Staff Sergeant Samuel Rogers - The National Guard

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Staff Sergeant Samuel Rogers
Sergeant Matthew Acosta
Master Sergeant Kevin J. Gruenwald Sergeant Brian Cooper
First Sergeant Duff McFadden Sergeant Ben Cossel
Master Sergeant Paul Gorman Senior Airman Brian Kimball
PHOTOS Master Sergeant John Nimmo Senior Airman Christina Kinsey
Sergeant First Class Tom Steber Senior Airman Nicole Manzanares
COVER: The montage on the cover Technical Sergeant Michelle Burroughs Airman First Class Timothy Taylor
of the National Guard Bureau’s Technical Sergeant Brian E. Christiansen Specialist Austen Hurt
2010 Posture Statement combines Technical Sergeant D. Clare Specialist Kurt Lamel
photographs and artist renderings Technical Sergeant Shane A. Cuomo Mr. Nate Crawford
of Citizen-Soldiers and Airmen Staff Sergeant Justin Goeden Ms. Denise Gould
throughout the history of the Staff Sergeant Jim Greenhill Mr. Larry Sommers
institution, depicting the Guard as Technical Sergeant Erik Gudmundson
America’s Indispensable Force. Staff Sergeant Russell L. Klika Other imagery provided
Technical Sergeant Richard Lisum courtesy of:
The National Guard Bureau Technical Sergeant Robin Meredith California Military Department
acknowledges the following Technical Sergeant Cecilio M. Ricardo Jr. Kansas Adjutant General’s Department
individuals for their photographic Staff Sergeant Kim Snow Mississippi National Guard
contributions and support: Technical Sergeant Wolfram M. Stumpf New Jersey Department of Military
Technical Sergeant Cheresa D. Theiral and Veterans Affairs
Lieutenant Colonel Leslie Pratt Technical Sergeant Wendy Yada Ohio Adjutant General’s Department
Second Lieutenant Janeene Yarber Staff Sergeant Don Branum, Oregon Military Department
Master Sergeant Chance Babin Staff Sergeant Andre Bullard Tennessee Military Department
Master Sergeant Jack Braden Staff Sergeant Stephanie J. Cross Texas Military Forces
Master Sergeant Lance Cheung Staff Sergeant Bennie J. Davis III Utah National Guard
Master Sergeant Michael Drake Staff Sergeant Jill Jamgochian Wisconsin Department of Military
Master Sergeant Val Gempis Staff Sergeant Rachel Martinez Affairs
Sergeant First Class and Mrs. Joel Gibbons Staff Sergeant Erin McNamara LM&O Advertising
Table of Contents
National Guard Bureau
Executive Overview 2
Introduction and Executive Overview ....................................2
Army National Guard 6
Message from the Director ....................................................6
Investing in Present and Future Value ...................................7
Investing in Personnel .............................................................7
Investing in Equipment and Facilities ....................................9
Investing in Operations .........................................................12
Investing in Information Technology ...................................13
Air National Guard 14
Message from the Director ...................................................14
A Quick Review .....................................................................15
Developing Adaptable Airmen ............................................15
Readiness ...............................................................................15
Modernize and Recapitalize .................................................17
Joint Staff National Guard 22
Message from the Director ..................................................22
Domestic Operations .............................................................22
Counterdrug Programs ........................................................25
Operation Jump Start ...........................................................26
Joint and Interagency Training ...........................................26
Technology Revolutionizes Emergency
Response and Training .........................................................28
Supporting the Warfighter ...................................................29
State Adjutants General 31
In Memoriam 32
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General Craig R. McKinley
Chief, National Guard Bureau
National Guard
Bureau Executive
Overview
Introduction and Executive Overview
New Beginnings
2008 was a year filled with positive change for the National Guard. The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) of
2008, enacted in January, designated the National Guard Bureau (NGB) as a joint activity of the Department of Defense
(DoD). The law also elevated the grade of the Chief, National Guard Bureau to the rank of General. With this new
stature and an explicit linkage to the Secretary of Defense, through the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS), NGB
is better positioned to represent National Guard issues and concerns at the highest levels in the DoD.
