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MO Guardsmen committed to Kosovo's Adopt-A-School program
December 23, 2008 — CAMP BONDSTEEL, Kosovo - Some of the best feelings you can have may come from a child. An innocent... MORE

Maj. Eddie Brown and Staff Sgt. Timothy Gibson, Task Force Falcon, sat children one-by-one on the tailgate and fitted the children's feet for the perfect shoe.

Massachusetts Guardsmen hailed as heroes
December 23, 2008 — MILFORD, Mass. - Two Massachusetts Army National Guardsmen, who recently saved a woman's life, were... MORE

Maj. Gen. Joseph C. Carter, the adjutant general of the Massachusetts
National Guard, pins the Massachusetts Medal of Merit on Spc. Christopher
Brown II during a recent ceremony.

Peacekeeping training focuses less on combat, more on control, compliance
December 23, 2008 — BUTLERVILLE, Ind. - Soldiers who deploy to Iraq and Afghanistan must be trained to engage in combat... MORE

Army Pfc. Ji Chong, left, listens to an instructor while putting a submission hold on Army Pfc. Andrew Bituin during a nonlethal weapons training class at Muscatatuck Urban Training Center near Camp Atterbury, Ind. The training, designed to induce compliance and control rather than injury, is part of deployment training for Chong and Bituin's unit, 40th Infantry Division, which is scheduled to deploy to Kosovo.

AR lawyer sets bar high in Iraq
December 22, 2008 — BAGHDAD, (12/19/08) - The U.S. Army may take Col. Roy House out of Iraq. But Iraq will never really... MORE

Army Col. Roy House, a rule of law advisor with the State Department's Baghdad Provincial Reconstruction Team, is presented the Bronze Star for his meritorious services while deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Virtual training for real world missions
December 22, 2008 — Four Airmen strap in to a well equipped humvee as it rumbles along a road in some remote area of... MORE

Much like an IMAX, a 280 degree screen brings to life real world scenarios designed to put a four-person fire team made up of a driver, gunner, rifleman and troop commander through the paces of an actual convoy mission.

JRTC improves joint training for Guard's only Stryker brigade
December 22, 2008 — FT. POLK, La. - The National Guard's only Stryker brigade is learning how military services can work... MORE

A Stryker vehicle from the 56th SBCT, Pennsylvania National Guard moves out to conduct joint operations during JRTC rotation 09-02 at Ft. Polk, La.

U.S.- Ukrainian Militaries Work to Bring Regional Peace, Stability
December 22, 2008 — WASHINGTON - American and Ukrainian defense leaders are working together to assist Ukraine in its... MORE

Safety experts urge Guardmembers to drive defensively in the New Year
December 19, 2008 — ARLINGTON, Va. - Behind the wheel this holiday, you can make road kill and you can be road-killed,... MORE

CNGB Holiday Message
December 19, 2008 — With the holidays now upon us, I extend warmest Seasons Greetings to the Soldiers and Airmen of the... MORE

National Guard details support to inauguration
December 19, 2008 — ARLINGTON, Va. - More than 4,000 Citizen-Soldiers and -Airmen from at least eight states will... MORE

Members of the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Regiment participate in a historic ceremony at the State House in Boston Nov. 21, 2008 to reorganize the famous 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment. The 54th is slated to carry that lineage to Washington D.C., as they participate in the inauguration parade for President-elect Barack Obama.

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