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Sequestration: Defense Department warns of furloughs, effective 20 percent pay cut
February 21, 2013
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Defense Department preparing for furloughs, Panetta tells Congress
February 20, 2013
Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta leaves his Pentagon office Feb. 14, 2013. Panetta told Congress that the Defense Department is preparing for furloughs in the event of sequestration.
National Guard team and individual win Secretary of the Army Environmental Awards
February 20, 2013
An 'insurgent' pops from the nearby trees to ambush a mounted patrol during the 1204th Aviation Support Battalion's pre-mobilization training at the Wendell H. Ford Regional Training Center in Greenville, Ky., June 24, 2011. The installation won an environmental award recently.
Utah Guard Soldiers, mountains help prepare troops for Afghanistan
February 20, 2013
Members of a Mobile Multifunctional Signals Intelligence Team for the 704th Military Intelligence Brigade participate in a field training exercise in the mountains of Utah.
Virginia Army National Guard funeral program performs 10,000th military service
February 20, 2013
The Virginia Army National Guard Funeral Honors Program performed its 10,000th funeral on Feb. 13. The program now averages more than 200 funerals a month.
North Carolina National Guard promotes anti-bullying campaign
February 19, 2013
New fans mob Joe Pacheco, a mixed martial artist with Bellator Fighting Championships, at a Cabarrus High School Healthy Living and Anti-Bullying seminar for the students Feb. 12, 2013.
Guard members find new ways to save money during Military Saves event
February 19, 2013
Holly Petraeus, head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's Office of Service Member Affairs, speaks at the kick-off event for Military Saves Week at the Army National Guard Readiness Center in Arlington, Va., Feb. 19, 2013
California Citizen-Soldier aids unconscious patient aboard airline flight
February 15, 2013
California Army National Guard Sgt. Skylar Johnson, a combat lifesaver with the 235th Engineer Company, 579th Engineer Battalion, prepares to evacuate a fellow soldier with a simulated gunshot wound during a combat drill with Task Force Warrior at Camp Roberts, Calif., Feb. 13, 2013.
Reserve colonel blesses land in Afghanistan where his Army National Guard stepson fell
February 15, 2013
U.S. Army Reserve Col. Frank Kestler prays at the Afghanistan field near Arif Kala where his stepson, 1st Lt. Joseph Theinert, was killed in combat in June, 2010.
North Carolina state senator joins National Guard
February 15, 2013
North Carolina state Sen. Dan Soucek is sworn into the North Carolina National Guard by Army Maj. Gen. Greg Lusk, adjutant general of North Carolina, Feb. 13, 2013.
Alaska National Guard conducts major search-and-rescue exercise after simulated 737 crash
February 14, 2013
A flight crew with the Alaska Air National Guard's 249th Airlift Squadron conducts an equipment drop from a C-17 Globemaster III during an arctic search-and-rescue exercise Feb. 8, 2013.
Commentary: We need a culture change to boost sustainability
February 14, 2013
Col. Michael J. Bouchard has served more than 26 years in a variety of National Guard positions.
Experts advise steps to safeguard online identities
February 13, 2013
Protecting your identitity is much easier than repairing the damage if it is stolen.
Guard and Reserve members learn to be ‘masters of networking’ at Alabama seminar
February 13, 2013
Stacia Robinson discusses networking with U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen Jocelyn Seng of Washington, D.C., Chief Master Sgt. Carl Collins of Florence, Ala., and Chief Master Sgt. Lawrence Kirby, of Philadelphia.
New York National Guard Soldier skis and shoots in biathlon
February 13, 2013
Lt. Col. Brian O'Keefe, New York Army National Guard, representing the New York National Guard for the first time in competition during the Sprint portion of the 2013 National Guard Eastern Regional Biathlon at the Ethan Allen Training Site, Jericho Vt., Feb. 9, 2013.
Grass: Sequestration devastating to National Guard, Defense Department
February 12, 2013
Army Gen. Frank Grass, the chief of the National Guard Bureau, right, testifies to the Senate Armed Services Committee on the impact on the Defense Department of sequestration and a yearlong continuing resolution at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 12, 2013.
National Guard troops in New England respond to massive blizzard
February 9, 2013
Snow removal equipment at the 104th Fighter Wing, Barnes Air National Guard Base, Westfield, Mass., stands at the ready the day before the blizzard of 2013 arrives to the area.
Massachusetts National Guard Soldiers assist in delivering baby during snowstorm
February 9, 2013
New mom Ericka Bueno poses for a picture with her boyfriend Joel Gonell and their newborn daughter Nohely at the UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester, Mass., Feb. 9, 2013.
Cultural shift in personnel management means biannual evaluations for Air Guard noncommissioned officers
February 8, 2013
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Maryland National Guard Partners in Care program goes nationwide
February 8, 2013
Staff Sgt. Jeffrey Hayes takes part in the Partners in Care program at a Baltimore church Nov. 19,2012.