The Report of the Commission on the National Guard and Reserves and NDAA 2008 both identified the need for a new
NGB charter. After almost a year of close collaboration among NGB, the Combatant Commanders, the CJCS, the Armed
Services, and the DoD staff, Secretary Robert M. Gates signed DoD Directive 5105.77, National Guard Bureau. This
unprecedented directive formally lays out the full scope of NGB’s functions, roles, and authorities - embedding NGB in
DoD’s strategic processes. It is sound DoD policy.
An Operational Force
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 is populated by seasoned
veterans with multiple deployments in support of operations
in Iraq, Afghanistan, the Balkans, and many other locations
around the world.
In addition to the thousands of National Guard Soldiers and
Airmen currently activated for ongoing federal missions, the
National Guard provides significant response to unexpected
contingencies. Despite major overseas commitments, during
the 2008 hurricane season over 15,000 Guardsmen responded
on short notice to catastrophic events unfolding in Louisiana
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A Tennessee Air Guardmember guides an Army high-mobility engineer excavator into the back of a C-5 Galaxy.
and Texas. The National Guard serving here at home also The Army is programming $20.9 billion for ARNG
fought extensive fires and flooding and provided disaster equipment for FY09 through FY13 to procure new
relief to numerous states throughout the year. equipment and modernize equipment currently on hand.
We appreciate that support and also the strong interest
Readiness of Congress and the Department of Defense in closing the
gap between our domestic requirements and the available
Personnel equipment in our armories and motor pools.
Our most precious assets flow from our communities.
The Air Force is in the midst of modernizing and
Citizen-Soldiers and Airmen are employed by their
recapitalizing its major weapons platforms, and the Air
Governors every day to protect American lives and property
National Guard (ANG) must be concurrently recapitalized,
in the homeland from weather-related events to suspected
particularly in order to avoid near to mid-term “age out”
biochemical contamination. Despite all we have asked of
of the majority of its fighter force. Our primary concern
them in the overseas warfight as well as here at home,
is that 80 percent of our F-16s, the backbone of our Air
we are recruiting and retaining National Guard members
Sovereignty Alert Force, will begin reaching the end of
in impressive numbers. Americans join and stay in the
their service life in eight years. To that end, we support
National Guard. But as successful as we have been to date,
the Air Force’s recapitalization plan, but request that all
we need continued support for recruiting and retention
roadmaps be inclusive of the Air National Guard as a hedge
efforts as well as increased endstrength authorizations.
against this “age out.”
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 deployed 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 Army National Guard in
the states 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.
Total
USEUCOM State Partnerships: 60
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 USPACOM
Alaska / Mongolia
Guam/Hawaii / Philippines
Hawaii / Indonesia
Washington / Thailand
Oregon / Bangladesh
State Partnerships: 5
USSOUTHCOM
Arkansas / Guatemala
Connecticut / Uruguay
USAFRICOM USCENTCOM Delaware / Trinidad-Tobago
District of Columbia / Jamaica
California / Nigeria Arizona / Kazakhstan Florida / Venezuela
New York / South Africa Colorado / Jordan Florida / Guyana
North Carolina / Botswana Louisiana / Uzbekistan Florida / Regional Security
North Dakota / Ghana Montana / Kyrgyzstan System (E. Caribbean Islands)
Utah / Morocco Nevada / Turkmenistan Kentucky / Ecuador
Vermont / Senegal Virginia / Tajikistan Louisiana / Belize
Wyoming / Tunisia State Partnerships: 6 Massachusetts / Paraguay
State Partnerships: 7 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
State Partnership Program
The National Guard State Partnership Program (SPP) Created in 1993, SPP has helped the United States
establishes enduring and mutually beneficial partnerships European, African, Southern, Pacific, and Central
between foreign countries and American states through the Commands engage the defense and military establishments
National Guard. This program is an important component of countries in every region of the globe. The program’s
of the Department of Defense’s security cooperation benefits include:
strategy, the regional Combatant Commanders’ theater
engagement program, and the U.S. ambassadors’ Mission ■ Providing Combatant Commanders and U.S.
