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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...

Millington Mayor Swaps Coat & Tie For Camouflage
April 23, 2008 — MILLINGTON, Tenn. - After 24 years in the Navy and nearly eight years in local government, the mayor of this Memphis suburb said he's glad to extend his service as a member of the Tennessee State...

Senior Enlisted Leaders Conference: Army, Air Guard enlisted leaders seek common ground
April 22, 2008 — SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - The stars of the National Guard's Army and Air Force enlisted force gathered near one of this country's pivotal battlegrounds to explore ways to work in closer harmony, more...

Engineers clear away neighborhood flood waters
April 22, 2008 — BEAUFORT, S.C. - Among the many problems created in the wake of a devastating earthquake, flooding is one of the most unpredictable. Homes, property, and roadways can all be severely affected if...

Media invitation to the largest preparedness exercise in South Carolina hosted by the National Guard (Updated)
April 22, 2008 — The media is invited to attend a brief on 22 April at 5:30 p.m. (EDT) at the South Carolina National Guard Joint Information Center by the mayors of Beaufort and the surrounding locations as part of...

877th Engineer Company practices high extraction techniques
April 22, 2008 — BEAUFORT, S.C. - Standing on top of an 18 foot tower, the soldiers of the 877th Engineer Company from Augusta, Ga. lower a woman to safety at the Vigilant Guard 2008 exercise in Beaufort, S.C., April...

Church helps soldiers during the 2008 Vigilant Guard exercise
April 22, 2008 — BEAUFORT, S.C. - Col. Gordon Johnson of Columbia, S.C., has the large responsibility of caring for soldiers and airmen's needs at the North Carolina Forward Operating Base (FOB) during the Vigilant...

Partnership active for Vigilant Guard 2008
April 22, 2008 — BEAUFORT, S.C. - When the European nation of Moldova is the host of a six-nation disaster response exercise in May, it will be utilizing some of the lessons learned in the Lowcountry of South Carolina...

Vigilant Guard 2008 training helps Beaufort Memorial Hospital sharpen skills
April 22, 2008 — BEAUFORT, S.C. - The emergency room at the Beaufort Memorial Hospital received extra training during Vigilant Guard 2008. Vigilant Guard 2008 was a three-day exercise designed to test the ability of...

Guard Civil Support Team Supports Shelby County Fire Department During Vigilant Guard 08
April 22, 2008 — MILLINGTON, Tenn. - An earthquake followed by a fire and subsequent chemical leak had west Tennessee firefighters scrambling, so they called on the National Guard for help.That was the scenario in...

JISCC Team
April 22, 2008 — MILLINGTON, Tenn. - A new mobile communications system debuted during an emergency exercise here that will allow individuals and agencies to keep talking even during the direst circumstances.The 230th...

West Tennessee Rocks...and the Guard Rolls; NG exercises a mock earthquake scenario
April 22, 2008 — MILLINGTON, Tenn. - A fresh cloud of white dust slowly settles to reveal a mangled pile of rubble. Once a hospital and parking garage, wires and rebar protrude out of the broken concrete. The deep mud...

Local father, daughter support Vigilant Guard
April 22, 2008 — BEAUFORT, S.C. - The Vigilant Guard exercise taking place this week in Beaufort County, S.C., reinforces that all incidents are local, and for one local father and his daughter, the exercise has given...

NEADS ANG members return after deployment to Kyrgyzstan
April 21, 2008 — ROME, N.Y. - The Northeast Air Defense Sector doesn't deploy people, right? Wrong.In the unit's largest deployment ever, nearly 30 security force members deployed on a six-month tour to Manas Air...

Bosnia and Herzegovina emulates the National Guard
April 21, 2008 — SARAJEVO, Bosnia and Herzegovina - Military leaders in this formerly war-torn country look to the National Guard as a model for reform.A match with Maryland in the National Guard's State Partnership...

Air Guard EMEDS team breaks new ground in Vigilant Guard
April 21, 2008 — BEAUFORT, S.C. - An Air National Guard Expeditionary Medical Support team will pioneer new territory in military medical training and education as part of Vigilant Guard South Carolina, one of the...

Soldiers from Denmark observe Vigilant Guard 2008
April 21, 2008 — BEAUFORT, S.C. - After serving with South Carolina Guardsmen in Afghanistan, 40 soldiers from the Army of Denmark are spending two weeks in Beaufort County, S.C., observing a major National Guard...

Media invitation to the largest preparedness exercise in South Carolina hosted by the National Guard
April 21, 2008 — BEAUFORT, S.C. - The media is invited to participate in a disaster preparedness exercise called Vigilant Guard that will test the capabilities and interoperability of local regional and state level...

Alabama Airman follows family tradition
April 21, 2008 — BEAUFORT, S.C. - For Staff Sgt. Devin Boggan, serving in the Alabama Air National Guard is simply a family tradition."I joined just as my father retired (from the Guard)," said Boggan, who works as a...

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