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Social media sites to open on Air Force network
March 31, 2010
In April, Air Force personnel will be allowed to access Internet-based social media sites via the Air Force Network for official use and limited personal use. All Airmen must use due diligence when posting information online and must always follow Joint Ethics regulations, operations security and published rules of engagement.

Army Guard battles Soldier suicides
March 31, 2010
Air Force Gen. Craig R. McKinley, left, chief of the National Guard Bureau, listens as Army Maj. Gen. Raymond W. Carpenter, acting director of the Army National Guard, testifies before a March 24, 2010, hearing of the Senate Appropriations Committee's subcommittee on defense in Washington, D.C.

State leaders thank Massachusetts Guardsmen
March 31, 2010
U.S. Sen. Scott Brown is briefed by members of the 272nd Chemical Company of the Massachusetts National Guard on continuing sand bag production operations at the Lexington Department of Transportation site March 30, 2010. He was there visiting Guardsmen supporting Operation Rising Water. Brown is also a member of the Massachusetts National Guard.

USO Announces Sesame Workshop Tour Dates
March 31, 2010

Florida Guard hosts emergency response exercise
March 30, 2010
Pfc. Joshua Lilly of the Florida Army National Guard cuts through metal sheets simulating obstacles during a search-and-extraction mission, as part of the multi-agency Operation Integration exercise at Camp Blanding Joint Training Center, Fla., March 25, 2010.

Wisconsin's Falcons fight in Florida sun
March 30, 2010
Staff Sgt. Joshua Johnson, a crew chief with the 115th Fighter Wing of the Wisconsin National Guard, works above Senior Airman Scott Henreken, an aircraft fuel specialist with the unit, as they retorque the leading edge fasteners on an F-16C Fighting Falcon at Naval Air Station Key West, Fla., March 23, 2010. About 145 Airmen of the 115th Fighter Wing spent almost two weeks gaining valuable training as their F-16 Falcons sparred against Navy F-18 Super Hornets and F-5 Tigers here.

California Guardsmen become U.S. citizens in Kosovo ceremony
March 30, 2010
Spc. Cristian Alfaro, Spc. Roberto Coreasarteaga, Spc.
Nestor Fajota, Spc. Juan Medrano, Spc. Salvador Murilloflores, Spc. Rostom Sahakian, and Spc. Manuel Zapata, all of the California National Guard recite the citizenship oath at a Camp Bondsteel, Kosovo, ceremony on March 25, 2010.

McKinley visits new Kansas training site
March 30, 2010
Gen. McKinley met with search and rescue teams training at Crisis City in Salina, Kan., March 26, 2010. The training venue includes a replica of a small city that allows civilian and military responders to train in a more realistic setting.

Tennessee Guardsmen share the roads in Iraq
March 30, 2010
Spc. Jonathan Piccone, an infantryman with F troop, 2nd Squadron, 278th Armored Cavalry Regiment of the Tennessee National Guard, hands his night vision sight to Sgt. William Rhinehart, a team leader with F troop, during pre-mission checks and inspections prior to a convoy-logistics patrol at Joint Base Balad, Iraq March 24, 2010. Leaders at every level conduct multiple checks and inspections prior to missions in order to ensure success.

Guard-car team routes out 15th-place in Virginia
March 30, 2010
Dale Earnhardt Jr. drove the No. 88 National Guard-sponsored race car March 29 at Martinsville Speedway, Va.