Guard News - The National Guard

West Virginia shares ideas on rural health in Peru
May 14, 2010 — CHARLESTON, W.V., - Poor dental health, lack of adequateimmunizations, and a shortage of resources for preventive care are many ofthe challenges involved in providing health care in rural settings,...

State legislators visit Wyoming Guardsmen in North Africa
May 14, 2010 — CHEYENNE, Wyo., - Wyoming state legislators recently traveled with Wyoming National Guardsmen to Tunisia for a multi-national medical training exercise aimed at improving medical practices and ties...

Case Study: Arkansas aims efforts at building resiliency
May 14, 2010 — CAMP JOSEPH T. ROBINSON, Ark., - Two uniformed Arkansas National Guard Soldiers visit homeless shelters and food pantries in a Little Rock neighborhood, joined by a dozen police officers.Someone...

New York Air Guard moves radars to Ohio
May 14, 2010 — NEWBURGH, N.Y., - The New York Air National Guard's 213th Engineering Installation Squadron, a tenant unit here at Stewart Air National Guard Base, is taking the lead role in a project to relocate...

McKinley: FY 2011 budget meets Guard’s needs
May 14, 2010 — WASHINGTON, - The Fiscal Year 2011 budget request meets the critical needs of the Army and Air National Guard, the chief of the National Guard Bureau told the Senate Armed Services subcommittee on...

Guard part of solution to DoD budget woes, chief says
May 14, 2010 — NORFOLK, Va., - The National Guard is uniquely poised to be part of the solution to many of DoD’s future budget woes, the National Guard’s top officer told an audience here at the Joint Warfighting...

Commentary: Suicide Prevention in the Air Force and Air National Guard
May 14, 2010 — FORT GEORGE G. MEADE, Md. - Suicide is a tragedy that can strike anyone, anywhere, at anytime. Suicide in the military has no preference for whether a member is home or deployed, working hard, or on...

First Lady calls on nation to support military families
May 13, 2010 — WASHINGTON - First Lady Michelle Obama issued a national challenge today to all sectors of American society: mobilize and take action to support and engage military families."One percent of Americans...

First Lady announces military family review
May 13, 2010 — WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama has directed the national security staff to lead a 90-day review aimed at developing a federal government wide approach to supporting military families, First Lady...

Alaska Guardsmen arrive in Vietnam for Pacific Angel
May 13, 2010 — HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam - About 40 U.S. military personnel from bases throughout the Pacific and continental U.S. arrived here May 8 to participate in Pacific Angel 10-2.The C-130 Hercules from the...

"He fell through the cracks"
May 13, 2010 — CONWAY, Ark. - The death of Army Spc. Josh Farmer intensified the state of Arkansas' focus on helping troubled Soldiers and Airmen.Farmer died by suicide Sept. 20, 2009. Among initiatives prompted in...

Indiana Guardsmen beat the blues with extreme sports
May 13, 2010 — CAMP ATTERBURY JOINT MANEUVER TRAINING CENTER, Ind., - WhenSoldiers return from a battle zone, they can have trouble adjusting from thefast-paced, combat environment to the caterpillar-crawl of their...

About the series: Resiliency
May 13, 2010 — When Arkansas experienced its highest number of suicides on record, Army Staff Sgt. Jim Greenhill traveled there to find out why and what was being done. What he found were people willing to talk...

Joint Task Force Haiti prepares for 'New Horizon'
May 13, 2010 — WASHINGTON, - Joint Task Force Haiti is preparing to stand down its disaster-relief mission in Haiti at the beginning of June, nearly six months after a Jan. 12 earthquake devastated the country."We...

A Message from the Senior Enlisted Leader, National Guard Bureau
May 13, 2010 — Every National Guard Soldier and Airman is a valued and important member of the team.The National Guard is the "hometown team" embedded in communities throughout the United States, territories and the...

"I've got a lot of reasons to live"
May 13, 2010 — HOT SPRINGS, Ark., - Army Sgt. 1st Class James Powell badly needed someone to answer the phone.He couldn't recall crying in 20 years, but the Arkansas National Guard full-timer had broken down, cried,...

Louisiana Guard supports shoreline protection mission
May 13, 2010 — VENICE, La., - Soldiers of the Louisiana National Guard's 1023rdVertical Engineer Company, 528th Engineer Battalion continued transportingwater diversion system materials from Venice, La., May 12, in...

“It takes the strength and courage of a warrior to ask for help”
May 13, 2010 — LITTLE ROCK, Ark., - It’s 4:30 p.m., on a Saturday afternoon, and the adjutant general of the Arkansas National Guard has worked a 60-plus hour week, but he has one more meeting – with a...

Air Force officials announce FY 2011 force structure alignments
May 12, 2010 — CAMP ATTERBURY JOINT MANEUVER WASHINGTON - Air Force officials announced May 11 the proposed force structure realignment for fiscal 2011.The proposal provides a summary of the civilian and military...

DoD official urges reserve component funding, predictability
May 12, 2010 — WASHINGTON, - Emphasizing the critical role the reserve components play in U.S. national defense, the senior Pentagon reserve affairs official emphasized to Congress today the importance of adequately...

Puerto Rico Guard Distributes One Million Gallons of Water in Drought Response

Guardsmen Boost Domestic Response Capabilities in Patriot 26

Washington Guard Strengthens Fiscal Readiness

Kentucky Guard Prepares Incoming Command Teams for Leadership

New PSYWAR Course Strengthens Guard Capabilities