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Guard Ends New Orleans Mission, Focuses on Wildfires, Snow
March 3, 2009

Full spectrum of capabilities needed for Guard missions
March 3, 2009
Army Maj. Gen. Peter M. Aylward, the director of the National Guard Bureau Joint Staff, speaks to conferees at the NGB Domestic Operations Conference March 3, 2009 in Baltimore, Md.

Army Guard to cut recruiting, retention bonuses
February 27, 2009

DoD to allow casket photographs with family's permission
February 27, 2009

Minnesota Guardsmen ski Birkebeiner on Balad flightline
February 27, 2009
Army Capt. Kenath Harris, the 834th Aviation Support Battalion chaplain (pictured), recently participated in the Wisconsin-based Birkebeiner cross-country ski race on the Joint Base Balad, Iraq flight line.

Stars alight Guard's 4th annual Youth ChalleNGe night
February 26, 2009
The National Guard's sponsored NASCAR Sprint Cup auto racing drivers Dale Earnhardt Jr., left, and Jeff Gordon help bring in donations for the National Guard Youth ChalleNGe program Feb. 24 in Washington during the Fourth Annual ChalleNGe Champions Gala. The drivers also joined with IndyCar Series driver Dan Wheldon to autograph a painting on stage by the artist William Patterson, in the background.

Illinois Guard provides safety net for PRT mission
February 26, 2009
A security forces member of the provincial reconstruction team in Afghanistan's Paktia province scans the area after the convoy stopped during a mission to drop humanitarian aid, Feb. 24, 2009, in the province's Sayed Karem district.

Canadian troops exercise with National Guard at Fort Pickett
February 26, 2009
U.S. Army Soldiers conduct fast rope insertion and extraction training during Exercise Southbound Trooper IX at Fort Pickett, Va. Feb. 16, 2009.

Illinois medics treat injured Afghan civilian
February 26, 2009
Illinois Army National Guard Spc. Whitney Meyers writes down vital information on the dressing applied to a 16-year-old truck driver of Herat city, during treatment for an injury he sustained to his foot. The Afghan National Police of the area brought Berza to the base where he was stabilized then medically evacuated to the Provincial Reconstruction Team in Farah where he was treated by U.S. surgeons.

New Mexico quartet plays private concert for Vietnam vet
February 26, 2009
The "Darn Saxy" quartet of the New Mexico Army National Guard's 44th Army Band recently held a priviate concert for retired Col. Frank Hines, an 81-year-old Vietnam veteran, who served in both the Navy and the Air Force during his long military career.