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Washington National Guard goes door-to-door, shore-to-shore in December storms
December 18, 2007
Nearly 500 Washington State Army and Air National Guardmembers were activated in early December and worked to restore power and ensure safe travel around flooded roads, among other duties. The Guard mobilized with about 75 vehicles that could get through many of the flooded areas that regular vehicles could not.

Air Guard Recruiters Press on Through Major Changes
December 17, 2007
Master Sgt. Dana Togliatti (right) speaks with Air National Guard leaders at Mansfield Air National Guard Base, Ohio, Dec. 6 during a unit visit by Air Guard Director Lt. Gen. Craig McKinley.

NY National Guard marks National Guard Birthday
December 14, 2007
Command Chief Master Sergeant Hardy Pierce (right) and Command Sergeant Major Robert Van Pelt finish cutting the National Guard Birthday cake in the Department of Military and Naval Affairs auditorium in Latham, N.Y. Dec. 13, 2007

Congratulating the National Guard on its 371st Birthday
December 14, 2007

Deployed units celebrate 371st birthday
December 14, 2007
Master Sgt. Clarence Mobley, of the 58th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, cuts the birthday cake during celebrations of the National Guard's 371st birthday at the Al Faw palace at Camp Victory, Iraq, Thursday, Dec. 13, 2007. Mobley, the oldest National Guard servicemember in attendance,has served in both Vietnam as well as the current conflict in Iraq. Celebrations at Camp Victory included representatives from both the oldest National Guard unit as well as the youngest.

Guardmembers respond to Midwest ice storms
December 13, 2007
Missouri Army National Guard Soldiers supported local authorities in December by conducting door-to-door wellness checks in Barton County after the region was hit by a major ice storm.

Former National Guard Bureau chief, Lt. Gen. Emmett Walker, Jr. dies
December 13, 2007
Lt. Gen. Emmett H. Walker, Jr

National Guard learns lessons from a city under fire
December 12, 2007
Yona Yahav, mayor of Haifa, Israel, briefs LTG H Steven Blum, the chief of the National Guard Bureau, about how his city responded to the 2006 Lebanon War. National Guard Bureau officials visited Haifa in early December to learn how the city coped with a 34-day missile bombardment.

National Guard to help Afghan agriculture
December 11, 2007
Members of the Missouri Army National Guard's Agri-Business Development Team visit with a local farmer in eastern Afghanistan to discuss how they will assist the farmers in that region in the future.

Operation Deep Freeze main season underway
December 11, 2007
Air National Guard aircrew members utilize a jet-assisted takeoff to depart Shackleton Glacier, located in the Transantarctic Mountains 500 miles south of McMurdo Station, Antarctica, Nov 26. The aircrew conducted an open field landing to deliver a small National Science Foundation geology field camp team to the area. Assigned to the 109th Airlift Wing, Scotia, N.Y., the aircrews are flying the Antarctica missions in support of Operation Deep Freeze.