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Disaster Exercise Prepares Arizona National Guard, State For Real-World Situations
October 18, 2007
Soldiers of the 91st Weapons of Mass Destruction, Civil Support Team, Arizona National Guard analyze a simulated spill, Oct. 16 for nuclear material in support of Top Officials (TOPOFF) 4. The U.S. State Department sponsored TOPOFF exercise tests the readiness capabilities of state and federal agencies as they respond to simulated, real world events.

Prime BEEF stamps hoof prints on Gitmo
October 18, 2007
Airmen from the 474th Expeditionary Civil Engineering Squadron, Air National Guard, work on the foundation for the new commissions complex Sept. 18. The 474th broke ground Sept. 11 on the construction of the new Expeditionary Legal Complex where Military Commissions will resume pending court review.

Exercises Test Crisis Response Coordination
October 18, 2007

New "Active First" plan gets its first Missouri enlistment
October 17, 2007

Oregon National Guard Stands up First-Ever Oregon Joint Task Force (Exercise Only)
October 17, 2007

Oregon National Guard Participates in Global TOPOFF Exercise (Exercise Only)
October 17, 2007

Guam National Guard Respond to Cabras Island Explosion - Exercise Only
October 17, 2007

Guam National Guard Respond to Cabras Island Explosion - Exercise Only
October 16, 2007

Recruiting and retention numbers exceed goal
October 12, 2007

Soldiers killed in January helicopter crash interred at Arlington Cemetery
October 12, 2007
Army honor guard Soldiers hold 12 folded American flags during an interment ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery Oct. 10 for 12 Soldiers killed in Iraq 10 months ago. The Soldiers, 10 from the Army National Guard and two from the active duty Army, were killed northeast of Baghdad when their UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter was shot down.

Guard unit helps protect nation's skies
October 12, 2007
Crew chief Staff Sgt. Thomas Fitzgerald sprints to his F-15 Eagle after an alert alarm announces the immediate launch of aircraft during a training exercise for Operation Noble Eagle Oct. 3 at the 125th Fighter Wing, Det. 1, Homestead Air Reserve Base, Fla. The detachment provides the Continental NORAD Region commander rapid response to invasion of the sovereign airspace of the U.S., and responds with appropriate defense measures against all hostile actions directed at the people and property of the U.S. during Operation Noble Eagle.

New agreement to help balance active Army, National Guard
October 12, 2007
Director of Army National Guard Lt. Gen. Clyde Vaughn, Army Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Richard Cody and Lousiana Adjutant General and Chairman of the Adjutants General Association of the United States Force Structure Committee Maj. Gen. Bennett Landreneau sign a memorandum of understanding to formalize the Army plan to rebalance. The signing ceremony took place at the annual Association of the U.S. Army's annual conference in Washington.

Guard Soldiers compete with Army's top 24 warriors
October 11, 2007
Sergeant Major of the Army Kenneth O. Preston takes a moment to visit the National Guard's competitors at Ft. Lee for Army Noncommissioned Officer and Soldier of the Year. Staff Sgt. Mark Dornbusch, center, the Army National Guard NCO of the Year and Spc. Erik Nowak, Army Guard Soldier of the Year, competed to become the Army's top "warriors" in a field 26 Soldiers from 13 U.S. Army major commands. It was the first time that the Army National Guard and Army Reserve had competed with the active duty Army as separate entities.

National Guard celebrates Army recruitment success
October 5, 2007
Vice Chief of Staff of the Army Gen. Richard Cody swears in new Army recruits in a ceremony at the Jefferson Memorial in Washington. On the far right, new Soldiers Paul Stuart of Fairfax, Va., and Erika Hanberry of Virginia Beach, Va., represent the Army National Guard.

Guard unit recognized for record deployment
October 5, 2007
Family and friends greet U.S. Army Soldiers from Charlie Company, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 34th Infantry Division as they arrive at the Cottage Grove Armory in Minnesota July 16, 2007. Minnesota National Guard's 1st Brigade Combat Team has been deployed for 22 months with 16 months out of the deployment in a combat zone.

Ohio air show features World War II Mustangs
October 3, 2007
Jeff Michael brought his P-51 'Obsession' from Florida to be a part of the 2007 Gathering of Mustangs and Legends air show held at Rickenbacker International Airport.

Orange County Choppers unveil Guard's "Patriot Chopper"
October 2, 2007
Paul Teutul Sr., of Orange County Choppers fame, rides the National Guard's "Patriot Chopper" in front of the Army National Guard Readiness Center in Arlington, Va., during a Sept. 27 unveiling ceremony.

Army Guard conducts sexual assault training; now more geared to help the victim
October 2, 2007

Policy Change Boosts G.I. Bill Eligibility for Some Guard, Reserve Members
October 2, 2007

Non-standard load: Pennsylvania Chinook airlifts C-130 fuselage
September 28, 2007
Members of the Pennsylvania Army National Guard's 104th Aviation Battalion airlifted a C-130 Sept. 14 in two massive pieces from Forty Fort Airport in Luzerne County to Tobyhanna Army Depot in Monroe County using a CH-47 Chinook helicopter.