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Commentary: What's with these Guard guys!?
February 7, 2013
Lt. Col. Ryan Samuelson speaks June 2, 2011, after assuming command of the 64th Air Refueling Squadron.

Guard-led 'Pitch Fest' held at Air University
February 6, 2013
U.S. Air Force Col. Edward Vaughan, co-founder of the Guard and Reserve Network, or GARNET, speaks to the judges Jan. 23, 2013 in a series of 60-second "elevator pitches."

Soldiers in Africa receive their blessings from a former drag car racer
February 6, 2013
Brig. Gen. Patrick Dolan, a member of the Kentucky National Guard, conducts a Catholic mass for Soldiers in Djibouti, Africa.

Missouri National Guard helps state complete public assistance cases from 11 disasters
February 5, 2013
Missouri National Guard members, shown in 2008 sandbagging along the Mississippi River in Clarksville, Mo., more recently helped clear backlogged assistance cases.

Gen. Frank Grass tells senior leaders to prepare for 'Perfect Storm' budget scenario
February 5, 2013
National Guard Bureau Chief Gen. Frank J. Grass addresses force structure realignment and impacts of a full sequestration to the nation's 54 adjutants general and state command sergeants major Jan. 25, 2013.

All in the family: Guard fathers and sons deploy together
February 4, 2013
Col. George Conwill, Sgt. Stephen Conwill, 1st. Lt. Andrew Tillman and Lt. Col. James Tillman meet up and pose for a photo near their camp in Kabul, Afghanistan. The four soldiers are members of the 136th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade, Texas National Guard, and deployed together last fall for nine months.

Wisconsin Guard team visits Nicaragua to plan disaster relief responses
February 4, 2013
Maj. Jeremy Holmes, of the Wisconsin National Guard's Military Engagement Team (MET), shares a laugh with members of Nicaragua's humanitarian rescue team in Managua, Nicaragua, Jan. 31, 2013.

Selfridge Air Guard Base to serve as test site for Air Force missile counter-measure prototype
February 1, 2013
Tech. Sgt. John Kerschenheiter, an electrician with the 191st Maintenance Squadron connects wiring for a new antennae to the flight controls of a KC-135 Stratotanker at Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Mich., Jan. 30, 2013. The KC-135, assigned to the 127th Air Refueling Group of the Michigan Air National Guard, was being outfitted with the additional antennae to allow it to serve as a platform for testing a prototype of a new aircraft defense system.