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Guard Soldiers compete with Army's top 24 warriors
October 11, 2007
Sergeant Major of the Army Kenneth O. Preston takes a moment to visit the National Guard's competitors at Ft. Lee for Army Noncommissioned Officer and Soldier of the Year. Staff Sgt. Mark Dornbusch, center, the Army National Guard NCO of the Year and Spc. Erik Nowak, Army Guard Soldier of the Year, competed to become the Army's top "warriors" in a field 26 Soldiers from 13 U.S. Army major commands. It was the first time that the Army National Guard and Army Reserve had competed with the active duty Army as separate entities.

National Guard celebrates Army recruitment success
October 5, 2007
Vice Chief of Staff of the Army Gen. Richard Cody swears in new Army recruits in a ceremony at the Jefferson Memorial in Washington. On the far right, new Soldiers Paul Stuart of Fairfax, Va., and Erika Hanberry of Virginia Beach, Va., represent the Army National Guard.

Guard unit recognized for record deployment
October 5, 2007
Family and friends greet U.S. Army Soldiers from Charlie Company, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 34th Infantry Division as they arrive at the Cottage Grove Armory in Minnesota July 16, 2007. Minnesota National Guard's 1st Brigade Combat Team has been deployed for 22 months with 16 months out of the deployment in a combat zone.

Ohio air show features World War II Mustangs
October 3, 2007
Jeff Michael brought his P-51 'Obsession' from Florida to be a part of the 2007 Gathering of Mustangs and Legends air show held at Rickenbacker International Airport.

Policy Change Boosts G.I. Bill Eligibility for Some Guard, Reserve Members
October 2, 2007

Orange County Choppers unveil Guard's "Patriot Chopper"
October 2, 2007
Paul Teutul Sr., of Orange County Choppers fame, rides the National Guard's "Patriot Chopper" in front of the Army National Guard Readiness Center in Arlington, Va., during a Sept. 27 unveiling ceremony.

Non-standard load: Pennsylvania Chinook airlifts C-130 fuselage
September 28, 2007
Members of the Pennsylvania Army National Guard's 104th Aviation Battalion airlifted a C-130 Sept. 14 in two massive pieces from Forty Fort Airport in Luzerne County to Tobyhanna Army Depot in Monroe County using a CH-47 Chinook helicopter.

NGB chief and Pakistan military officials visit Stryker brigade in Pennsylvania; relationship forming
September 28, 2007
Lt. Col. Marc Ferraro, brigade commander, 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, Pennsylvania Army National Guard, briefs a member of the Pakistani military delegation on features and benefits of the Stryker vehicle Sept. 14.

Air Force Heritage Week soars in Ohio
September 26, 2007

Disabled Veteran Foundation riders visit Oregon National Guard Headquarters in Salem
September 26, 2007
Riders with Operation American Spirit, stopped at the Oregon National Guard's Anderson Readiness Center, in Salem, Ore., Sept. 24, 2007. From left to right: Oregonian Kerry Kingsley-Smith, Actor Jack Scalia, Organization Executive Director, John Wordin, former Army Soldier, J.R. Martinez. The group plans to ride from Seattle to San Diego in order to raise funds and awareness for severely injured military veterans.

Kentucky Soldiers clean up Iraqi neighborhood
September 24, 2007
Soldiers from Company A, 1st Battalion, 149th Infantry Regiment, joke with a local Iraqi girl while on patrol in the Al Furat section of Baghdad, Thursday, Aug. 29, 2007. Soldiers from the unit have been working with local officials to assist with rebuilding schools and other facilities in the area.

Blum addresses National Guard issues with defense scribes
September 24, 2007
LTG H Steven Blum, the chief of the National Guard Bureau, spoke to a group of defense reporters Sept 19.

143rd Infantrymen join Hondurans on range, in sky
September 21, 2007
Members of the Honduran rapid response team (left), known as the Peacekeeping Operations Battalion, shot more ammunition in two days than they usually fire all year during their coalition training with 36th Infantry Division Soldiers Sept. 11-13.

It's JUNIOR! He'll drive the Guard car next year
September 20, 2007
Dale Earnhardt Jr., left, will drive the National Guard car next year in NASCARS's top-level Sprint Cup series for Hendrick Motorsports. He stood with Lt. Gen. Clyde Vaughn, director of the Army National Guard, and Rick Hendrick, Hendrick Motorsports owner, in Dallas where the announcement was made on Sept. 19.

Maryland National Guard Responds to Peru Earthquake
September 19, 2007
Senior Airman Kenneth Cumbie, 612th Air Base Squadron here, drives a forklift to load medical supplies onto a C-130J from the Maryland Air National Guard. Approximately 30 Soldiers and Airmen are responding to the Aug. 15 earthquake in Peru and are taking with them 4,470 pounds of medical supplies for relief efforts.

Rhode Island National Guard Holds 25th Annual International Military Parachute Competition
September 19, 2007
A competitor at the Rhode Island National Guard's international military parachute competition Leapfest XXV tries to collapse his parachute in the drop zone Aug. 11.

Nevada Guard continues search for missing pilot
September 17, 2007

Nevada generals represent best of military, civilian employers
September 17, 2007
From left, Nevada Army National Guard Brig. Gen Frank Gonzales, Michael Yackira, president of Sierra Pacific Resources, and Nevada Air National Guard Brig. Gen. Bob Fitch stand behind the 2007 Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve Freedom Award on Sept. 12 in Washington. All three are executives with Sierra Pacific Resources which was one of 15 organizations to receive Freedom Awards for exceptional employer support of Guard and reserve-component employees.

Guard follows downgraded Humberto's path
September 13, 2007

Exercise tests Virginia Guard's vigilance
September 12, 2007
With "most-wanted" posters of terrorists in the background, Staff Sgt. Wallace Fellenzer and Staff Sgt. Jason McCoy of the Virginia Army National Guard conduct intelligence analysis operations on Sept. 6 at Fort Belvoir, Va., during a Vigilant Guard command post exercise that tested the National Guard's preparedness for homeland defense.