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Louisiana Guard begins filling breaches
May 11, 2010
A Louisiana National Guard UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter delivers a 4,500-pound sandbag to one of five breaches along the coast of the southeast side of Lafourche Parish, May 10, 2010.

DoD officials authorize medal for Haiti relief efforts
May 11, 2010
Department of Defense Seal

Guard teams finish in top 15 of Best Ranger event
May 11, 2010
Capt. Christopher J. Ahlemeyer of Rhode Island Air National Guard low crawls during an event in the 27th annual David E. Grange Jr. Best Ranger competition held at Fort Benning, Ga., May 7-10, 2010.

Guardsman, referee sees it all in international rugby
May 11, 2010
1st Lt. David Bryant (light blue shirt in background), a member of the Indiana National Guard, was chosen as a referee for the USA Rugby Military Club Championship at Fort Benning, Ga. In this game, the Marine team from Camp Lejeune N.C., fights to gain another inch on the rugby field as Soldiers from Fort Hood, Texas try to push them back during the consolation finals for the April 30, 2010. The Marines won 15-12 against Fort Hood.

North Dakota Guard helps students 'Stay on Track'
May 11, 2010
Lt. Patrick Joyce teaches a program called "Stay on Track" to a group of Turtle Lake, N.D., students. The program is an evidence-based drug and alcohol prevention course aimed at teaching middle school students healthy choices.

Louisiana Guard delivers oil booms to Amelia
May 10, 2010
Transportation Company, Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, transport oil boom material to Amelia, La., to be used in operations related to the oil spill off the coast of Louisiana, May 8, 2010.

Soldiers train on Bambi bucket to fight fires in Kosovo
May 10, 2010
A flight crew from MNBG E aviation works together to safely fill a Bambi bucket during firefighting training recently held in  Kosovo.

Louisiana Guard engineers fill in breach
May 10, 2010
Horizontal Engineer Company, 769th Engineer Battalion, bulldoze sand to
close a strait between two peninsulas near Grand Isle, La., May 7, 2010. The closure will be a secondary defense in addition to the boom line in the Gulf of Mexico to prevent any oil from reaching further inland.

Louisiana Guard builds bridge for oil spill boom distribution
May 10, 2010
Louisiana National Guardsman Maj. James S. Slaven, executive officer of the 205th Engineer Battalion, inspects a 300-foot improved ribbon bridge built by the 2225th Multi-Role Bridge Company, out of Marrero, La., at the Frank Campo Marina in Shell Beach, La., May 6. The 2225th constructed the bridge to serve as a temporary wharf for oil spill boom distribution in St. Bernard Parish.

148th Fighter Wing becomes first Guard StormReady community
May 10, 2010
Michael R. Stewart, a meteorologist in charge of the Duluth, Minn., National Weather Service (right center) presents the 148th Fighter Wing with certification as a StormReady Community at the Duluth, Minn., ANG Base May 3, 2010. The 148th Fighter Wing has become the first National Guard unit to be certified by the National Weather Service as a StormReady Community.