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9-1-1: Nuclear detonation; Exercise Vigilant Guard tests National Guard's role as first military responder
May 16, 2007 — BUTLERVILLE, Ind. - Even the response to a 10-kiloton nuclear device detonating in an American city starts in the 9-1-1 system.In this nightmare nuclear scenario, the phone lines lead first to a...

Attaches Survey U.S. Disaster-Response Capabilities
May 15, 2007 — MUSCATATUCK URBAN TRAINING CENTER, Ind. - A handful of attaches got a first-hand look at U.S. military and civilian first responders' ability to respond to a catastrophe at the National Guard's...

Vigilant Guard: Voices of experience add to the training
May 14, 2007 — BUTLERVILLE, Ind. - The National Guard exercise Vigilant Guard this month is offering service members some of the most in depth and comprehensive training available in crisis management. But that's...

Mothers wore combat boots and gas masks on their special day
May 14, 2007 — BUTLERVILLE, Ind. - The National Restaurant Association reports that Mother's Day, a 93-year-old American institution, is the most popular day of the year to dine in restaurants in the United States...

Members of Air Guard medical groups unite for Vigilant Guard
May 14, 2007 — BUTLERVILLE, Ind. - The building had collapsed, and victims were trapped and screaming for medical assistance through the smoke and cement dust of a 20-foot-tall rubble pile. Luckily for them, an...

Hands that held weapons now hold hope
May 12, 2007 — BUTLERVILLE, Ind. - As the Vigilant Guard exercise continues to test National Guard members from around the country, Soldiers from the Indiana Army Guard's 2nd Battalion, 293rd Infantry from Fort...

Indiana's vigilant medical crew provides care for the caregivers
May 10, 2007 — BUTLERVILLE, Ind. - A day before one of the National Guard's largest homeland defense training exercises got underway, Indiana National Guard medics were busy preparing here on May 9 to ensure...

Army to invest $100 million in Muscatatuck; major training exercise to be conducted in May
April 17, 2007 — INDIANAPOLIS - Nearly $100 million will be invested in the Muscatatuck Urban Training Center over the next six years to transform it into a major training facility for the Army.Governor Mitch Daniels,...

New York Guardsmen Earn Danish Military March Ribbon

Kentucky Guard Builds Portable Air Base for Patriot 26

Three Components, One Army: LaNeve Stresses Guard’s Role in Army’s New Priorities

Pennsylvania Guardsmen Demonstrate Drone Innovation Project

Nordhaus, Raines Outline a National Guard Focused on the Future