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Wisconsin National Guard's Ebola team vital to state response, health official says
November 18, 2014
Maj Gen. Donald Dunbar, the adjutant general of Wisconsin, looks on as a member of the Wisconsin National Guard’s Joint Health Assistance Team decontaminates her protective suit during training for an Ebola Virus Disease response Oct. 31 at Volk Field, Wisconsin.

NGB senior leaders, DoD officials witness combat effectiveness of the National Guard
November 18, 2014
Several UH-64 Apache attack helicopters from the South Carolina Army National Guard and the North Carolina Army National Guard perform system checks prior to the kickoff Operation Carolina Thunder 2014 at McEntire Joint National Guard Base, Nov. 15, 2014. Spanning Nov. 14-16, Operation Carolina Thunder was a large-scale combat training exercise that involved aircraft - both fixed and rotary wing - and Soldiers and Airmen from units in North and South Carolina, Georgia and Tennessee.

Guard units from six states will begin training for Ebola-relief mission in West Africa
November 17, 2014
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Army and Air National Guard units join in for Carolina Thunder exercise
November 17, 2014
U.S. Army Soldiers, assigned to the 1-118th Combined Arms Battalion, South Carolina Army National Guard, assault a captured electrical facility at the Savannah River Site, Aiken, S.C., as part of Carolina Thunder 14, Nov. 15, 2014. South Carolina National Guard, along with North Carolina, Georgia, and Tennessee National Guard units, conducted Carolina Thunder 14, joint training exercise, on a drill weekend.

Six National Guard States mobilizing forces for second rotation in West Africa
November 16, 2014
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Gen. Grass accepts American Patriot Award for Guard Soldiers and Airmen
November 14, 2014
Army Gen. Frank Grass, chief, National Guard Bureau, speaks about the National Guard after it received the 2014 American Patriot Award from the Defense University Foundation, Washington, D.C., Nov. 13, 2014.

Mock disaster showcases new communication for National Guard and first responders
November 14, 2014
This Satellite Transportable Terminal (STT) and 4G LTE Cellular/Wireless transmission antenna in the background are part of the Disaster Incident Response Emergency Communications Terminal (DIRECT) equipment package that is being fielded to the Army National Guard to provide collaboration and communication services at incident sites that link local responders and emergency managers with state and federal authorities. The system was demonstrated on Oct. 29, 2014, in College Station Texas at Texas A&M Engineering Extension Services’ Disaster City, a realistic disaster environment that supports training exercises and testing of new equipment for first responders.

Historic New York 369th Infantry Regiment index cards available online
November 13, 2014

Pennsylvania National Guard medics win Army Best Medic competition
November 13, 2014
Staff Sgt. Melvyn Mayo and Sgt. 1st Class Vinicios Occhiena placed first at the 2014 Best Medic Competition.

Utah Air National Guard base will be renamed for war hero Roland R. Wright
November 12, 2014
A vintage photo of retired Brig. Gen. Roland R. Wright, whose plane was named the Mormon Mustang. A Utah air base will be renamed in his honor on Nov. 18 2014.