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Category: Guard News

Deadline nears for employer support award nominations
January 6, 2012 — WASHINGTON - Members of the National Guard and reserves have just 10 more days to nominate their... MORE

Changes in AER include family dental assistance, spouse scholarships
January 5, 2012 — WASHINGTON - New categories of assistance and new scholarship opportunities are now available... MORE

Army Capt. Martha Mitchell, a dentist at the U.S. Army Garison-Stuttgart Dental Clinic, examines 7-year-old Parker Weedon's teeth during a visit to his second-grade classroom at Robinson Barracks Elementary School. Assistance for family dental care up to $4,000 per case is now available through Army Emergency Relief under new guidelines that expand eligible categories.

Kansas National Guard combat medic covers Africa
January 5, 2012 — CAMP LEMONNIER, Djibouti - "I wanted to make my dad proud."The pen struck the parchment leaving her... MORE

Army Spc. Michelle Lawrence, 35th Military Police Company combat medic currently serving as a unit public affairs representative for the 1st Battalion 161st Field Artillery, Kansas Army National Guard, adjusts her camera settings at Camp Lemonnier, June 30, 2011. Lawrence is a combat medic, but was designated as a unit public affairs representative for the 1-161 FA BN shortly after deploying to Africa. She calls Dighton, Kan., home.

Rules restrict political activity by DOD personnel
January 5, 2012 — WASHINGTON - With election activity steadily picking up, defense officials are in the process of... MORE

The National Guard's contribution: 300,000-plus Iraq deployments
January 4, 2012 — ARLINGTON, Va. - On Dec. 18, 2011, when the final U.S. troops crossed the Iraqi border into Kuwait,... MORE

Citizen-Soldiers with the Kentucky National Guard's 223rd Military Police Company conduct a briefing at Camp Liberty, Iraq, before an escort mission in 2008 in front of their vehicles. (Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Jim Greenhill)

Health concerns prompt Exchanges to remove dietary supplements
January 4, 2012 — WASHINGTON - The Department of Defense has implemented a temporarymoratorium on the sales of... MORE

The dos and don'ts of the political season
January 4, 2012 — VANCE AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. - With the presidential primarieslurking around the corner, there are a... MORE

Adjutant general: "This is an historic moment for the National Guard"
January 3, 2012 — ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. - Florida National Guardsman and chief of the National Guard Bureau Air Force... MORE

N.Y. Guard Counterdrug Task Force helps keep 100 schools drug-free
January 3, 2012 — SCOTIA, N.Y. - Throughout 2011, more than 100 communities acrossNew York State welcomed Soldiers and... MORE

Nevada Guard trains with police in New Year's Eve exercise
January 3, 2012 — LAS VEGAS - Army Sgt. Dale Peterman didn't pop champagne this NewYear's Eve. He didn't kiss his wife... MORE

Nevada Army National Guard Spc. Ashlee Wolf stands guard on New
Year's Eve here for Vigilant Sentinel, a three-day training exercise where Nevada Guard members work in association with Las Vegas Metro Police.

Oregon National Guard Soldiers Work to Bring Home Missing Vietnam War Service Member

New Jersey, New York Officer Candidates Train with Albanian, Kosovar Cadets

Virginia Guard Soldiers, Tajikistan Conduct Battle Exchange Training

Michigan-Sierra Leone Partnership Moves Ahead with Multidisciplinary Engagements

Paraguayan President Awards Top Honor to Massachusetts National Guard General