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Maj. Gen. Jonathan Treacy retires after more than 30 years of service
June 12, 2014
Air Force Maj. Gen. Jonathan T. Treacy, right, stands at attention alongside Army Gen. Frank Grass, chief National Guard Bureau, during the reading of his retirement order at a ceremony in Treacy’s honor, June 6 at Arlington Hall in Arlington, Va. Treacy, who most recently served as the special assistant to the chief, National Guard Bureau, served for more than 30 years in uniform.

Puerto Rico's 65th Infantry Regiment receives Congressional Gold Medal
June 11, 2014
Some of the members of the Puerto Rican infantry unit who distinguished themselves during heroic combat during the Korean War.

NGB vice chief visits Golden Coyote exercise
June 11, 2014
The Vice Chief of the National Guard Bureau, Air Force Lt. Gen. Joseph L. Lengyel, left, and Maj. Gen. Tim Reisch, the adjutant general of the South Dakota National Guard, visit Forward Operating Base Custer in Custer State Park, S.D., as a part the 30th annual Golden Coyote training exercise June 8, 2014. Lt. Gen. Lengyel visited the exercise where National Guard, Reserve, active-duty and allied nation forces come together for two-weeks to train in support of overseas contingency operations and homeland support missions.

California's Camp Roberts rehabs helipad and parade field for millions less than projections
June 10, 2014
California Army National Guard engineers spray an even coat of black dye across the completed surface of Camp Roberts' recently restabilized parade field April 29, 2014.

Wisconsin enlistee carries on three-generation Guard tradition
June 9, 2014
Rylie Denson receives the Oath of Enlistment from her father, Maj. Doug Denson, executive officer of the 1st Battalion, 147th Aviation Regiment, during a swearing-in ceremony Feb. 25, 2014, in Milwaukee. Rylie became the third generation of Densons to serve in the unit when she enlisted into the Wisconsin Army National Guard. Her grandfather, retired Brig. Gen. Kerry Denson, was the unit’s first commander.

Alaska National Guard saves hiker whose supplies were depleted
June 9, 2014
A pair of Alaska Army National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters taxi after pilots land at the Alaska Army National Guard Army Aviation Support Facility in Nome April 17, 2012. A similar craft rescued a stranded hiker on June 5, 2014.

IN 1937, Colorado Guard used flamethrowers and explosives against plague of locusts
June 9, 2014
Grasshoppers swarm a downtown Colorado Springs, Colorado, storefront in early summer 1937. National Guard troops battled the locust invasion with flamethrowers from slow-moving trains and explosives, among other techniques.

Memorandum establishes commitment between Guard, Army Cyber Command
June 6, 2014
Army Maj. Gen. Judd H. Lyons, right, acting director Army National Guard, and Army Lt. Gen. Edward C. Cardon, commander U.S. Army Cyber Command, sign a memorandum of understanding during an event June 5, 2014, at Fort Belvoir, Virginia. The memorandum establishes a commitment to a total force solution in cyber space solutions and aligns the Army Guard's 1636th Cyber Protection Team under the command and control of ARCYBER.

North Dakota Soldier named Army Training and Doctrine Command instructor of year
June 5, 2014
Gen. David G. Perkins, commanding general of U.S. Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC), left, presents a plaque to Sgt. 1st Class Paul Deegan, of the 164th Regiment Regional Training Institute, upon naming Deegan the 2013 TRADOC National Guard Instructor of the Year during a ceremony May 30, 2014, in Fort Eustis, Virginia.

Living the Army Values: Florida medic gives car to fellow Soldier fighting leukemia
June 5, 2014
Sgt. Jacob Thomas of the Florida Army National Guard's 1st Battalion, 153rd Cavalry Squadron embodied the Army Core Values of Loyalty and Selfless Service recently when he gave a new car he won to a fellow National Guard Soldier who is fighting leukemia.