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America Supports You: Group Helps Troops Trade Helmets for Hardhats
August 9, 2006
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

Program to help bridge gap between civilian and military pay
August 9, 2006

Ohio Air National Guard Selects New Chief of Staff
August 9, 2006
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
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
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
SFC Daniel Crabtree

Air National Guard Medical Service tackles critical surge capacity shortfall
August 7, 2006
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
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

Texas troops deploy to England for joint training exercise
August 7, 2006
Soldiers of the 56th Brigade, 36th Infantry Division, Texas Army National Guard, prepare to enter and clear a building during a field training exercise with the British Territorial Army in the Salisbury Plain training area located in southern England.

Guard presence making a difference, president claims
August 4, 2006
President George Bush talks about Operation Jump Start at Anzalduas County Park in Mission, Texas, on Aug. 3, 2006. National Guard Soldiers participating in the operation attended the address.

Abandoned state hospital reborn as Guard training center
August 2, 2006
Indiana Army National Guard Soldiers take cover from a rooftop sniper during an early-morning, XCTC 2006 training exercise at the Muscatatuck Urban Training Center in Indiana in late July.

Short film highlighting Army Guard to play in theaters nationally
August 1, 2006

204th SFS trains sharpshooter teams
August 1, 2006
Air Force sharpshooters Tech. Sgt. Robert Johnson (left) and Senior Airman Jose Felix, both with the Texas Air National Guard's 204th Security Forces Squadron, based at Biggs Army Airfield, lay waiting as part of a recent demonstration for Maj. Gen. Charles G. Rodriguez, Adjutant General of Texas.

Ohio National Guard Celebrates Birthday
July 31, 2006
Brig. Gen. Matthew L. Kambic, Ohio's assistant adjutant general for Army, talks about the history of the Ohio Army National Guard July 25, during the organization's 218th birthday celebration.

Guard troops, commanders test exportable training system
July 28, 2006
Members of the Indiana Army National Guard's 1st Battalion, 293rd Infantry, 76th Infantry Brigade Combat Team guard the perimeter after a simulated helicopter crash during XCTC 2006 at Camp Atterbury, Ind., in July.

Guard boosts Border Patrol presence at border hotspot
July 27, 2006
An Arizona National Guard Soldier stands watch on the U.S. border with Mexico at Nogales, Ariz., in July, looking over the Mexican city also named Nogales. The Citizen-Soldier is a member of Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 158th Infantry, 29th Infantry Brigade Combat Team participating in Operation Jump Start, the National Guard's assistance to the U.S. Border Patrol.

California Guard members at home on Border Patrol's range
July 26, 2006

ARPC conducts muster
July 25, 2006