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Department of Defense to Recognize Top 15 Employers of National Guard and Reserve Members
September 6, 2006

Illinois Army Guard Transformation Enhances Capabilities
September 6, 2006
Spc. Dan Bounnavong, Troop C, 2nd Squadron, 106th Cavalry, and a British Soldier with Number 7 Company, Coldstream Guards go over an obstacle together as part of a training exercise between the United States and Great Britain at Ft. McCoy, Wis. in July. As part of transformation, the new unit is able to participate in a variety of new training opportunities.

How 9/11 changed the National Guard: Counterdrug program expanded their horizons
September 5, 2006

World War II Guard veterans dedicate new armory in Oregon
September 1, 2006
The Baker City Armory, located on Campbell Street in downtown Baker City, Ore., was officially dedicated on August 31, 2006. The event was attended by Maj. Gen. Raymond F. Rees, Adjutant General, Oregon National Guard, and several original members of the F Co., 186th Infantry, 41st Division, some of whom saw action in WWII. The 40,000 square foot facility, completed in October 2005, will be utilized by community groups as well as the Oregon Army National Guard.

California Air National Guard crew rescues critically wounded children in Mexico
August 31, 2006
129th Rescue Wing flight surgeon,. Maj. (Dr.) Joshua S. Kucker, center, and MC-130P loadmaster, Senior Master Sgt. William J. Wunderlin, right, treats and assists one of the critically injured children during the flight to Naval Air Station North Island, CA.

North Georgia welcomes home students deployed to Iraq with 48th Brigade
August 30, 2006
Jenna Simmons of Milledgeville, Ga., shakes hands with Gov. Sonny Perdue.

Katrina remembered: a city of despair and hope
August 29, 2006
A convoy of military vehicles cross floodwaters on IH-10 to move Texas Air National Guard Security Forces Squadrons (SFS) on September 10th, 2005. The squadrons were being moved from Francis Gaudet Elementary School to Loyola University to provide additional search and rescue missions in New Orleans, Louisiana, in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

Maine man retires from 41-year military career
August 28, 2006
CSM John Leonard Jr.

Arkansas Soldiers Keep Watch on New Mexico Desert
August 28, 2006
Under Cover. 2nd Lt. Brian Inman (left), of Fayetteville, Ark., Spc. Matthew Bealer (center), from Branson, Mo., and Sgt. Jay Sanders (right), from Hot Springs, Ark., take shelter from the bright New Mexico sun under the camouflage netting of their mountain top observation point. The Soldiers, members of the Arkansas National Guard's 39th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, are part of Task Force Arkansas participating in Operation Jump Start along the U.S. border with Mexico. From their outpost nearly 1,000 feet above the dessert floor, Inman, Bealer and Sanders can monitor movement in the desert on one side, vehicles along a major highway on a second side, and suspicious "stow aways" aboard railroad cars on a third side.

'Exotic' Army Guard aviation unit bound for Iraq
August 28, 2006
Capt. David Bartelsmeyer, company commander and C-23 pilot, and 1st. Sgt. Javier Acosta talk about flying the C-23 at the deployment ceremony for the 36th Combat Aviation Brigade. The Brigade will organize its present structure to a Theater Aviation Battalion command and deploy for the Multi-National Corps Iraq.