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Maryland breaks ground on new flight facility
May 24, 2010 — EDGEWOOD, Md., - Gov. Martin O'Malley helped break ground on a $22.6 million addition to the Maryland National Guard's Army Aviation Support Facility during a ceremony here May 22.The contract was...

Louisiana Guardsmen construct Hesco wall on coast
May 24, 2010 — PORT FOURCHON, La., - Members of the 527th and 769th EngineerBattalions of the Louisiana National Guard began constructing a barrier wallin an effort to keep oil-tainted water from reaching Bay...

Military families eligible for free museum visits
May 24, 2010 — WASHINGTON, - Active duty servicemembers and their families will gain free access to hundreds of museums throughout the nation this summer, thanks to a partnership between the National Endowment for...

President Obama makes surprise visit to 29th ID officers
May 24, 2010 — FORT BELVOIR, Va., - President Barack Obama made a surprise visit to the 29th Infantry Officers' Association's Hail and Farewell May 16 at the Fort Belvoir golf course, where he shook hands and...

WTC celebrates unit expansion
May 24, 2010 — FORT BENNING, Ga., - The staff at the Army National Guard Warrior Training Center unveiled a new headquarters building during a ribbon cutting ceremony at Camp Butler May 17.Battalion Commander Lt...

North Dakota military police arrive in Haiti
May 21, 2010 — FARGO, N.D., - Twenty-one Soldiers with the North Dakota Army National Guard’s 191st Military Police Company arrived in Haiti yesterday. They will spend three weeks there providing security to...

Mass fatality training integrates Air Guard recovery teams
May 21, 2010 — JERSEY CITY, N.J., - One of the key functions of the Regional Mass Fatality Management Training Evolution recently held here at the U.S. Army Reserve Center/Jersey City Police Facility was to...

West Virginia wing, FEMA test prepositioning program
May 20, 2010 — MARTINSBURG, W.Va., - Members of the West Virginia Air National Guard’s 167th Airlift Wing and Federal Emergency Management Agency held a joint inspection exercise here at the air base May 12 to...

North Dakota security forces attend Army combatives course
May 20, 2010 — MINOT, N.D., - More than 20 North Dakota active-duty and National Guard Airmen grappled under the tutelage of North Dakota Army National Guard Modern Army Combatives (MAC) program instructors at...

Louisiana Guard's construction of shoreline barrier progresses
May 20, 2010 — VENICE, La., - The Louisiana National Guard's construction of theTiger Dam shoreline protection system near Venice, La., in the southwestpass of the Mississippi River Delta continues to move...

Army investigates complaints by Oregon Guardsmen
May 20, 2010 — JOINT BASE LEWIS-McCHORD, Wash., - An inquiry launched May 17 by Lt. Gen. Charles H. Jacoby Jr., I Corps commanding general, is investigating complaints from Oregon National Guard Soldiers that...

Winnefeld Takes NORAD, Northcom Reins
May 20, 2010 — WASHINGTON, - Navy Adm. James Winnefeld accepted command of U.S. Northern Command and the North American Aerospace Defense Command from Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates at Peterson Air Force Base,...

Ohio Army Guard wins Baldrige award
May 20, 2010 — COLUMBUS, Ohio, - The Ohio Partnership for Excellence (OPE) has awarded the 2010 Gold Level Achievement of Excellence to the Ohio Army National Guard for its outstanding organizational performance...

ANG Security Forces protect Ardent Sentry participants
May 19, 2010 — SAVANNAH COMBAT READINESS TRAINING CENTER, Ga., - While more than250 participants of Exercise Ardent Sentry 2010 are here honing their skillsto protect American citizens against threats from the air,...

Guard CBRNE Challenge Team wins Air Force-wide event
May 19, 2010 — FORT SMITH, Ark., - The Air National Guard Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) Challenge Team took first place overall in last week's Air Force-wide CBRN competition held at the...

Car problems plague Earnhardt at Dover
May 19, 2010 — DOVER, Del. - Sunday's NASCAR Sprint Cup Series event in Dover was a tough one for Dale Earnhardt Jr., driver of the No. 88 National Guard Chevrolet.A suspected broken part translated into a mid-race...

National Guard never stops training for hurricane season
May 19, 2010 — ARLINGTON, Va., - Although most hurricanes occur between the months of June and October, remaining prepared to respond to the after effects of a hurricane is almost a year-round task for the National...

National Guard releases new book about Hurricane Katrina
May 19, 2010 — ARLINGTON, Va., - "In Katrina's Wake: The National Guard on the Gulf Coast, 2005," a book that chronicles the National Guard's involvement in the most expensive natural disaster in U.S. history, has...

Utah Air Guard conducts chemical training With Moroccan counterparts
May 19, 2010 — AGADIR, Morocco - The Utah Air National Guard's 151st Expeditionary Medical Group kicked off two weeks of mutual medical training with their Moroccan counterparts as part of Exercise AFRICAN LION...

Louisiana Guard constructs water diversion system
May 18, 2010 — VENICE, La., - Soldiers of the Louisiana National Guard's 1023rdVertical Engineer Company, 528th Engineer Battalion continued laying outwater diversion system materials here in the southwest pass...

Ohio Guard Boosts Medical Skills While Providing No-Cost Care

Idaho Guard Strengthens Engineering Skills in Canada

Puerto Rico Guard Distributes One Million Gallons of Water in Drought Response

Guardsmen Boost Domestic Response Capabilities in Patriot 26

Washington Guard Strengthens Fiscal Readiness