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Grass nominated for deputy slot at Northcom
September 24, 2010
Army Maj. Gen. Frank Grass, currently the director of operations for U.S. Northern Command, speaks to National Guard officers attending a domestic operations workshop in National Harbor, Md., on March 23, 2010. He was nominated today to be the next deputy commander, U.S. Northern Command/vice commander, U.S. Element, North American Aerospace Defense Command at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo.

Family advocates take cause to Capitol Hill
September 23, 2010

Indiana Guard retires howitzer with direct fire event
September 23, 2010
The 2nd Battalion, 150th Field Artillery M-198 155mm Towed Howitzer crew from the Indiana National Guard fires the final round during a historic retirement ceremony at Camp Atterbury Joint Maneuver Training Center, Ind., Sept. 18, 2010. The last shot fired marked the end of an 18-year-long era for the 2-150th firing the M-198.

Kentucky Air Guard divers hold exchange with Ecuadorian military
September 23, 2010
Members of the Ecuadorian Military and pararescuemen from the 123rd Special Tactics Squadron of the Kentucky Air National Guard prepare to conduct a dive while tethered to a rope in order to perform a sweep of the nearby area at a State Partnership Program exchange at Dale Hollow Lake in Albany, Ky., Sept. 17, 2010.

Missouri Guardsman earns second Army shooting award
September 23, 2010
Rifleman Badge

NGB general visits California border troops
September 23, 2010
Army Maj. Gen. Peter M. Aylward, special assistant to the chief of the National Guard Bureau, right, learns about the equipment used by California National Guard members at inland and coastal sites in southern California to support U.S. Customs and Border Protection and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Aylward visited National Guard troops along the U.S.-Mexico border in all four border states last week.

Oregon Guard brigade to deploy to Iraq
September 23, 2010
Oregon Gov. Theodore Kulongoski presents Oregon Army National Guard Lt. Col. Phillip Appleton with the Oregon State flag during the mobilization ceremony for the Oregon National Guard’s 3rd Battalion, 116th Cavalry, part of the 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team at Eastern Oregon University in LaGrande, Ore., Sept. 21, 2010. It is customary for Oregon units to fly the state flag above their Forward Operating Base in their deployed location, and as a tradition, Kulongoski presents the state flag to the unit commander at their mobilization ceremony.  More than 600 Oregon Guard Members will join Soldiers from Idaho and Montana for a one-year deployment to Iraq in support of Operation New Dawn.

New York Guardsmen train with new .50 caliber machine gun simulator
September 22, 2010
Staff Sgt. Anthony Burgess, center, a master gunner instructor with Charlie company, Warrior Training Center, Ft. Benning, Ga., instructs Sgt. Peter Hyland, the unit administrator for the New York National Guard's 1st Detachment, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 27th Brigade Special Troops Battalion, on the new .50 caliber individual gunnery trainer at the 27th Brigade armory Sept. 15, 2010.

Inside the California Guard's border security mission
September 22, 2010
A California National Guard Soldier, left, works with U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents to scour the hills near the U.S.-Mexico border.

Patriot Academy Soldiers experience burdens of bomb squad
September 22, 2010
Patriot Academy Soldiers Pvt. Cody Grasman and Pvt. Corey Smith complete 10 pushups after running two figure eight laps around the gym in an 87-pound bomb technician suitin Butlerville, Ind., Sept. 3, 2010. Bomb technicians from the Indiana State Police Explosive Ordnance Disposal Team visited the school and taught safety to the students.