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Alabama Guard deployments increase this year
March 3, 2009
Maj. Gen. Abner C. Blalock, the adjutant general of the Alabama National Guard, hands Maj. Lee Thompson, commander of the 166th Engineer Company, a state flag to fly proudly while deployed in Afghanistan. The 166th left for Camp Atterbury, Ind., on March 2 for a quick training period before deploying to Afghanistan. The 166th Engineer Company's mission is to help construct base camp facilities, help maintain existing facilities, and help the Afghan people improve their infrastructure.
Physical fitness earns 59-year-old sergeant silver in athletic competition
March 3, 2009
Staff Sgt. Peter Golden of the Florida Army National Guard's 1st Squadron, 153rd Cavalry Regiment. He earned a Silver in the German Armed Forces Proficiency Badge competion at Camp Blanding Joint Training Center, Fla., Feb. 20-22, 2009.
New York's aviators gear up for Afghanistan deployment
March 3, 2009
Active duty Senior Airman Rachel Cole makes a last minute breathing apparatus check on New York and Virginia National Guardsmen before sealing the oxygen chamber during high-altitude training at Andrews Air Force Base, Md. On Feb. 25.
Massachusetts firefighters lead by example
March 3, 2009
Army Sgt. Heather F. Inkley, a fire team chief with the 179th Engineer Detachment (Firefighting) of the Massachusetts Army National Guard, describes her units fire fighting capabilities at the Massachusetts Military Reservation Fire Department on Camp Edwards, Mass. Inkley graduated the Louis F. Garland Department of Defense Fire Training Academy at Goodfellow Air Force Base, Texas in December.
Guard Ends New Orleans Mission, Focuses on Wildfires, Snow
March 3, 2009
Full spectrum of capabilities needed for Guard missions
March 3, 2009
Army Maj. Gen. Peter M. Aylward, the director of the National Guard Bureau Joint Staff, speaks to conferees at the NGB Domestic Operations Conference March 3, 2009 in Baltimore, Md.
Army Guard to cut recruiting, retention bonuses
February 27, 2009
DoD to allow casket photographs with family's permission
February 27, 2009
Minnesota Guardsmen ski Birkebeiner on Balad flightline
February 27, 2009
Army Capt. Kenath Harris, the 834th Aviation Support Battalion chaplain (pictured), recently participated in the Wisconsin-based Birkebeiner cross-country ski race on the Joint Base Balad, Iraq flight line.
Stars alight Guard's 4th annual Youth ChalleNGe night
February 26, 2009
The National Guard's sponsored NASCAR Sprint Cup auto racing drivers Dale Earnhardt Jr., left, and Jeff Gordon help bring in donations for the National Guard Youth ChalleNGe program Feb. 24 in Washington during the Fourth Annual ChalleNGe Champions Gala. The drivers also joined with IndyCar Series driver Dan Wheldon to autograph a painting on stage by the artist William Patterson, in the background.