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Guard, Reserve Soldiers can opt for reduced-age retirement
June 6, 2013
Sharin Baker, Military One Source, shares information about what they can do for military retirees at the 63rd Regional Support Command pre-retirement seminar, held at the Moffett Field Army Reserve Center.

National Guard uniquely positioned to boost cyber defense
June 5, 2013
Soldiers from the Fairfax, Va.-based Data Processing Unit conduct a computer network defense exercise Sept. 15, 2012, in Fairfax. The exercise used different cyber scenarios of varying difficulty in order to evaluate the proficiency levels of the unit's Soldiers in computer network defense.

National Guard first responders at Boston Marathon awarded Army Commendation Medals
June 5, 2013
Gen. Frank Grass, chief of the National Guard Bureau, and Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick at awards ceremony for heroic Guard members who immediately responded at Boston Marathon bombing.

Maryland lieutenant colonel helps save Soldier after jump mishap
June 4, 2013
Lt. Col. Bradley Martsching performs a Jumpmaster Personnel Inspection on Spc. Moises Sanchez of C Company (Long Range Reconnaissance), prior to a planned airborne operation on Bitner drop zone near Little Orleans, Md.

Military Saves launches "National Guard summer savings drive"
June 4, 2013
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Commentary: National Guard milestone law was signed June 3, 1916
June 3, 2013
Soldiers from the Massachusetts National Guard 8th Infantry disembark from a train stopped in Columbus, N.M., on or about July 1, 1916. The Massachusetts Guardsmen were among the first National Guard units to arrive in Columbus after their 2,000-mile journey from Boston, after President Wilson federalized the entire force on June 18, 1916, the first use of the National Defense Act signed into law 15 days earlier.

Father of Kentucky National Guard Soldier in Afghanistan accepts diploma for her
June 3, 2013
Tom Hoffmann receives an Ashford University diploma on behalf of his daughter, Sidney, who is serving in Afghanistan with the Kentucky National Guard.

Defense Department adds peer support chats for sexual assault victims
May 31, 2013
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Hagel names Guard, Reserve Employer Support national chair
May 31, 2013
Paul Mock is the new chair of Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve, a Department of Defense operational committee that seeks to foster a culture in which all employers support and value the employment and military service of members of the National Guard and Reserve.

North Dakota Air National Guard makes history as it controls missile field security
May 31, 2013
From left to right in foreground, U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Michael Carlson, Senior Airman Cody Jenson and Senior Airman Kathleen Stenger, all with the 219th Security Forces Squadron, North Dakota Air National Guard, walk away from a launch facility upon completion of an intense but routine exercise May 22, 2013, in the Minot Air Force Base missile field complex near Minot, N.D.