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DoD to study Guard compensation, incentives
May 12, 2010
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Alaska Guard rescues infant in respiratory failure
May 12, 2010
A three-month-old child suffering respiratory failure and mother are transported from an Alaska Army National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk to a LifeMed Alaska aircraft May 8 at the Bethel airport. Guardsmen transported the infant from the Hooper Bay clinic to Bethel with two flight medics from LifeMed Alaska onboard

Louisiana Guard continues to push in Grand Isle
May 12, 2010
Heavy equipment operators from the Louisiana National Guard's 922nd
 Horizontal Engineer Company, 769th Engineer Battalion, bulldoze sand to
 close a strait between two peninsulas near Grand Isle, La., May 10, 2010.
 The closure will be a secondary defense in addition to the boom line in the
 Gulf of Mexico to prevent any oil from reaching further inland.

81st CST practices air load at Minot
May 12, 2010
North Dakota's 81st Civil Support Team lines their equipment outside the belly of a C-17 Globemaster at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., May 5, 2010.

Partnership offers new options with C-130 training
May 12, 2010
Air Force officials have announced a plan to augment the C-130 Hercules training fleet with C-130s, like those shown here, from the Air National Guard and the Air Force Reserve.

VA officials cutting insurance premiums for families
May 11, 2010

Louisiana Guard begins filling breaches
May 11, 2010
A Louisiana National Guard UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter delivers a 4,500-pound sandbag to one of five breaches along the coast of the southeast side of Lafourche Parish, May 10, 2010.

DoD officials authorize medal for Haiti relief efforts
May 11, 2010
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Guard teams finish in top 15 of Best Ranger event
May 11, 2010
Capt. Christopher J. Ahlemeyer of Rhode Island Air National Guard low crawls during an event in the 27th annual David E. Grange Jr. Best Ranger competition held at Fort Benning, Ga., May 7-10, 2010.

Guardsman, referee sees it all in international rugby
May 11, 2010
1st Lt. David Bryant (light blue shirt in background), a member of the Indiana National Guard, was chosen as a referee for the USA Rugby Military Club Championship at Fort Benning, Ga. In this game, the Marine team from Camp Lejeune N.C., fights to gain another inch on the rugby field as Soldiers from Fort Hood, Texas try to push them back during the consolation finals for the April 30, 2010. The Marines won 15-12 against Fort Hood.

North Dakota Guard helps students 'Stay on Track'
May 11, 2010
Lt. Patrick Joyce teaches a program called "Stay on Track" to a group of Turtle Lake, N.D., students. The program is an evidence-based drug and alcohol prevention course aimed at teaching middle school students healthy choices.

TRICARE launches one-stop information portal for Guard
May 10, 2010

Dog tags connect families to loved ones
May 10, 2010
Serving in Afghanistan, Sgt. 1st Class Maryland Hoyett places a dog tag into an envelope to mail to her 12-year-old daughter Ciare in Nashville, Tenn.

Louisiana Guard delivers oil booms to Amelia
May 10, 2010
Transportation Company, Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, transport oil boom material to Amelia, La., to be used in operations related to the oil spill off the coast of Louisiana, May 8, 2010.

Soldiers train on Bambi bucket to fight fires in Kosovo
May 10, 2010
A flight crew from MNBG E aviation works together to safely fill a Bambi bucket during firefighting training recently held in  Kosovo.

Louisiana Guard engineers fill in breach
May 10, 2010
Horizontal Engineer Company, 769th Engineer Battalion, bulldoze sand to
close a strait between two peninsulas near Grand Isle, La., May 7, 2010. The closure will be a secondary defense in addition to the boom line in the Gulf of Mexico to prevent any oil from reaching further inland.

Louisiana Guard builds bridge for oil spill boom distribution
May 10, 2010
Louisiana National Guardsman Maj. James S. Slaven, executive officer of the 205th Engineer Battalion, inspects a 300-foot improved ribbon bridge built by the 2225th Multi-Role Bridge Company, out of Marrero, La., at the Frank Campo Marina in Shell Beach, La., May 6. The 2225th constructed the bridge to serve as a temporary wharf for oil spill boom distribution in St. Bernard Parish.

Kentucky ADT mobilizes for Afghanistan
May 10, 2010

Maine Guard conducts its first ever air assault in Afghanistan
May 10, 2010
Soldiers with 3rd Battalion, 172nd Infantry Regiment, of the Maine National Guard, prepare to board UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters, after successful completion of their first combat air assault mission in Lalakeh village, Paktya Province, Afghanistan, May 1. During the mission, a weapons cache was found and destroyed, and multiple arms dealers and insurgent militants were captured.

New York MPs teach Iraqis emergency response techniques
May 10, 2010
Soldiers of the New York National Guard's 206th Military Police Company monitor the Iraqi Emergency Response Battalion search and seizure procedures during a training course held at the Basra Operations Center in Basra, Iraq March 15, 2010.