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Kentucky Airmen return from West Africa mission
November 19, 2014
Master Sgt. Matthew Hourigan, left, and Tech Sgt. Jacob Harper greet their children in Louisville, Kentucky, after the Airmen returned from a deployment, Nov. 19, 2014.

New York National Guard members called up in snow emergency
November 19, 2014
New York Air National Guard’s 107th Security Forces from Niagara Falls, N.Y. deploy to the affected areas in Western New York on Nov. 18, 2014. Airmen grab their gear for the mission.

Mantastic Movember, geared to men's health, introduced in November
November 19, 2014
Mantastic Movember, a men's health campaign launched this month, has lifestyle and wellness tips geared to men.

New York National Guard Homeland Response Force trains in the cold
November 18, 2014
Members of the New York  National Guard’s Chemical, Biological, Radiological or Nuclear incident response task force conduct casualty decontamination training at the Erie County Emergency Services Training and Operations Center in Cheektowaga, N.Y., Nov. 14, 2014.

Wisconsin National Guard's Ebola team vital to state response, health official says
November 18, 2014
Maj Gen. Donald Dunbar, the adjutant general of Wisconsin, looks on as a member of the Wisconsin National Guard’s Joint Health Assistance Team decontaminates her protective suit during training for an Ebola Virus Disease response Oct. 31 at Volk Field, Wisconsin.

NGB senior leaders, DoD officials witness combat effectiveness of the National Guard
November 18, 2014
Several UH-64 Apache attack helicopters from the South Carolina Army National Guard and the North Carolina Army National Guard perform system checks prior to the kickoff Operation Carolina Thunder 2014 at McEntire Joint National Guard Base, Nov. 15, 2014. Spanning Nov. 14-16, Operation Carolina Thunder was a large-scale combat training exercise that involved aircraft - both fixed and rotary wing - and Soldiers and Airmen from units in North and South Carolina, Georgia and Tennessee.

Guard units from six states will begin training for Ebola-relief mission in West Africa
November 17, 2014
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Army and Air National Guard units join in for Carolina Thunder exercise
November 17, 2014
U.S. Army Soldiers, assigned to the 1-118th Combined Arms Battalion, South Carolina Army National Guard, assault a captured electrical facility at the Savannah River Site, Aiken, S.C., as part of Carolina Thunder 14, Nov. 15, 2014. South Carolina National Guard, along with North Carolina, Georgia, and Tennessee National Guard units, conducted Carolina Thunder 14, joint training exercise, on a drill weekend.

Six National Guard States mobilizing forces for second rotation in West Africa
November 16, 2014
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Gen. Grass accepts American Patriot Award for Guard Soldiers and Airmen
November 14, 2014
Army Gen. Frank Grass, chief, National Guard Bureau, speaks about the National Guard after it received the 2014 American Patriot Award from the Defense University Foundation, Washington, D.C., Nov. 13, 2014.

Mock disaster showcases new communication for National Guard and first responders
November 14, 2014
This Satellite Transportable Terminal (STT) and 4G LTE Cellular/Wireless transmission antenna in the background are part of the Disaster Incident Response Emergency Communications Terminal (DIRECT) equipment package that is being fielded to the Army National Guard to provide collaboration and communication services at incident sites that link local responders and emergency managers with state and federal authorities. The system was demonstrated on Oct. 29, 2014, in College Station Texas at Texas A&M Engineering Extension Services’ Disaster City, a realistic disaster environment that supports training exercises and testing of new equipment for first responders.

Historic New York 369th Infantry Regiment index cards available online
November 13, 2014
New York State Military Museum librarian James Gandy holds one of more than 10,000 Regimental Personnel Cards containing information on New York National Guard Soldiers who enlisted or reenlisted in the 369th Infantry, later the 369th Coast Artillery, between 1921 and 1949. The cards are being scanned and the information digitized on data bases and posted on the New York Heritage Digital Collection and will also be posted on the New York State Military Museum website.

Pennsylvania National Guard medics win Army Best Medic competition
November 13, 2014
Staff Sgt. Melvyn Mayo and Sgt. 1st Class Vinicios Occhiena placed first at the 2014 Best Medic Competition.

Utah Air National Guard base will be renamed for war hero Roland R. Wright
November 12, 2014
A vintage photo of retired Brig. Gen. Roland R. Wright, whose plane was named the Mormon Mustang. A Utah air base will be renamed in his honor on Nov. 18 2014.

D.C. National Guard members help support massive Veterans Day 'Concert for Valor'
November 12, 2014
Sgt. Maurice Nichols, 275th Military Police Company, helps the Metropolitan Police Department control traffic in Washington, D.C., Nov. 11, 2014, when the 'Concert for Valor' attracted hundreds of thousands to the capital.

Texas Airmen join forces with Kentucky Air Guard in Senegal; establish airlift squadron for Ebola response
November 10, 2014
Aerial porters from the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Contingency Response Group load 8 tons of humanitarian aid and military supplies onto a U.S. Air Force C-130 aircraft at Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport in Dakar, Senegal, Nov. 4, 2014. The aircraft and crew, from Dyess Air Force Base Texas, are deployed to Senegal as part of the 787th Air Expeditionary Squadron and will fly the cargo into Monrovia, Liberia, in support of Operation United Assistance, the U.S. Agency for International Development-led, whole-of-government effort to contain the Ebola virus outbreak in West Africa.

Historians' corner - Berlin Wall's 1989 destruction helped usher in National Guard's State Partnership Program
November 7, 2014
In November, 1989, East German students sit atop the Berlin Wall at the Brandenburg Gate in front of border guards. The destruction of the once-hated wall signaled the end of a divided Germany.

New York Guard public affairs Soldiers help tell story in Japan
November 7, 2014
New York Army National Guard broadcast journalist Sgt. Jeremy Bratt, right, joins joins 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team public affairs noncommissioned officer Sgt. Kingston Dillard, and a Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force interpreter to interview a Japanese service member on Oct. 21 during Orient Shield 14.

Southern Strike 15 in Mississippi enhancing combat effectiveness for 51 units from 23 states
November 6, 2014
New York Air National Guard Master Sgt. Jerry Kurz, right, 102nd Rescue Squadron loadmaster, based at F.S. Gabreski Airport in Westhampton Beach, N.Y., assists Brig. Gen. William Hill, left, Mississippi Air National Guard chief of staff, with donning a safety harness on board an HC-130P King during exercise Southern Strike 15 (SS15) near the Combat Readiness Training Center (CRTC) in Gulfport, Miss., Oct. 30, 2014.

Nominations open for 2015 Secretary of Defense Employer Support Freedom Award
November 6, 2014
Logo of Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve, a Defense Department agency that is accepting nominations for the 2015 Freedom Award. The award honors employers for helping Guard and Reserve members in their jobs.