL

CPL Bernard L. Ceo, MD

SPC James A. Chance III, MS

SSG William D. Chaney, IL

MSG Chris S. Chapin, VT

SGT Brock H. Chavers, GA

SSG Craig W. Cherry, VA

SPC Don A. Clary, KS

MSG Herbert R. Claunch, AL

SGT James M. Clay, AR

SPC Brian Clemens, IN

SSG Thomas W. Clemons, KY

SGT Russell L. Collier, AR

SFC Kurt J. Comeaux, LA

SPC Anthony S. Cometa, NV

SGT Brian R. Conner, MD

SFC Sean M. Cooley, MS

SSG Travis S. Cooper, MS

SPC Marcelino R. Corniel, CA

SGT Alex J. Cox, TX

SFC Daniel B. Crabtree, OH

MSG Clinton W. Cubert, KY

SSG Daniel M. Cuka, SD

SPC Carl F. Curran, PA

CPT Patrick D. Damon, ME

SGT Jessie Davila, KS

SPC Daryl A. Davis, FL

SSG Kevin D. Davis, OR

SPC Raphael S. Davis, MS

SSG David F. Day, MN

PFC John W. Dearing, MI

SGT Germaine L. Debro, NE

MSG Bernard L. Deghand, KS

SGT Felix M. Del Greco, CT

SPC Daryl T. Dent, DC

SPC Daniel A. Desens, NC

CPT Bruno G. Desolenni, CA

PFC Nathaniel E. Detample, PA

CPL Scott G. Dimond, NH

SPC Joshua P. Dingler, GA

SGT Philip A. Dodson Jr., GA

SPC Ryan E. Doltz, NJ

SSgt Geronimo “Jerome” M. P. 

