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MUTES trains deployed electronic warfare officers
October 11, 2006
Tech Sgt. Donald Taylor (front), 266th Range Squadron ground radar technician, coordinates simulated threat signals with 1st Lt. Monty Moncrief, 23rd Expeditionary Bomb Squadron electronic warfare officer. The Multiple Threat Emitter System shapes radio wave pulses to look like signals radiated by aircraft threats, such as surface-to-air missiles.

South Dakota Army National Guard making a difference in Afghanistan
October 10, 2006
Capt. Jason K. Piercy, 147th Field Artillery, South Dakota Army National Guard, poses with local children during a health assistance visit on Wednesday, Oct. 4, in the village of Robat, Afghanistan.

National Guard program tackles critical warrant officer shortage
October 10, 2006
Some of 119 newly minted Army National Guard and Army Reserve warrant officers wait to enter their appointment ceremony in the Indiana World War Memorial Building on Sept. 30, 2006. The Citizen-Soldiers were in the first Warrant Officer Candidate class designed specifically for the National Guard and Reserve in a program developed by the National Guard Bureau and command chief warrant officers from several states to address a critical shortage of warrant officers.

Guard's NASCAR driver visits wounded warriors at Walter Reed
October 10, 2006
NASCAR driver Greg Biffle, who drives the No. 16 National Guard-sponsored car, hands out autographed posters at Walter Reed Army Medical Center Sept. 21 to patients and families.  Biffle, was one of several NASCAR drivers who visited patients that day.

Security Force Stops Pakistani Smugglers
October 10, 2006
Camp Phoenix Security Forces (SECFOR) raided a nearby compound capturing 18 men suspected of pilfering U.S. connexes in route to Camp Phoenix. Soldiers from A Company, 1-186 Infantry Battalion, 41st BCT hold suspected thieves for questioning.

Operation Jump Start tours available for Air Guard members
October 10, 2006

Arkansas Guardsman Named 2006 Mary Ann Talley EMS National Instructor/Coordinator of the Year
October 5, 2006
Sergeant First Class Garry Odom, readiness non-commissioned officer for the 213th Area Support Medical Company, received the 2006 Mary Ann Talley EMS Instructor/Coordinator of the Year award from Ms Joy Knobel, representing Mosby, the largest Emergency Medical Education book publisher in the country, and Mr Dave Garmon, Division Chairperson for NAEMT.

Ohio National Guard, Serbia strengthen fledgling relationship
October 5, 2006
Serbian President Boris Tadić (left) and Maj. Gen. Gregory L. Wayt, Ohio adjutant general discuss State Partnership plans during Wayt's visit to Serbia September 24-30.

Reserve Components Vital to EUCOM, Transformation, General Says
October 5, 2006

North Dakota provides much-welcomed medical care to African country
October 2, 2006
U.S Air Force flight surgeon Lt. Col. Bryan DeLage (119th Medical Group) shows patient Amena Salifu the x-ray of her hip fracture at the Mallam-Atta Market Government Clinic as part of the Medflag 2006 joint force humanitarian medical assistance exercise Accra, Ghana Sep. 13. Amena Salifu walked to the clinic on the broken hip to be examined. The North Dakota National Guard medical group members and support personnel are in Ghana as part of Medflag 2006, which is a U.S. military medical exercise that is geared toward gaining and providing training and experience in management of world health problems, sharing of medical information and techniques with African host countries, and providing humanitarian civic assistance to host nation civilian populations as good will ambassadors of the United States.

Operations in Southern Afghanistan under Alaska National Guard Command
October 2, 2006
Army Col. Stephen Williams (left) commander of the 207th Infantry Brigade, Alaskan National Guard, and Command Sgt. Maj. Robert Averett (right) also with the ANG, unfurl their flag assuming command of the U.S. National Command Element in Southern Afghanistan here July 2. (Photo by Army Staff Sgt. Brian Raley)

Guard officer, Brit warrant officer participate in exchange program
October 2, 2006
Royal Auxiliary Air Force Warrant Officer Matt Dillon talks with Staff Sgt. Kenneth Dahl, a 189th Aerial Port Flight air transportation specialist, about cargo the Arkansas Air National Guardsman helps prepare for airdrop.