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Air Force to end pilot travel card program
April 5, 2012
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Virtual wingman app makes smart choices easy for Airmen
April 4, 2012
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Coast Guard Cutter, Air Guard members rescue three injured persons from racing yacht
April 3, 2012
A Coast Guard drop master prepares to drop medical supplies to the Clipper Venture 6, a 67-foot sailing yacht, Saturday, March 31, 2012. The Rescue Coordination Center in Alameda, Calif. is coordinating the rescue efforts of three injured boaters.

Counterdrug launches new Counter Threat Finance program
April 3, 2012
Steve Gurdak, detective with the Washington D.C./Baltimore High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area, discusses the nuances of money laundering during the Counter Threat Finance course on Bolling Air Force Base, Dec. 9, 2011. National Guard Counterdrug personnel spent two weeks in the classroom training for the new Counter Threat Finance mission of the National Guard's Counterdrug program

Illinois National Guard trains Soldiers to respond to sexual assaults
April 3, 2012
Detective Mark DeVaney, with the Springfield Police Department speaks to nearly 70 Soldiers with the Illinois National Guard attending the two week Sexual Harassment and Assault Response and Prevention training Feb. 23, 2012 at Camp Lincoln in Springfield, Ill. The Soldiers met with a panel of sexual assault response experts from the Springfield area.

Oregon Guard participate in Shanti-Doot exercise in Bangladesh
April 3, 2012
Oregon Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Darrin Culp, of the 249th Regiment Training Institute in Monmouth, Ore., oversees two Nepalese soldiers as they tend to their role-playing comrade during a medical emergency scenario on the first day of Exercise Shanti Doot 3, in Bangladesh March 9. Culp and his fellow Soldiers were invited to participate as a battlefield lifesaving technique instructors through the State Partnership Program between Oregon and Bangladesh. Exercise Shanti Doot 3 is a Bangladesh armed forces-hosted and U.S. Pacific Command Global Peace Operations Initiative supported joint multi-national exercise designed to give operations, logistics, planning and tactical peace-keeping training to members of 13 different countries in preparation for United Nations Peace-keeping Operations.

VA makes progress on pledge to end veteran homelessness
April 3, 2012
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Illinois Airman named Air National Guard Outstanding Noncommissioned Officer of the Year
April 3, 2012
Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jacob Curtis was selected as one of the 2012 Air National Guard Outstanding Airmen of the Year. Curtis is a Security Forces Journeyman assigned to the 126th Air Refueling Wing's Security Forces Squadron and received this award in part for his dedication to duty, superior knowledge, and unwavering volunteerism. His OAY package will next compete in the Air Force's 2012 Twelve Outstanding Airmen of the Year. Curtis recently returned from a six-month deployment in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.

Alaska Air National Guard members rescue two plane crash survivors
April 2, 2012
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Puerto Rico National Guard fosters State Partnership with Honduras
March 30, 2012
Honduran public affairs Soldiers observe a mosaic of Puerto Rico's crest during a visit to the governor's mansion in Old San Juan. The visit of the Honduran military was part of the State Partnership Program in which they had the opportunity to visit the Puerto Rico National Guard training facilities and exchange training information with its leaders.