Dominguez, NY

1LT Mark H. Dooley, NY

SPC Thomas J. Dostie, ME

SSG George R. Draughn Jr., GA

SGT Duane J. Dreasky, MI

SPC Daniel P. Drevnik, MN

SPC Christopher M. Duffy, NJ

CPL Ciara M. Durkin, MA

SGT Arnold Duplantier II, CA

MSG Kevin A. Dupont, MA

Sgt Lance O. Eakes, NC

SPC Chad A. Edmundson, PA

SFC Amos C. Edwards Jr., GA

CW2 Corry A. Edwards, TX

SFC Mark O. Edwards, TN

2LT Michael I. Edwards, AK

SGT Michael Egan, PA

SGT Christian P. Engeldrum, NY

1LT William E. Emmert, TN

SGT Daniel M. Eshbaugh, OK

CPT Phillip T. Esposito, NY

SPC Michael S. Evans II, LA

SPC William L. Evans, PA

SSG Christopher L. Everett, TX

SGT Justin L. Eyerly, OR

SPC Huey P. Long Fassbender, LA

SGT Gregory D. Fejeran, GU

CPT Arthur L. Felder, AR

SGT Robin V. Fell, LA

SGT Christopher J. C. Fernandez, GU

SPC William V. Fernandez, PA

SPC Jon P. Fettig, ND

SGT Damien T. Ficek, WA

SGT Courtney D. Finch, KS

SGT Jeremy J. Fischer, NE

CPT Michael T. Fiscus, IN

SPC David M. Fisher, NY

SGT Paul F. Fisher, IA

CW3 William T. Flanigan, TN

CW3 John M. Flynn, NV

SSG Tommy I. Folks Jr., TX

SGT Joseph A. Ford, IN

SGT Joshua A. Ford, NE

SPC Craig S. Frank, MI

SSG Bobby C. Franklin, GA

SSG Jacob Frazier, IL

SSG Alex French IV, GA

SPC Carrie L. French, ID

SPC Armand L. Frickey, LA

SSG Joseph F. Fuerst III, FL

SFC Michael T. Fuga, AS*

SSG Carl R. Fuller, GA

SPC Marcus S. Futrell, GA

CSM Marilyn L. Gabbard, IA

SPC Joseph L. Gallegos, NM

SGT Jerry L. Ganey Jr., GA

SGT Seth K. Garceau, IA

SPC Tomas Garces, TX

SGT Landis W. Garrison, IL

PFC Alva L. Gaylord, MO

SGT Christopher Geiger, PA

SPC Christopher D. Gelineau, ME

SPC Mathew V. Gibbs, GA

2LT Richard B. Gienau, IL

SSG Charles C. Gillican III, GA

SGT Terrell W. Gilmore, LA

SPC Lee M. Godbolt, LA

SGT Jaime Gonzalez, TX

CPL Nathan J. Goodiron, ND

SPC Richard A. Goward, MI

SGT Shawn A. Graham, TX

SFC Alejandro Granado, VA

SGT Jamie A. Gray, VT

SPC Anthony G. Green, NC

SGT Kevin D. Grieco, IL

SPC James T. Grijalva, IL

SGT Shakere T. Guy, CA

SGT Jonathon C. Haggin, GA

SFC Peter J. Hahn, LA

CSM Roger W. Haller, MD

SSG Jeffrey J. Hansen, NE

SGT Joshua R. Hanson, MN

SGT Joshua W. Harris, IL

SSG Asbury F. Hawn II, TN

SPC Michael R. Hayes, KY

CPT Bruce E. Hays, WY

SGT Paul M. Heltzel, LA

SPC Kyle M. Hemauer, VA

1LT Robert L. Henderson II, KY

SSG Kenneth Hendrickson, ND

SFC John M. Hennen, LA

SGT Gary M. Henry, IN

SPC Michael L. Hermanson, ND

SPC Brett M. Hershey, IN

MAJ Tad T. Hervas, MN

MSG Michael T. Hiester, IN

SGT Stephen C. High, SC

CPT Raymond D. Hill II, CA

SGT Shawn F. Hill, SC

SFC Matthew L. Hilton, MI

SGT Jeremy M. Hodge, OH

PFC Derek Holland, PA

SFC Robert L. Hollar Jr., GA

SPC Eric M. Holke, CA

SPC James J. Holmes, MN

SPC Jeremiah J. Holmes, ME

SGT Manny Hornedo, NY

SPC Chester W. Hosford, MN

SGT Jessica M. Housby, IL

SPC Robert W. Hoyt, CT

SPC Jonathan A. Hughes, KY

SGT Buddy J. Hughie, OK

SGT Joseph D. Hunt, TN

MSG Julian Ingles Rios, PR

SSG Henry E. Irizarry, NY

SPC Benjamin W. Isenberg, OR

SFC Tricia L. Jameson, NE

SGT Brahim J. Jeffcoat, PA

SPC William Jeffries, IN

MAJ Kevin M. Jenrette, GA

SPC David W. Johnson, OR

SPC Issac L. Johnson, GA

SGT Joshua A. Johnson, VT

SFC Charles J. Jones, KY

