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Air Guard aerobatic pilot booked for busy season
March 11, 2008
Maj. John Klatt, of the Air National Guard's aerobatic team in his Staudacher S-300D flies in concert with an Extra-300L flown by Michael Mancuso as they put two Air National Guard-sponsored aircraft through their paces in preparation for Air Force Week New England Aug. 25-26 at Otis Air Base, Cape Code, Mass. Klatt and his support team travel to air shows across the nation promoting the Air National Guard.
Earnhardt climbs to sixth in Sprint Cup standings
March 10, 2008
Dale Earnhardt Jr. stands with the No. 88 National Guard car March 9 at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Earnhardt and his team are now sixth among NASCAR's Sprint Cup leaders after he drove the No. 88 car to a third place finish in the Kobalt Tools 500. He drove the No. 5 Guard Car Saturday to a ninth-place finish and third place in the Nationwide Series standings.
Maryland civil support team passes test below decks
March 7, 2008
Soldiers and Airmen of the Maryland National Guard's 32nd Weapons of Mass Destruction-Civil Support Team train aboard the Navy display ship Berry March 6 at the Washington Navy Yard during Exercise Capital Spear.
Airmen prepare to airlift flood clean-up kits to Ecuador
March 6, 2008
Arkansas Soldiers injured as severe weather strikes Camp Shelby
March 4, 2008
Lt. Col. James Treece, commander of the 217th Brigade Support Battalion, stands next to wreckage at Camp Shelby Joint Forces Training Center, Miss., March 3 caused by severe weather. Fourteen Soldiers with the Arkansas National Guard's 39th Infantry Brigade Combat Team were injured. Injuries were mainly limited to minor cuts and bruises, with one Soldier suffering a more severe, yet non-life-threatening injury.
Guard Soldier awarded Medal of Honor posthumously
March 4, 2008
Kurt Bluedog and Russell Hawkins respond to questions from the media outside the White House on March 3, 2008, following a Medal of Honor presentation ceremony. The men accepted the medal from the president on behalf of Master Sgt. Woodrow Wilson Keeble. Keeble was Bluedog's great-uncle and Hawkins' stepfather, and he is the first full- blooded Sioux Indian to earn the nation's highest military honor. Keeble enlisted in the North Dakota National Guard in 1942.
Arizona Guard troops rescue senators in Afghanistan
March 4, 2008
Earnhardt passes checkered flag 2nd at Las Vegas
March 3, 2008
Dale Earnhardt Jr., driver of the No. 88 National Guard/AMP Energy Chevrolet, finished second after starting the race in the eighth position. He ran 234 laps in the top 15 and led 17 of those laps.
Youth ChalleNGe honors its star supporters
February 29, 2008
Cadets from the National Guard Youth ChalleNGe program hold a Dale Earnhardt Jr. autographed trunk lid from the No. 88 National Guard Sprint Cup Car during the 2008 ChalleNGe Champions Gala Feb. 26 at the JW Marriott ballroom in Washington. Earnhardt donated the item and an auto racing jacket, which raised more than $25,000 for the Guard's Youth ChalleNGe program. Hendrick Motorsports auto racing team owner Rick Hendrick matched the auctioned lid with a $20,000 donation. Youth ChalleNGe has helped more than 77,000 troubled teenagers earn their GEDs, learn life skills, return to school, enroll in college or join the military. More than 1,000 program supporters attended the event.
National Guard Civil Support Team plays key role in ricin response
February 29, 2008
Two members of the 92nd Civil Support Team take a sample of a simulated hazardous substance in a Sparks, Nev., shopping mall during training on Nov. 25, 2005. The Nevada National Guard's civil support team was called to assist Las Vegas Metro Police on Feb. 28, 2008, with a suspicious substance that was later identified as deadly ricin. The team is one of 52 certified units nationwide to support local and state authorities at domestic incident sites by identifying hazardous agents and substances.
Alaska, Mongolia partnership flourishes with shared challenges
February 28, 2008
LTG H Steven Blum, chief of the National Guard Bureau; Lt. Gen. Tsevegsuren Togoo, chief of general staff of the Mongolian Armed Forces; and Maj. Gen. Craig Campbell, the adjutant general of the Alaska National Guard, attended the Pacific State Partnership Program Regional Workshop in Honolulu, Hawaii, in late January. The National Guard's State Partnership Program, which pairs U.S. states with foreign countries, is expanding in the Asia-Pacific region after successes in Europe, South and Central America and Africa. Mongolia and Alaska are partners.
First Active First graduate continues family tradition of service
February 27, 2008
Pvt. Raymond Loree: The Army National Guard's first Active First graduate.
Earnhardt chalks up 7th in Nationwide race; 40th in Sprint
February 26, 2008
Army National Guard patches decorate the No. 5 Chevrolet that Dale Earnhardt Jr. drove to a seventh-place Nationwide Series finish in California Feb. 26.
Guard troops clear flood damage in Hawaii
February 25, 2008
Hawaii National Guard Soldiers and Airmen clear flood debris near Kula on Maui in Hawaii in January during a mission to help residents affected by floods.
Earnhardt finishes 3rd in Nationwide Series opener
February 22, 2008
Dale Earnhardt Jr. works with Hendrick Motorsports team members in a garage at the Daytona International Speedway Feb. 16 for NASCAR's Nationwide Series Camping World 300. Earnhardt drove the National Guard sponsored No. 5 car that day to finish third after starting 19th. The following day, Earnhardt drove the Amp/National Guard co-sponsored No. 88 car in NASCAR's Sprint Cup Series 50th running of the Daytona 500. He led that race three times for 12 laps and finished ninth.
Face of Defense: Wounded in Iraq, National Guardsman Wants to Return
February 22, 2008
Kevin and Danielle Pannell take a break at Ivan's Local Flavor Stress Free Bar at White Bay Campgrounds on Jost Van Dyke, British Virgin Islands, on Oct. 20, 2007. The couple was part of a small group of wounded veterans and their spouses who participated in Team River Runner's first adaptive kayaking trip to the Virgin Islands.
Guard's family support volunteers honored at Pentagon
February 20, 2008
Air National Guard family readiness representatives from the 144th Fighter Wing, California Air National Guard, accept the Department of Defense Reserve Family Readiness Award for 2007 from the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs Thomas Hall Feb. 15 at the Pentagon.
474th Celebrates Six Months of Hard Work
February 15, 2008
Lt. Col. James Starnes, commander of the 474th Civil Engineering Squadron, speaks at a ceremony Feb. 2 celebrating his unit's hard work building the Expeditionary Legal Complex. The complex includes a state-of-the-art courtroom designed to facilitate military commissions. Joint Task Force Guantanamo conducts safe and humane care and custody of detained enemy combatants. The JTF conducts interrogation operations to collect strategic intelligence in support of the Global War on Terrorism and supports law enforcement and war crimes investigations.
Commission: Invest in the National Guard
February 12, 2008
Guard Soldiers join Virginia firefighting mission
February 12, 2008
A Virginia National Guard helicopter from 2nd Battalion, 224th Aviation departs the Tazewell, Va. airport to begin firefighting operations near Center Cross, Va.