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Rwanda: Texas National Guard members, Rwandan Defense Force exchange best practices
August 7, 2012 — GAKO, Rwanda - At various military-to-military exchanges hosted by the Rwandan Defense Force Texas Army National Guard, and Rwandan soldiers and policemen shared their experiences and knowledge on...

Family Matters Blog: job fairs join spouses, employers
August 2, 2012 — WASHINGTON - Today, marks the start of an open season of sorts for job fairs for military spouses in what one Pentagon official calls the "high-touch" part of a "high-tech, high-touch" process.Meg...

Kentucky Air Guard member earns National Guard Bureau top flight-safety award
August 2, 2012 — LOUISVILLE, KY. - The National Guard Bureau has selected a Kentucky Air Guard. Lt. Col. Todd Lally, chief of the 123rd Airlift Wing Safety Office, for the 2011 recipient of the Air National Guard...

Missouri Guard shares homeland response process with Chilean officers
August 2, 2012 — FORT LEONARD WOOD, Mo. - Senior officers from the Chilean Army recently met with members of the Missouri National Guard for a briefing on homeland response and how to work with nongovernment...

Botswana: Hawaii National Guard provides helicopters to support Southern Accord 12 in Botswana
August 2, 2012 — THEBEPHATSHWA AIR BASE, Botswana - Soldiers of Hawaii National Guard's Company B, 1st Battalion, 171st Aviation Regiment based at Wheeler Army Airfield in Wahiawa, Hawaii, recently deployed to...

Air National Guard, Reserve MAFFS-equipped C-130s integral part of wildfire suppression
August 1, 2012 — ARLINGTON, Va. - The Air National Guard has been increasingly working alongside the U.S. Forest Service and other emergency responders this summer, in what officials call one of the worst wildfire...

Ohio Guard members, Marines work jointly to clear rubble, evacuate survivors during Vibrant Response 13
August 1, 2012 — MUSCATATUCK URBAN TRAINING CENTER, Ind. - Search and Extraction team members cleared away rubble, pulled survivors to safety and stabilized a building to breach and extract those trapped inside July...

Pennsylvania National Guard and civilian emergency responders train together
August 1, 2012 — LANCASTER, Pa. - Pennsylvania Army and Air Guard members of the Chemical Burn Enhanced Response Force Package participated in a weeklong training event at Millersville University and the Lancaster...

Tanzania: Texas National Guard members mentor Tanzanian soldiers
August 1, 2012 — DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania - Texas National Guard members - deployed in support of Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa - exchanged best practices with Tanzanian soldiers in the East African nation...

Family Matters: Joining Forces exceeds expectations
July 30, 2012 — WASHINGTON - When First Lady Michelle Obama and Dr. Jill Biden, wife of Vice President Joe Biden started the "Joining Forces" campaign 15 months ago, they did so with the goal of creating impactful...

District of Columbia Guard members celebrate history, partnership with Jamaica counterparts
July 23, 2012 — KINGSTON, Jamaica - As the aircraft's wheels touched down June 27 in a small airport in Jamaica, no pomp and circumstance were spared as Army Maj. Gen. Errol R. Schwartz, the commanding general of the...

National Guard, active duty medics work together to achieve common goals in Cambodia
July 19, 2012 — PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - A joint National Guard and active duty Army team of medical and support personnel traveled to the Royal Kingdom of Cambodia June 23-29 to share best practices with the country's...

Florida Army Guard's 13th Army Band assists Guyana partnership mission
July 17, 2012 — GUYANA - The Florida Army National Guard's 13th Army Band participated in a Subject Matter Expert Exchange with the Guyana Defense Force Band as part of the National Guard Bureau's State Partnership...

Railways Industry announces job opportunities for veteran service members
July 16, 2012 — WASHINGTON - Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Marines considering separating from the active-duty military this year may seek employment options in the railways industry, which on July 10 became the...

Vermont Air National Guard members among U.S. service members providing humanitarian aid in Senegal
July 12, 2012 — THIES, Senegal - Hundreds of local villagers lined up to receive medical care from U.S. forces and medics from the armed forces of Senegal, Burkina Faso, Guinea and Gambia outside the hospital here,...

South African National Defense Force leaders learn logistics from New York Guard members
July 11, 2012 — NEW YORK - South African National Defense Force officials learned how the New York Army National Guard conducts logistics operations during their visit to the historic Lexington Avenue Armory here...

New Hampshire Air National Guard medics travel to El Salvador, take part in urban search and rescue exchange
July 10, 2012 — SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador - Medical personnel from the New Hampshire Air National Guard traveled here to participate in an emergency search and extraction subject matter expert exchange between the...

State Partnership Program part of Africom's theater engagement plan
July 6, 2012 — STUTTGART, Germany - When a pro-democracy revolution swept Tunisia, launching what became known as the Arab Spring, the Tunisian military looked to its U.S. partner, the Wyoming National Guard, for...

Wyoming Air National Guard MAFFS unit eager to continue fight against Colorado wildfires
June 29, 2012 — PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. - The heavy smell of smoke and a thick haze greeted members of the 731st Expeditionary Air Squadron as they arrived on the flightline during the early morning June 27...

Army Lt. Gen. Frank Grass nominated as chief of the National Guard Bureau
June 29, 2012 — ARLINGTON, Va. - President Obama has nominated Army Lt. Gen. Frank Grass, the deputy commander of U.S. Northern Command, as the 27th chief of the National Guard Bureau, according to the Congressional...

Puerto Rico Guard Distributes One Million Gallons of Water in Drought Response

Guardsmen Boost Domestic Response Capabilities in Patriot 26

Washington Guard Strengthens Fiscal Readiness

Kentucky Guard Prepares Incoming Command Teams for Leadership

New PSYWAR Course Strengthens Guard Capabilities