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McKinley visits Army Guardmembers in Balkans
February 10, 2009
Air Force Gen. Craig R. McKinley, chief of the National Guard Bureau, right, and Army Capt. Shannon Dean Holiday, commander for Multi-National Task Force East, Thunder Bravo battery, walk the streets of downtown Pristina, Kosovo, during a presence patrol with the Missouri Army National Guard. The Guard Soldiers patrol one of the more populated areas of the American NATO peacekeeping missions in Kosovo.

Guardsman inducted into Air Force Safety Hall of Fame
February 10, 2009
Lt. Col. Ed Vaughan (center) is inducted into the Air Force Safety Hall of Fame in a ceremony Feb. 6. With him are (left) Maj. Gen. Maury Forsyth, commander of the Spaatz Center at Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala., and Col. Marcus Quint, chief of the Air National Guard Safety Directorate.

Hawaii Soldiers, Thai Marines build classrooms, bridges
February 10, 2009
Sgt. 1st Class Brandon Cabanilla of Kahalui, Hawaii and Pvt. 1st Class Michelle Almeida of Kihei laugh as they prepare the frames for the windows in the new classroom facility the Hawaii National Guard, 230th Engineer Company, Vertical is building jointly with the Royal Thai Marine Engineer Battalion during the Cobra Gold joint engineering civil assistance mission hosted at the Ban Nong Buatong school in the Chanthaburi District of Thailand Jan. 24 to Feb. 11.

Oregon Guard aviator comes full circle
February 10, 2009
"My first assignment out of flight school was flying VIPs in Vietnam and now my last assignment for the Army is flying VIPs in Iraq, it is a full circle," said soon to be retired Chief Warrant Officer 5 Fredrick Bailey of the 2nd Battalion, 641st Aviation Regiment out of Joint Base Iraq on Jan. 31.

Army Guard misses monthly recruiting goal, but end strength up
February 10, 2009

Defense Department Offers Tax Preparation Help
February 9, 2009

Virginia Guard aviators train under water with U.S. Navy
February 9, 2009
Soldiers enter the water while strapped in to the seats of the Modular Egress Training System. Once under water, the Soldiers unstrapped their seatbelts and safely swam to the surface.

Florida alert detachment honored for inspection success
February 9, 2009
Tech. Sgt. Aaron Hartley of the Florida Air National Guard's Det. 1, 125th Fighter Wing, guides an F-15 Eagle Fighter Wing on the flightline at Homestead Air Reserve Base, Fla., Feb. 5, 2009.

Stryker brigade first Guard unit to get non-lethal sets
February 6, 2009
Members of the 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 28th Infantry Division, practice laying out spike strips during non-lethal capability set training at Fort Dix, N.J.

NCO corps 'heart and soul' of Army Guard
February 6, 2009
Army National Guard Command Sgt. Maj. John Gipe visits National Guard troops at an entry control point to the International Zone in Baghdad, Iraq, Oct. 17, 2008. "The National Guard is playing a vital role," Gipe said. "The Soldiers are doing a great job."