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Texas National Guardsmen Assist Border Patrol Agents In Seizing Over $3.2 Million In Marijuana
August 15, 2006 — FALFURRIAS, TEXAS - U.S. Customs and Border Protection Border Patrol agents intercepted 4,008 pounds of marijuana at the Falfurrias Border Patrol checkpoint on Saturday. The contraband has an... MORE

NG assisting Border Patrol with a narcotics seizure at the Kingsville, TX checkpoint in RGV.

Web site honors Air Force heroes
August 15, 2006 — SAN ANTONIO (AFPN) - A nonprofit organization's Web site is letting people pay tribute to Air Force heroes.A section in the Air Force Memorial Foundation's Web site, titled Air Force Heroes, allows... MORE

550 Active-Duty Soldiers Join Wildfire Fight in Washington State
August 15, 2006 — WASHINGTON - Some 550 active-duty soldiers from Fort Lewis, Wash., will be conducting a different kind of firefight in the days ahead: helping control wildfires that have burned more than 83,000 acres... MORE

Ground pounders: 11B school puts 'Infantry' in 36th Infantry Division
August 15, 2006 — CAMP BONDSTEEL, Kosovo - When the Texas National Guard's 49th Armor Division was officially "re-flagged" as the 36th Infantry Division in a ceremony at Camp Mabry, Texas July 18, 2004, it was more... MORE

Sgt. 1st Class Juan Ysaguirre, assistant instructor, Co. B., Task Force Alamo, takes aim and prepares to fire his M-203 grenade launcher at a range in Urosevac/Ferizaj to show the class how to use it properly. The M-203 grenade launcher is only one of a variety of infantry weapons that Soldiers in training use to become 11B qualified. (Army photo by Spc. Gene DuBielak, Task Force Houston, 36th Infantry Division)

Guard called to airports to augment security after U.K. terrorist plot foiled
August 11, 2006 — ARLINGTON, Va. - In the wake of an Aug. 10 announcement by British authorities that they arrested several people involved in a plot to blow up commercial airliners, the governors of three states... MORE

Readiness Frontiers highlights transformed Air National Guard Medical Service
August 11, 2006 — SNOWBIRD, Utah - Readiness Frontiers 2006 gave departing Air Surgeon Col. (Dr.) Randall Falk - who steps aside Sept. 1 - another chance to take in the big picture of the Air National Guard Medical... MORE

Col. (Dr.) Randall Falk is set to step aside as the National Guard Bureau's air surgeon on Sept. 1 after a tenure that saw the Air National Guard Medical Service transformed. He's seen here Aug. 1 at Readiness Frontiers 2006 at the Snowbird Ski & Summer Resort in Utah.

Air National Guard Medical Service tackles critical surge capacity shortfall
August 11, 2006 — SNOWBIRD, Utah - The Air National Guard Medical Service is filling a critical need that many Americans may not even be aware exists.It’s called “surge capacity” or “surge capability,” and it’s the... MORE

Airmen from the Missouri National Guard participated in an exercise simulating the National Guard's response during aftermath of a severe earthquake in Utah on July 31, 2006, during Readiness Frontiers 2006 at the Snowbird Ski & Summer Resort in Utah.

Incoming Air Surgeon's vision: building partnerships, mental health focus
August 11, 2006 — SNOWBIRD, Utah - Alliances with civilian public health specialists and state agencies and a focus on mental health are among the priorities of Col. (Dr.) William "Chip" Riggins, the National Guard... MORE

Col. (Dr.) William "Chip" Riggins will become the National Guard Bureau's next Air Surgeon on Sept. 1.

U.S. Remains on Guard in Response to Terror Threat
August 10, 2006 — WASHINGTON - American officials are on guard in light of arrests made in Great Britain overnight in connection with a terror plot targeting trans-Atlantic commercial flights, senior Defense Department... MORE

Bush: Terror Plot to Bomb Planes Reminder U.S. at War
August 10, 2006 — WASHINGTON - The overnight arrests of 21 suspected terrorists by British authorities is a stark reminder that the United States is still at war with "Islamic fascists" who are intent on destroying... MORE

America Supports You: Group Helps Troops Trade Helmets for Hardhats
August 9, 2006 — WASHINGTON - Transitioning from the military into the civilian work force can be as simple as trading one type of headgear for another through "Helmets to Hardhats."Helmets to Hardhats helps people... MORE

Shane Anderson of Seattle registered with Helmets to Hardhats as he was preparing to transition from the Army back into the civilian work force. The organization helped him secure an apprenticeship with the International Union of Elevator Contractors Local 19.

