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Saving Rare Butterfly, Artifacts Helps Posts Win Environmental Award
June 13, 2008 — WASHINTON - Two Army installations received the 2008 Secretary of Defense Environmental Award Wednesday, one for natural resources conservation and one for cultural resources management.Pennsylvania's...

Cartoonist drawn to Gitmo
June 13, 2008 — U.S. NAVAL STATION GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba - Sgt. 1st Class Vaughn R. Larson, a syndicated editorial cartoonist, arrived here two months ago as one of 20 members from the Wisconsin Army National Guard's...

Arkansas unit celebrates Father's Day in Iraq; New dads unite with infants with technology
June 13, 2008 — VICTORY BASE COMPLEX, Baghdad - Photographs of varying sizes adorn the ceramic walls of the office. While each is worth at least a thousand words and helps to bridge the gap between "here and there,"...

Wisconsin National Guard provides real-time video of flood damaged areas
June 13, 2008 — MADISON, Wis. - Flying at 8,000 feet above flood ravaged Wisconsin, members of the Wisconsin National Guard with assistance from Guard units in Arkansas and Mississippi provided emergency management...

National Guard recruiting stays strong; Air Guard zeroes in on full strength
June 13, 2008 — Army Guard chaplain shortage cut almost in halfARLINGTON, Va. - The Army National Guard has been so successful recruiting and retaining Citizen-Soldiers that officials purposely slowed May...

Wildfires just one part of National Guard's domestic response mosaic
June 13, 2008 — ARLINGTON, Va. - National Guard Citizen-Soldiers and â€“Airmen were assisting firefighters tackling wildfires in California, Colorado and North Carolina on Friday.Guardmembers rushed to help in the...

Raven's camera a commander's eyes during domestic emergency
June 13, 2008 — FALLON, Nev. - The smallest aircraft in the National Guard's aviation fleet, the RQ-11 Raven, displayed huge potential here Friday as one of the National Guard's newest damage assessment and...

Military conducts exercise, Oglala Sioux Tribe receives timber
June 12, 2008 — PINE RIDGE, S.D. - Members of two Army National Guard units delivered lumber to various towns on the Pine Ridge Reservation on June 5 as part of the 2008 Golden Coyote training exercise hosted by the...

Guard Soldiers Bring Water to Hope
June 12, 2008 — HOPE, Ind. - Following devastating floods this week in Indiana, National Guard troops provided fresh, potable water from 400-gallon, camouflaged water tanks to the people of Hope, which is about 10...

Army Guard Soldiers receive battlefield promotions
June 12, 2008 — ARLINGTON, Va. - Five Army National Guard Soldiers have received battlefield promotions while serving in Iraq.They are the first Minutemen to benefit from a new Army experimental program reintroducing...

Guard floods states with assistance as waters rise
June 12, 2008 — ARLINGTON, Va. - Governors in four of six Midwestern states affected by heavy rains and subsequent flooding called out more than 2,000 National Guardmembers this week as flood waters forced residents...

Guard plane photographs flood damage
June 12, 2008 — INDIANAPOLIS - With the help of an advanced counterdrug aircraft, the Indiana National Guard has received live footage of flood damage throughout the state to assist with missions and help local...

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...

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