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Members of Air Guard medical groups unite for Vigilant Guard
May 14, 2007 — BUTLERVILLE, Ind. - The building had collapsed, and victims were trapped and screaming for medical assistance through the smoke and cement dust of a 20-foot-tall rubble pile. Luckily for them, an... MORE

Air National Guard medical technicians from the Illinois National Guard's Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Enhanced Response Force Package (CERFP) evaluate a role-playing victim of a collapsed building for injuries in mid-May as part of the National Guard training exercise Vigilant Guard in Indiana.

Hands that held weapons now hold hope
May 12, 2007 — BUTLERVILLE, Ind. - As the Vigilant Guard exercise continues to test National Guard members from around the country, Soldiers from the Indiana Army Guard's 2nd Battalion, 293rd Infantry from Fort... MORE

National Guard cleaning up Greensburg
May 10, 2007 — GREENSBURG, Kan. - It's hard to describe the immensity of the destruction in Greensburg, Kan. State and federal officials say 95 percent of the town is destroyed; gone as well are 961 homes, and 136... MORE

Members of the 134th Air Control Squadron, Kansas Air National Guard, operate heavy equipment near the courthouse of Greensburg, Kan., May 8, 2007. The Airmen worked to free a forklift that had been stuck in the mud. The building was one of the few left standing after a massive tornado decimated the town May 4. Approximately 400 National Guardmembers have been called up to assist with the cleanup, provide security and perform other disaster response functions.

Guard Responding to Domestic Crises Nationwide
May 10, 2007 — WASHINGTON - While President Bush toured the site of a deadly tornado in Kansas today, the National Guard continues to demonstrate its readiness as it responds to natural disasters from coast to... MORE

Greensburg Tornado Changes Life of Kansas Guard Soldier
May 10, 2007 — Greensburg, Kan. - It had taken almost two days of work by a dozen people to clear the debris of what was once a garage away from the pickup truck buried underneath. To the joy of onlookers, Rodney A... MORE

Laura and Rodney Prosser with their daughter Heidi, 11, and son Keith, 13, sit in front of what remains of their Greensburg, Kan., home after it was destroyed by a category F5E tornado, May 4, 2007.

From citizen to disaster relief workers, National Guard members transform quickly to help town of Greensburg
May 10, 2007 — GREENSBURG, Kan. - The phone rang at 1:45 a.m. and minutes later National Guardmembers from all over Kansas picked up their bags, walked out the door and made the transformation from everyday citizen... MORE

Indiana's vigilant medical crew provides care for the caregivers
May 10, 2007 — BUTLERVILLE, Ind. - A day before one of the National Guard's largest homeland defense training exercises got underway, Indiana National Guard medics were busy preparing here on May 9 to ensure... MORE

An aeromedical air crew member from the 121st Medical Company, District of Columbia Army National Guard, prepares a UH-1H helicopter at the Muscatatuck Urban Training Center, Butlerville, Ind., to provide medical support for the National Guard training exercise Vigilant Guard.

Missouri National Guard Citizen-Soldiers help flooded areas
May 9, 2007 — More than 100 Citizen-Soldiers of the Missouri National Guard are assisting, or ready to assist, communities in flood response efforts. Forty Soldiers have been working overnight in Craig, helping to... MORE

Northern Edge Combined Training Exercise
May 9, 2007 — Fairbanks, Alaska - Today in Fairbanks exercise officials conducted the most involved scenario of the two week training effort to refine and evaluate coordination between local state and federal... MORE

National Guard Responds to Kansas Tornado
May 7, 2007 — WASHINGTON - More than 300 members of the Kansas National Guard have been activated in response to a powerful tornado that almost destroyed the town of Greensburg, Kan., May 4.Guard members are... MORE

Guard Responds to Tornado Disaster
May 7, 2007 — Within four hours of the deadly tornado that struck Greensburg on May 5 under the cloak of darkness, Kansas National Guardmembers were called to duty to bring relief to their devastated... MORE

You Can Sleep Uninterrupted...
May 7, 2007 — ANCHORAGE, Alaska - The Alaska National Guard is in the midst of a crisis, a practice crisis. Emergency response is what they do best because they practice.Over 200 hundred National Guard... MORE

