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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...

Minister, Volunteer, Chaplain - State Guard Chaplain Supports Vigilant Guard 08
April 23, 2008 — MILLINGTON, Tenn. - The events that took place on Sept. 11, 2001, led a west Tennessee minister to join the Tennessee State Guard, but it's friendships and associations that have kept him in uniform...

National Guard practices search and rescue with local emergency responders
April 23, 2008 — BEAUFORT, S.C. - The South Carolina National Guard and Lady's Island Fire and Rescue teamed up to find 10 "missing diabetic youth" on Monday, April 21, in Hunting Island State Park during an emergency...

Medical teams airlift victims to local hospitals
April 23, 2008 — BEAUFORT, S.C. - With roads out and bridges down, medical teams rely on helicopters to transport victims to hospitals during the Vigilant Guard 2008 exercise April 21 - 24 in Beaufort, S.C.The...

State response teams work hand in hand with National Guard
April 23, 2008 — BEAUFORT, S.C. - In an emergency the first responders are local agencies, but when they need help, they call the South Carolina Emergency Response Task Force (SCERTF). If those resources are not...

National Guard and local units engage in large-scale emergency medicine exercise
April 23, 2008 — BEAUFORT, S.C. - Hundreds of Air National Guard personnel and members of local-area disaster response agencies participated in one of the largest mock-disaster scenarios in Beaufort County history...

Soldiers provide assistance to Sun City community
April 23, 2008 — BEAUFORT, S.C. - Soldiers from the 351st Aviation Support Battalion from Hartsville, S.C. distributed water to the Sun City community in Beaufort County during the Vigilant Guard 2008 exercise April...

Canteen Catering Incorporated
April 23, 2008 — MILLINGTON, Tenn. - Bobby Arpert, owner and site manager of the Canteen Catering Incorporated stands outside of the dinning tent at the U.S. Navy Support Activity Center - Mid-South in Millington,...

Tennessee Army National Guard Mobile Emergency Response Team Advanced Debuts at Vigilant Guard 08
April 23, 2008 — MILLINGTON, Tenn. - An earthquake strikes west Tennessee. Most communications are down. Those needing on-site information to coordinate the relief and sustainment mission are "in the dark". Most are...

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

Hawaii Guard Supports Tropical Cyclone Lala Response

South Carolina Guard Enhances Readiness With Advanced HH-60M Black Hawk