Guard News - The National Guard - Year 2007

Greensburg Tornado Changes Life of Kansas Guard Soldier
May 10, 2007 — Greensburg, Kan. - It had taken almost two days of work by a dozen people to clear the debris of what was once a garage away from the pickup truck buried underneath. To the joy of onlookers, Rodney A...

From citizen to disaster relief workers, National Guard members transform quickly to help town of Greensburg
May 10, 2007 — GREENSBURG, Kan. - The phone rang at 1:45 a.m. and minutes later National Guardmembers from all over Kansas picked up their bags, walked out the door and made the transformation from everyday citizen...

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...

Missouri National Guard Citizen-Soldiers help flooded areas
May 9, 2007 — More than 100 Citizen-Soldiers of the Missouri National Guard are assisting, or ready to assist, communities in flood response efforts. Forty Soldiers have been working overnight in Craig, helping to...

Northern Edge Combined Training Exercise
May 9, 2007 — Fairbanks, Alaska - Today in Fairbanks exercise officials conducted the most involved scenario of the two week training effort to refine and evaluate coordination between local state and federal...

National Guard Responds to Kansas Tornado
May 7, 2007 — WASHINGTON - More than 300 members of the Kansas National Guard have been activated in response to a powerful tornado that almost destroyed the town of Greensburg, Kan., May 4.Guard members are...

Guard Responds to Tornado Disaster
May 7, 2007 — Within four hours of the deadly tornado that struck Greensburg on May 5 under the cloak of darkness, Kansas National Guardmembers were called to duty to bring relief to their devastated...

You Can Sleep Uninterrupted...
May 7, 2007 — ANCHORAGE, Alaska - The Alaska National Guard is in the midst of a crisis, a practice crisis. Emergency response is what they do best because they practice.Over 200 hundred National Guard...

Tommy Hill: Enduring role model for all Guard members
May 4, 2007 — ARLINGTON, Va. - Thomas Anthony "Tommy" Hill, the National Guard's longest-serving civilian employee, is a lasting memory to contemporaries and to those he mentored.Now they want to ensure that his...

Oregon National Guard Members Begin Return Home
May 4, 2007 — More than 850 Soldiers are scheduled to return from the largest deployment of Oregon Soldiers since World War II, which encompassed a sixteen month mobilization in Afghanistan.The 41 BCT deployed to...

South Dakota National Guard trains on life-saving skills during humanitarian exercise
April 30, 2007 — LA CALERA, Nicaragua - South Dakota Soldiers conducted a medical evacuation exercise on April 4 in La Calera during the humanitarian assistance exercise known as New Horizons-Nicaragua 2007.The $7.25...

Exercise Tests Hurricane-Response Plans in Northeastern U.S.
April 30, 2007 — WASHINGTON - National Guard members today commenced a hurricane emergency preparedness and response exercise involving five states in the northeastern United States, a National Guard Bureau spokesman...

Remembering the Holocaust with a new generation
April 27, 2007 — TUCSON AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Ariz. - The 162nd Fighter Wing here helped a new generation of Americans learn what happens when people stay silent in the face of genocide.The wing hosted more than...

Dream comes true for young leukemia patient
April 27, 2007 — TUCSON AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Ariz. - The youngest Air National Guard lieutenant has "the right stuff" when it comes to flying the F-16 Fighting Falcon."Second Lieutenant" Dominic Magne, 6, from...

Disaster strikes Texas border town; Guardmembers working there respond
April 27, 2007 — The placid atmosphere of Eagle Pass, Texas, was torn asunder on April 24 as severe weather moved into the border town, killing seven people, obliterating an elementary school and destroying properties...

Two Inupiat Eskimo Guardsmen Become a Team in Kuwait
April 26, 2007 — CAMP BUEHRING, Kuwait - Sgt. 1st Class Floyd Ticket rides shotgun while Sgt. Jonathan Weyiouana drives their Humvee down a grayish, dust covered perimeter road on a small military base near the...

'From Russia with Love': Russian aircraft transports Air National Guard rescue helicopters to Afghanistan
April 24, 2007 — MOFFETT FEDERAL AIRFIELD, Calif. - Air National Guardsmen here worked with an aircraft April 20-22 that was vastly different from the MC-130P Combat Shadow tankers, HH-60G Pave Hawk rescue helicopters...

Innovative training enhances unit's ability to protect homeland
April 23, 2007 — COLUMBUS, Ohio - The Ohio National Guard's radical new tool in the effort to protect the homefront, the Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and High-Yield Explosives (CBRNE) Enhanced Response...

Army Guard reaches 350,000-member goal ahead of schedule
April 23, 2007 — ARLINGTON, Va - The Army National Guard reached its congressionally authorized end strength of 350,000 Citizen-Soldiers on March 30, six months earlier than originally projected, Army Guard officials...

Minnesota National Guard improves roadways in Iraq
April 20, 2007 — CAMP ADDER, Iraq - Minnesota Army National Guard Soldiers and Iraqi citizens of Al Batha recently restored 15 kilometers of Al Batha city streets in southern Iraq.The Soldiers of the 1st Brigade...

Retired Texas Air National Guard Pilot Recalls Protecting Air Force One on 9/11

Nebraska Guard Strengthens Disaster Response Readiness

Kentucky Guard Strengthens Skills During Patriot 2026

113th Wing Recognized for Air Defense, Combat Performance

Washington Guard Concludes Extended Wildfire Response