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Ohio National Guard and Hungary: ‘Graduate-level’ state partnership
September 16, 2010
Army. Maj. Gen. Gregory Wayt, the adjutant general of the Ohio National Guard, awards the Ohio Commendation Medal to Hungarian Defense Forces soldiers who served in a joint unit with Ohio National Guard members in Afghanistan at Tata, Hungary, on Sept. 15, 2010. A delegation of Ohio National Guard leaders was in Hungary for National Guard State Partnership Program activities.

COMMENTARY: A chaplain's view on a day off
September 16, 2010

Washington Air Guardsman earns bronze star with ‘V’ for seven-hour firefight
September 16, 2010
Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz hangs the bronze star with valor award on Staff Sgt. Kenneth I. Walker III during the Air Force Association's Air and Space Conference and Technology Exposition at the National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Md., Sept. 14, 2010.  Walker, a member of the Washington Air National Guard, earned the award for heroism as a member of Detachment 2, 817th Expeditionary Air Support Operations Squadron and Task Force Spader while engaged in ground combat in Ghosleck Valley, Afghanistan

Wyatt: Air Guard a more cost-effective, operational forc
September 16, 2010

Louisiana Guard completes training mission in Haiti
September 15, 2010
Soldiers of the Louisiana National Guard’s 205th Engineer Battalion, 225th Engineer Brigade, pour concrete to secure the wall for the U.S. Army South New Horizons- Haiti 2010 Diaquoi project site in Gonaives, Haiti, July 14, 2010.

McKinley: National Guard is a national treasure
September 15, 2010
Air Force Gen. Craig McKinley, chief of the National Guard Bureau, speaks to a room of Air Force leaders during the 2010 Air Force Association Air and Space Conference, in Oxon Hill, Md., Sept. 14, 2010.

RENO AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Nev., - "Pest" is a four-letter word to Air Force Staff Sgt. Damien Falconer of the Nevada Air National Guard's 152nd Civil Engineering Squadron.
September 15, 2010
Air Force Staff Sgt. Damien Falconer is the lone pest management specialist in the Nevada Air National Guard. It is his job to eliminate all of the creepy-crawly nuisances on his base in Reno. The mice were used for illustrative purposes and were safely returned to a pet store.

Wisconsin Guardsman receives bronze star with valor device
September 15, 2010
Army Brig. Gen. Mark Anderson, commander of the Wisconsin Army National Guard, congratulates Michael A. Olivas who was awarded a Bronze Star medal with "V" device for valor during a ceremony at Stricker Pond Park in Middleton, Wis., Sept. 14, 2010. The award recognizes Olivas' heroism during an insurgent ambush on a Wisconsin Army National Guard convoy security mission in southern Iraq on Jan. 30, 2005.

Air Guard families encouraged to register with AFPAAS
September 14, 2010

Colorado Guardsman qualifies for Ironman World Championship
September 14, 2010
Capt. Robert Killian of the Colorado Army National Guard competes in the 13.1-mile run during the first-ever Boulder half-ironman. Prior to the run, he completed a 56-mile bike ride, and a 1.2-mile swim. His time of 4 hours and 10 minutes qualified him to be the Army’s male athlete at the World Championship Ironman in Kona, Hawaii, Oct 9, 2010.