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Army Guard names top combative champions
April 1, 2010
The Illinois National Guard scored the highest out of all teams with 171 total bout points, earning the 2010 ARNG Combatives Tournament Team Champion Trophy at Fort Benning, Ga., March 26-28, 2010. The Soldiers, who participated in the tournament, include: Spc. Jesus Aguilar; Spc. Kenneth Browne; 1st Lt. Thomas Robideau; Staff Sgt. Joshua Lipa; Sgt. Adam Therriault (second place welterweight); Staff Sgt. Tony Genovese; Staff Sgt. Nicholas Grant (third place middleweight); Spc. Brian Case; Sgt. Aoutneil Magny (third place cruiserweight); Spc. Eric Huntley; Sgt. Jeremy Stimac (fourth place light heavyweight); Staff Sgt. Adam Boge; Staff Sgt. John Shaw (fourth place heavyweight).
National Guard mom semi-finalist for Military Motherhood Award
April 1, 2010
TF Cyclone, Wolverine transfer authority
April 1, 2010
Task Force Cyclone commander, U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Lonnie Culver, speaks during a transfer of authority ceremony held at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, March 31, 2010. The incoming unit, Task Force Wolverine of the Vermont National Guard's 86th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Mountain), took over operations in Parwan, Panjshir, and Bamyan provinces from Task Force Cyclone of the Indiana National Guard's 38th Infantry Division.
North Dakota Guard ends flood operations
April 1, 2010
Guard Bureau's new home passes 50 percent completion
April 1, 2010
Engineers scan through piles of blueprints at their jobsite trailer on the Arlington Hall campus March 26, 2010. Construction at the Army National Guard Readiness Center continues on a 250,000-square-foot office complex that will house the National Guard Bureau's joint staff of Soldiers and Airmen in 2011. The project is scheduled for completion by April 2011.
Pennsylvania TAG swears in son
April 1, 2010
Texas trainer becomes trainee, commander
April 1, 2010
Army Capt. Brent Middleton, left accepts his unit's flag from his battalion commander in a change-of-command ceremony at Camp Mabry, Texas, March 20, 2010.
Virginia Soldier wins lightweight class championship
April 1, 2010
Sgt. 1st Class Austin Randolph holds up the arm of Staff Sgt. Matthew Stemmler of the Virginia National Guard after he defeated Staff Sgt. Justin Gottke in the lightweight final match during the Army National Guard Comabatives Tournament at Fort Benning, Ga., March 28, 2010. Stemmler was undefeated through all four matches he fought in the tournament.
Illinois Guard honors fallen heroes
April 1, 2010
The Army Color Guard accepts the casket carrying the remains of Pfc. Francheska Velez of Chicago on Nov. 16, 2009. The transfer occurred in the hanger of the Company B, 935th Aviation and Company B, 1st Battalion, 106th Aviation Armory in Chicago. Velez was one of 13 people slain during the Fort Hood shootings in November 2009. (Photo by Master Sgt. Scott Thompson, Illinois National Guard)
New DVD helps children deal with deployment
March 31, 2010
Trevor Romain, award-winning author and children's books illustrator, jokes with military children after a USO-sponsored film screening of the DVD "With You All the Way" at the U.S. Navy Memorial in Washington, D.C., March 30, 2010. The DVD was designed for military children dealing with deployment.
Arizona Guardsman manages supplies for deployed wing
March 31, 2010
Master Sgt. Alex Brown checks over inventory numbers with Senior Airman Alex Dromov in the supply warehouse for the 380th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron at a non-disclosed base in Southwest Asia, March 6, 2010. Both work in the 'Desert Depot,' otherwise known as the base supply store and both are material management Airman deployed with the 380th ELRS.
Iraq troop evacuation effects at Camp Atterbury
March 31, 2010
Despite the withdrawal of combat troops from Iraq, Soldiers continue to prepare for operations in other countries to include Afghanistan and the Horn of Africa. Here, troops assigned to Provincial Reconstruction Teams assemble for a departure ceremony at Camp Atterbury Joint Maneuver Training Center as they prepare for an upcoming deployment to Afghanistan.
New DVD helps children deal with deployment
March 31, 2010
Three Northeast states continue to battle floods
March 31, 2010
Army Pfc. Matthew J. Ohman and Pvt. Carey A. Clarke, both of the 272nd Chemical Company of the Massachusetts Army National Guard, work together filling sandbags at the Massachusetts Department of Transportation-Highway Division in Lexington, Mass., March 29, 2010.
For Wisconsin Guardsmen, resiliency is key to returning to life after deployment
March 31, 2010
Brig. Gen. Don Dunbar, adjutant general of Wisconsin, uses a baseball to demonstrate the "angle of resilience" during a speech on resilience Friday (Feb. 5) at the Joint Force Headquarters in Madison. Dunbar was the featured speaker during a prayer breakfast.
Social media sites to open on Air Force network
March 31, 2010
In April, Air Force personnel will be allowed to access Internet-based social media sites via the Air Force Network for official use and limited personal use. All Airmen must use due diligence when posting information online and must always follow Joint Ethics regulations, operations security and published rules of engagement.
Army Guard battles Soldier suicides
March 31, 2010
Air Force Gen. Craig R. McKinley, left, chief of the National Guard Bureau, listens as Army Maj. Gen. Raymond W. Carpenter, acting director of the Army National Guard, testifies before a March 24, 2010, hearing of the Senate Appropriations Committee's subcommittee on defense in Washington, D.C.
State leaders thank Massachusetts Guardsmen
March 31, 2010
U.S. Sen. Scott Brown is briefed by members of the 272nd Chemical Company of the Massachusetts National Guard on continuing sand bag production operations at the Lexington Department of Transportation site March 30, 2010. He was there visiting Guardsmen supporting Operation Rising Water. Brown is also a member of the Massachusetts National Guard.
USO Announces Sesame Workshop Tour Dates
March 31, 2010
Florida Guard hosts emergency response exercise
March 30, 2010
Pfc. Joshua Lilly of the Florida Army National Guard cuts through metal sheets simulating obstacles during a search-and-extraction mission, as part of the multi-agency Operation Integration exercise at Camp Blanding Joint Training Center, Fla., March 25, 2010.