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Minnesota Guardsman aims to scale Earth's highest peak
January 5, 2010
Army Staff Sgt. Daniel Bari, shown here in front of Mount Rainier, said he plans to climb Mount Everest in 2012. Bari climbed a portion of Mount Rainier while preparing for his deployment to southern Iraq.
Servicemember voting laws reflect changes
January 5, 2010
Brig. Gen. Al Dohrmann, a North Dakota National Guardsman and commanding general of Multi-National Task Force-East, answers a question from media in Ferizaj/Urosevac, Kosovo on Dec. 30, 2009.
Community partnerships assist families of deployed Soldiers
January 4, 2010
AF unveils Year of the Family short story competition
January 4, 2010
Three ADTs return from agricultural odyssey
January 4, 2010
Soldiers from the Texas Agribusiness Development Team unload and separate their supplies in the shipment yard at Camp Atterbury Joint Maneuver Training Center Dec. 28, 2009, before they leave for home. The Texas ADT arrived at Camp Atterbury on Christmas Day for demobilization processing after a year-long deployment in Afghanistan.
Georgia Air, Army Guard team up in Afghanistan
January 4, 2010
Capt. Roger M. Brooks IV takes coordinates at an Afghan border police observation post in the mountains of Achin district in eastern Afghanistan's Nangarhar province, Dec. 20, 2009, as a tower guard provides over watch. Brooks is the commander of a 12-man joint terminal attack controller team from the 165th Air Support Operations Squadron of the Georgia Air National Guard in Afghanistan
Nevada Guardsman receives battlefield promotion
January 4, 2010
1st Lt. Stewart Brough, Kunar Provincial Reconstruction Team security force platoon leader (left), newly promoted Sgt. David Ellis, PRT security force gunner and driver deployed from the Nevada National Guard's 1st Squadron, 221st Calvary Regiment (center), and Sgt. Brandon Copley (right) come to the position of attention during a battlefield promotion ceremony, Jan. 1, 2010. Ellis was promoted under the battlefield promotion program, which gives commanders a special tool to recognize enlisted soldiers for doing their jobs above and beyond what is expected of them under combat conditions.
Oklahoma Guard gains agri-business authority in Paktya and West Paktika provinces
January 4, 2010
Col. Mike Chase of Chandler, Okla., and Master Sgt. Bobby Howard of Depew, Okla., unveil the 1-45th Agribusiness Development Team's (ADT), guidon during a transfer of authority ceremony on Dec. 21, 2009 in Gardez, Afghanistan. The 1-45th ADT is responsible for the agri-business development and revitalization in the Paktya and West Paktika Provinces in Afghanistan.
Virginia bobsledder takes America's Cup Podium
January 4, 2010
Sgt. Mike Kohn, an infantryman with the Virginia Army National Guard, contemplates ways he can improve his run while competing in the bobsleedding trials at the Lake Placid Winter Olympics Training Complex in Lake Placid, N.Y., earlier this year. He was victorious in four out of five competitions in the Lake Placid America's Cup competitions held from Dec. 18-20, 2009. Kohn will rest during the holidays before meeting up with the U.S. team in Germany for the second half of the 2009-2010 World Cup tour to collect additional points towards his qualification for the Winter Olympic Games.
Wisconsin prepares to leave Iraq
January 4, 2010
Spc. Andrew Alexander of the Wisconsin National Guard scans the roads from the gunner's turret of a Mine-Resistant Ambush-Protected vehicle.
Iowa National Guard repairs irrigation system in Chowkay
January 4, 2010
An Afghan girl looks on as members of the Iowa National Guard's 734th Agribusiness Development Team repair the irrigation system at the Chowkay Demonstration Farm in Afghanistan's Kunar Province on Jan. 2. Members of the ADT also prepared the farm's greenhouse for vegetable planting during their mission.
H1N1 pediatric vaccine recalled for low potency, not for safety
December 22, 2009
Officials seek feedback on family programs
December 16, 2009
Families can see off, greet troops at airport gates
December 14, 2009
Study explores deployment impact on older children
December 10, 2009
Teens attend an award ceremony in July at the conclusion of the Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard Teen Leadership Summit at Jekyll Island, Ga. The week-long summit brought together 135 children of Reserve and Guard servicemembers there and in at Wahsega, Ga., July 13-17, 2009. A study by the Rand Corporation, commissioned by the National Military Family Association, found that older children in military families experience emotional and behavioral difficulties above national averages.
Toy giveaway benefits military families
December 7, 2009
A military spouse receives assistance from volunteers during the Operation Homefront and Wal-Mart Foundation toy event for military families in the North Carolina National Guard Armory gymnasium in Fayetteville, N.C., Dec. 4, 2009.
Respite child care expands to all 50 states
November 30, 2009
Guard wife spreads Thanksgiving spirit
November 30, 2009
Army Spc. Christopher Bailey, his wife, Amanda, and children are looking forward to spending Thanksgiving together during Bailey's rest and relaxation leave from his deployment in Iraq.
HooahMail means speedy delivery of letters to Afghanistan
November 24, 2009
World War II Soldiers read letters from friends and family during a mail call, January 1943. The Army's HooahMail program makes it possible for Soldiers in Afghanistan to receive letters in days, instead of weeks, as in previous wars.
Louisiana Guardsman proves 'Real Men Read'
November 24, 2009
Louisiana Army National Guardsman Capt. Lance T. Cagnolatti reads to a groups of students at East Iberville School in St. Gabriel, La., as part of the "Real Men Read" program that teaches kids the importance of reading.