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Official travelers can claim reimbursement for excess baggage fees
August 12, 2008

Pilots provide emergency close air support
August 12, 2008
Two A-10 Thunderbolt II jets taxi out to the runway July 26 at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. The jets are experts at close air support missions and have proven to be invaluable despite being well past their expected useful lifespan.

New York National Guard and British Soldiers Aid Afghans
August 12, 2008
Captain Joseph Merrill from Binghamton, NY and commander of SECFOR Delta works with a translator to direct a father seeking medical attention for his son.

Leapfest: Rhode Island's international adventure
August 11, 2008
Two Soldiers from Fort Campbell, Ky., landed safely in Kingston, R.I., on Aug. 9 after their main parachutes became tangled while participating in Leapfest, the National Guard's international military parachute competition. Sergeants 1st Class Christopher O'Malley and Kurt Merrell resorted to their training and deployed their reserve parachutes.

Former Army shooter enters U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame
August 8, 2008

New travel card distribution to begin this month
August 8, 2008
Airmen are being issued the new Citibank government travel card, which will look like this example. Distribution will begin Aug. 13.

Higher learning: ESGR advocates sample Leapfest adventure
August 8, 2008
Brown University graduate research manager Tom Alarie checks out the terrain for Leapfest 2008 during a flight in an Army National Guard helicopter arranged by the Rhode Island Committee for Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve on Aug. 7. Sixteen people participated in the morning's event for civilian employers and supervisors of members of the National Guard.

Syracuse Guard unit returns with fighters for last time
August 8, 2008
Maj. Gen. Robert A. Knauff, commander of the New York Air National Guard and Air Guard assistant to the commander, Air Force Special Operations Command, and Command Chief Master Sgt. David Heckman of the 174th Fighter Wing welcome home Lt. Col. David Brenton and Chief Master Sgt. Michael Will at Hancock Field Air National Guard Base in Syracuse, N.Y., Aug. 5. The 174th deployed for Operation Iraqi Freedom in early June. It was the last overseas deployment for the wing's F-16 Fighting Falcons. The wing is transitioning into its new MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicle mission.

National Guard analysts help police disrupt drug trafficking
August 7, 2008

129th Airmen transport helicopter crash survivors to Redding hospital
August 6, 2008