Guard News - The National Guard - Year 2007

"Surge" extends Minnesota Guard unit's Iraq tour up to 125 days
January 11, 2007 — ARLINGTON, Va. - At least 4,000 National Guard Citizen-Soldiers may spend an extra four months in Iraq as part of the president's troop increase announced Wednesday.The Minnesota Army National Guard's...

Texas National Guard Team Puts Training to Good Use
January 10, 2007 — AUSTIN, Texas - In a scene reminiscent of emergency measures seen in cities across the country after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, downtown Austin was temporarily blocked to people and...

Hudson represents all enlisted members of transformed Guard
January 9, 2007 — ARLINGTON, Va. - He wears a U.S. Army uniform, but Command Sgt. Maj. David Ray Hudson once was in the U.S. Air Force. That makes him uniquely qualified to be the senior enlisted advisor to the chief...

Honors from ‘sea to shining sea’
January 5, 2007 — Guard members help lay former president to restARLINGTON, Va. - National Guard men and women across the nation paid their respects and supported the country’s tribute to Gerald R. Ford, the 38th...

National Guard rescues people, cattle after severe winter storms
January 5, 2007 — ARLINGTON, Va. - Citizen-Soldiers and Airmen in eight states rescued people and hauled hay to livestock following a severe end-of-year winter storm that stretched from America’s northern to southern...

Squad runs gamut of convoy escort missions
January 4, 2007 — CAMP AL ASAD, Iraq - Staff Sgt. Michael Warmenhoven and his squad from Company B, 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry have run the gamut of convoy escort security missions for the 1st Brigade Combat Team,...

Platoon's mission changes for the better
January 4, 2007 — LSA ANACONDA, Iraq - During their first three months in Iraq, Staff Sgt. Brad Lahti and his platoon from Company C, 2nd Battalion, 136th Combined Arms Battalion manned an entry control point 24 hours...

Retired Kentucky Guard Soldier helps expand Freedom Calls program for families
January 4, 2007 — Links families to Soldiers serving in five areas in Middle EastOn the third Saturday in December, the Cats and Cards squared off once again in the commonwealth’s most heated state rivalry, and many...

Minnesotan Trades Crown for Cammies
January 1, 2007 — WASHINGTON - A 22-year-old college student recently traded her beauty-queen tiara for the Kevlar helmet she'll wear when she deploys with her Minnesota Army National Guard unit to Iraq.For the past...

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