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Families tied by war: Sisters pilot Afghan skies
July 29, 2008 — BAGRAM AIR FIELD, Afghanistan - They never planned on being pilots and Afghanistan was the last place they expected to see each other, but that's just what happened for two sisters from White Salmon,...

California Guard rescues nation's largest Ponderosa Pine
July 29, 2008 — HAYFORK, Calif. - California National Guard's Task Force Pick came to the rescue when the wild fires here in the Shasta-Trinity National Forest threatened our nation's tallest Ponderosa Pine tree...

ARNG Soldier writes contest's top country song
July 29, 2008 — WASHINGTON - A Marine in Fallujah pens a song about standing watch. A sailor stationed in Hawaii scribbles a lullaby for his son while in the Iraqi desert. A soldier raps into a tape recorder to...

Air Force communications support aids fight against California fires
July 29, 2008 — HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Mass. - When California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger recently called on several Air National Guard units to help fight wildfires, one of those units, the 149th Combat...

Exercise Helps Partner Nations Overcome Cultural Barriers
July 28, 2008 — WASHINGTON - A training exercise in the country of Georgia is helping partner nations overcome language and cultural barriers to work together more effectively in combat situations, a U.S. official...

After the storm: Hurricane Dolly brings out the Texas Guard
July 28, 2008 — Texas military forces help residents of the Rio Grande Valley recover after hurricane DollyRAYMONDVILLE, Texas - Residents of Rio Grande Valley are still feeling the effects of Hurricane Dolly after...

Strike teams push out aid for Hurricane Dolly victims
July 28, 2008 — SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, Texas (AFPN) - For nearly a quarter million people, calm is beginning to settle across the south Texas Rio Grande region after the relentless lashing that Hurricane Dolly doled out...

PATRIOT '08 exercise meets units' training needs
July 28, 2008 — FORT MCCOY, Wis., Steel-grey clouds hung heavily in the calm air as rain threatened. Soldiers crouched in a single file line near the edge of a field, listening to the chop of rotor blades in the...

Two Louisiana Guard Blackhawks respond to Yosemite fire
July 28, 2008 — SACRAMENTO, Calif., Two UH-60 Blackhawks from the Louisiana National Guard departed the Mather Flight Facility here on Sunday to support Cal Fire operations in the Yosemite Valley near Midpines.The...

British soldiers join forces with Georgia National Guard in Patriot '08
July 28, 2008 — During exercise Patriot '08, a variety of uniforms were worn by those taking part in the exercise. While many easily recognized the Army Combat Uniform and the Airman Battle Uniform, there was one...

McKinley: Airmen play key roles in joint National Guard
July 25, 2008 — ST. LOUIS - Airmen are an integral part of fulfilling an increasingly joint National Guard's domestic and overseas missions, the director of the Air National Guard said here Wednesday.Lt. Gen. Craig...

Mullen: National Guard essential to the warfight
July 25, 2008 — ST. LOUIS - Leadership changes in the National Guard are historic for a reserve component that is essential to the overseas warfight, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said here on Monday.Adm...

Guard pilot's fitness program goes nationwide
July 25, 2008 — TUCSON, Ariz. - One Arizona fighter pilot is no longer flying solo - at least not in her efforts to make the Air National Guard a fitter force, less prone to death or injury resulting from poor...

Maryland Civil Engineers Restore Bosnian Memorial
July 25, 2008 — MOUNT IGMAN, Bosnia-Herzegovina - The Maryland Air National Guard's 175th Civil Engineer Squadron has nearly completed work on a memorial to three Americans, who died here during the Bosnian civil war...

Mullen: Guard families connect America, the armed forces
July 25, 2008 — ST. LOUIS - Because it's in every community in the nation, the National Guard is best suited to keep the American people connected with the armed forces, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said...

JTF-East training rotating from Romania to Bulgaria
July 25, 2008 — MIHAIL KOGALNICEANU AIR BASE, Romania - About 900 U.S. Soldiers are now beginning their final week of training with Romanian troops at ranges in the eastern half of this former Warsaw Pact nation.The...

Texas military forces ready for Hurricane Dolly landfall
July 24, 2008 — WESLACO, Texas (AFPN) - An approximately 500-member-strong joint task force is ready and waiting to help civil authorities save lives and support any evacuations for the Category 2 Hurricane Dolly...

Commander maps careful route for gun crew's return
July 24, 2008 — MOSUL, Iraq - Capt. Mathew Haywood has an obvious disdain for idleness that may grow out of only a passing acquaintance with rest.As commander of A Battery, 163rd Field Artillery Battalion of the...

Texas National Guard begins clean-up operations in south Texas
July 24, 2008 — CAMP MABRY, Texas, Dolly may only be a Category I hurricane, but Texas Gov. Rick Perry and the state's Division of Emergency Management did not take any chances that Dolly would be as harmless as her...

I see for you and listen as well; Cal Guard disperses communications magic again
July 24, 2008 — BOONVILLE, Calif. - Like a credit card or personal digital assistant, there are some things the California National Guard doesn't leave home without.In its huge wallet, the Guard carries its emergency...

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

Kentucky Guard Prepares Incoming Command Teams for Leadership

New PSYWAR Course Strengthens Guard Capabilities