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Marksmen gain valuable experience at Wilson matches
November 3, 2010
Soldiers leap over a barricade during the fallen comrade event at the Winston P. Wilson shooting matches held at Camp Joseph T. Robinson in North Little Rock, Ark., Oct. 24-29, 2010. The event had Soldiers run a total of 200 yards, while negotiating obstacles and carrying a dummy. In the middle of the event, they lie prone and knock down seven targets with rifle fire.
President proclaims November as Military Family Month
November 2, 2010
Seal of the President of the United States
Air Guard builds partnerships with employers
November 2, 2010
Lt. Gen. Harry M. Wyatt III, director of the Air National Guard, welcomes employers to the 162nd Fighter Wing at a combat dining out for Business and Industry Days Oct. 27, 2010. The dinner introduced about 100 business leaders to the expeditionary nature of service in today's Air National Guard. The regional event helped build positive relations between the Air Guard and Western United States employers who hire Guardsmen.
Nomination season opens for 2011 Employer Support Freedom Award
November 2, 2010
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California brigade joins Indian Army in Yudh Abhyas 2010
November 2, 2010
Soldiers of U.S. Army Alaska and the Indian Army stand in formation during the Yudh Abhyas 2010 opening ceremony of the annual joint and bilateral training exercise at Buckner Physical Fitness Center, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska Oct. 31, 2010. Yudh Abhyas is an annual training exercise designed to strengthen ties between the armies by expanding operational and cultural knowledge with a training focus on peacekeeping operations.
Carpenter: Emotional fitness is long-term answer to suicide spike
November 2, 2010
Army Maj. Gen. Raymond Carpenter, acting director of the Army National Guard, tells attendees at the 2010 Association of the U.S. Army Annual Meeting and Exposition in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 27, 2010, that emotional fitness is as important as physical fitness.
Military members not immune to sexual assault
November 2, 2010
Dr. Kaye Whitley, director of the Department of Defense's Sexual Assault and Prevention Response (SAPR) office, speaks at the National Guard Bureau SAPR Leadership Summit in Washington, D.C., Nov. 1, 2010. Representatives from the 54 states and territories, and other military services, came together to discuss sexual assaults in the military and how to prevent them.
Six states, Japanese military build a stronger team
November 2, 2010
About 200 Soldiers with 1st Battalion, 138th Infantry Regiment of the Missouri Army National Guard and about 200 National Guardsmen from five other states are participating in Orient Shield XI at Kami-Furano, Japan, Nov. 2-11, 2010. Similar training between U.S. and Japanese forces have been taking place since 1997. The training reinforces the 1960 Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security, which was a binding agreement for both countries to support each other from enemy attack.
Army pledges not to cut family programs
November 1, 2010
Secretary of the Army John McHugh discusses the challenges of operating in a constrained budget environment as well as efforts to modernize the Army at the 2010 Association of the United States Army's Annual Meeting and Exposition in Washington, D.C., Oct. 25, 2010.
Active, Guard, Reserve teams work together to help survivor families
November 1, 2010
Fort Jackson's Survivor Outreach Services Coordinator, Leslie Smith, left, goes over paperwork with South Carolina Army National Guard's Beth Carney, center, and the Army Reserve's Megan McCullough, right, during a recent meeting at the 81st Regional Support Command headquarters building on Fort Jackson, S.C.
Air Guard adds psychological health directors to wings
November 1, 2010
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Louisiana Guardsmen bring gifts to hospitalized Iraqi children
November 1, 2010
Capt. James Collins, chaplain with the 2nd Squadron, 108th Cavalry Regiment, 224th Sustainment Brigade, 103rd Sustainment Command (Expeditionary), visits Akram and his father at the 28th Combat Support Hospital at Contingency Operating Base Adder, Iraq Oct. 1, 2010.
DoD recognizes South Dakota DDR program among the best
November 1, 2010
From left to right, Lt. Col. John Holter, the South Dakota Army National Guard operations office, Maj. Bob DeJong, the state's Counterdrug coordinator, Sgt. 1st Class Kristi "Cricket" Palmer of the state's West River Drug Demand Reduction, John Morse, chief functional officer of the TRICARE Management Activity, and Staff Sgts. David Hughes and Matt Hurney, both of the state's East River Drug Demand Reduction accept the Secretary of Defense Community Drug Awareness Award at the Pentagon Hall of Heroes in Washington, D.C., Oct. 22, 2010.
Guard Bureau looks into allegations of fraud
November 1, 2010
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Army proposes to mobilize reserves for Korea, Europe
November 1, 2010
Assistant Secretary of the Army for Manpower and Reserve Affairs Thomas Lamont
McKinley: SAPR programs keep force healthy, ready
November 1, 2010
Air Force Gen. Craig R. McKinley, chief of the National Guard Bureau, addresses attendees at the 2010 NGB Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Leadership Summit in Washington, D.C., Nov. 1, 2010.
'Stop Loss' application deadline approaches
November 1, 2010
Casey discovers 'community of caring' during son's Guard deployment
October 29, 2010
Allied marksmen share expertise, compete for top prize
October 29, 2010
North Dakota's newest Soldiers give back to community
October 29, 2010