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Furloughs slashed to six days
August 6, 2013
Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel conducts a news briefing at the Pentagon in Arlington, Va., July 31, 2013, about the Strategic Choices and Management Review.
Kentucky Air Guard's Maintenance University provides unique training opportunities
August 5, 2013
A Kentucky Air National Guard member works on a C-130 Hercules engine at the Air National Guard Combat Readiness Training Center in Gulfport, Miss., on June 18, 2013, as part of a week-long course called Maintenance University.
Kentucky's Soldiers and Airmen plant the seeds of learning in Afghanistan
August 5, 2013
Tech. Sgt. Nathan Steele hands school supplies over to District Education Representative Bismillah Khan. The supplies were donated by Luhr Elementary School and Midway College in Kentucky.
South Carolina base hosts Colombian Air Force team
August 2, 2013
Colombian Brig. General Ramses Rueda, a pilot and director of the Colombian Air Force Officer's Academy, along with a team of Colombian Air Force officers, tour McEntire Joint National Guard Base, S.C., July 30, 2013.
Michigan National Guard conducts nuclear response training
August 2, 2013
Soldiers of Task Force 46 and the 126 Press Camp Headquarters, Michigan Army National Guard, are participating in Exercise Vibrant Response 2013 at Camp Atterbury, Ind.
Furloughs are 'no way to treat people,' Carter says
August 2, 2013
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Colorado Air Guard member fills Bronco's offensive needs
August 2, 2013
Benjamin Garland, Denver Broncos offensive guard, hits the sled during an offensive line drill at a Broncos training camp practice July 29, 2013, at the Broncos training facility, Englewood, Colo.
Texas-Chile partnership improved through emergency preparedness
August 1, 2013
Members of the Chilean armed forces visit Joint Task Force 71 (Maneuver Enhancement Brigade) July 24 at the Round Rock Armed Forces Reserve Center. Emergency response was the theme for the visit, as the Minuteman Brigade offered a tour to demonstrate the capabilities and interagency relationships inherent to the Homeland Response Force mission.
Former National Guard chief Gen. McKinley named 'Great Floridian'
August 1, 2013
Florida Gov. Rick Scott, left, presents an award designating Gen. (Ret.) Craig R. McKinley, right, as a "Great Floridian" to the general and his wife Cheryl during the National Guard Association of Florida's annual conference in Orlando, Fla., July 27, 2013.
Oklahoma National Guard Soldiers train with British counterparts
July 31, 2013
British Army Lt. Francesca Pinel fires a .50-caliber machine gun at Camp Gruber, Oklahoma while training with the Oklahoma Army National Guard.
Camp Guernsey firefighters make a community effort
July 31, 2013
Camp Guernsey Joint Training Center Firefighter 2 Nick Long, of Cheyenne, Wyo., races to put on his protective equipment, known as bunker gear, during a timed drill at the camp's fire station, located at the Guernsey Army Airfield, near Guernsey, Wyo., July 23, 2013.
Alaska Rescue Coordination Center saves 2,000th life
July 31, 2013
An Alaska Air National Guard HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter from the 210th Rescue Squadron is on a training flight July 10 in Southcentral Alaska. Rescuers run an average of five missions a week.
Louisiana National Guard honors Buffalo Soldiers
July 30, 2013
Trooper Willie Edly Jr., national president of the 9th and 10th Horse Cavalry Association, Trooper Milton Wiltz, president of the 9th and 10th Horse Cavalry Association Greater New Orleans Chapter 22, and Brig. Gen. Barry D. Keeling, director of the joint staff of the Louisiana National Guard, unveil a commemorative plaque during a ceremony to recognize the consolidation and formation of the 25th Infantry Regiment on July 24, 2013.
North Carolina National Guard opens communication lines
July 30, 2013
Staff Sgt. Ashley Snider, a member of the North Carolina National Guard's 139th Regional Training Institute, practices broadcast interview techniques as part of a media training exercise.
Financially fit: How to spot and avoid scams
July 29, 2013
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Financially fit: How to spot and avoid scams
July 29, 2013
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Virginia National Guard helicopter crew departs to support Southwest border mission
July 29, 2013
Soldiers from the Sandston-based Detachment 1, Company A, 2nd Battalion, 151st Aviation Regiment depart for the Texas border aboard a UH-72 Lakota helicopter July 29, 2013, from the Virginia National Guard's Army Aviation Support Facility in Sandston, Va.
Florida National Guard’s ‘Hurricane Battalion’ is South Florida’s defense during storm season
July 26, 2013
The Hurriane Brigade in action during a recent storm in the Southeast.
West Coast states appeal for National Guard Stryker brigade
July 26, 2013
Some western state governors have requested conversion from tanks to Stryker brigades for their National Guard units. Here, U.S. Army troops with 1st Squadron, Combined Task Force Dragoon, occupy a security position in a Stryker vehicle July 20, 2013 at Zangabad, Afghanistan.
Arkansas, Florida Army Guard members win Army Guard Best Warrior Competition
July 26, 2013
Army Sgt. Piero Lopez, a combat medic with the Arkansas Army National Guard's Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 153rd Infantry Regiment, rushes through the woodline to assault a building during the urban assault course portion of the 2013 Army National Guard Best Warrior Competition at Camp Joseph T. Robinson, Ark.