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Guardsman sets up Camp Ramadi education center
May 11, 2009
Army Spc. Ryan Severson from Headquarters Company, 81st Brigade Combat Team, Washington Army National Guard, spends his off time working at the Camp Ramadi testing and education center. Severson and some of his friends and co-workers created the testing center after he discovered how few education resources were available on Camp Ramadi, Iraq.

266th MP Company makes a difference in Iraq
May 11, 2009
Staff Sgt. Michelle Smith of Henrico, Va., watches to make sure that the training being taught is well received after every demonstration. Members of the 266th assisted Al Hartha police officers by conducting weapons training and movement techniques.

Army officials outline Guard budget items
May 8, 2009

Ohio Army Guard wins 2009 Army COE award
May 8, 2009

Upcoming GI film festival highlights famous Guard unit
May 8, 2009

Kansas ADT arrives in Afghanistan
May 8, 2009
A ceremony to mark the arrival of the Kansas Agribusiness Development Team takes place in the Mehtar Lam district of Afghanistan's Laghman province, May 3, 2009.

New York Air Guardsmen stay on alert to save lives
May 8, 2009
First Lt. Brent McCall, 101st Expeditionary Rescue Squadron combat rescue officer, and Tech. Sgt. Jedediah Smith, 101st ERQS pararescueman, load up their gear for a training mission in Northeastern Afghanistan, April 20. In addition to an M-4 assault rifle, combat medical gear and body armor, Sergeant Smith also packs his four-year-old daughter Mia's pre-school class teddy bear. The seven-year New York Air National Guardsman said he brings the little guy along with him on all his missions and writes letters to her school on behalf of the bear. "He pretty much goes everywhere I go," Sergeant Smith said, including the eight combat search and rescue missions he's done since he deployed here.

Guard mom sacrifices tradition for country
May 8, 2009
Army Sgt. 1st Class Angela Amundson, left, discusses correct wording for awards with one of her soldiers at Contingency Operating Base Basra, Iraq, May 6, 2009. The mother of two will spend Mother's Day helping other deployed mothers observe the day.

Software proves effective in avoiding aircraft crashes
May 7, 2009

Vaughn retires after 40 years in Army Guard
May 7, 2009
Lt. Gen. Clyde A. Vaughn, director of the Army National Guard, listens as Gen. Craig McKinley, chief of the National Guard Bureau, makes his remarks during Vaughn's retirement ceremony May 6, 2009 at the Army National Guard Readiness Center in Arlington, Va.