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One specialist's long, hard road to Iraq
December 3, 2008
A Sudanese refugee at 16, his father dead in a civil war, Titus Abure came to the United States alone at 25 years old. He enlisted in the National Guard at 38 to give something back and, at 41, he is serving as a paralegal with the Nebraska National Guard's 110th Multifunctional Medical Battalion at Victory Base Complex, Iraq, where he's seen here on Oct. 22, 2008.
Guard chief: Time for our people to stand out
December 3, 2008
Chief of the National Guard Bureau Gen. Craig McKinley (center) receives a briefing on mobile communications systems from Sgt. Bernard Fuller of the Florida Army National Guard during a visit to the Robert Ensslin Armory in St. Augustine, Fla., Dec. 2, 2008. Gen. McKinley was in St. Augustine for the Region III Adjutant's General conference, and visited the Florida National Guard's Joint Operations Center Tuesday for a briefing on the state's emergency operations capabilities.
Guard's Only Stryker Brigade Prepares for Iraq Deployment
December 2, 2008
Defense Department plans travel card switchover Nov. 30
December 1, 2008
Distinguished Service Cross recipient chooses a third Iraq deployment
December 1, 2008
Sgt. 1st Class Timothy Nein, 39, with the Kentucky National Guard's 223rd Military Police Company, at Camp Taji, Iraq on Oct. 18, 2008. Nein was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for his actions as a squad leader with the 617th Military Police Company during an ambush on March 20, 2005, during his second deployment. He is now serving on his third deployment. "I probably didn't have to be here this time, but I don't think that I would have missed it," Nein said. "We're helping transform the Iraqi police to be a more relevant force and a professional force."
Soldiers Improve Life for Citizens in Baghdad District
December 1, 2008
Soldiers Improve Life for Citizens in Baghdad District
Vermont Soldier completes long tour as Afghan mentor
December 1, 2008
A team photo with Master Sgt. Lesley Urban of the Vermont Army National Guard.
South Dakota STARBASE graduates its 200th class
November 26, 2008
A fourth grader from Vanderberg Elementary prepares his rocket for flight on Oct. 28, 2008, at Camp Rapid during the 200th class of STARBASE. Funded by the Department of Defense, the STARBASE goal is to raise interest and improve students' knowledge and skills by exposing them to a technological environment and positive role models found on military bases. The students attend one, five-hour class each week for five weeks studying subjects like Newton's laws of motion, the four forces of flight and the physics describing lift on an aircraft's wing known as Bernoulli's Principle.
PFI helping Guardmembers find active duty tours
November 25, 2008
'Guard farmers' join counterinsurgency fight in Afghanistan
November 25, 2008