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Arizona Guardsmen take on NBA all-stars
February 17, 2009
Army National Guardsmen Maygen Matson (left) and Taylor Anonson pose for photos with NBA superstar Shaquille O'Neal.

Suicide Prevention Hotline Saves Veterans' Lives
February 17, 2009

36 ID Band gains elite status among concert bands
February 17, 2009
Division band performs at Camp Mabry, just one of the many events they attend. The award winning band receives enough requests to drill every weekend throughout the year.

Reserve Component Units Recognized for Superb Family Support
February 13, 2009
Army Reserve Staff Sgt. Keough Cofield, left, family program liaison, and Chevonne Baxter, family program assistant, both with the 3rd Brigade, 98th Division, 108th Training Command based at Lexington, Ky., pose with their unit's 2008 Department of Defense Reserve Family Readiness Award at the Pentagon, Feb. 13, 2009.

Guard supplies generators to local school district
February 13, 2009
Arkansas Army Guard members prepare a convoy of generators Feb. 9 in Fort Smith for a trip across the state to Piggott, Ark. The generators were used to provide power to a local school district so it could resume classes. An ice storm swept through northeast Arkansas Jan. 26 causing major power outages.

U.S. forces build security at sea, on land in Iraq
February 13, 2009
U.S. and Iraqi officials sign a certificate of agreement at the Gulf Region Division headquarters in Baghdad, Feb. 12, 2009, signaling design approval for the $53 million Umm Qasr pier and seawall project.

Agribusiness Teams Plant Seeds for Economic Growth in Afghanistan
February 13, 2009
Army Col. Brian Copes, fourth from left, 1-19th Agribusiness Development Team commander, participates in a mock groundbreaking ceremony on a snowy day at the Muscatatuck Urban Training Center, a sub-installation of Camp Atterbury, Ind. The ceremony is part of the team's preparation to deploy to Afghanistan's Khowst province, Afghanistan.

Electronic warfare offers new jobs for tech-savvy Guardsmen
February 13, 2009

USA Basketball proclaims support for Guardsmen, Reservists
February 13, 2009
Arizona sports icon Jerry Colangelo, left, signs a Statement of Support for the Employer Support of Guard and Reserve (ESGR) program as Major General Hugo Salazar, The Adjutant General of Arizona, looks on. Other dignitaries present included Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon, background, far left.

Jeff Gordon joins National Guard team
February 13, 2009
Jeff Gordon, driver of the No. 24 DuPont Chevrolet, won the first Gatorade Duel on Thursday and will line up third for Sunday's Daytona 500.

Army Guard participates in stand-down
February 13, 2009

Project Sanctuary provides retreat for military families
February 12, 2009

Captain Abraham Lincoln of the Illinois militia
February 12, 2009
Capt. Abraham Lincoln of the Illinois Volunteer Militia at the time for the Black Hawk War 1831-32. The statue was made by sculptor Leonard Crunelle and was unveiled in Dixon, Ill., Sept. 24, 1930.

Air Force reinstates good conduct medal for enlisted members
February 12, 2009

Decade of Health launches 2009 campaign
February 12, 2009

Illinois Soldier starts recycling program in Afghanistan
February 12, 2009
A Soldier with 1st Battalion, 178th Infantry, Illinois National Guard, based in Chicago, recycles a plastic bottle as part of a new recycling program that just began at Forward Operating Base Mehtar Lam, Laghman province, northeastern Afghanistan.

Oklahoma Guard aids local community after devastating tornado
February 12, 2009
Spc. Barrett Troutman (right), of Tishomingo, and Spc. Timothy Stelly (center), of Ardmore, use a map to show a local man the cordoned off sections of Lone Grove, Okla. The Soldiers were providing security for any area of Lone Grove that was devastated by a tornado on Tuesday evening.

Portland Trailblazers host Oregon Guardsmen, families
February 11, 2009
Portland Trail Blazers head coach, Nate McMillan, gives a high-five to Jackson Creswell at the "Make It Better Holiday Carnival" at the Memorial Coliseum, Feb. 9. Jackson, and father, Sgt. Ryan Creswell, of Bravo Co., 41 Special Troops Battalion, and his wife Christina, and daughter Emma, spoke to McMillan before handing their camera to a bystander to take a picture of the group. Hosted by the Portland Trail Blazers NBA basketball franchise, the event honored military members, giving them a chance to meet with Trail Blazers team members.

North Carolina Guardsman to join AFRICOM team
February 11, 2009
North Carolina Air National Guardsman Maj. Douglas Simons will begin working as AFRICOM's medical plans and operations officer beginning March 1.

McKinley visits Army Guardmembers in Balkans
February 10, 2009
Air Force Gen. Craig R. McKinley, chief of the National Guard Bureau, right, and Army Capt. Shannon Dean Holiday, commander for Multi-National Task Force East, Thunder Bravo battery, walk the streets of downtown Pristina, Kosovo, during a presence patrol with the Missouri Army National Guard. The Guard Soldiers patrol one of the more populated areas of the American NATO peacekeeping missions in Kosovo.