SSG David R. Jones Sr., GA

SFC Michael D. Jones, ME

SGT Ryan D. Jopek, WI

SPC Jeffrey W. Jordan, GA

SGT Anthony N. Kalladeen, NY

SPC Alain L. Kamolvathin, NJ

SPC Mark J. Kasecky, PA

SSG Darrel D. Kasson, AZ

SPC Charles A. Kaufman, WI

SPC James C. Kearney, IA

SGT Michael J. Kelley, MA

SSG Dale J. Kelly, ME

COL Paul M. Kelly, VA

SSG Stephen C. Kennedy, TN

SSG Ricky A. Kieffer, MI

SSG Bradley D. King, IN

SGT James O. Kinlow, GA

PFC David M. Kirchoff, IA

SGT Timothy C. Kiser, CA

SPC Rhys W. Klasno, CA

SPC Chris Kleinwachter, ND

SGT Floyd G. Knighten Jr., LA

SPC Joshua L. Knowles, IA

SGT Brent W. Koch, MN

SSG Lance J. Koenig, ND

SGT Allen D. Kokesh Jr., SD

CW3 Patrick W. Kordsmeier, AR

SFC Edward C. Kramer, NC

SPC Kurt E. Krout, PA

SPC John Kulick, PA

SFC William W. Labadie Jr., AR

SGT Joshua S. Ladd, MS

SGT Dustin D. Laird, TN

SFC Floyd E. Lake, VI

SPC Charles R. Lamb, IL

SPC David E. Lambert, VA

SGT Denise A. Lannaman, NY

SFC Issac S. Lawson, CA

CW4 Patrick D. Leach, SC

SGT Terrance D. Lee Sr., MS

SGT David L. Leimback, SC

PFC Ken W. Leisten, OR

SSG Jerome Lemon, SC

SPC Brian S. Leon Guerrerro, GU

SPC Timothy J. Lewis, VA

SSG Nathaniel B. Lindsey, OR

SGT Jesse M. Lhotka, MN

SSG Victoir P. Lieurance, TN

SFC Daniel R. Lightner Jr., PA

SPC Justin W. Linden, OR

SSG Tommy S. Little, AL

SPC Jeremy Loveless, AL

SSG David L. Loyd, TN

CPT Ronald G. Luce Jr., NC

CPT Robert Lucero, WY

2LT Scott B. Lundell, UT

SPC Audrey D. Lunsford, MS

PFC Jonathan L. Luscher, PA

SPC Derrick J. Lutters, CO

SPC Wai Phyo Lwin, NY

CPT Sean E. Lyerly, TX

SGT Stephen R. Maddies, TN

SPC Anthony L. Mangano, NY

SSG William F. Manuel, LA

SPC Joshua S. Marcum, AR

SPC Jeremy E. Maresh, PA

PFC Adam L. Marion, NC

PV2 Taylor D. Marks, OR

PFC Ryan A. Martin, OH

Sgt Anthony L. Mason, TX

SGT Nicholas C. Mason, VA

SGT John R. Massey, AR

SGT Randy J. Matheny, NE

SGT Patrick R. McCaffrey Sr., CA

SFC Randy D. McCaulley, PA

1LT Erik S. McCrae, OR

SPC Donald R. McCune, MI

SPC Bryan T. McDonough, MN

SGT John E. McGee, GA

SPC Jeremy W. McHalffey, AR

SFC Joseph A. McKay, NY

SPC Eric S. McKinley, OR

LTC Michael E. McLaughlin, PA

SPC Scott P. McLaughlin, VT

SGM Jeffrey A. McLochlin, IN

SSG Heath A. McMillan, NY

SSG Michael J. McMullen, MD

SPC Robert A. McNail, MS

MSG Robbie D. McNary, MT

SSG Jeremiah E. McNeal, VA

SPC Curtis R. Mehrer, ND

PV2 Bobby Mejia II, MI

SPC Mark W. Melcher, PA

SPC Jacob E. Melson, AK

SSG Joshua A. Melton, IL

SPC Kenneth A. Melton, MO

SPC Jonathan D. Menke, IN

SSG Chad M. Mercer, GA

SPC Chris S. Merchant, VT

SSG Dennis P. Merck, GA

SGM Michael C. Mettille, MN

SPC Michael G. Mihalakis, CA

SSG Brian K. Miller, IN

SPC John W. Miller, IA

SGT Kyle R. Miller, MN

CPT Lowell T. Miller II, MI

SPC Marco L. Miller, FL

PFC Mykel F. Miller, AZ

SFC Troy L. Miranda, AR

SGT Ryan J. Montgomery, KY

SPC Samson A. Mora, GU

SGT Raymundo P. Morales, GA

SGT Carl J. Morgain, PA

SPC Dennis B. Morgan, NE

SGT Steve Morin Jr., TX

SGT Shawna M. Morrison, IL

SPC Clifford L. Moxley, PA

LTC Charles E. Munier, WY

SPC Warren A. Murphy, LA

SGT David J. Murray, LA

SPC Nathan W. Nakis, OR

SFC Brian Naseman, OH

SPC Creig L. Nelson, LA

SGT Paul C. Neubauer, CA

SPC Joshua M. Neusche, MO

