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Reserve Airmen train Guardsmen on Raptor
January 23, 2008 — ELMENDORF AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska - eservists here are training members of the Air National Guard as part of total force integration.Airmen from the 477th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron here trained 13...

Total force provides seamless airlift support
January 23, 2008 — KAISERSLAUTERN, Germany (AFPN) - Nearly 60 Air National Guardsmen finished a 10-week tour of duty Jan. 11 with the 38th Airlift Squadron here where they'd collectively hauled more than 283 tons of...

Ohio's 'Buckeye' Brigade departs on historic deployment
January 22, 2008 — 1,600 arrive safely, start training at Fort HoodThe Soldiers were stoic, the thousands of well-wishers, supportive, and the VIPs' comments, laudatory, but the mood was bittersweet at the recent...

National Guard Miss America contestant focused on mission as pageant nears
January 17, 2008 — ARLINGTON, Va. - Utah Army National Guard Sgt. Jill Steven's "personal combat zone" has shifted from Afghanistan to Nevada, from a minefield to a beauty contest, from combat boots to high heels.The...

Army Guard honors new noncommissioned officers
January 17, 2008 — ARLINGTON, Va. - A crowded meeting room at the Army National Guard Readiness Center here resounded with cheers and applause Jan. 16 when 37 sergeants and staff sergeants were inducted into the...

Oregon F-15s to fly again
January 11, 2008 — KINGSLEY FIELD, Ore. - After more than two months of being grounded, the F-15s from the 173rd Fighter Wing were expected to start flying again Jan. 10.The jets have been grounded since Nov. 2 after a...

At Masada, a glimpse into the Israeli soul
January 11, 2008 — MASADA, Israel - This ancient fort atop a Judean Desert butte 1,300-feet above the Dead Sea offers a glimpse into the Israeli soul."Masada is roughly analogous in importance to the Israelis as the...

Bringing the commissary to the Guard
January 11, 2008 — ARLINGTON, Va. - The Defense Commissary Agency is bridging the gap between installation-based commissaries and the community-based Guard.Some 258 commissaries worldwide sell groceries and other...

Desert MOUT facility is model for National Guard
January 11, 2008 — BALADIA CITY, Israel - National Guard Soldiers and Airmen could one day exercise at a state-of-the-art urban warfare training center here.From a distance, the National Urban Training Center (NUTC)...

Guard recruits go Active First; recruiting, retention numbers soar
January 11, 2008 — ARLINGTON, Va. - An Army recruiting program that joins active and Guard recruiting efforts was hailed at the Pentagon Jan. 10 by the Secretary of the Army and director of the Army National Guard as a...

TLC to air American Chopper episodes featuring Guard's "Patriot Chopper"
January 8, 2008 — ARLINGTON, Va. - Hundreds of Soldiers gathered here in front of the Army National Guard Readiness Center in late September to witness the unveiling of the "Patriot Chopper," the first of three bikes...

Tennessee Guard Soldier competing in Alaska's Iditarod
January 8, 2008 — NASHVILLE, Tenn. - A master sergeant in the Tennessee Army National Guard is the first Tennessean in history to compete in Alaska's 2008 Iditarod, billed as "The World's Last Great Race."Master Sgt...

Nevada senator surveys flooding; Guard provided meals to displaced
January 8, 2008 — RENO, Nev. - Nevada Sen. Harry Reid inspected the flooded town of Fernely, Nev., in a Nevada Army Guard UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter Monday and requested President George Bush declare the Fernley flood...

ELC Phase One Nears Completion
January 7, 2008 — GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba. - The first phase of a $10.2 million project to construct the Expeditionary Legal Complex here inches closer to completion as Air Guard civil engineers put their finishing...

76th Brigade Departure Ceremony
January 4, 2008 — INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. - In the past 24 years, the RCA Dome has crowned five NCAA championships and stood home to the world champion Indianapolis Colts, but on Jan. 2, the dome hosted the largest going...

Guard family gets Extreme dream home
December 19, 2007 — ARLINGTON, Va. - Spc. Michael Lucas received an extra-special homecoming during his mid-tour leave from Iraq recently when he and his family discovered they had been selected for a total-home...

Washington National Guard goes door-to-door, shore-to-shore in December storms
December 18, 2007 — TACOMA, Wash. - The National Guard conducts phone alerts regularly to make sure they can contact unit members in case of an emergency, but they usually don't call the day after drill weekend.But...

Air Guard Recruiters Press on Through Major Changes
December 17, 2007 — ARLINGTON, Va. - Tech. Sgt. Dianna Bowen understands and embraces the challenges of recruiting people into a transforming Air National Guard.Bowen became one of the Air Guard's top recruiters in the...

NY National Guard marks National Guard Birthday
December 14, 2007 — The New York National Guard celebrated the 371st Birthday of the United State's force of Citizen Soldier Thursday, Dec. 13, with a traditional military cake-cutting ceremony.Major General Joseph...

Congratulating the National Guard on its 371st Birthday
December 14, 2007 — I congratulate the National Guard on its 371st birthday. These devoted citizen-soldiers are tremendous partners in helping to secure the homeland. The men and women of the National Guard have enabled...

New York Guardsmen Earn Danish Military March Ribbon

Kentucky Guard Builds Portable Air Base for Patriot 26

Three Components, One Army: LaNeve Stresses Guard’s Role in Army’s New Priorities

Pennsylvania Guardsmen Demonstrate Drone Innovation Project

Nordhaus, Raines Outline a National Guard Focused on the Future