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Louisiana Guard continues to push in Grand Isle
May 12, 2010 — GRAND ISLE, La., - The Louisiana National Guard is conductingaround-the-clock operations to fill in a breach near Grand Isle, La., insupport of operations related to the oil spill off the coast of...

81st CST practices air load at Minot
May 12, 2010 — MINOT, N.D., - North Dakota's 81st Civil Support Team (CST) dispatched personnel and equipment though blustery winds to Minot Air Force Base May 5, to practice air load operations onto a C-17...

Partnership offers new options with C-130 training
May 12, 2010 — WASHINGTON - The secretary of the Air Force announced May 4 that officials will proceed with a plan to augment the C-130 Hercules training fleet with C-130s from Air National Guard and Air Force...

Louisiana Guard begins filling breaches
May 11, 2010 — BATON ROUGE, La., - The Louisiana National Guard began fillingone of five breaches by dropping large sandbags airlifted by UH-60 Blackhawkhelicopters into the gaps near Port Fourchon, La., May 10."We...

DoD officials authorize medal for Haiti relief efforts
May 11, 2010 — RANDOLPH AIR FORCE BASE, Texas - Department of Defense officials have approved the Humanitarian Service Medal for personnel assigned to Operation Unified Response who directly participated in...

Guard teams finish in top 15 of Best Ranger event
May 11, 2010 — FORT BENNING, Ga., - Army National Guard teams from North Carolina and Rhode Island finished 10th and 14th, respectively, in the 27th annual David E. Grange Jr. Best Ranger competition held at Fort...

Guardsman, referee sees it all in international rugby
May 11, 2010 — CAMP ATTERBURY JOINT MANEUVER TRAINING CENTER, Ind., - Heavy breathing, pounding hearts and screams of pride and anguish could be heard as 30 elite warriors, literally, servicemembers from across the...

North Dakota Guard helps students 'Stay on Track'
May 11, 2010 — BISMARCK, N.D., - For teachers looking for help educating their students on real life experiences and instilling healthy choices, lessons in goal setting, and building good decision making skills...

Louisiana Guard delivers oil booms to Amelia
May 10, 2010 — NEW ORLEANS - The Louisiana National Guard's 1084th TransportationCompany, 165th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, delivered boom materialto Amelia, La., this morning in support of operations...

Louisiana Guard engineers fill in breach
May 10, 2010 — GRAND ISLE, La., - Soldiers from the Louisiana Army NationalGuard's 922nd Horizontal Engineer Company, 769th Engineer Battalion,bulldozed sand to close the gap between two peninsulas here May 7.The...

Louisiana Guard builds bridge for oil spill boom distribution
May 10, 2010 — NEW ORLEANS - The Louisiana National Guard's 205th EngineerBattalion constructed an improved ribbon bridge to be used in support ofoperations related to the oil spill in St. Bernard Parish May 6.About...

148th Fighter Wing becomes first Guard StormReady community
May 10, 2010 — DULUTH, Minn., - The 148th Fighter Wing of the Minnesota Air National Guard has become the first National Guard unit to be certified by the National Weather Service as a StormReady Community.Carol...

Army Guard continues search for those eligible for earned pay
May 7, 2010 — ARLINGTON, Va., - Thousands of Army National Guard Soldiers, including those who have retired or separated, have till Oct. 28 to apply for Post Deployment Mobilization Respite Absence (PDMRA)...

National Guard chief views MQ-9 Reaper in New York
May 7, 2010 — SYRACUSE, N.Y., - The National Guard's senior leader met with remotely piloted MQ-9 Reaper pilots, sensor operators and Airmen from the 174th Fighter Wing during a visit to Hancock Field May...

Casey says Army changes will be institutional
May 7, 2010 — WASHINGTON, - Gen. George W. Casey Jr., said the next big push forthe Army will not be organizational, but institutional."We will be adapting all of our Army units to support an Army on a...

Kentucky Guard battles floods after weekend rains
May 7, 2010 — CANMER, Ky., - More than 80 members of the Kentucky National Guard's 1st Battalion, 623rd Field Artillery were deployed to help with flood relief efforts here at a water treatment plant May 3.The...

MacArthur awards recognize seven Guard officers
May 7, 2010 — ARLINGTON, Va., - Seven National Guard members were presented withthe MacArthur Leadership Award from the General Douglas MacArthur Foundationduring a ceremony here at the Pentagon yesterday.Army...

Texas Guardsman to compete in Warrior Games
May 7, 2010 — AUSTIN, Texas - A Texas National Guard Soldier was selected to compete in the Warrior/U.S.Paralympic Team Games in Colorado Springs, Colo., May 11-14.Spc. Shawn Porter will compete in the 10-meter air...

Army surgeon general describes WTU challenges
May 6, 2010 — WASHINGTON, - Walk into any of the Army's 29 warrior transition units, the Army's surgeon general said yesterday, and you will find people struggling through the worst time of their lives. Anger,...

Airmen work as nighttime 'Guardians of the U.S. mail'
May 6, 2010 — SOUTHWEST ASIA, - Each night they don their uniform; a collared shirt, khaki pants or jeans and shoes, before heading downtown for another day of work in the U.S. Central Command area of...

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