Strategic Plans. A primary aim is to promote partnership ambassadors with avenues for building international
among the many nations working with us to advance civil-military partnerships and interoperability during
security, stability, and prosperity around the globe. Today, peacetime by linking state capacities to the goals
American states are partnered with 60 foreign nations (a and objectives in the Foreign Assistance Framework
60 percent increase over the past five years) to focus on of the U.S. Government.
military-to-military, military-to-civilian, and civil ■ Enhancing current and future coalition operations
security activities. by encouraging and assisting partner nations to
support efforts such as NATO’s Operational Mentor
and Liaison Team program in Afghanistan, and
exercises supporting the Association of Southeast
Asian Nations region.
■ Building more cultural and global awareness into
Citizen-Soldiers and Airmen to help them operate
in today’s complex multi-national and multi-agency
operations.
This valuable mutual security cooperation program will
continue to expand in size and strategic importance to the
Combatant Commanders, ambassadors, and broad U.S.
Government interagency requirements as we enter the
second decade of the 21st century.
Maj. Gen. Gregory L. Wayt, Ohio Adjutant General, escorts Serbian President Boris
Tadic during a National Guard State Partnership Program visit.
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The Future
It is an honor to be named the 26th Chief of the National a
The National Guard, the nation’s community-based force,
Guard Bureau. As a synchronized joint activity, we will
will always answer the call of the President and the
capitalize on momentum gained over the past several years
Governors.
and will build new relationships based on our new roles
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and responsibilities.
Our priorities are constant:
The National Guard will remain
■ Provide for the security and defense of our
“Always Ready, Always There.”
homeland at home and abroad G
■ Support the Global War on Terror
The following pages offer a full report on our recent
■ Respond to America’s need for a reliable and ready accomplishments along with our ongoing responsibilities
National Guard that is transformed for the 21st for FY10.
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California National Guard Soldiers set up a tent city in
preparation to help deal with wildfires in northern California.
Louisiana National Guard Soldiers stand in formation as the
769th Engineer Battalion transfers authority of tactical construc-
D tion projects in Baghdad to the active Army’s 46th Engineer
Construction Battalion.
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Lieutenant General
Clyde A. Vaughn
Director, Army National Guard
Army National Guard
Message from the Director
Army National Guard (ARNG) Citizen-Soldiers continue victims on the Gulf Coast, and assisted numerous
the proud tradition of service to our nation both environmental clean-up activities around the country.
at home and around the world. Our Citizen-Soldiers These responses from across our land demonstrate the
consistently proved themselves capable of operating across importance of training and equipping our Soldiers so
a wide spectrum of missions in Iraq, Afghanistan, Belgium, they are ready to render service and assistance to home
Bosnia, Djibouti, Egypt, Germany, Honduras, Kosovo, communities.
Kuwait, and the Philippines.
We are committed to deploying Citizen-Soldiers with the
The ARNG continues to achieve outstanding results meeting best equipment and training possible. The U.S. Army’s
recruiting and retention goals. As of December 31, 2008, similar assurance and ongoing Congressional interest in the
Army National Guard assigned strength was 365,814 welfare of our people will ensure the success of the Army
Citizen-Soldiers, a gain of approximately 35,000 Citizen- National Guard.
Soldiers in about three years. At the same time we have
reduced our non-participating numbers to 5,404 (from
6,082 in July 2005).
RECRUITING AND RETENTION
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In July 2008, the Louisiana National Guard’s two new UH-72 Lakotas
150000 touched down for the first time at Esler Field in Pineville, Louisiana.
100000 Assigned Strength
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With thousands of our Citizen-Soldiers “on the ground”
in foreign lands, we are equally busy at home. National
Guard units fought wildfires in California, aided hurricane
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Investing in Present equipment and modernization requirements and has also
increased equipment readiness.
and Future Value
Mobilizations, deployments, modular force conversions, Did you Know?
counterdrug assistance, and disaster response dominated
An operating force is a unit specifically organized to either
the ARNG’s efforts to answer needs at home and abroad.
engage in combat, provide support, or provide service
But to remain America’s vital force, the ARNG must invest in
support. In short, this transformation effort involves every
people, equipment, operations, and technology like never
Citizen-Soldier in the Army National Guard and continues
before.
to receive more Reserve Equipment Appropriation
funding which greatly helps increase equipment readiness.
