Guard News - The National Guard

South Dakota veterans may be eligible for bonuses
September 30, 2008 — PIERRE, S.D. - The state of South Dakota is paying a veterans' bonus of up to $500 to certain servicemembers based on monthly service during qualifying dates. Bonuses are available to servicemembers...

Executive order eases federal employment for military spouses
September 30, 2008 — WASHINGTON - President Bush signed an executive order this week that will make it easier for spouses of servicemembers to get federal jobs.The order authorizes noncompetitive hiring of spouses and...

CJCS, TAG salute Virginia volunteers
September 29, 2008 — WILLIAMSBURG, Va. - Soldiers, Airmen, spouses and other family members who have supported the Virginia National Guard were honored by both the state's top servicemember and the military's top...

Airman's Experience Aids Hurricane Response
September 29, 2008 — CAMERON PARISH, La. - A joint tactical air controller with the Louisiana Air National Guard who lost everything when Hurricane Katrina struck in 2005 helped his home state respond to Hurricane Ike.Air...

Gates: Guard funding at record levels
September 25, 2008 — BALTIMORE - In fiscal year 2009, the Department of Defense helped to grow the Army National Guard's budget to just over $30 billion, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates told an audience here at the...

Guardsman's wife provides better 'Sleep for Soldiers'
September 25, 2008 — WAYNESBORO, Va. - Because the need for good sleep never ends, Meredith Kane Read started "Sleep for Soldiers," an initiative that provides bedding materials for deployed troops."These men and women...

Advisors can help with adjustment to civilian life
September 25, 2008 — ARLINGTON, Va. - How do I file a VA claim? How do I get enrolled in the VA system and get an appointment? What's the difference between TRICARE Reserve Select and TRICARE Prime health plans?These are...

Gen. Schwartz outlines future role, relationship with Guard
September 25, 2008 — BALTIMORE - The Air Force chief of staff reached out to National Guard leaders, inviting collaborative planning and support of the total force as he spoke at the National Guard Association of the...

Army Guard gets new medevac Blackhawk
September 25, 2008 — BALTIMORE - A new medical evacuation version of the Blackhawk helicopter was unveiled here Sept. 21 at the National Guard Association of the United States conference.The HH-60M Blackhawk is capable of...

Virginia Guardsman participate in pilot adventure program
September 24, 2008 — OHIOPYLE, Pa. - A company of Virginia National Guard Soldiers were bussed to Pennsylvania this weekend to participate in an Army pilot program known as Warrior Adventure Quest. The program is designed...

America Supports You: Golf Classic Honors Soldier's Memory
September 23, 2008 — WASHINGTON - Thirty-five Minnesota soldiers who returned home from Iraq and Afghanistan in the past year were among nearly 300 golfers who participated in the 2nd Annual Bryan McDonough American...

Gates salutes Guardsmen for missions at home, abroad
September 23, 2008 — WASHINGTON - Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates saluted the men and women of the National Guard during a speech in Baltimore today.Gates spoke at the 130th conference of the National Guard Association...

Guard mourns 7 Soldiers killed in helicopter crash in Iraq
September 23, 2008 — ARLINGTON, Va. - Seven members of the Army National Guard lost their lives on Sept. 18 after their CH-47 Chinook crashed near Tallil, Iraq.The incident was the worst U.S. helicopter crash in Iraq...

North Dakota Soldiers participate in live-fire exercise in Texas
September 23, 2008 — GRAND FORKS, N.D. - Soldiers from the North Dakota Army National Guard's 1-188th Air Defense Artillery recently fired three dozen Stinger missiles during weekend training in Texas.The operation helped...

President Honors Guardsman's Volunteerism
September 23, 2008 — WASHINGTON - Just before heading overseas for his third tour in Iraq, an Oklahoma Air National Guardsman found himself standing in the limelight with the president.Air Force Maj. Dan Rooney received...

Guardmembers eligible for 'Safe Haven' compensation
September 22, 2008 — ARLINGTON, Va. - When Hurricane Ike made landfall on the Texas coast, it left behind damaged and destroyed buildings, massive flooding, and thousands of residents without power or, in many cases,...

Pentagon Honors Exceptional Employers of Citizen-Servicemembers
September 22, 2008 — WASHINGTON - Fifteen employers accepted a Defense Department award last night for their exceptional financial and emotional support of National Guard and Reserve members on their payrolls.The...

Chaff, flares, bullets and bombs - how munitions element gives Falcon its claws
September 22, 2008 — TUCSON, Ariz. - Throughout aviation history airplanes have been graced with names that help define the perception and character of the aircraft.From breath-taking natural events like thunder that...

Dale Earnhardt Jr. and other NASCAR drivers spend time with recovering troops
September 22, 2008 — WASHINGTON, D.C. - NASCAR drivers were in a neck-and-neck race Thursday to see who could visit the most wounded warriors here at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. The recovering troops there were the...

Modular Airborne System Delivers One Million Gallons of Fire Retardant

Air Guard Security Forces Strengthen Readiness With Green Berets

Hawaii National Guard Rescues Paramedics During Hurricane Lala

Hawaii Guard Supports Tropical Cyclone Lala Response

South Carolina Guard Enhances Readiness With Advanced HH-60M Black Hawk