SGT Long N. Nguyen, OR

SPC Paul A. Nicholas, CA

SFC Scott E. Nisely, IA

SGT William J. Normandy, VT

PFC Francis C. Obaji, NY

SGT John B. Ogburn III, OR

SGT Nicholas J. Olivier, LA

SSG Todd D. Olson, WI

1LT Robert C. Oneto-Sikorski, MS

1SGT Julio C Ordonez, TX

SPC Richard P. Orengo, PR

SSG Billy Joe Orton, AR

SGT Timothy R. Osbey, MS

SSG Ryan S. Ostrom, PA

SSG Michael C. Ottolini, CA

SSG Paul S. Pabla, IN

SGT Mark C. Palmateer, NY

PFC Kristian E. Parker, LA

SGT Richard K. Parker, ME

SSG Saburant Parker, MS

SGT Lawrence L. Parrish, MO

SSG Michael C. Parrott, CO

SGT Schulyer B. Patch, OK

SPC Gennaro Pellegrini Jr., PA

SGT Theodore L. Perreault, MA

SSG David S. Perry, CA

SGT Jacob L. Pfingsten, MN

SSG Joseph E. Phaneuf, CT

PFC Sammie E. Phillips, KY

SGT Edward O. Philpot, SC

SGT Ivory L. Phipps, IL

SSG Emanual Pickett, NC

CW2 Paul J. Pillen, SD

PFC Derek J. Plowman, AR

SGT Foster Pinkston, GA

SPC Matthew M. Pollini, MA

SGT Darrin K. Potter, KY

SGT Christopher S. Potts, RI

SGT Lynn R. Poulin Sr., ME

SFC Daniel J. Pratt, OH

SFC James D. Priestap, MI

2LT Mark J. Procopio, VT

SGT Joseph E. Proctor, IN

SSG Matthew A. Pucino, MD

SPC Robert S. Pugh, MS

SFC George A. Pugliese, PA

SSG Thomas D. Rabjohn, AZ

SPC Joseph A. Rahaim, MS

SPC Eric U. Ramirez, CA

PFC Brandon Ramsey, IL

SPC Christopher J. Ramsey, LA

SSG Jose C. Rangel, CA

SGT Thomas C. Ray, NC

SSG Johnathan R. Reed, LA

SSG Aaron T. Reese, OH

SGT Gary L. Reese Jr., TN

SGT Luis R. Reyes, CO

SPC Jeremy L. Ridlen, IL

SPC James D. Riekena, WA

SGT Greg N. Riewer, MN

PFC Hernando Rios, NY

SSG Milton Rivera-Vargas, PR

CPL John T. Rivero, FL

SSG William T. Robbins, AR

SSG Christopher L. Robinson, MS

CPL Jeremiah W. Robinson, AZ

SPC Simone A. Robinson, IL

SGT Nelson D. Rodriguez Ramirez, MA

SSG Alan L. Rogers, UT

SFC Daniel Romero, CO

SGT Brian M. Romines, IL

SFC Robert E. Rooney, NH

SPC David L. Roustum, NY

SGT Roger D. Rowe, TN

CW3 Brady J. Rudolf, OK

SGT David A. Ruhren, VA

CW4 William Ruth, MD

SPC Lyle W. Rymer II, AR

SPC Corey J. Rystad, MN

SSG Lukasz D. Saczek, IL

SFC Rudy A. Salcido, CA

SGT Paul A. Saylor, GA

SSG Daniel R. Scheile, CA

SPC Ronald A. Schmidt, KS

SFC Richard L. Schild, SD

SGT Jacob S. Schmuecker, NE

SPC Jeremiah W. Schmunk, WA

PFC Benjamin C. Schuster, NY

SGT Andrew Seabrooks, NY

SPC Dennis L. Sellen, CA

SGT Bernard L. Sembly, LA

SPC Daniel L. Sesker, IA

SGT Jeffrey R. Shaver, WA

SGT Kevin Sheehan, VT

SGT Ronnie L. Shelley Sr., GA

SGT James A. Sherrill, KY

1LT Andrew C. Shields, SC

SPC Bradley N. Shilling, MI

PFC Ashley Sietsema, IL

SGT Alfred B. Siler, TN

SGT Alfredo B. Silva, CA

SGT Isiah J. Sinclair, LA

SPC Roshan (Sean) R. Singh, NY

SPC Channing G. Singletary, GA

SPC Aaron J. Sissel, IA

SSG Bradley J. Skelton, MO

1LT Brian D. Slavenas, IL

SGT Eric W. Slebodnik, PA

SPC Erich S. Smallwood, AR

SGT Keith Smette, ND

CW4 Bruce A. Smith, IA
In Memoriam

A special dedication to the men and women of the Army and 

the Air National Guard who made the ultimate sacrifice while 

serving the United States of America

National Guard Soldiers and Airmen lost during the attacks on 9/11,

Operation Noble Eagle, Operation Enduring Freedom, and Operation

Iraqi Freedom as of January 1, 2010.