Army National Guard However, because of transformation and persistent conflict
Service Summary requirements, equipping shortfalls still exist.
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since 9/11 (some Orders Title 32 Orders
are composed identically to the active Army and can be
Soldiers have activat-
348,258 453,292 combined with other BCTs or elements of the joint force to
ed multiple times)
facilitate integration, interoperability, and compatibility.
Operation Service in Service since o
or Event 2008 9/11/2001 The Army National Guard transformation into these
modular formations provides an enhanced operational
Operation Iraqi
33,524 193,598
Freedom force. This is key to meeting the goal of making at least
Operation half of Army and Air assets (personnel and equipment)
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Enduring Freedom 8,346 29,212 available to the Governors and Adjutants General at any
(Afghanistan) given time. This transformation effort impacts over 87 s
Operation Noble percent of Army National Guard units across all 50 states,
248 35,849
Eagle three territories, and the District of Columbia, and crosses
every functional capability in the force.
Numbers as of December 31, 2008
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Meeting Mission Requirements
Investing in Personnel
Heavy demands on personnel and declines in equipment-
on-hand due to increased mobilizations and deployments Our greatest asset is our people. We have the best trained e
continued in FY08. The Army National Guard effectively force in the world. But we also have unparalleled support
met mission requirements and continued to support of our Citizen-Soldiers and their families. This support is
ongoing conflicts. However, for some units returning paramount in maintaining our superior standing in the
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from deployment, equipping and training levels decreased world.
readiness.
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Modular Force Conversion
and Rebalance
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operating force units to a modular
design. This brings the total
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in the village of Khormelq, Afghanistan r
during a meeting between village
elders and a provincial governor.
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Residents carry relief supplies to family members
as Louisiana Army National Guardsmen search for
families needing assistance after Hurricane Ike.
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Retention ARNG’s readiness both at home and abroad. Active
of ANG units are
dollar fuel bill Assigned Strength Guard and Reserve (AGR) Soldiers and Military Technicians
fully mission ready doubled As previously noted, recruiting sustain the day-to-day operations of the entire Army
and retention was exceptional
National Guard. The AGR and Technician force is a critical
with an end-of-calendar
component of readiness in the ARNG as the Reserve
year assigned strength of 365,814 Citizen-Soldiers. The
Components transition to an operational force.
+35,000 fol+low9ing2 pr%ograms provided the impetus for these gains.
Medical Readiness
Additional Citizen Soldiers fr■om tTwhoe Army National Guard’s Recruiting Assistance
years ago
365,814 Assigned Strength Program (G-RAP) is a civilian contract recruiting Funding, treatment authorities, and medical readiness
program that, as of December 9, 2008, has processed monitoring through Medical Operations Data Systems
80,000 enlistments since its inception in December (MODS) have helped the ARNG increase medical readiness
2005. At the end of FY08, approximately 130,000 throughout the nation and allow deploying units to report
20,231 recruiting assistants were actively working. In at all-time high medical readiness levels.
August 2007, G-RAP expanded to include incentives
85 countries for officer accessions. In 2008, 92 percent of ARNG Soldiers reporting to
on every continent, ■ The Recruit Sustainment Program (RSP), launched in mobilization stations were determined to be medically
including Antarctica.
2005, improves our training success rate by easing deployable. This represents a significant improvement
newly enlisted National Guard Soldiers into the upon previous years. This increased readiness throughout
military environment through Initial Entry Training the ARNG has reduced pre-deployment training time lost
– a combination of Basic Combat Training and due to required medical corrective actions. The ARNG is
Advanced Individual Training. implementing the Army Select Reserve Dental Readiness
System that will enable commanders to achieve 95 percent
The war on terror, transformation to modular formations, dental readiness in support of DoD Individual Medical
and domestic operations will continue to test the all- Readiness standards.
volunteer force. However, the Army National Guard is
optimistic and confident that it will grow the force and Incapacitation Pay
have manned units to meet all missions at home and
The Army National Guard Incapacitation (INCAP) benefit
abroad.
provides interim pay to ARNG Soldiers with a service-
connected medical condition (provided that they are not
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