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Category: Guard News

Guardsmen selected for Army All-American Bowl
December 16, 2008 — ARLINGTON, Va. - Twenty-three Army National Guard Soldiers from around the country have been... MORE

New forces to bolster homeland defense mission
December 15, 2008 — WASHINGTON - Pentagon officials have established a new rapid-response joint task force and plan to... MORE

Guard taking on sexual assault through support, education
December 15, 2008 — ARLINGTON, Va. - As part of an overall Department of Defense policy, the National Guard is engaged... MORE

California guardsmen train for Kosovo deployment
December 15, 2008 — CAMP SHELBY, Miss. - Nearly 100 California National Guardsmen are preparing for a deployment to... MORE

Army Capt. Michael Riley, commander of Company C, 1-185th Combined Arms Battalion, and Army Brig. Gen. Keith Jones, assistant deputy adjutant general for California's Army National Guard, get front-row action as they observe a M2 Bradley fighting vehicle live-fire exercise at Camp Shelby, Miss. The exercise is part of training to ready the 1-185th CAB for a deployment to Kosovo.

Religious support teams help heal invisible wounds
December 15, 2008 — JOINT BASE BALAD, Iraq - The Air Force Theater Hospital here looks and sounds like any other... MORE

Chaplin (Maj.) Wendell Rome, Staff Sgt. Terry Mueth, Capt. Lawrence Onyejekwe and Capt. Anna Mann pray with Airman 1st Class Wyndal Boothe in the Air Force Theater Hospital Nov. 25 at Joint Base Balad, Iraq. Airman Boothe, a force protection augmentee with the 332nd Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron, received treatment for pneumonia. He is deployed from Charleston Air Force Base, S.C., where he is an aerospace maintenance apprentice. His hometown is Lubbock, Texas.

Connecticut Guard responds to neighbor's call for help
December 15, 2008 — ARLINGTON, Va. - Massachusetts Guard members are getting a helping hand today as they continue to... MORE

Guardsmen from the 379th Engineer Company of the Massachusetts Army National Guard, use a front end loader to get a better look at a damaged utility pole in Phillipston, Mass., on Dec. 14, 2008. The 379th was mobilized when Gov. Deval L. Patrick declared a state of emergency on Dec., 12, 2008.

CNGB birthday message
December 12, 2008 — Chief, National Guard BureauTomorrow the National Guard will celebrate its 372nd Birthday and I take... MORE

Reservists may qualify for early retired pay
December 12, 2008 — ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. - Department of Defense officials here have issued new guidelines for... MORE

Face of Defense: Fire Chief Moonlights in National Guard
December 12, 2008 — BAGHDAD - An 18-year veteran of the New York City Fire Department is achieving another veteran... MORE

Army Pfc. Steven P. Fitzgerald and his fiancé, Army Spc. Viviana B. Molina, of the 3-142nd Assault Helicopter Battalion, review intelligence reports before a briefing in Iraq. Fitzgerald, an 18-year veteran of the New York City Fire Department, joined the National Guard when he was 41 years old.

Minnesota Guard to command active-duty forces in Iraq
December 11, 2008 — WASHINGTON - For only the second time since 9/11, a U.S. Army National Guard division headquarters... MORE

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