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Georgia Guard unit gets Navy Presidential Unit Citation
November 14, 2008
Air Force Senior Airman Albert Leyvas checks fuel levels on a bladder at Joint Task Force Guantanamo's Expeditionary Legal Complex, Nov. 3, 2008. Leyvas calculates the amount of fuel each bladder contains and determines how much needs to be added to ensure the bladder is kept at an operational level.

Changes to Leave Act benefit wounded warriors, families
November 14, 2008

Indiana captain a Rising Star
November 14, 2008
Capt. Lisa Kopczynski, public affairs officer with the 76th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, performs with the 38th Infantry Division rock band Rapid Fire during a departure ceremony in the RCA Dome in Indianapolis, Ind., on Jan. 2, 2008, before her deployment to Joint Base Balad, Iraq. Kopczynski represented the National Guard at the Operation Rising Star semifinals at Fort Belvoir, Va., on Nov. 13, 2008.

New York Soldiers receive valor awards at Veterans Day ceremony
November 13, 2008
New York National Guardmembers Capt. Joseph Merrill and 1st Sgt. James Meltz earned Bronze Star Medals with Valor Nov. 11 for "direct actions that lead to the repulsion of enemy forces without the injury or death to U.S. forces."

Teamwork drives National Guard recruiting; Army's October numbers exceed goal
November 12, 2008
Kid Rock holds a Minuteman, the symbol of the National Guard Citizen-Soldier ready to set down the plow and pick up a rifle at a moment's notice, after the singer visited with 2,000 Soldiers in Orlando, Fla., on Oct. 9, 2008, to talk about his "Warrior" song and video promoting the National Guard.

Indiana Guard warms hands, hearts
November 12, 2008
Stout Field Elementary student, Charlie Trejo, is presented a coin by Indiana Adjutant General, Maj. Gen. R. Martin Umbarger there Thursday, November 06, 2008. The adjutant general brought coats, hats and gloves for the Warm Hands, Warm Hearts program that provides students at the school with winter supplies who might not have them already.

TroopTube gives morale boost to deployed servicemembers
November 12, 2008

President honors veterans, families at USS Intrepid ceremony
November 12, 2008
President George W. Bush, joined by Mrs. Laura Bush, stands outside Air Force One as he addresses his remarks in honor of Veterans Day, Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2008 upon the President's arrival at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York. President Bush introduced military personnel representing the five branches of the armed services, who traveled with him aboard AF-1, honoring their service, from left are, U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer Shenequa Cox of Dallas, Texas; U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer First Class Christopher O. Hutto of Homer, Alaska; U.S. Army National Guard SSgt Michael Noyce-Merino of Melrose, Montana; U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Alicia Goetschel of Warrensburg, Mo., and U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. John Badon of Lufkin, Texas. Badon's bravery has earned him two Purple Hearts for his service in Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Tennessee gets Oshkosh's 20,000th HEMTT
November 10, 2008

Maryland artillery regiment goes out with a bang
November 7, 2008