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National Guard sibling Soldiers start tradition of serving
December 8, 2016
Pfc. Sam and Pvt. Jennifer Mei, both Pennsylvannia National Guard members, pose in front of a Stryker armored fighting vehicle at the Ordnance School Nov. 17, 2016. Sam graduated from the17-week  course Nov. 22.  Jennifer is scheduled to complete the course in March.  Another sibling, Milton, 19, is also undergoing training at Fort Lee.

South Carolina National Guard preserving state history, environment
December 7, 2016
South Carolina Army National Guard hosts a team of archaeologists and conservation managers as they work at McCrady Training Center, Eastover, S.C., Feb. 2, 2016. After the historic flood of October 2015, drastic erosion exposed old transportation systems and disrupted construction timbers in a hollow core dam.  James Spirek and Joe Beatty, state underwater archaeologists measure distances between logs that built the dam.

Air National Guard 'cable guys' are saving U.S. Strategic Command millions on project
December 6, 2016
A team of Air National Guard members working on a project for the U.S. Strategic Command is saving STRATCOM millions of dollars. The project at Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., is running about 600 miles of cable for the Strategic Command.

Air National Guard volunteers help load Trees for Troops
December 2, 2016
U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Kyle Defeo helps Sally Ellms pack holiday ornaments and wishes into a Christmas Tree during the loading of donated trees November 29, 2016 in support of Trees for Troops at Ellms Tree Farm in Ballston Spa, N.Y. More than 20 Airmen from the New York Air National Guard’s 109th Airlift Wing based in Scotia, N.Y., helped ship some 130 holiday trees with donated ornaments and holiday wishes.