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Outdated images frustrate Joint Task Force-Guantanamo troopers
December 4, 2006 — U.S. NAVAL STATION GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba - A 28-year-old block guard here whose mission is the safe care and custody of enemy combatants says he has a dream: That the world would have an accurate... MORE

A Soldier stands guard on a cell block inside Camp Five at the Joint Task Force Guantanamo detention center at Naval Base Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Nov. 14, 2006. Camp Five is one of six camps that comprise the dentention center, and has been built with many features that can be found in many maximum security prisons in the United States. Camp Five is where the most non-compliant and hostile detainees are held. ( Photo by

Concept Perfected in Iraq, Afghanistan Used Along U.S. Border
December 4, 2006 — DEMING, N.M. - The National Guard Bureau chief got a look this week at how the forward operating base concept used for U.S. military operations in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere around the world can... MORE

Forward Operating Base Border Wolf in Deming, N.M., offers a support base for National Guard troops supporting Operation Jump Start without overtaxing the local community.

National Guard Responds to Midwest Winter Storms
December 4, 2006 — WASHINGTON - Hundreds of National Guardsmen responded over the weekend and today to devastating winter storms in Illinois, Missouri and Kansas, National Guard officials reported.Missouri has 262... MORE

Blum: Requirements, Not Budget, Should Drive Air Guard Strength
December 1, 2006 — DEMING, N.M. - Although the active Air Force and Air Force Reserve are downsizing their ranks to free up funds for new aircraft and equipment, the chief of the National Guard Bureau said he wants any... MORE

Florida Guard Delivers Donations to Kabul Orphanage
December 1, 2006 — KABUL, Afghanistan - Blankets, school supplies and soccer balls made their way to hundreds of orphaned children here today thanks to a deployed Florida U.S. Army Guard unit and donations from... MORE

Guard Chief: Relief on Way for Guard's Equipment Shortages
December 1, 2006 — DEMING, N.M. - The National Guard Bureau chief assured members of the Army and Air National Guard during a visit here earlier this week that relief is on the way for the Guard's chronic equipment... MORE

Alaska Guard Works to Contain Fires

Air Guard Engineers Build Roads, Skills in Assateague Island Project

Maine Army Guard Engineers Build Communities, Readiness

Iowa Army Guard Soldiers Train at Tigerland

Idaho Guard Engineers Aid Redwood Park Restoration