Boy Scouts visit JSTARS EOD

Boy Scouts from Troop 51 out of Forsyth, Ga., pose for a group picture during a visit to the 116th Civil Engineering Squadron (CES) explosive ordnance (EOD) shop, Robins Air Force Base, Ga., Jan. 22, 2012. The scouts were given a tour of the EOD unit during a field trip to Robins Air Force Base. During the tour, Air National Guardsmen Senior Master Sgt. John Bell, kneeling, and Chief Master Sgt. David Fite, 116th CES, demonstrated equipment and techniques used by the EOD unit. (National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Roger Parsons/Released)

Boy Scouts visit JSTARS EOD

Air National Guard Senior Master Sgt. John Bell, 116th Civil Engineering Squadron explosive ordnance technician (EOD), demonstrates, a Segway self-balancing transportation machine used by EOD technicians, to Boy Scouts from Troop 51 out of Forsyth, Ga., Robins Air Force Base, Ga., Jan. 22, 2012. The scouts decided to race Bell to see if they could outrun him on the Segway. (National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Roger Parsons/Released)

Boy Scouts visit JSTARS EOD

Boy Scouts from Troop 51 out of Forsyth, Ga., watch a demonstration of the Remote Ordnance Neutralization System robot at the 116th Civil Engineering Squadron explosive ordnance unit (EOD), Robins Air Force Base, Ga., Jan. 22, 2012. The scouts were given a tour of the EOD unit during a field trip to Robins Air Force Base. (National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Roger Parsons/Released)

Boy Scouts visit JSTARS EOD

Air National Guard Senior Master Sgt. John Bell, 116th Civil Engineering Squadron explosive ordnance technician (EOD) demonstrates the Remote Ordnance Neutralization System to Boy Scouts at Robins Air Force Base, Ga., Jan. 22, 2012. Troop 51 from Forsyth, Ga., visited the 116th EOD unit during a field trip to Robins Air Force Base. (National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Roger Parsons/Released)

Civilian, military leaders: Guard is America’s solution in changing times

Air Force Gen. Craig McKinley, the chief of the National Guard Bureau, addresses the 132nd general conference of the National Guard Association of the United States in Austin, Texas, on Aug. 21, 2010. "Maybe for the first time in our 364 years, we're more operational than we've ever been for a sustained period," he said.

National Guard aids with Pakistani flood relief

Vermont Army National Guard members from 1st Platoon, A Company, 1st Battalion, 172nd Cavalry of the 86th Infantry Brigade Combat Team along with members of E Company, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Combat Aviation Brigade pull a liner open to spread it out, before placing a fuel bladder on top as part of a forward area refueling point in Rubicon. The team worked as part of the flood relief effort in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan, Aug. 10, 2010.