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Nevada governor launches Vigilant Guard earthquake scenario
June 12, 2008 — CARSON CITY - Nevada Gov. Jim Gibbons held a news conference here at the State Emergency Operations Center on Thursday to announce the launch of Vigilant Guard 2008, a full-scale emergency...

F-16 unit moves to next chapter of distinguished history
June 11, 2008 — ELLINGTON FIELD, Texas - While blustery wind played havoc with the microphone on occasion, the proud members of the 147th Fighter Wing standing in formation enjoyed the breeze on their faces here June...

Texas Training Guard's First Dive Team
June 11, 2008 — CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - The Texas Army National Guard is currently preparing Soldiers to be a part of the 627th Heavy Dive Team, the National Guard's first team of divers.An anchor of the new 627th...

Guard, Earnhardt teams join for a day of racing
June 11, 2008 — LONG POND, Pa. - Hours before his seventh-place start and fourth-place finish in NASCAR's Sprint Cup Pocono 500 at Pocono Raceway here June 9, Dale Earnhardt Jr. looked fresh and rested as he visited...

National Guard Gets First Lakota Helicopters
June 10, 2008 — WASHINGTON - The National Guard received its first two UH-72A Lakota light utility helicopters last week, marked by a ceremony Saturday in Tupelo, Miss.The 1/114th Service Battalion in Tupelo...

Guard conference fosters Southeast European cooperation
June 10, 2008 — SOFIA, Bulgaria - National Guard and Department of Defense leaders and military chiefs of defense and civilian emergency planners from 10 Southeast European nations who gathered here in early June...

Indiana's Air and Army Guard Respond to Regional Flooding
June 9, 2008 — TERRE HAUTE - As the Air National Guard's 181st Intelligence Wing and the Army National Guard's 519th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion personnel made their way toward Hulman Field, they had an...

Nevadan takes to the sky as first Guard Thunderbird pilot
June 9, 2008 — CARSON CITY, Nev. - Nevada National Guard pilot Maj. Derek Routt has distinguished himself throughout his Air Force career by emphasizing basic character traits such as integrity and work ethic.They...

Camp Atterbury Storm Damage
June 5, 2008 — EDINBURGH, Ind. - Late Tuesday evening a tornado moved through Camp Atterbury Joint Maneuver Training Center causing significant damage. There were no injuries sustained from the storm.In addition to...

Air Guard pilot to join AF Thunderbirds
June 5, 2008 — ARLINGTON, Va. - A Nevada Air National Guard pilot currently assigned to the 232nd Operations Squadron at Nellis Air Force Base in Las Vegas has been selected as the operations officer for the U.S...

Idaho Guardsmen Train Afghan National Police
June 5, 2008 — BAGRAM AIR BASE, Afghanistan - Deployed Idaho National Guardsmen working as a police mentoring team travel throughout Afghanistan's Parwan province to train and advise the Afghan National Police.As...

Patriot Chopper makes debut ride during Rolling Thunder
June 4, 2008 — ARLINGTON, Va. - Although "Rolling Thunder" may be the name of a stirring circus march, for many those two words bring to mind the revving of a half-million motorcycle engines.Every Memorial Day for...

Ohio National Guard memorial honors fallen heroes
June 3, 2008 — COLUMBUS, Ohio - A crowd of about 300 gathered at the Ohio National Guard state headquarters, MG Roberts S. Beightler Armory, in northwest Columbus May 23 to attend the dedication ceremony for a...

New voice of Air Guard advertising debuts song
June 3, 2008 — ARLINGTON, Va. - "You all allow me to live this dream," said Nashville country music recording artist Laura Bryna, the new voice of Air National Guard advertising, May 30 here, as she debuted her new...

"Hurricane Herb" provides early disaster response test for Florida's military
June 3, 2008 — ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. - Just days into the 2008 hurricane season, the Florida Department of Military Affairs and Florida National Guard are actively preparing in case a devastating storm strikes the...

National Guard honors Bulgarian war dead
June 3, 2008 — SOFIA, Bulgaria - The chief of the National Guard Bureau honored Bulgaria's war dead during a wreath-laying ceremony at the Bulgarian Tomb of the Unknown Soldier here June 2."We have come here this...

National Guard, emergency responders encounter simulated chaos following exercise aftershock
June 1, 2008 — ARLINGTON, Va. - The new head of the Army National Guard's Family Support Service Division has one thing on her mind: the wellbeing of Soldiers and their families."Sometimes people will see things...

Alaska Air National Guard Deliver Medical Supplies to Cambodia First U.S. military aircraft to land at Kampong Chhnang Province airfield since 1975
May 30, 2008 — CAMP DENALI, Alaska - Seventeen Guardsmen from the Alaska Air National Guard at Kulis Air National Guard Base landed in Cambodia May 24 in support of Operation Pacific Angel.The Guardsmen deployed to...

Iowa National Guard supporting tornado relief mission
May 29, 2008 — PARKERSBURG, Iowa - Approximately 175 Iowa National Guard Soldiers and Airmen are serving on state active duty in support of tornado relief and recovery missions for northeast Iowa. The Servicemembers...

Maryland Army Guard Soldiers train with Baltimore County firefighters to prepare for hurricane and flood season
May 28, 2008 — BALTIMORE, Md. - Hurricane season doesn't officially start until June 1, but the Maryland National Guard and the Baltimore County Fire Department aren't waiting until then to get acquainted.On May 17,...

Washington Guard Strengthens Fiscal Readiness

Kentucky Guard Prepares Incoming Command Teams for Leadership

New PSYWAR Course Strengthens Guard Capabilities

Idaho Guard Strengthens Wildland Firefighting Capabilities

West Virginia Air Guard Trains for Complex Trauma Response