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Guard family support programs facing new challenges
March 31, 2015
Robin Gorsuch, the state youth coordinator for the Wyoming National Guard, far right, speaks with a youth program participant, while other children of military families go fishing at a youth camp, August 2011. Although deployments have gone down, family program support officials don’t see a correlated decrease in the need for services.

Communities band together to support National Guard families
March 26, 2015
Snow shoveling, such as this shown in Massachusetts last month, was just one way someone in a community helped a National Guard family in a time of need. Community-based family service programs are an important component in a Citizen-Soldier's family.

Army National Guard piloting teen resiliency programs
March 10, 2015
Jameson McCaffrie, left, talks with Emma Scholtes and other members of the Army National Guard Teen Panel during the panel’s quarterly meeting in Washington, D.C., Nov. 7, 2014. At the state level, teen panelists like McCaffrie are participating in a teen resiliency pilot program in 19 states.

Defense Department salutes Guard, Reserve Family Readiness Programs
March 2, 2015
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs, Richard O. Wightman, Jr. presents the 2014 Reserve Family Readiness Awards to the top units in the seven Reserve and National Guard services at a ceremony Feb. 27, 2015 at the Pentagon's Hall of Heroes.  The Reserve Family Readiness Award is given to the unit in each of the seven services that demonstrates excellence in engaging with and supporting their members' families.