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Category: Guard News

Guard mourns 10 Soldiers killed in helicopter crash in Iraq
January 24, 2007 — ARLINGTON, Va. - Ten Army National Guard Soldiers, including a grandmother who was a senior... MORE

Fighting corruption in Afghanistan; Police Training Improves Professionalism
January 21, 2007 — MAZAR-E SHARIF, Afghanistan - Reforming the Afghan police force is a difficult challenge that... MORE

Two senior Afghan policemen demonstrate the proper use of a baton to subdue suspects. New recruits as well as policemen in the Transitional Integration Course receive instruction on the proper use of force and human rights during their training at the regional training center.

Duty Day with God
January 19, 2007 — UR, Iraq - The Ziggurat, a 50-foot pyramid temple, towers over the vast Iraqi desert. Less than a... MORE

Dhief Muhsen, curator for the historical sites at Ur, shows Soldiers from the 449th Aviation Support Battalion, 36th Combat Aviation Brigade, how the city used to look several thousand years ago. (U.S. Army photo by

California Air National Guard F-16 crashes in remote area
January 19, 2007 — FRESNO, Calif. - A California Air National Guard F-16 Fighting Falcon crashed at approximately 10:30... MORE

An F-16 Fighting Falcon like these from the California Air National Guard's 144th Fighter Wing in Fresno, Calif., crashed at approximately 10:30 a.m. Jan. 19 in Owens Valley, Calif. The pilot ejected safely.

Guard rolls out for yet another Midwest storm
January 17, 2007 — ARLINGTON, Va. - More than 600 Citizen-Soldiers and Airmen in Missouri, Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas... MORE

Wyoming Air National Guard loadmasters aboard a C-130 Hercules aircraft watch as a 1-ton hay bale lands near a herd of cows during an emergency feeding mission in southeast Colorado Jan. 3, 2007. The hay is being dropped near La Junta, Colo., to help feed livestock that have been stranded from a snow storm that has impacted the area.

Governors, adjutants general support new 12-month mobilization policy
January 17, 2007 — ARLINGTON, Va. - The nation's governors and adjutants general have expressed their universal support... MORE

Now driving for the Guard: Casey Mears takes wheel of No. 25
January 17, 2007 — ARLINGTON, Va. - Casey Mears says the honor is all his. "It's just a big honor" Mears said shortly... MORE

Casey Mears, the National Guard's new Guard Car Driver, poses with Lt. Gen. Clyde A. Vaughn, the director of the Army National Guard, and Lance McGrew, crew chief, at the Army National Guard Readiness Center, Arlington Hall, on Jan. 12, 2007. Mears will drive the new #25 National Guard GMAC Chevy Monte Carlo SS with Hendrick Motorsports in this year's NASCAR Nextel Cup series.

Hall: New Policies to Relieve Stress, Promote Unit Cohesion
January 17, 2007 — WASHINGTON - The new Defense Department policy limiting the duration of call-ups to 12 months is... MORE

Kentucky Guard Unit Checks Air Quality at Derailment Site
January 16, 2007 — WASHINGTON - A special team of National Guardsmen is conducting an environmental survey at the site... MORE

Department Builds on Stryker Experience to Support Extended Guard Unit
January 12, 2007 — WASHINGTON - Tapping into lessons learned after an active-duty unit in Alaska had its deployment in... MORE

Michigan-Sierra Leone Partnership Moves Ahead with Multidisciplinary Engagements

Paraguayan President Awards Top Honor to Massachusetts National Guard General

AFRICOM, National Guard Chaplains Participate in Southern African Development Community Conference

North Carolina Guard Welcomes SPP Partners to Hurricane Response Exercise

Virginia Army Guard Soldiers, Tajikistan Conduct Battle Exchange Training