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Changes in AER include family dental assistance, spouse scholarships
January 5, 2012
Army Capt. Martha Mitchell, a dentist at the U.S. Army Garison-Stuttgart Dental Clinic, examines 7-year-old Parker Weedon's teeth during a visit to his second-grade classroom at Robinson Barracks Elementary School. Assistance for family dental care up to $4,000 per case is now available through Army Emergency Relief under new guidelines that expand eligible categories.
Changes in AER include family dental assistance, spouse scholarships
January 5, 2012
Army Capt. Martha Mitchell, a dentist at the U.S. Army Garison-Stuttgart Dental Clinic, examines 7-year-old Parker Weedon's teeth during a visit to his second-grade classroom at Robinson Barracks Elementary School. Assistance for family dental care up to $4,000 per case is now available through Army Emergency Relief under new guidelines that expand eligible categories.
Kansas National Guard combat medic covers Africa
January 5, 2012
Army Spc. Michelle Lawrence, 35th Military Police Company combat medic currently serving as a unit public affairs representative for the 1st Battalion 161st Field Artillery, Kansas Army National Guard, adjusts her camera settings at Camp Lemonnier, June 30, 2011. Lawrence is a combat medic, but was designated as a unit public affairs representative for the 1-161 FA BN shortly after deploying to Africa. She calls Dighton, Kan., home.
Rules restrict political activity by DOD personnel
January 5, 2012
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Texas Guard unit signs forward operating base over to Afghan control
January 5, 2012
Panjshir Provincial Governor Keramuddin Karim triumphantly raises a key of the city given to him by U.S. Army Lt. Col. Daniel Gajewski, Chicago native and 321st Civil Affairs Brigade, Provincial Development Support Team commander, during a transfer of authority ceremony at Forward Operating Base Lion Dec. 28. The ceremony marked the official handover from U.S. forces to Afghan control.
Afghanistan: Oklahoma Guard combat medic demonstrates resiliency
January 4, 2012
Oklahoma Army National Guard Spc. Ashley Jones receives the Purple Heart from Army Brig. Gen. Gary Volesky, deputy commanding general for maneuver with Combined Joint Task Force-1, at Craig Joint Theatre Hospital on Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, on Dec. 19, 2011, for injuries sustained as a result of an improvised explosive device the previous day.
The National Guard's contribution: 300,000-plus Iraq deployments
January 4, 2012
Citizen-Soldiers with the Kentucky National Guard's 223rd Military Police Company conduct a briefing at Camp Liberty, Iraq, before an escort mission in 2008 in front of their vehicles. (Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Jim Greenhill)
Health concerns prompt Exchanges to remove dietary supplements
January 4, 2012
U.S. Army Medical Command patch.
The dos and don'ts of the political season
January 4, 2012
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Wisconsin prepares to leave Iraq
January 4, 2012
Spc. Andrew Alexander of the Wisconsin National Guard scans the roads from the gunner's turret of a Mine-Resistant Ambush-Protected vehicle.
Adjutant general: "This is an historic moment for the National Guard"
January 3, 2012
Air Force Gen. Craig McKinley.
N.Y. Guard Counterdrug Task Force helps keep 100 schools drug-free
January 3, 2012
New York State Flag.
Kuwait: North Carolina Guard brigade takes command at Camp Arifjan
January 3, 2012
Army Command Sgt. Maj. Stanley Massengale, Army Col. David Jones and Army Command Sgt. Maj. William Gill salute during the singing of the national anthem at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, Dec. 27, 2011, before the transfer of authority ceremony between the Tennessee Army National Guard's 230th Sustainment Brigade and the North Carolina Army National Guard's 113th Sustainment Brigade. Massengale, the command sergeant major for the 230th SB, cased his unit's colors while the 113th SB's commander and command sergeant major, Jones and Gill, unfurled their flag to symbolize the transfer of command for the unit.
Nevada Guard trains with police in New Year's Eve exercise
January 3, 2012
Nevada Army National Guard Spc. Ashlee Wolf stands guard on New Year's Eve here for Vigilant Sentinel, a three-day training exercise where Nevada Guard members work in association with Las Vegas Metro Police.
National Guard's senior officer elevated to Joint Chiefs of Staff
December 30, 2011
National Guard Bureau seal
National Guard on-duty for New Year's Eve
December 30, 2011
New York Army National Guard Spc. Melvin Seally, assigned to Joint Task Force Empire Shield, the New York National Guard's full-time security force in New York City, patrols Pennsylvania Station with police officers on Christmas Eve. The members of Joint Task Force Empire Shield will be on duty New Years Eve supporting civilian police agencies.
Domestic disaster relief and a birthday among National Guard 2011 highlights
December 29, 2011
Maryland National Guard members, seen here in Salisbury, Md., on Aug. 28, 2011, worked around the clock to support civilian law enforcement and firefighting agencies during Hurricane Irene.
Colorado National Guard high-altitude aviation training: local school, global impact
December 28, 2011
Army Chief Warrant Officer 3 Jonathan Licuanan and Army Chief Warrant Officer 3 Ryan Mahany take turns piloting a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado, while following the directions of their instructor pilot, Colorado Army National Guard Chief Warrant Officer 4 Mark Grayson, Aug. 25, 2011. Licuanan and Mahany are students at the Colorado National Guard's High-altitude Army National Guard Aviation Training Site in Gypsum, Colo.
N.C. National Guard drives into history as last convoy out of Iraq
December 28, 2011
North Carolina Army National Guard Soldiers of the 1452nd Transportation Company pose for a group photo in front of an M-1070A1 Heavy Equipment Transporter in Kuwait, Dec. 19, 2011, just one day after their convoy was the last to depart Iraq.
Dempsey: hazing, bullying "intolerable" within military
December 27, 2011
Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, testifies before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Nov. 14, 2011.