CPL Darrell L. Smith, IN

SGT Gerrick D. Smith, IL

SGT Michael A. Smith, AR

SSG Paul G. Smith, IL

SPC Norman K. Snyder, IN

SGT Mike T. Sonoda Jr., CA

Lt Col Kevin H. Sonnenberg, OH

SGT Matthew R. Soper, MI

SGT Kampha B. Sourivong, IA

1LT Jared W. Southworth, IL

SFC Theodore A. Spatol, WY

SFC William C. Spillers, MS

SSG Chris N. Staats, TX

SPC David S. Stelmat, NH

SGT Patrick D. Stewart, NV

SGT Jonnie L. Stiles, CO

SGT Michael J. Stokely, GA

Maj Gregory Stone, ID

SPC Samuel D. Stone, WA

MSG John T. Stone, VT

SPC Brandon L. Stout, MI

SPC Chrystal G. Stout, SC

2LT Matthew R. Stoval, MS

SGT Francis J. Straub Jr., PA

SGT Matthew F. Straughter, MO

SGT Scott Stream, IL

SGT Thomas J. Strickland, GA

WO1 Adrian B. Stump, OR

CW4 Milton E. Suggs, LA

SFC Severin W. Summers III, MS

SSG Daniel A. Suplee, FL

SSG Michael Sutter, IL

SGT Robert W. Sweeney III, LA

SPC Christopher M. Talbert, IL

SGT Deforest L. Talbert, WV

SFC Linda A. Tarango-Griess, NE

SPC Christopher M. Taylor, AL

SPC Deon L. Taylor, NY

CPT Michael V. Taylor, AR

SGT Shannon D. Taylor, TN

SGT Joshua A. Terando, IL

MSG Thomas R. Thigpen Sr., GA

SGT John F. Thomas, GA

MSG Sean M. Thomas, PA

SGT Paul W. Thomason III, TN

CPL Michael E. Thompson, OK

1LT Jason G. Timmerman, MN

SGT Humberto F. Timoteo, NJ

SPC Eric L. Toth, KY

SSG Robin L. Towns Sr., MD

SPC Seth R. Trahan, LA

SPC Quoc Binh Tran, CA

SSG Philip L. Travis, GA

CW4 Chester W. Troxel, AK

SGT Robert W. Tucker, TN

SGT Gregory L. Tull, IA

SPC Nicholas D. Turcotte, MN

1LT Andre D. Tyson, CA

SPC Daniel P. Unger, CA

PFC Wilfredo F. Urbina, NY

SGT Michael A. Uvanni, NY

1LT Robert Vallejo II, TX

SGT Gene Vance Jr., WV

SGT Travis A. Vanzoest, ND

SGT Daniel R. Varnado, MS

SSG Jason A. Vazquez, IL

1LT Michael W. Vega, CA

SSG David M. Veverka, PA

SPC Anthony M. K. Vinnedge, OH

SPC Chad J. Vollmer, MI

PFC Kenneth Gri Vonronn, NY

SPC Jason E. von Zerneck, NY

SSG Michael S. Voss, NC

PFC Brandon J. Wadman, FL

SSG Gregory A. Wagner, SD

SGT Andrew P. Wallace, WI

SGT Daniel W. Wallace, KY

PFC Cwislyn K. Walter, HI

SFC Charles H. Warren, GA

1SG William T. Warren, AR

SFC Mark C. Warren, OR

SPC Glenn J. Watkins, CA

MSG Davy N. Weaver, GA

SGT Matthew A. Webber, MI

SFC Kyle B. Wehrly, IL

SGT Robert M. Weinger, IL

SSG David J. Weisenburg, OR

SPC Michael J. Wendling, WI

SPC Cody Lee L. Wentz, ND

SGT Earl D. Werner, WI

SPC Jeffrey M. Wershow, FL

SPC James D. Wertish, MN

SGT Marshall A. Westbrook, NM

SPC Lee A. Wiegand, PA

SPC Carlos E. Wilcox IV, MN

LTC James L. Wiley, OR

1LT Charles L. Wilkins III, OH

SGT David B. Williams, NC

2LT Derwin I. Williams, IL

SPC Michael L. Williams, NY

SFC Christopher R. Willoughby, AL

SSG Clinton L. Wisdom, KS

SPC Robert A. Wise, FL

SPC Michelle M. Witmer, WI

SSG Delmar White, KY

SGT Elijah Tai Wah Wong, AZ

SPC John E. Wood, KS

SFC Ronald T. Wood, UT

SGT Roy A. Wood, FL

SFC William B. Woods Jr., VA

SSG James Wosika, MN

SPC Brian A. Wright, IL

SGT Thomas G. Wright, MI

SGT Joshua V. Youmans, MI

SPC Christopher D. Young, CA

*American Samoa