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Air Guard chief selected as NORTHCOM advisor
April 30, 2009 — TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. - An Air National Guard command chief master sergeant has been selected... MORE

Construction at Army, Air readiness centers on track
April 27, 2009 — ARLINGTON, Va. - Construction projects at the National Guard Bureau's two readiness centers will be... MORE

Construction workers pour cement and attach exterior glass on an addition to the Air National Guard Readiness Center April 16 during a warm spring day. The multi-million dollar expansion project is about 40 percent complete and it will provide office space for the nearly 1,400 Air Guard members that will work there by 2011.

Wyatt discusses ASA mission with Congress
April 24, 2009 — WASHINGTON - New commitments need to be made to the nation's Airmen and others who defend North... MORE

Air Force Lt. Gen. Harry M. Wyatt, director of the Air National Guard, and Air Force Staff Sgt. Wes Chadwick, an avionics technician with the 115th Fighter Wing, Wis., at the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington April 22 in a congressional hearing on the state of the nation's Air Sovereignty Alert (ASA) operations. The Air Guard operates 16 of the 18 ASA sites located across the United States to protect the nation's airspace.

Army, Marine Corps juggle high demands for ground forces
April 24, 2009 — WASHINGTON, D.C. - With U.S. military members serving in more than 120 countries throughout the... MORE

Federally employed Guardsmen eligible for extra pay
April 24, 2009 — ARLINGTON, Va. - A new law was recently enacted that supplements the salary of National Guard... MORE

Illinois Guard leads task force training for Afghan army, police
April 24, 2009 — ARLINGTON, Va. - Made up of just over 7,000 servicemembers, Combined Joint Task Force Phoenix is... MORE

Gen. Craig R. McKinley, chief of the National Guard Bureau, walks with Brig. Gen Steven P. Huber, commander of Task Force Phoenix VIII, during a recent visit to Camp Phoenix, Kabul, Afghanistan. McKinley was visiting the National Guard Troops assigned to Camp Phoenix in March.

National Guard responds to Myrtle Beach wildfires
April 24, 2009 — ARLINGTON, Va. - National Guard members from North and South Carolina responded to wildfires burning... MORE

North Carolina Army National Guard SGT Joseph Elmorel, a crew chief, looks out of a UH-60 Blackhawk while the aircraft drops water using a "Bambi Bucket" onto fires nearby Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Four UH-60 Blackhawk Helicopters and crews from the North Carolina Army National Guard's Company C, 1st Aviation Assault Battalion, 131st Aviation Regiment based in Salisbury, N.C. have been deployed to help extinguish the wildfires.

Boston Marathon supported by Massachusetts Guard
April 23, 2009 — HOPKINTON, Mass. - Almost 400 Massachusetts National Guardsmen were called up to support the 113th... MORE

Army Chief Warrant Officer Thomas R. Lamont, a military personnel technician with Headquarters Company, 26th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade wears an Army t-shirt as he runs past Sgt. Brian L. McClelland in Hopkinton, Mass., during the 113th running of the Boston Marathon April 20, 2009. Lamont finished the marathon with a time of 4 hours 47 minutes.

Rhode Island Guardsmen walk Boston Marathon in memory of fallen comrade
April 23, 2009 — CRANSTON, R.I. - For the fourth year, Soldiers from the Rhode Island Army National Guard will road... MORE

California Army Guard bids farewell to Huey
April 23, 2009 — MATHER, Calif. - The distinctive hum of the UH-1 helicopter faded into the distance Monday as the... MORE

Pennsylvania Army National Guard Soldiers Place 2nd in Lithuania Land Forces Best Infantry Squad Competition

Washington Guard, Royal Thai Army Strengthen Ties With Stryker Leader Exchange

Exercise Cobra Gold Ends for US, Thailand Partners

Minnesota Guard Strengthens Partnership, Trains in Norway’s Arctic Environment

Washington Guard, Thailand Partners Train Through Cobra Gold 2026