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Oklahoma Army National Guard expands resiliency training
January 3, 2011
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Rhode Island National Guard State Partnership Program with the Bahamas conducts police exchange
December 29, 2010
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National Guard support to Operation Deep Freeze
December 29, 2010
A C-17 Globemaster III flies over the Ross Sea on Dec. 25, 2010, during a flight from Christchurch, New Zealand, to McMurdo Air Station, Antarctica. The aircraft is assigned to the Air Force Reserve Command’s 728th Airlift Squadron at McChord Air Force Base, Wash. The flight was turned around as bad weather made it too difficult to land in Antarctica. The National Guard is part of a joint force that supports Operation Deep Freeze each year.

Massachusetts family doctor deploys to Iraq
December 29, 2010
Massachusetts Army National Guard Maj. Martin Lesser, field surgeon with the 224th Sustainment Brigade, 103rd Sustainment Command (Expeditionary), speaks with his patient, Army Sgt. Bobbi Pizur, operations noncommissioned officer with the 319th Transportation Company, 110th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 224th Sustainment Brigade, and a Little Rock, Ark., native, at the troop medical clinic Dec. 22, 2010, at Contingency Operating Base Adder, Iraq. Lesser, 58, took a leave of absence at his private practice to serve here.

Two acres, eight farmers: a demo farm saga
December 29, 2010
Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Don Kuehl (left), Air Force Staff Sgt. Bennett Groth and an interpreter talk with three farmers planting alfalfa at the proposed site of a demonstration farm near the Sarkani District Center in Kunar province, Nov. 22.

Puerto Rico National Guard recognizes a fallen hero
December 28, 2010
Army Brig. Gen. Victor J. Torres, one of six people killed in the Dec. 20 crash of a UH-72A Lakota helicopter, is honored at a wake in his hometown of Coamo, Puerto Rico, on Dec. 27, 2010. Torres was deputy adjutant general of the Puerto Rico National Guard.

New York Army National Guard team honors over 10,000 veterans at funerals in 2010
December 28, 2010
The New York National Guard's Honor Guard team conduct an honorable remains transfer from a Minnesota Air National Guard C-130 Hercules at the 2010 Army National Guard's Honor Guard competition at Fort Snelling, Minn., Sept. 22.

Kentucky National Guard ADT visits chicken farm entrepreneur
December 27, 2010
Army Lt. Col. Jeffrey Casada (left), Kentucky National Guard Agribusiness Development Team leader and London Ky. Native, and chicken farm entrepreneur Shanawaz Khan (right) speak through an interpreter in Khenj District on Dec. 12, 2010.

Mississippi National Guard supports record mail delivery in Afghanistan
December 27, 2010
Staff Sgt. Robert W. Monohan, American Forces Network Theater Maintenance Technician, looks on as Staff Sgt. Jessica L. King, AFN Bagram News NCOIC, picks up holiday packages for her unit at the Bagram Airfield post office.

National Guard responds to East Coast winter storms
December 27, 2010
Approximately 100 Soldiers from the Virginia National Guard's 116th Brigade Combat Team were called to state active duty Dec. 25 in Norfolk, Va., in response to a severe snow storm which dropped a record amount of snow on the Hampton Roads area.

Roster of New York Volunteers Available As Nation Prepares to Observe 150th Anniversary of the Civil War
December 27, 2010
The painted silk regimental battle flag carried by the 125th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment

North Carolina activates National Guard for winter storm
December 27, 2010
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New York Air National Guard tracking Santa on Christmas Eve
December 23, 2010
New York Air National Guard Staff Sergeant Lawrence Brooks, an air surveillance technician at EADS, mans the monitor tracking Santa’s descent from the North Pole.

Hawaii National Guard all-hazards response team earns validation
December 22, 2010
Airmen from the Hawaii Air National Guard's 154th Medical Group assist "victims" of a simulated dirty bomb detonation Dec. 16, 2010, at Bellows Air Force Station, Hawaii, during a homeland defense response validation exercise.

Secretary of Defense Holiday Message
December 22, 2010
Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates

Wisconsin Air National Guard unit ranked among best in nation
December 22, 2010
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Tabs and badges a measure of Missouri Guardmembers’ marksmanship
December 22, 2010
Soldiers with the Missouri National Guard take aim during the 2010 Adjutant General State Rifle/Pistol Combat Match at Camp Crowder, Missouri.

Admiral Mike Mullen Holiday Message
December 22, 2010
Admiral Mike Mullen

North Dakota Guardmembers share holiday spirit with veterans
December 22, 2010
Chief Master Sgt. Paul Tangen, of the 119th Wing, dons a specially made camouflage Santa suit as he greets residents Dec. 15 during the annual North Dakota National Guard Christmas party at the North Dakota Veterans Home in Lisbon, N.D. North Dakota Air and Army National Guardmembers make personal donations to raise money for gifts and present them to the veterans at the nursing home each year during the holiday season.

McKinley visits border mission National Guard troops in California
December 21, 2010
Air Force Gen. Craig McKinley, the chief of the National Guard Bureau, right, talks with a California National Guardsman about surveillance technology near San Diego, Calif., during a Dec. 14, 2010, visit to review the National Guard's support to Customs and Border Protection and Immigration and Customs Enforcement through Joint Task Force-Sierra.