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Kansas aircrew brings WWII comrades back from watery grave
March 11, 2008
A Kansas Air Guard KC-135 aircrew discuss their mission while enroute to Palau.
Air Guard aerobatic pilot booked for busy season
March 11, 2008
Maj. John Klatt, of the Air National Guard's aerobatic team in his Staudacher S-300D flies in concert with an Extra-300L flown by Michael Mancuso as they put two Air National Guard-sponsored aircraft through their paces in preparation for Air Force Week New England Aug. 25-26 at Otis Air Base, Cape Code, Mass. Klatt and his support team travel to air shows across the nation promoting the Air National Guard.
Earnhardt climbs to sixth in Sprint Cup standings
March 10, 2008
Dale Earnhardt Jr. stands with the No. 88 National Guard car March 9 at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Earnhardt and his team are now sixth among NASCAR's Sprint Cup leaders after he drove the No. 88 car to a third place finish in the Kobalt Tools 500. He drove the No. 5 Guard Car Saturday to a ninth-place finish and third place in the Nationwide Series standings.
Maryland civil support team passes test below decks
March 7, 2008
Soldiers and Airmen of the Maryland National Guard's 32nd Weapons of Mass Destruction-Civil Support Team train aboard the Navy display ship Berry March 6 at the Washington Navy Yard during Exercise Capital Spear.
Airmen prepare to airlift flood clean-up kits to Ecuador
March 6, 2008
Arkansas Soldiers injured as severe weather strikes Camp Shelby
March 4, 2008
Lt. Col. James Treece, commander of the 217th Brigade Support Battalion, stands next to wreckage at Camp Shelby Joint Forces Training Center, Miss., March 3 caused by severe weather. Fourteen Soldiers with the Arkansas National Guard's 39th Infantry Brigade Combat Team were injured. Injuries were mainly limited to minor cuts and bruises, with one Soldier suffering a more severe, yet non-life-threatening injury.
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.