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Kentucky Guardmember returns home, receives Purple Heart
February 16, 2011
Army Staff Sgt. Dennis LeFrancois, a Kentucky Guardmember, receives the Purple Heart Medal from Army Maj. Gen. John Campbell, commander of the 101st Airborne Division, after returning home recently from a deployment to Afghanistan.

South Carolina Guard Blawkhawk pilots accomplish first aquatic rescue mission
February 16, 2011
A South Carolina National Guard UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter hovers over a rescue site Feb. 11, 2011. The SC-HART joint operation between civilian first responders and Guardmembers, performed its first live rescue mission since forming in September 2009.

Pennsylvania Guardmembers have a hand in National 9/11 Flag
February 16, 2011
Army Command Sgt. Maj. George Holmes, a Pennsylvania Army National Guardmember, participates as one of 13 specially nominated “local heroes” in the National 9/11 Flag Tour stitching ceremony in Milford, Pa., Saturday, Feb. 12, 2011. Tour event manager Carolyn Deters (pictured) instructs visitors on the placing of their stitch in the traveling star-spangled banner, which once hung at the ground zero complex of the World Trade Center buildings and was severely damaged in the collapse of the towers.

Air Force officials warn: 'Spice' harmful to health, career
February 15, 2011
U.S. Air Force graphic

Utah National Guard hosts Western Regional Biathlon Championships
February 15, 2011
Army Capt. Dan Morken of the 489th Brigade Support Battalion, Utah Army National Guard, fires at targets downrange during the Western Regional Biathlon Championships in Soldier Hollow, Utah, Feb. 5-6, 2011. For the first time in a number of years, the Utah National Guard hosted the championships, which included civilian, Army Reserve and National Guard competitors from Utah, Colorado, Nevada, Montana, Arizona, Oregon, Wyoming, Texas and Guam.

Air National Guard strips victory from reigning Canadian champs
February 11, 2011
Members of the Air National Guard Curling team stand with their Top Rock
trophy Feb. 5, 2011, after the victory against the two-year Top Rock
champions, the Canadian team. The Canadian team went to the finals of the Top
Rock tournament in Anchorage to lose to the Air National Guard team 9-4.

Virginia National Guard gets Army’s first mobile VICE trainer
February 11, 2011
The Army's first mobile Virtual Interactive Combat Environment trainer was
delivered to the Virginia National Guard's Maneuver Training Center at Fort
Pickett on Feb. 2, 2011. Soldiers from the MTC were on hand to receive basic
operator training on the system. The VICE trainer is an infantry squad
trainer that includes realistic scenarios using lifelike weapons. When fully
fielded, the trainer will have three trailers that can link up to 13 Soldiers
at once during a scenario. Soldiers can train in a virtual environment with
real world locations. Trainers can watch and record how each Soldier reacts
within the given scenario.

Warrior Transition Units: Army drafts new regulation
February 11, 2011
Warrior Transition Unit patch.

Washington Air National Guardmembers hone tactical air control skills
February 11, 2011
Staff Sgt. Cory Welton performs his duties as a Joint Terminal Attack
Controller on Feb. 3, 2011, during a National Guard Bureau Joint Quarterly
Training Exercise at Camp Townsend, Ga. Welton is a National Guardmember
based out of Camp Murray, Wash.

Air National Guard director: Equitable treatment of all a “moral imperative”
February 10, 2011
Air Force Lt. Gen. Harry M. Wyatt III, director of the Air National Guard, addresses Guard and Reserve graduates of the Defense
Equal Opportunity Management Institute's Equal Opportunity Advisor Reserve
Component Program on Feb. 4, 2011, at the Institute. The EOARCP curriculum
develops a base of knowledge and skills that allow graduates to assess human
relations climates in the organizations they serve, and to provide advice
and assistance to commanders to prevent, reduce or eliminate discriminatory
practices.