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Montana Guard’s Outlaws on the road from dusk ’til dawn
April 18, 2011 — CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE ADDER, Iraq - As the deadline approaches for all U.S. troops to exit Iraq, units like the 163rd Combined Arms Battalion, 1st Infantry Regiment, 4th Sustainment Brigade,...

Utah Guard’s 118th Sapper Company delivers security through counter-IED efforts
April 18, 2011 — KHOWST PROVINCE, Afghanistan - In late August 2010, Soldiers of the 118th Sapper Company arrived at Forward Operating Base Salerno, Afghanistan. A mere 10 days and four missions later, they took the...

National Guard responds to Texas wildfires
April 18, 2011 — ARLINGTON, Va. - Four National Guard states are today supporting civil authorities battling more than 30 wildfires threatening lives and property in Texas.Drought conditions led to a reported 32...

Ghanaians get up-close look at how North Dakota Guard handles flooding
April 15, 2011 — FARGO, N.D. - The 91-degrees-and-humid African country of Ghana and the snow-still-falling-in-April state of North Dakota may, at first blush, seem to have very little in common. There's more to the...

Guard members train to win at All Army Championships
April 15, 2011 — FORT BENNING, Ga. - A Soldier who was a member of Task Force Ranger in Somalia in 1993 made famous in the movie Black Hawk Down, whose combat patch is a Combat Infantrymans Badge (second award) and...

Organization honors Guard children
April 15, 2011 — WASHINGTON - "Our Military Kids," a national nonprofit organization, honored four children and a military family here Thursday in an award ceremony at the Navy Memorial.During the organization's "Our...

Defense Department launches sexual assault helpline
April 15, 2011 — ARLINGTON, Va. - The Department of Defense today launched its newest initiative to support victims of sexual assault.Using DoD Safe Helpline, service members can "click, call or text" for victim...

First Lady, Dr. Biden urge military family support
April 15, 2011 — COLUMBUS, Ohio - Joined by a few famous friends, First Lady Michelle Obama and Dr. Jill Biden, wife of Vice President Joe Biden, stopped by a packed auditorium here Thursday to thank local troops and...

Guard’s Quick Response Force protects veteran’s home from river
April 15, 2011 — KINDRED, N.D. - A National Guard quick response force team responded here this afternoon to protect a home from rising water of the nearby Sheyenne River. The team of Airmen and Soldiers from the...

SMA visits Guard Soldiers at BCTC-Leavenworth
April 15, 2011 — BATTLE COMMAND TRAINING CENTER-LEAVENWORTH, Kan. - The newly-appointed 14th Sergeant Major of the Army, Raymond F. Chandler III, visited here Thursday to meet with Army National Guard Soldiers.SMA...

Guard’s Quick Reaction Force holds back Maple River’s move toward farm
April 14, 2011 — ENDERLIN, N.D. - When the Bartholomay family left for work and school Tuesday, their rural Enderlin home was fine and County Road 7 was passable. By the time Sandy received a call just a few hours...

Kentucky Guard ADT helps Afghans open soybean facility
April 14, 2011 — PARWAN PROVINCE, Afghanistan - The Baston Seed Company opened the doors of a new soybean processing facility in Bagram, April 2.Local leaders from Panjshir and Parwan Provinces, members of Nutrition...

National Guard biathletes on target with Wounded Warriors assist
April 14, 2011 — MAMMOTH LAKES, Calif. - Skiing in gale force winds at an elevation of 9,000 feet, 15 National Guard biathletes displayed their mettle during the 4th annual Mammoth (Calif.) Winter Biathlon at the...

White House urges Americans to support military families
April 14, 2011 — WASHINGTON - First Lady Michelle Obama and Dr. Jill Biden, wife of Vice President Joe Biden, launched a national initiative Tuesday that calls on all sectors of society to join forces to support and...

North Dakota Guard state partner visits during flood
April 13, 2011 — FARGO, N.D. - An eight-year-old partnership took a new step this week as the head of a Ghana disaster organization and a Ghana military leader visited North Dakota.The North Dakota National Guard...

Army National Guard leaders visit Soldiers in Iraq
April 13, 2011 — CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE BASRA, Iraq - Army Maj. Gen. Raymond Carpenter, acting director, Army National Guard, and Army Command Sgt. Maj. Richard Burch, command sergeant major, Army National Guard,...

Dale Jr. earns fourth top-10 finish this season, is sixth in points race
April 13, 2011 — Dale Earnhardt Jr., driver of the No. 88 National Guard NASCAR racecar, earned his fourth top-10 finish of the season when he crossed the finish line in ninth on Saturday during the NASCAR Sprint Cup...

Mississippi National Guard Airmen gain new mission with AFNORTH
April 13, 2011 — TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. - The Mississippi Air National Guard activated the 286th Air Operations Group of the 186th Air Refueling Wing to support the homeland defense and domestic...

Secretary Gates visits with United States Division–Center soldiers in Baghdad
April 12, 2011 — CAMP LIBERTY, Iraq - Many of the positive changes and progress that has taken place in Iraq over the past few years has been a direct result of the efforts of the service members deployed there, said...

Connecticut Guard K-9 unit participates in Exercise Balikatan 2011 in Philippines
April 12, 2011 — CLARK FIELD, Phillipines - Soldiers and Airmen exchanged K-9 training methods with the Armed Force of the Philippines during Exercise Balikatan 2011 here April 7. A joint team of six U.S. military...

Three Components, One Army: LaNeve Stresses Guard’s Role in Army’s New Priorities

Pennsylvania Guardsmen Demonstrate Drone Innovation Project

Nordhaus, Raines Outline a National Guard Focused on the Future

Alaska Air National Guard Rescues Four From Plane Crash

Modular Airborne System Delivers One Million Gallons of Fire Retardant