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Gunnery Range helping Guard members hone targeting skills in the fight
May 3, 2012
Air National Guard Senior Master Sgt. Alan VanPate communicates with an aircraft while in a control tower at the Grayling Aerial Gunnery Range, near Grayling, Mich., April 24, 2012. VanPate is a joint terminal attack controller and helps to provide training to visiting Joint Terminal Attack Controllers personnel to the Grayling range. JTACs are Air Force enlisted members who embed with infantry or other U.S. Army or Marine Corps ground forces to provide coordination of air power support with the Soldiers or Marines on the ground.

Some Guard, Reserve members to start paying dental premiums directly soon
May 2, 2012
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Hero 2 Hired program helps redeployed National Guard, Reserve Soldiers
May 2, 2012
Army 2nd Lt. Joseph Spears, of the Mississippi National Guard's 113th
Military Police Company, enters his personal information in the "Heroes 2 Hired" Kiosk at Camp Shelby Joint Forces Training Center, April 30, 2012. To better equip redeploying soldiers in finding jobs during their redeployment, the Army implemented the H2H program, which is part of the Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Program.

Texas National Guard performs multi-agency exercise, allows junior service members to lead
May 2, 2012
Soldiers from Texas National Guard's 436th Chemical Company and the 236th Military Police Company assist a casualty while conducting a collective training exercise at the Govalle Water Treatment Facility in Austin, Texas, April 26 to 27, 2012. This exercise helps Joint Task Force 71 maintain readiness to conduct the Homeland Response Force mission throughout Federal Emergency Management Agency Region 6.

Former National Guard Bureau senior enlisted leader retires, leaving a legacy for others
May 1, 2012
Army Command Sgt. Maj. David Hudson, who served as the second ever senior enlisted advisor to the chief of the National Guard Bureau from 2006 to 2009, retired May, 2012, after serving 38 years. Hudson, who served in the Air Force before transitioning over to the Alaska Army National Guard in 1984, last served as a special assistant to the adjutant general of the Alaska National Guard.

2012 Warrior Games kick off, five Guard members on all-Army team
May 1, 2012
At the 2012 Warrior Games, consisting of 200 wounded, ill or injured service members from the Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard and Special Operations Command competing in a Paralympics-style competition, athletes sit and listen to opening day remarks April 30, 2012 in Colorado Springs, Colo. The competition is from May 1 to 5, 2012.

Alabama National Guard preparing for hurricane season
April 30, 2012
Alabama Guard members brief hurricane plans April 28, 2012, on a spanned map that measuring 40 feet wide and 85 feet long.

Guam, New Mexico Guard CSTs perform disaster training
April 30, 2012
Members of the joint Civil Support Team collect, mark and bag unknown chemical samples on the suspected terrorist tugboat Pono during a simulated training event in Honolulu, April 24, 2012.

Montana Air Guard unit's asset makes disaster communication simpler
April 27, 2012
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Wyoming Guard focuses on fire safety at Camp Guernsey
April 27, 2012
Wyoming Honor Conservation Camp Smokebusters Duane Cox (left) and Dustin Steele, clear debris left from past fires on property at the Camp Guernsey Joint Training Center, Wyo., April 10, 2012. The camp is working to clear potentially hazardous debris to allow for increased use of roadways and trails throughout the camp.