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Higher learning: ESGR advocates sample Leapfest adventure
August 8, 2008 — KINGSTON, R.I. - No, they did not jump out of a perfectly good helicopter.But 16 civilians involved with Rhode Island's Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR) program did get an idea of what...

Syracuse Guard unit returns with fighters for last time
August 8, 2008 — SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Two-hundred New York Air National Guard members with 14 fighter aircraft from the 174th Fighter Wing finished two missions at once here Aug. 5 after returning from a two month's...

National Guard analysts help police disrupt drug trafficking
August 7, 2008 — GREENBELT, Md. - The National Guard Counterdrug Program has employed criminal analysts in Title 32 status since 1994 in support of local, state and federal agencies' ongoing efforts to combat drug...

129th Airmen transport helicopter crash survivors to Redding hospital
August 6, 2008 — MOFFETT FEDERAL AIRFIELD, Calif. - Air National Guardsmen from the 129th Rescue Wing rescued two survivors of a civilian helicopter crash last night near Junction City, Calif.The Sikorsky S-61...

Air and Army units provide bare base communications for Patriot 2008 exercise
August 6, 2008 — Providing and maintaining communications during a major exercise was the challenge taken on recently by National Guard units participating in exercise Patriot 2008.Split between three locations - Camp...

Father follows daughter into Ohio National Guard
August 6, 2008 — GREEN, Ohio - When military recruits speak of their reasons for enlisting, many cite family pride and tradition as their strongest motivation. The desire to follow in a parent's footsteps has prompted...

Guardmembers compete in international pentathlon in Turkey
August 6, 2008 — Nevada Guardsman places 2nd in eventA Nevada Guardsman finished second in an international military pentathlon event in Istanbul, Turkey, held July 4-13.Teamed with a British and a German soldier,...

Airmen return from fighting the Telegraph Fire near Yosemite National Park
August 6, 2008 — MOFFETT FEDERAL AIRFIELD, Calif. - Twenty-eight Airmen of Task Force Bucket who were supporting Operation Lightning Strike returned here today after nearly two weeks of training and fighting the...

America Supports You: Scholarship Keeps Military Families "In the Fold"
August 5, 2008 — WASHINGTON - A military child's education is one of many things a servicemember's injury or death in the line of duty could jeopardize. To make sure that never happens, retired Air National Guard F-16...

California Guard team rescues ailing man
August 5, 2008 — BURNT RANCH, Calif. - The California National Guard's Task Force Shovel has supported their state's wildfire mission since their mid-July arrival at the school yard here in Burnt Ranch, a tiny remote...

National Guard ready for Tropical Storm Edouard
August 4, 2008 — ARLINGTON, Va. (08/04/2008) - Up to 1,200 National Guard Citizen-Soldiers and -Airmen stood ready as Tropical Storm Edouard approached Texas on Monday.With about 1,000 Guardmembers serving overseas,...

Air Guard clears airfield operations for a Total Force horizon
August 4, 2008 — ARLINGTON, Va. - Air National Guard officials here recently said their knowledge and resources in airfield operations is "successfully" training the Air Force's next air base managers.The Air Guard's...

Iowa National Guard quenches RAGBRAI thirsts for 14 years
August 4, 2008 — HARLAN, Iowa - Three thousand, four hundred gallons of water, 20 ounces at a time.That's what it takes to quench the thirst of 15,000 bicyclists at just one water stop during a 471-mile, week-long...

Pennsylvania Guard convoys to California and back
August 4, 2008 — PHOENIXVILLE, Pa. - Crossing 11 states and four time zones with 25 military vehicles for a total of 2,580 miles equals one successful convoy for the National Guard 1067th Transportation Company based...

Massachusetts Militia Soldier was an Olympic pioneer
August 4, 2008 — ARLINGTON, Va. - Imagine the Olympic Games without (1) the specter of terrorists, (2) tests for outlawed drugs, or (3) gold medals. That was the Olympics that a Soldier who served in the Massachusetts...

Syracuse ANG Airmen 'don't fear the Reaper'
August 1, 2008 — JOINT BASE BALAD, Iraq - Instead of the Fighting Falcon's roar, the hum of a turboprop engine will carry the 174th Fighter Wing's weapon system of the future into the skies -- but the pilots will stay...

Air Guard marks training center's 40th anniversary
August 1, 2008 — ARLINGTON, Va. - The Air National Guard celebrated the 40th anniversary of its Training and Education Center (TEC) at McGhee Tyson Air National Guard Base, Tenn., July 30-31 with several events that...

South Dakota wraps up engineer missions in Suriname
August 1, 2008 — PARAMARIBO, Suriname - Suriname citizens may not recognize the De Nieuwe Grond Clinic thanks to 210 Soldiers from the South Dakota Army National Guard participating in Beyond the Horizon 2008.A...

Air Guard medics cast off for Continuing Promise
August 1, 2008 — ARLINGTON, Va. - Eight Air National Guard medical technicians boarded the USS Kearsarge in Norfolk, Va., Friday to participate in the second phase of Continuing Promise 2008, a four-month humanitarian...

New York agencies partner to help returning Soldiers
August 1, 2008 — ALBANY, N.Y. (Army News Service) - Starting today, citizen Soldiers here will now receive mental health screening thanks to a new partnership between the New York State Division of Veterans Affairs,...

Nordhaus, Raines Outline a National Guard Focused on the Future

Alaska Air National Guard Rescues Four From Plane Crash

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