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Now it’s 63: National Guard State Partnership Program pairs Iowa, Kosovo
March 23, 2011
Army 1st Lt. Aaron Rosheim, a helicopter pilot with the Iowa National
Guard's C Company, 2-147th Aviation Battalion, explains an essay assignment
to a group of students at the Youth Center in Ferizaj/Urosevac, Kosovo, Aug.
3, 2010. Rosheim wass among a group of MNBG-E Soldiers, who visited the
youth center twice a week to prepare a group of students to take an English
language test. Rosheim was deployed as a part of MNBG-E in support of the
NATO peacekeeping mission in Kosovo.

Website links unemployed vets, spouses to jobs
March 23, 2011
A user-friendly Web portal makes it easier for veterans - including Reserve 
component members, their families and wounded warriors - to land jobs with 
civilian employers who value their military experience.

New York National Guard enlists second Olympic bobsledder
March 22, 2011
Staff Sgt. James Bills enlists Bobsledder Nick Cunningham.

Guard posture statement focuses on maintaining operational force, quality of life
March 22, 2011
National Guard Bureau Seal

National Guard increases Japan relief operations
March 22, 2011
A C-17 Globemaster III from the Mississippi Air National Guard is being directed to park at Orlando Sanford International Airport, Jan. 21, 2010. The C-17 was carrying over 50 evacuees from Haiti.

Air National Guard supports coalition operations over Libya
March 22, 2011
An Ohio Air National Guard KC-135 refueler, from the 121st Air Refueling Wing, refuels an F-117 Stealth Fighter, March 12, 2008.

Minnesota dominates National Guard Combatives Tournament
March 22, 2011
Welterweight Army Capt. Bernard Williamson of Minnesota, left, listens to advice from his coach between rounds March 20, 2011, at the 2011 Army National Guard Combatives Tournament. (Photo by Alexandra Hemmerly-Brown) (Released)

National Guard unit makes quick switch from exercise to real world relief
March 22, 2011
Air Force Master Sgt. Randall Dechant, deployment and distribution flight superintendant with the 18th Logistics Readiness Squadron, works with members of the 15 Brigade, Japan Ground Self Defense Force to load and prepare supplies on trucks headed to mainland Japan, March 16, 2011. Teams from the 15 Brigade, JGSDF are heading to northern Japan to aid earthquake and tsunami victims with trucks loaded with supplies including clothes, blankets and toiletries.

Iowa Guardsman keeps professional fighting dream alive while deployed
March 18, 2011
Army Pfc. Scott Suhr, an Iowa Army National Guardsman with Company B, 1st
Battalion, 133rd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 34th Infantry
Division, works on his punches with help from Army Pfc. Richard Reichardt,
left, infantryman with Company B, at Forward Operating Base Torkham Gate's
gym March 10, 2011. Suhr, who fought for the welterweight title in the
Mainstream Mixed Martial Arts circuit in Iowa, is not losing sight of his
professional fighting aspirations during his year-long deployment to
Afghanistan.

Iowa Guard forward repair station keeps Soldiers rolling
March 18, 2011
Iowa Army National Guard Spc. Chad Vieth, a metal worker with Company B,
334th Brigade Support Battalion, Task Force Archer, a part of the 2nd Brigade
Combat Team, 34th Infantry Division, Task Force Red Bulls, grinds metal at
Company B's forward repair station on Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, March
11, 2011.