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Candidates "Start Your Engines"
February 25, 2009
About 190 officer candidates from the Alabama National Guard Training Site at Fort McClellan, Ala., recently participated in a seven-mile march, including two miles around the Talladega Superspeedway.

March is Brain Injury Awareness Month
February 25, 2009

Muncy announced as Air Guard Command Chief
February 25, 2009
Chief Master Sgt. Christopher Muncy (Official photo)

Predator passes 500,000 flight hours
February 25, 2009
CREECH AFB, Nev. - A MQ-1B Predator unmanned aircraft system takes off for a training mission at Creech Air Force Base, Nev.

Former Florida ChalleNGe graduate returns to guide new cadets
February 25, 2009
Former Florida Youth ChalleNGe Academy cadet Jonathan Aman stands outside the Academy campus at Camp Blanding Joint Training Center, nearly nine years after he graduated from the Youth ChalleNGe program. Now Aman, 26, has returned as a member of the Youth ChalleNGe cadre, and is sharing his experiences with the newest cadets.

Tennessee general visits Volunteer well drillers
February 24, 2009
U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Robert A. Harris, commander, 194th Brigade speaks to local community leaders and military personnel near a well-drilling site in Djibouti, Feb. 20. Brig. Gen. Harris was on a five-day trip to Djibouti to visit his troops here. The well was being drilled by the 775th Well Drilling Detachment of the 194 Bde., a part of the Tennessee Army National Guard.

Mardi Gras spirit sent to Louisiana Guardsmen in Iraq
February 24, 2009
Lt. Col. David M. Lowe of Dixon, Mo., 35th Engineer Brigade judge advocate general officer, hands out Mardi Gras beads, stuffed animals and school supplies to more than 100 Iraqi children during a humanitarian mission with the Soldiers of the Louisiana National Guard's 769th Engineer Battalion of Baton Rouge, La. The Mardi Gras supplies were sent by Soldiers' Angels, a nation-wide organization, in effort to spread a little holiday cheer to the deployed Soldiers.

National Guard, USA Rugby team up for 16-nation tourney
February 24, 2009
The National Guard and USA Rugby partnered two years ago to ensure educational and athletic benefits are afforded to young people interested in pursuing the core values shared by USA Rugby and the National Guard. For the second year, the National Guard sponsored the USA Sevens Rugby Tournament recently held at Petco Park in San Diego. It is the largest rugby event in North America and the fastest-growing rugby event in the world.

107th ACS moves to Luke AFB
February 24, 2009
Brig. Gen. Michael Colangelo, Commander Ariz. Air National Guard, and Brig. Gen. Kurt Neubauer, Commander 56th Fighter Wing, cut the ribbon for the relocation of the 107th Air Control Squadron at Luke Air Force Base, Ariz, while Maj. Lynda Lovell and Lt. Col. Pamela Jackson, Commander 107th Air Control Squadron look on.

SD National Guard Drug Demand Reduction Program receives national award
February 24, 2009
From left to right: Col. William Carle, chief of the National Guard Bureau's counter drug office; Lt. Col. Jeffrey Klosterman, South Dakota Counter Drug Coordinator; Sgt. 1st Class Kristi Palmer, DDR NCOIC; Capt. Don Johnson, DDR Administrator. The South Dakota National Guard recently received the national award for outstanding DDR program of the year at the annual Community Alcohol and Drug Coalitions of America National Leadership Forum Award luncheon.