Tommy Hill: Enduring role model for all Guard members
May 4, 2007 — ARLINGTON, Va. - Thomas Anthony "Tommy" Hill, the National Guard's longest-serving civilian employee, is a lasting memory to contemporaries and to those he mentored.Now they want to ensure that his... MORE

Oregon National Guard Members Begin Return Home
May 4, 2007 — More than 850 Soldiers are scheduled to return from the largest deployment of Oregon Soldiers since World War II, which encompassed a sixteen month mobilization in Afghanistan.The 41 BCT deployed to... MORE

South Dakota National Guard trains on life-saving skills during humanitarian exercise
April 30, 2007 — LA CALERA, Nicaragua - South Dakota Soldiers conducted a medical evacuation exercise on April 4 in La Calera during the humanitarian assistance exercise known as New Horizons-Nicaragua 2007.The $7.25... MORE

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Claude Weidow, left, administers intravenous fluids to South Dakota Army National Guard Spc. Jared Haak, Huron, with the help of Army Sgt. Doug Magee (center), Springfield, and Spc. Jesse Clay, Huron, during a medical evacuation exercise at the school construction site in La Calera, Nicaragua, during New Horizons-Nicaragua 2007, April 6, 2007. The exercise is a $7.25 million joint U.S. and Nicaraguan military humanitarian and training exercise, providing a new school, a medical clinic with free health and veterinary care, and giving aid and strengthening bonds between the two nations. Weidow is a combat medic for the 99th Expeditionary Medical Squadron, Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., and Haak, Magee and Clay are from the 153rd Engineering Battalion, South Dakota Army National Guard, deployed with the 820th Red Horse Squadron, Nellis AFB, Nev. (U.S. Air Force photo by ) (Released)

Exercise Tests Hurricane-Response Plans in Northeastern U.S.
April 30, 2007 — WASHINGTON - National Guard members today commenced a hurricane emergency preparedness and response exercise involving five states in the northeastern United States, a National Guard Bureau spokesman... MORE

Remembering the Holocaust with a new generation
April 27, 2007 — TUCSON AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Ariz. - The 162nd Fighter Wing here helped a new generation of Americans learn what happens when people stay silent in the face of genocide.The wing hosted more than... MORE

Holocaust survivor Jane Lipski tells her personal story to middle school students during "The Holocaust Remembrance Days" event held at the 162nd Fighter Wing in Tucson, AZ.

Dream comes true for young leukemia patient
April 27, 2007 — TUCSON AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Ariz. - The youngest Air National Guard lieutenant has "the right stuff" when it comes to flying the F-16 Fighting Falcon."Second Lieutenant" Dominic Magne, 6, from... MORE

Maj. Scott Reinhold and Col. Jose Salinas pin second lieutenant rank on Dominic Magne during a commissioning ceremony in the Operations Group lounge.

Disaster strikes Texas border town; Guardmembers working there respond
April 27, 2007 — The placid atmosphere of Eagle Pass, Texas, was torn asunder on April 24 as severe weather moved into the border town, killing seven people, obliterating an elementary school and destroying properties... MORE

Texas National Guard soldiers assist the Department of public safety with security operations after a tornado destroyed parts of Eagle Pass, Texas.

Two Inupiat Eskimo Guardsmen Become a Team in Kuwait
April 26, 2007 — CAMP BUEHRING, Kuwait - Sgt. 1st Class Floyd Ticket rides shotgun while Sgt. Jonathan Weyiouana drives their Humvee down a grayish, dust covered perimeter road on a small military base near the... MORE

Sgt. Jonathan Weyiouana (center) and Sgt. 1st Class Floyd Ticket (right) visit with Spc. Joshua Degeus in a guard tower at a camp near the Kuwait-Iraq border. Ticket and Weyiouana were making the rounds, visiting Soldiers on guard duty. The Soldiers are members of Alaska Army National Guard's Alpha Company, 3rd Battalion, 297th Infantry, and all are from Alaska. Weyiouana, Ticket and Degeus are from respectively, Shishmaref, Buckland and Wasilla.

New York Guard Helps Floridians Recover from Hurricane

New Mexico National Guard Helps Rescue Flood Victims

From Ohio to Alaska, Airmen Unite for Space Intelligence

National Guard Bureau Hosts Cybersecurity Awareness Panel

Alaska Air Guard Conducts Communications Out Exercise