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Guard's Youth ChalleNGe program celebrates 100,000th graduate during gala
March 3, 2011
Air Force Gen. Craig McKinley, chief of the National Guard Bureau, gives
every cadet his challenge coin as a keepsake before the National Guard Youth
Foundation's 2011 ChalleNGe Champions Gala in Washington, March 1, 2011.
Unique for this year's gala was the celebration of the program's 100,000th
graduate, cadet Tori Walston, from Louisiana.

Schwartz: Austerity, strategic challenges call for true Total Force
March 2, 2011
Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz addresses the National Guard's 
top officers and enlisted leaders during the 2011 General Senior Leadership 
Conference at Arlington Hall in Arlington, Va., on Feb. 28, 2011.  He told the 
group that economic austerity makes communicating and collaborating as a total 
force paramount.

Illinois Guardmembers reach out to educators for military children
March 1, 2011
Jim Frazier, Survivor Outreach Services coordinator of the northern region for the Illinois National Guard, at a Kane County Teacher Institute Day Feb. 25, 2011.

Louisiana Guard receives new response helicopters
March 1, 2011
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Illinois Air Guard wing performs unique refueling mission
March 1, 2011
An Illinois Air National Guard KC-135 Stratotanker refuels a B-2 Stealth Bomber during a recent mission.

The First Tee highlights DoD partnership
March 1, 2011
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Polish battle group, Texas Guardmembers bond through weapons
March 1, 2011
Soldiers from the Texas Army National Guard Agribusiness Development Team-IV qualify on Polish AK-74 5.56 mm Mini-Beryl short assault rifles despite the snowy conditions at Forward Operating Base Ghazni Feb. 6,2011

Louisiana Guard receives new response helicopters
February 24, 2011
Army Chief Warrant Officers Dino Parmentier and Wayne Griffin, both of the Louisiana National Guard’s State Aviation Command, conduct pre-flight checks on a new LUH-72A light utility medical helicopter at the Army Aviation Support Facility in Hammond, La., Feb. 17, 2011.  The Louisiana National Guard recently received four of the helicopters to help with emergency preparedness and disaster response.

Four Illinois Army National Guard Soldiers transition to West Point cadets
February 23, 2011
Army Maj. Gen. William Enyart, adjutant general of the Illinois National Guard, talks with cadets from the Illinois Army National Guard at West Point on Feb. 16, 2011.

Connecticut Guardsman fights for country, future
February 23, 2011
Brian Macy, a sergeant with the 250th Engineer Company, Connecticut Army National Guard, lands a glove on JC Peterson during his comeback to professional boxing at the Mohegan Sun Arena, Conn. in Feb. 4, 2011.