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Guard Soldier awarded Medal of Honor posthumously
March 4, 2008
Kurt Bluedog and Russell Hawkins respond to questions from the media outside the White House on March 3, 2008, following a Medal of Honor presentation ceremony. The men accepted the medal from the president on behalf of Master Sgt. Woodrow Wilson Keeble. Keeble was Bluedog's great-uncle and Hawkins' stepfather, and he is the first full- blooded Sioux Indian to earn the nation's highest military honor. Keeble enlisted in the North Dakota National Guard in 1942.
Arizona Guard troops rescue senators in Afghanistan
March 4, 2008
Earnhardt passes checkered flag 2nd at Las Vegas
March 3, 2008
Dale Earnhardt Jr., driver of the No. 88 National Guard/AMP Energy Chevrolet, finished second after starting the race in the eighth position. He ran 234 laps in the top 15 and led 17 of those laps.
Youth ChalleNGe honors its star supporters
February 29, 2008
Cadets from the National Guard Youth ChalleNGe program hold a Dale Earnhardt Jr. autographed trunk lid from the No. 88 National Guard Sprint Cup Car during the 2008 ChalleNGe Champions Gala Feb. 26 at the JW Marriott ballroom in Washington. Earnhardt donated the item and an auto racing jacket, which raised more than $25,000 for the Guard's Youth ChalleNGe program. Hendrick Motorsports auto racing team owner Rick Hendrick matched the auctioned lid with a $20,000 donation. Youth ChalleNGe has helped more than 77,000 troubled teenagers earn their GEDs, learn life skills, return to school, enroll in college or join the military. More than 1,000 program supporters attended the event.
National Guard Civil Support Team plays key role in ricin response
February 29, 2008
Two members of the 92nd Civil Support Team take a sample of a simulated hazardous substance in a Sparks, Nev., shopping mall during training on Nov. 25, 2005. The Nevada National Guard's civil support team was called to assist Las Vegas Metro Police on Feb. 28, 2008, with a suspicious substance that was later identified as deadly ricin. The team is one of 52 certified units nationwide to support local and state authorities at domestic incident sites by identifying hazardous agents and substances.
Alaska, Mongolia partnership flourishes with shared challenges
February 28, 2008
LTG H Steven Blum, chief of the National Guard Bureau; Lt. Gen. Tsevegsuren Togoo, chief of general staff of the Mongolian Armed Forces; and Maj. Gen. Craig Campbell, the adjutant general of the Alaska National Guard, attended the Pacific State Partnership Program Regional Workshop in Honolulu, Hawaii, in late January. The National Guard's State Partnership Program, which pairs U.S. states with foreign countries, is expanding in the Asia-Pacific region after successes in Europe, South and Central America and Africa. Mongolia and Alaska are partners.
First Active First graduate continues family tradition of service
February 27, 2008
Pvt. Raymond Loree: The Army National Guard's first Active First graduate.
Earnhardt chalks up 7th in Nationwide race; 40th in Sprint
February 26, 2008
Army National Guard patches decorate the No. 5 Chevrolet that Dale Earnhardt Jr. drove to a seventh-place Nationwide Series finish in California Feb. 26.
Guard troops clear flood damage in Hawaii
February 25, 2008
Hawaii National Guard Soldiers and Airmen clear flood debris near Kula on Maui in Hawaii in January during a mission to help residents affected by floods.
Earnhardt finishes 3rd in Nationwide Series opener
February 22, 2008
Dale Earnhardt Jr. works with Hendrick Motorsports team members in a garage at the Daytona International Speedway Feb. 16 for NASCAR's Nationwide Series Camping World 300. Earnhardt drove the National Guard sponsored No. 5 car that day to finish third after starting 19th. The following day, Earnhardt drove the Amp/National Guard co-sponsored No. 88 car in NASCAR's Sprint Cup Series 50th running of the Daytona 500. He led that race three times for 12 laps and finished ninth.