Guard News - The National Guard - Year 2007

129th Rescue Wing tasked to support firefighting operations
October 26, 2007 — MOFFETT FEDERAL AIRFIELD, Calif. - Air National Guardsmen from the 129th Rescue Wing departed here today at 7:15 a.m. to provide search and rescue support for the firefighting operations in Southern...

National Guard support to Southern California's wildfires
October 26, 2007 — ARLINGTON, Va. - The National Guard continues to lean forward in response to the wildfires in southern California.As the first military responder to the disaster, the National Guard will remain on...

Brigade leadership takes higher vantage point to complete mission
October 26, 2007 — SAN DIEGO, Ca. - As the sun broke over the eastern mountains near Gillespie Field and a soft breeze replaced the harsh winds of days prior, California National Guard leadership took to the ash-filled...

California Guard on duty as residents return to their homes, or what's left of them
October 26, 2007 — CORONADO, Ca. - Before Mike Maury could thank the firefighters who he thought had prevented his house from going up in flames, he thanked the California National Guard for protecting it from...

Guardsmen from across the state rally to support citizens affected by fires
October 26, 2007 — SAN DIEGO, Ca. - A patchwork of about 2,000 California National Guard soldiers were alerted to southern California beginning early Monday morning to support local authorities with wildfires.The 40th...

President Bush: National Guard fully engaged in wildfire battle
October 26, 2007 — ESCONDIDO, Ca. - The National Guard is providing critical help to civilian authorities fighting Southern California's mammoth wildfires, national leaders said here Thursday, Oct. 25."Our National...

Santa Ana Winds Subside; Officials Expect to Make Fire Progress
October 25, 2007 — WASHINGTON - The Santa Ana winds in Southern California are subsiding, allowing firefighters, both military and civilian, to make progress against wildfires that are rampaging through the area,...

Military Personnel, Assets Help to Battle California Fires
October 24, 2007 — WASHINGTON - Military personnel and assets are helping out in the most serious outbreak of wildfires in California in years. California National Guard and California-based active duty personnel are...

The National Guard Supports California Wildfire Response
October 24, 2007 — WASHINGTON - Commitments to the Global War on Terrorism have not shortchanged the National Guard's ability to support this week's massive wildfire-fighting mission in Southern California, the chief of...

National Guard helps attack California wildfires by air and land
October 24, 2007 — SAN DIEGO, Ca. - Army National Guard helicopters were attacking southern California's ferocious wildfires, and Guard Soldiers on the ground were manning traffic control points and were prepared to...

Bush: California Wildfires Constitute Major Disaster
October 24, 2007 — WASHINGTON - Destruction caused by wildfires now raging across southern California constitutes a major disaster requiring additional federal assistance, President Bush declared today after meeting...

Defense Department Continues Aid on California's Fire Front
October 24, 2007 — WASHINGTON - Military C-130s with modular air firefighting systems this morning began dropping fire retardant and water on wildfires plaguing California. They will continue the effort as long as wind...

Wyoming Air National Guard MAFFS units activated
October 23, 2007 — CHEYENNE, Wy. - The Wyoming Air National Guard will deploy approximately 25 personnel and three C-130 aircraft, two of which are equipped with the Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System to Naval Air...

North Carolina Air National Guard Activated to Help Fight California Forest Fires
October 23, 2007 — CHARLOTTE, N.C. - The North Carolina Air National Guard will deploy four C-130 cargo aircraft, flight crews and support personnel to Port Hueneme/Channel Islands, California, to assist the U.S. Forest...

Possible Changes Eyed for Guard, Reserve Montgomery GI Bill
October 22, 2007 — WASHINGTON - Defense leaders joined the Minnesota National Guard's adjutant general yesterday in urging Congress to revise the Montgomery GI Bill to improve coverage for reserve-component troops,...

National Guard Brigades Alerted for Iraq, Afghanistan Deployments
October 22, 2007 — WASHINGTON - The Defense Department, Oct. 19, announced the alert of seven National Guard brigades as replacement forces for Operation Iraqi Freedom, and one National Guard brigade as replacement...

Relief! Air Force reduces, revamps ancillary training
October 19, 2007 — ARLINGTON, Va. - Airmen will spend a lot less time fulfilling ancillary training requirements, Air Force officials said about a training plan released in October for active, Guard and Reserve.Unit...

Prime BEEF stamps hoof prints on Gitmo
October 18, 2007 — GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba - A group of National Guard Airmen stand gazing out across the overgrown skeleton of Guantanamo Bay's original and once vital air-traffic hub. Examining the expanse of unkempt...

474th Engineers Construct New Commissions Complex
October 18, 2007 — GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba - About 100 Air National Guard members, representing six states, will construct the Expeditionary Legal Complex for military commissions on the unused McCalla airfield here at...

Exercises Test Crisis Response Coordination
October 18, 2007 — As some 15,000 federal, state and local officials test their ability to respond to terrorist attacks in Oregon, Arizona and Guam during the largest-yet "TOPOFF" exercise, U.S. Northern Command is...

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