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Guard answers calls in battered states
May 12, 2008 — ARLINGTON, Va. - National Guard members in four states were called out by their governors to assist civil authorities May 12 after tornados crossed the Southwest May 10 and flooding on the Delaware...

West Virginia wins top 2008 Army National Guard award
May 9, 2008 — ARLINGTON, Va. - A 12-year quest was fulfilled May 7 when the West Virginia Army National Guard won the top 2008 Army National Guard Army Communities of Excellence (ACOE) award and $750,000."We've...

RED HORSE members make difference on the border
May 9, 2008 — FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, Pa. (AFPN) -- Dusty, drug infested, deadly and downright desolate areas are just some of the daily obstacles faced by U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers patrolling nearly...

National Guard CSM to urge more overseas training, talks about the reserves' changing role
May 8, 2008 — By next summer, the U.S. Army National Guard will make up half of all U.S. Soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan.But it's not a first.The nation's "Citizen-Soldiers" made up 56 percent of U.S. combat...

America Supports You: Chrysler Kicks Off Military Appreciation Month
May 6, 2008 — DETROIT - Patriotism was in full gear at the Chrysler headquarters today, as hundreds gathered inside the star-spangled atrium of the automaker's main hub to honor America's men and women in...

Guard Civil Support Team brings unique capability to exercise
May 5, 2008 — FORT LEWIS, Wash. - In a training exercise that involved a suspected improvised explosive device releasing an unknown poisonous gas, the Washington National Guard's 10th Weapons of Mass...

Washington Guard disaster scenario joins service components
May 5, 2008 — CAMP MURRAY, Wash. - When a volcano erupts and discharges half a mountain of ash on your state, then you have a major disaster.For Sgt. Maj. Brian Rikstad, chief of operations for the Washington...

Washington response teams combine exercise efforts
May 5, 2008 — FORT LEWIS, Wash. - A joint exercise to prepare for large-scale disasters took place here May 1 - 4 that included the Washington National Guard's multi-role response team called the Chemical,...

Chief sets course for June's Partnership workshop in Europe
May 2, 2008 — WASHINGTON - The chief of the National Guard Bureau hosted an informal dinner with a taste of the American West for defense attachés from Southeastern European countries at his official home beside...

Guard sergeants among responders training in National Level Exercise 08
May 2, 2008 — CAMP MURRAY, Wash. - Air Force Tech. Sgt. Andrew Imke, a member of the Washington National Guard's 10th Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Team (CST) here, was calmly waiting to deploy May 1...

Nevada Soldiers mark end of era with retro-BDU days
May 1, 2008 — CARSON CITY, Nev. - Soldiers in the Nevada Army Guard marked the end of the Battle Dress Uniform era throughout the state this week by reaching deep into their closets to wear the iconic...

Washington National Guard gears up for National Level Exercise
May 1, 2008 — CAMP MURRAY, Wash. - In the Seattle area, disaster can come in many natural forms, including coastal storms, earthquakes, landslides, volcanoes and floods; but mock terrorist's bombs and chemical...

Sgt. Ken urges enlisted leaders to stress fitness
April 30, 2008 — SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - The Army Physical Fitness Test would be a lot more demanding if Sgt. Ken was in charge. It would, in his world, gauge Soldiers' ability to do a lot more than perform a...

The U.S. Army Wounded Warrior Program (AW2) Honors Four Years of Serving Severely Wounded Soldiers and Their Families
April 29, 2008 — WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Army Wounded Warrior (AW2) Program is proud to announce that April 30, 2008 marks four years of their committed service to severely wounded, injured, and ill soldiers and...

Vigilant Guard 2008 a success, served South Carolina well
April 29, 2008 — BEAUFORT, S.C. - Living along the Atlantic Coast in South Carolina means that local residents are aware that they could one day be in the path of a major hurricane. As the manager of emergency...

National Guard members join "Rebuilding Day" projects
April 28, 2008 — LA PLATA, Md. - At least 60 Airmen, Soldiers and civilians with the Air and Army National Guard brought Christmas early to a disabled Maryland resident here Saturday, April 26 by repairing her home on...

Guard enlisted leaders get a lesson in nonlethal weapons
April 28, 2008 — SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - It was 20 times more painful, more debilitating, than any electrical shock she had ever experienced. Yet, a few minutes later, Arkansas state Command Sgt. Maj. Deborah Collins...

National Guard Helicopters respond to mid-Hudson wildfires
April 25, 2008 — MINNEWASKA STATE PARK PRESERVE, N.Y - Two New York Army National Guard Black Hawk helicopters and up to 22 Soldiers spent three days dousing wildfires at Minnewaska State Park in Ulster County April...

Israel's biggest-ever war drill offers lessons for the National Guard
April 25, 2008 — NAZARETH, Israel - A first-ever national level civil defense exercise offered insights the National Guard could apply in the United States.Members of the Israeli Defense Force's (IDF) Home Front...

National Guard assists local responders in Port Royal anti-terrorism exercise
April 24, 2008 — BEAUFORT, S.C. - More than a dozen law enforcement and local-area first responders joined the South Carolina National Guard in a highly realistic maritime anti-terrorism exercise in Port Royal Sound...

New PSYWAR Course Strengthens Guard Capabilities

Idaho Guard Strengthens Wildland Firefighting Capabilities

West Virginia Air Guard Trains for Complex Trauma Response

Connecticut Guard Strengthens Engineering Skills in Alaska

Montana Guard Chinook Crew Returns From Washington Wildfire Mission