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Border mission Guard members serve communities on Veterans Day
November 18, 2011
Arizona Citizen-Soldiers serving in Operation Copper Cactus lead the military procession in their humvees during the Veterans Day parade in Tucson, Nov. 11. Soldiers volunteered their off-duty time to support the event which began with the opening of the Veterans' Memorial at the Pasqua Yaqui Tribe Cemetery. Hundreds from the community lined the streets of the parade route to cheer and salute the Soldiers.

Realistic scenario tests National Guard Homeland Response Force capabilities
November 18, 2011
The Florida and Georgia National Guard's Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and High-Yield Explosive Enhanced Response Force Packages and the newly-formed Georgia National Guard Homeland Response Force respond to a disaster scenario during an evaluation during training at Camp Blanding Joint Training Center, Fla., on Nov. 17, 2011.

Iraq: Short haul, long night for Minnesota Guard's "Drifters"
November 18, 2011
Citizen-Soldiers from the 194th Armor's Delta Company arrive at Camp Adder, Iraq, after a convoy security mission.

Africa: Rwandan soldiers, Kansas Guard conduct leadership course
November 18, 2011
Army Capt. Kevin Cadena, 1st Battalion, 161st Field Artillery, Kansas Army National Guard, discusses task organization with a Rwanda Defense Force company commander during a break after class at the Gako Military Academy in Gako, Rwanda, October 19, 2011. Cadena along with other Soldiers from Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa traveled to Gako to share leadership skills with the RDF.

Missouri Guard Soldier turns life around, competes in memory of Guard athlete
November 18, 2011
Missouri Army National Guard Master Sgt. Mark

New statue recalls WWI sacrifice of "Rainbow" Division Guard members
November 18, 2011
Missouri Army National Guard Master Sgt. Mark

West Virginia Air National Guard's 167th Airlift Wing participates in historic surge
November 18, 2011
A C-5 Galaxy aircraft assigned to the 167th Airlift Wing, takes off from Shepherd Field, Martinsburg, W. Va., Oct. 19, 2011. The aircraft was the seventh aircraft to launch from the unit as part of an Air Force wide "surge" exercise for the C-5 fleet. The exercise, which was testing the United States Transportation Command's ability to rapidly provide strategic airlift in support of contingencies around the world, took place Oct. 17 to 21 and included 41 C-5 aircraft from the Air Force active, Reserve, and Guard
components.

Oregon Guard schedules events to link members of all services with jobs
November 16, 2011
Oregon National Guard emblem

Hawaii National Guard supports APEC Summit
November 16, 2011
Hawaii Army National Guard soldiers augment the Honolulu Police Department's security and traffic control teams in Waikiki during the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Summit in November of 2011.

Missouri Guard crucial player in summer flood fight
November 16, 2011
Standing on a bridge on Holt County Rd. 290, Kathy Kunkel, Holt County Clerk, gave a first-hand account to Gov. Jay Nixon and Army Maj. Gen. Stephen Danner, adjutant general of the Missouri National Guard, of the devastation and destruction local citizens faced from the rising flood waters. The Missouri River broke through levees just six miles to the west and filled the basin with eight feet of water in a mere 48 hours.

Wolf Ops: Muscatatuck Urban Training Complex's training secret
November 16, 2011
Army Master Sgt. Scott Cutter, Wolf Operations Group acting command sergeant major, (upper right) watches to see how his military personnel perform during a joint civilian-military exercise in the Afghan Marketplace at Muscatatuck Urban Training Center.

Afghanistan: Guard members lay down the law
November 15, 2011
Citizen-Soldiers from the 156th Military Police Detachment, attached to the 1st Air Cavalry Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, exit their mine-resistant, ambush-protected, all-terrain vehicle outside the Balkh provincial prison in Afghanistan, Oct. 23, 2011. Soldiers of the 156th MP were at the prison in order to fulfill one of their many mission sets by enrolling the local Afghan national prisoners into a biometric system, enabling Coalition and Afghan forces to create a viable database in order to forensically identify criminals.

JSLC: McHugh says Guard remedy for military, civilian divide
November 15, 2011
Secretary of the Army John McHugh gives remarks during the National Guard Joint Senior Leader Conference, Nov. 9, 2011, at the Gaylord National Hotel & Convention Center in Maryland.

Iraq: Guard members saving money in drawdown
November 15, 2011
Citizen-Soldiers from the 1729th Field Support Maintenance Company from Havre de Grace, Md., secure pipes to a forklift on Contingency Operating Base Adder, Iraq, Nov. 2, 2011.

Michigan Air Guard members begin rolling mobilizations
November 15, 2011
A KC-135 Stratotanker takes off from Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Mich., April 14, 2011. The Air National Guard provides about half of all the air refueling capability in the Air Force. This aircraft is operated by the 127th Air Refueling Group of the Michigan Air National Guard.

Ohio National Guard first to receive explosive detection dogs
November 14, 2011
Army Capt. Michael Bellin, veterinarian assigned to Gulf Coast District Veterinary Command, asks Army Spc. Zach Laker, a Tactical Explosive Detection Dog handler and infantryman assigned to Alpha Company, 1-148th Infantry, 37th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, to escort Sassy, his TEDD, to the scales during a check-up at Camp Shelby Joint Forces Training Center, Nov. 7, 2011. The 37th IBCT will be utilizing TEDDs during their upcoming deployment to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.

Senate confirms Maj. Gen. William E. Ingram Jr. as new director, Army National Guard
November 11, 2011
Maj. Gen. William E. Ingram Jr.

Dale Jr. moves up two positions with only two races left in season
November 10, 2011
Dale Earnhardt Jr., driver of the No. 88 National Guard NASCAR racecar, smiles after finishing in seventh place at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas Nov. 6, 2011.

Obama, Panetta Praise Military Veterans' Service
November 10, 2011
Department of Defense Seal

National Guard, local agencies train for disaster at Vigilant Guard
November 10, 2011
National Guard members of the 270th Military Police Company from the California National Guard prepare to transport a role-play victim from a decontamination tent to medical triage after a simulated nuclear explosion during Vigilant Guard here, Nov. 4. Vigilant Guard is a three-day practical exercise, simulating an improvised nuclear device detonating, and evaluates military and civilian agency cooperation and communication in a time of disaster.