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Wyatt nominated as next Air National Guard director
November 19, 2008
Air Force Maj. Gen. Harry M. Wyatt III, the adjutant general of Oklahoma, is applauded by hundreds of general officers and command chief master sergeants at the Air National Guard's Senior Leadership Conference at the National Conference Center, Nov. 17, outside Washington. Gen. Craig R. McKinley, chief of the National Guard Bureau, announced the selection of Wyatt as the next director of the Air National Guard.

Legacy radio system retired from Army Guard
November 19, 2008
A Soldier using a VRC-12 radio during the Vietnam War. Photo courtesy of the U.S. Army's Center for Military History.

DoD launches national resource directory for wounded warriors
November 19, 2008

DoD launches 'Wounded Warrior Diaries'
November 19, 2008

Illinois Soldiers 'Boom Chakalaka' with Bill Murray at USO gala
November 19, 2008
Illinois Army National Guard Soldiers rehearse a skit from the movie "Stripes" with Bill Murray before the 2008 Salute to our Troops USO of Illinois Gala Nov. 15 in Chicago.

Cartwright gets up-close look at battlefield care
November 18, 2008
Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff U.S. Marine Gen. James E. Cartwright thanks soldiers from the Arkansas National Guard at Baghdad International Airport, Iraq, Nov. 15, 2008. The Guardsmen provided security for the general during his visit to Iraq.

Guard's first four-star ready to take Minutemen forward
November 18, 2008
As his wife Cheryl McKinley holds a bible, Air Force Gen. Craig R. McKinley is sworn in by Secretary of Defense Robert Gates as the 26th chief of the National Guard Bureau during a ceremony at the Pentagon, where he was also promoted to his current rank, Monday, Nov. 17, 2008. McKinley is the first Guard officer to be promoted to the four-star rank.

Ohio National Guard has fans in Belgrade
November 18, 2008

Cal Guard discovers parallels in Ukraine's disaster relief efforts
November 18, 2008
General Vasyl Kvashuk, director of the Ukrainian Army's Civil Protection Department, addresses Brig. Gen. William H. Wade II, adjutant general of the California National Guard, and other key leadership on Nov. 12, 2008, at the Joint Force Headquarters in Sacramento. The Urkainian team led by Kvashuk was in California to participate in Vigilant Guard '09, the National Guard's weeklong disaster-response exercise. Kvashuk discussed Ukraine's response to the July 2008 floods that decimated lives and homes in Western Ukraine.

Georgia Guard unit gets Navy Presidential Unit Citation
November 14, 2008
Col. Tom Blackstock, commander of the 265th Regional Support Group, pins the streamer for the Navy Presidential Unit Award to the unit's guide-on. The Metter, Ga. based unit became the only unit in Georgia Army National Guard history to be awarded a Navy Presidential Unit Citation during a ceremony Nov. 1 at the Metter Armory.