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Final weeks to nominate for 2011 Secretary of Defense Employer Support Freedom Award
January 5, 2011
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Nevada Guardmembers benefit from New Year’s mission
January 5, 2011
Army Spc. Jesus Garcia Salazar and Army Pfc. Josh King, both with the 72nd 
Military Police Company, stand guard at McCarran International Airport for the 
ninth annual Vigilant Sentinel exercise here, Dec. 31, 2010. Nevada National 
Guardmembers supported Las Vegas Metro Police by providing extra security for 
the holiday.

Nevada Army National Guard supports New Year’s Eve security effort in Las Vegas
January 5, 2011
Army Staff Sgt. Jason Steele and Army Pvt. Chelsea Neil, 72nd Military
Police Company, patrol the baggage claim area at McCarran International
Airport in Las Vegas during the annual Vigilant Sentinel exercise. This is
the ninth year Nevada Guardsmembers have trained with civilian authorities
during the New Year's holiday.

Institute fosters community support of military
January 4, 2011
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Wisconsin Guard Agribusiness Team eyes year of growth
January 4, 2011
Sgt. Jason Stevens, a horticulturist with the California Army National Guard's 40th Infantry Division Agribusiness Development Team, gathers a soil sample from a field alongside the main road in Marawara, Afghanistan, on Nov. 23, 2009. The ADT stopped in Marawara to meet with local farmers about their crop output and farming in the area, as well as to gather soil samples to learn how crop production might be increased in the area.

New Year, new medical mission for Air National Guard
January 4, 2011
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Senior Wisconsin Guard leaders visit deployed troops
January 4, 2011
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Facilities transfer marks continued progress
January 3, 2011
Army Lt. Col. Nicole Balliet, Contingency Operating Base Adder garrison commander with the 224th Special Troops Battalion, 224th Sustainment Brigade, 103rd Sustainment Command (Expeditionary), met with Brig. Gen. Hakeem Aboud, commander of Ali Air Base, and Mr. Hassan Hammoudeh, Government of Iraq commander of logistics, to sign documents and to turn over several facilities to the GoI Dec. 23 at COB Adder, Iraq.

Napolitano visits Afghanistan, focuses on border security
January 3, 2011
Janet Napolitano, secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, tells the 131st National Guard Association National Conference meeting in Nashville, Tenn., on Sept. 13, 2009, that the National Guard is essential to homeland security.

National Guardmember steps into war zone a second time
January 3, 2011
Iowa National Guardsmen Army Spc. Renata Hadzic works on a Mine Resistant Ambush Protected combat vehicle during her deployment to Iraq. Hadzic lived in the war-torn country of Bosnia until she moved to Idaho.

Oklahoma Army National Guard expands resiliency training
January 3, 2011
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Rhode Island National Guard State Partnership Program with the Bahamas conducts police exchange
December 29, 2010
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National Guardmembers embark on first convoy
December 29, 2010
A line of Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles operated by Soldiers with Company F, 3rd Battalion, 116th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Sustainment Brigade, 103rd Sustainment Command (Expeditionary), stand ready to begin a convoy recently at Joint Base Balad, Iraq.

National Guard support to Operation Deep Freeze
December 29, 2010
A C-17 Globemaster III flies over the Ross Sea on Dec. 25, 2010, during a flight from Christchurch, New Zealand, to McMurdo Air Station, Antarctica. The aircraft is assigned to the Air Force Reserve Command’s 728th Airlift Squadron at McChord Air Force Base, Wash. The flight was turned around as bad weather made it too difficult to land in Antarctica. The National Guard is part of a joint force that supports Operation Deep Freeze each year.

Guardmembers conduct meeting with Afghan villagers
December 29, 2010
Army 1st Lt. John Dundee (left), 1st platoon leader for Company A, 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry Regiment, and Afghan National Army Lt. Rastum (right), 1st Company, 1st Battalion, 201st ANA Regt., talk with a citizen of Ghaziabad Dec. 26.

Massachusetts family doctor deploys to Iraq
December 29, 2010
Massachusetts Army National Guard Maj. Martin Lesser, field surgeon with the 224th Sustainment Brigade, 103rd Sustainment Command (Expeditionary), speaks with his patient, Army Sgt. Bobbi Pizur, operations noncommissioned officer with the 319th Transportation Company, 110th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 224th Sustainment Brigade, and a Little Rock, Ark., native, at the troop medical clinic Dec. 22, 2010, at Contingency Operating Base Adder, Iraq. Lesser, 58, took a leave of absence at his private practice to serve here.

North Carolina National Guardmembers reflect on historic Iraq mission
December 29, 2010
Army Lt. Col. Warren Wintrode, commander of the North Carolina National Guard's 105th Military Police Battalion, addresses the troops and explains the importance of the unit's mission during their Combat Patch Ceremony on June 1, 2010. "Don't ever stop, don’t ever let your vigilance falter. Get your game face on and be prepared to do what I know you are capable of," Wintrode said.

Missouri National Guard hosts Panamanian National Police
December 29, 2010
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Two acres, eight farmers: a demo farm saga
December 29, 2010
Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Don Kuehl (left), Air Force Staff Sgt. Bennett Groth and an interpreter talk with three farmers planting alfalfa at the proposed site of a demonstration farm near the Sarkani District Center in Kunar province, Nov. 22.

Puerto Rico National Guard recognizes a fallen hero
December 28, 2010
Army Brig. Gen. Victor J. Torres, one of six people killed in the Dec. 20 crash of a UH-72A Lakota helicopter, is honored at a wake in his hometown of Coamo, Puerto Rico, on Dec. 27, 2010. Torres was deputy adjutant general of the Puerto Rico National Guard.