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Illinois Soldiers 'Boom Chakalaka' with Bill Murray at USO gala
November 19, 2008
Illinois Army National Guard Soldiers rehearse a skit from the movie "Stripes" with Bill Murray before the 2008 Salute to our Troops USO of Illinois Gala Nov. 15 in Chicago.
Cartwright gets up-close look at battlefield care
November 18, 2008
Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff U.S. Marine Gen. James E. Cartwright thanks soldiers from the Arkansas National Guard at Baghdad International Airport, Iraq, Nov. 15, 2008. The Guardsmen provided security for the general during his visit to Iraq.
Guard's first four-star ready to take Minutemen forward
November 18, 2008
As his wife Cheryl McKinley holds a bible, Air Force Gen. Craig R. McKinley is sworn in by Secretary of Defense Robert Gates as the 26th chief of the National Guard Bureau during a ceremony at the Pentagon, where he was also promoted to his current rank, Monday, Nov. 17, 2008. McKinley is the first Guard officer to be promoted to the four-star rank.
Ohio National Guard has fans in Belgrade
November 18, 2008
Cal Guard discovers parallels in Ukraine's disaster relief efforts
November 18, 2008
General Vasyl Kvashuk, director of the Ukrainian Army's Civil Protection Department, addresses Brig. Gen. William H. Wade II, adjutant general of the California National Guard, and other key leadership on Nov. 12, 2008, at the Joint Force Headquarters in Sacramento. The Urkainian team led by Kvashuk was in California to participate in Vigilant Guard '09, the National Guard's weeklong disaster-response exercise. Kvashuk discussed Ukraine's response to the July 2008 floods that decimated lives and homes in Western Ukraine.
Georgia Guard unit gets Navy Presidential Unit Citation
November 14, 2008
Col. Tom Blackstock, commander of the 265th Regional Support Group, pins the streamer for the Navy Presidential Unit Award to the unit's guide-on. The Metter, Ga. based unit became the only unit in Georgia Army National Guard history to be awarded a Navy Presidential Unit Citation during a ceremony Nov. 1 at the Metter Armory.
Georgia Guard unit gets Navy Presidential Unit Citation
November 14, 2008
Air Force Senior Airman Albert Leyvas checks fuel levels on a bladder at Joint Task Force Guantanamo's Expeditionary Legal Complex, Nov. 3, 2008. Leyvas calculates the amount of fuel each bladder contains and determines how much needs to be added to ensure the bladder is kept at an operational level.
Changes to Leave Act benefit wounded warriors, families
November 14, 2008
Indiana captain a Rising Star
November 14, 2008
Capt. Lisa Kopczynski, public affairs officer with the 76th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, performs with the 38th Infantry Division rock band Rapid Fire during a departure ceremony in the RCA Dome in Indianapolis, Ind., on Jan. 2, 2008, before her deployment to Joint Base Balad, Iraq. Kopczynski represented the National Guard at the Operation Rising Star semifinals at Fort Belvoir, Va., on Nov. 13, 2008.
New York Soldiers receive valor awards at Veterans Day ceremony
November 13, 2008
New York National Guardmembers Capt. Joseph Merrill and 1st Sgt. James Meltz earned Bronze Star Medals with Valor Nov. 11 for "direct actions that lead to the repulsion of enemy forces without the injury or death to U.S. forces."
Teamwork drives National Guard recruiting; Army's October numbers exceed goal
November 12, 2008
Kid Rock holds a Minuteman, the symbol of the National Guard Citizen-Soldier ready to set down the plow and pick up a rifle at a moment's notice, after the singer visited with 2,000 Soldiers in Orlando, Fla., on Oct. 9, 2008, to talk about his "Warrior" song and video promoting the National Guard.
Indiana Guard warms hands, hearts
November 12, 2008
Stout Field Elementary student, Charlie Trejo, is presented a coin by Indiana Adjutant General, Maj. Gen. R. Martin Umbarger there Thursday, November 06, 2008. The adjutant general brought coats, hats and gloves for the Warm Hands, Warm Hearts program that provides students at the school with winter supplies who might not have them already.
TroopTube gives morale boost to deployed servicemembers
November 12, 2008
President honors veterans, families at USS Intrepid ceremony
November 12, 2008
President George W. Bush, joined by Mrs. Laura Bush, stands outside Air Force One as he addresses his remarks in honor of Veterans Day, Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2008 upon the President's arrival at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York. President Bush introduced military personnel representing the five branches of the armed services, who traveled with him aboard AF-1, honoring their service, from left are, U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer Shenequa Cox of Dallas, Texas; U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer First Class Christopher O. Hutto of Homer, Alaska; U.S. Army National Guard SSgt Michael Noyce-Merino of Melrose, Montana; U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Alicia Goetschel of Warrensburg, Mo., and U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. John Badon of Lufkin, Texas. Badon's bravery has earned him two Purple Hearts for his service in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Tennessee gets Oshkosh's 20,000th HEMTT
November 10, 2008
Maryland artillery regiment goes out with a bang
November 7, 2008
Air Guard conducts evacuation in Antarctica
November 6, 2008
An LC-130 Hercules sits on an improvised ice runway at Davis Station, Antarctica, Nov. 3. A U.S. and Australian medical team moved an injured Australian civilian aboard the aircraft from the camp to a hospital in Hobart, Australia, Nov. 5. The mission was flown as part of Operation Deep Freeze, commanded by U.S. Pacific Command's Joint Task Force Support Forces Antarctica at Hickam Air Force, Hawaii.
State Partnership for Peace units pair up for deployment
November 6, 2008
A Latvian soldier and an Afghan soldier communicate during Operational Mentor and Liaison Team training at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center at the Hohenfels Training Area.
A dream to fly, a lasting friendship
November 5, 2008
Dominic Magne and Lt. Col. Scott Reinhold pet stingrays and sharks at the Phoenix Zoo, Oct. 30. The second-grader and the F-16 pilot have remained friends since Dominic visited the 162nd Fighter Wing in Tucson, Ariz., last year to fulfill his dream to become a fighter pilot.
Oregon Guardsmen bid farewell to longtime bandmaster
November 5, 2008
Maj. Gen. Raymond F. Rees, the adjutant general of the Oregon National Guard, places an Oregon Distinguished Service Medal around the neck of Chief Warrant Officer 5 James Powell at his retirement ceremony Nov. 3 at the Anderson Readiness Center in Salem, Ore. Powell recieved the award in recognition of his 39 years of military service.