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Louisiana Guard airlifts sandbags to Pelican Island
May 18, 2010 — BURAS, La., - The Louisiana National Guard's 843rd HorizontalCompany and 2225th Multi-Role Bridge... MORE

Pfc. Kyle Whitaker of Detachment 1 of the 843rd Horizontal Company, 205th Engineer Battalion of the Louisiana National Guard, directs the Skytrak operator as he loads sandbags on a tractor trailer, which will be used to haul them to a staging area where they will be air-lifted by UH-60 Blackhawk helicopters to fill the breaches on Pelican and Scofield Island, May 17, 2010.

Guard, NFL team up to develop future leaders, athletes
May 18, 2010 — ARLINGTON, Va., - The NFL High School Player Development program, sponsored by the National Guard,... MORE

Arizona school to benefit from ANG training
May 18, 2010 — ST. MICHAELS, Ariz., - A ground breaking ceremony is scheduled for May 18 at the St. Michaels... MORE

Inspired Guardsman competes in Warrior Games
May 18, 2010 — COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., - An amputated left leg couldn't keep Army Sgt. Kisha Makerney out of Iraq,... MORE

Oklahoma Army National Guardsman Sgt. Kisha Makerney, waits for the ball to come her way during a Warrior Games volleyball match at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo., May 11, 2010.

Air show highlights jointness
May 17, 2010 — JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Md., - Joint operations were underscored here this weekend as thousands of... MORE

Sgt. Shauna Rohbock of the Utah National Guard shows off the silver medal she earned at the 2006 Winter Olympics to civilians during the Joint Services Open House at Andrews Joint Air Base, Md., May 15, 2010.

Utah Guard joins African Lion exercise
May 17, 2010 — AGADIR, Morocco, - More than 150 members of the joint task force conducting Exercise African Lion... MORE

Staff Sgt. Anette Aldridge, a French linguist serving with Company C, 142nd Military Intelligence Battalion of the Utah Army National Guard, talks with a colonel of the Moroccan Army after a chemical awareness presentation given at the Moroccan military's South Command Headquarters in Agadir, May 16, 2010. Aldridge, along with other French and Arabic linguists of the 142nd MI Bn., were attached to the 151st Expeditionary Medical Group, Utah Air National Guard, to assist them as translators during humanitarian missions conducted as part of Exercise AFRICAN LION 2010.

Air show highlights jointness
May 17, 2010 — JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Md., - Joint operations were underscored here this weekend as thousands of... MORE

Texas Guardsman shoots for gold at Warrior Games
May 14, 2010 — Colorado Springs, Colo., - A Texas National Guard member receiving treatment for post-traumatic... MORE

Spc. Shawn Porter of the Texas Army National Guard won a gold medal in the
10-meter air rifle standing/non supported event during the inaugural Warrior
Games held in Colorado Springs, Colo., May 13, 2010. Porter is assigned to
the 136th Military Police Battalion in Tyler, Texas.

Behavorial health conseling available for returning servicemembers
May 14, 2010 — Springfield, IL. - Nearly 20,000 Soldiers and Airmen with the Illinois National Guard have deployed... MORE

Adjutant general puts suicide prevention front and center
May 14, 2010 — JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - When Missouri’s adjutant general decided to put together a monthly command... MORE

Oregon National Guard Soldiers Work to Bring Home Missing Vietnam War Service Member

New Jersey, New York Officer Candidates Train with Albanian, Kosovar Cadets

Virginia Guard Soldiers, Tajikistan Conduct Battle Exchange Training

Michigan-Sierra Leone Partnership Moves Ahead with Multidisciplinary Engagements

Paraguayan President Awards Top Honor to Massachusetts National Guard General