Guard Border Mission 'Right Way to Do Business,' Chief Says
August 9, 2006 — WASHINGTON - The National Guard's mission at the southwestern U.S. border is a balance of shared responsibility between the federal and state governments that is already improving border security and... MORE

Program to help bridge gap between civilian and military pay
August 9, 2006 — WASHINGTON - The Reserve Income Replacement Program (RIRP), part of the 2006 National Defense Authorization Act, authorizes the Secretary of Defense to pay income replacement to eligible,... MORE

Ohio Air National Guard Selects New Chief of Staff
August 9, 2006 — COLUMBUS, Ohio - Brig. Gen. (Select) Robert Boggs, vice wing commander of the 121st Air Refueling Wing, has been selected as the new chief of staff for the Ohio Air National Guard and promoted to the... MORE

121st Air Refueling Wing Vice Wing Commander Col Robert L. Boggs being pinned as Brigadier General by the Ohio National Guard Adjutant General Major General Gregory L. Wayt and the Assistant Adjutant for Air, Major General A.J. Feucht at a pinning ceremony at Rickenbacker Air National Guard base on 31 July 2006.

Texas National Guard conducting relief operations
August 8, 2006 — CAMP MABRY, Austin, Texas - After nearly a week of rain, Vinton and Socorro, two small communities near El Paso, Texas, finally received a reprieve last night.Nearly 100 Texas National Guard Soldiers... MORE

A Texas National Guard Soldier helps a resident of Vinton, Texas, with some belongings after rising water swamped homes in the small west Texas town.

Air Guard pilots train in escape, evasion
August 8, 2006 — IDAHO CITY, Idaho (AFPN) - A-10 Thunderbolt II pilots from the Idaho Air National Guard's 190th Fighter Squadron ascended the mountains here Aug. 6 for a refresher on escaping the enemy and evading... MORE

Lt. Col. Gus Kohntopp applies camouflage face paint to avoid being spotted by the enemy during the Idaho Air National Guard's combat survival training exercise near Idaho City, Idaho, on Aug. 6.

Special Forces Soldiers reflect on fallen Ohio Guard comrade
August 8, 2006 — GREEN, Ohio - In the early evening June 16, a group of about a dozen Soldiers from B Company, 2nd Battalion, 19th Special Forces Group, immaculately clad in full military dress uniform, nestled... MORE

Air National Guard Medical Service tackles critical surge capacity shortfall
August 7, 2006 — SNOWBIRD, Utah - The Air National Guard Medical Service is filling a critical need that many Americans may not even be aware exists.It’s called “surge capacity” or “surge capability,” and it’s the... MORE

An Airman tests equipment than can help identify potentially hazardous substances during Readiness Frontiers 2006 at the Snowbird Ski & Summer Resort in Utah on July 31, 2006.

Texas Army Guard aviators set for Iraq deployment
August 7, 2006 — FORT HOOD, Texas - The long slow months of combat training in the sweltering Texas summer heat has come to an end for the Soldiers of the 36th Combat Aviation Brigade as they prepared to embark on the... MORE

Col. Vernon A. Sevier Jr. (left), of Houston, commander of the 36th CAB, and Command Sgt. Maj. Bradley Brandt (right) of Round Rock, Texas, case the brigade's colors for deployment to Iraq during an official send-off ceremony at the Leo Buckley Stadium in Killeen, Texas, July 30.

Blum: Army Guard enjoying big recruiting successes
August 7, 2006 — WASHINGTON - The Army National Guard is experiencing its biggest and longest-running recruiting success since the end of the draft, the chief of the National Guard Bureau told Pentagon reporters in... MORE

New York Air Guard Security Forces Train Augmentee Force

Nevada Air Guard Tests Disaster Response Capabilities

Alaska Air National Guard Rescues Injured Goat Hunter

Virginia Guard Aids Hurricane Response in Florida, Virginia

New York National Guard Troops Assist with Hurricane Response