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NGB chief and Pakistan military officials visit Stryker brigade in Pennsylvania; relationship forming
September 28, 2007
Lt. Col. Marc Ferraro, brigade commander, 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, Pennsylvania Army National Guard, briefs a member of the Pakistani military delegation on features and benefits of the Stryker vehicle Sept. 14.

Air Force Heritage Week soars in Ohio
September 26, 2007

Disabled Veteran Foundation riders visit Oregon National Guard Headquarters in Salem
September 26, 2007
Riders with Operation American Spirit, stopped at the Oregon National Guard's Anderson Readiness Center, in Salem, Ore., Sept. 24, 2007. From left to right: Oregonian Kerry Kingsley-Smith, Actor Jack Scalia, Organization Executive Director, John Wordin, former Army Soldier, J.R. Martinez. The group plans to ride from Seattle to San Diego in order to raise funds and awareness for severely injured military veterans.

Blum addresses National Guard issues with defense scribes
September 24, 2007
LTG H Steven Blum, the chief of the National Guard Bureau, spoke to a group of defense reporters Sept 19.

Kentucky Soldiers clean up Iraqi neighborhood
September 24, 2007
Soldiers from Company A, 1st Battalion, 149th Infantry Regiment, joke with a local Iraqi girl while on patrol in the Al Furat section of Baghdad, Thursday, Aug. 29, 2007. Soldiers from the unit have been working with local officials to assist with rebuilding schools and other facilities in the area.

143rd Infantrymen join Hondurans on range, in sky
September 21, 2007
Members of the Honduran rapid response team (left), known as the Peacekeeping Operations Battalion, shot more ammunition in two days than they usually fire all year during their coalition training with 36th Infantry Division Soldiers Sept. 11-13.

It's JUNIOR! He'll drive the Guard car next year
September 20, 2007
Dale Earnhardt Jr., left, will drive the National Guard car next year in NASCARS's top-level Sprint Cup series for Hendrick Motorsports. He stood with Lt. Gen. Clyde Vaughn, director of the Army National Guard, and Rick Hendrick, Hendrick Motorsports owner, in Dallas where the announcement was made on Sept. 19.

Airmen place 60th anniversary wreath at national memorial
September 19, 2007
Airmen hold a morning wreath-laying ceremony at the U.S. Air Force National Memorial, Arlington, Va., Sept. 18 on the 60th anniversary of the Air Force and the Air National Guard.

Maryland National Guard Responds to Peru Earthquake
September 19, 2007
Senior Airman Kenneth Cumbie, 612th Air Base Squadron here, drives a forklift to load medical supplies onto a C-130J from the Maryland Air National Guard. Approximately 30 Soldiers and Airmen are responding to the Aug. 15 earthquake in Peru and are taking with them 4,470 pounds of medical supplies for relief efforts.

Rhode Island National Guard Holds 25th Annual International Military Parachute Competition
September 19, 2007
A competitor at the Rhode Island National Guard's international military parachute competition Leapfest XXV tries to collapse his parachute in the drop zone Aug. 11.

Nevada Guard continues search for missing pilot
September 17, 2007

Nevada generals represent best of military, civilian employers
September 17, 2007
From left, Nevada Army National Guard Brig. Gen Frank Gonzales, Michael Yackira, president of Sierra Pacific Resources, and Nevada Air National Guard Brig. Gen. Bob Fitch stand behind the 2007 Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve Freedom Award on Sept. 12 in Washington. All three are executives with Sierra Pacific Resources which was one of 15 organizations to receive Freedom Awards for exceptional employer support of Guard and reserve-component employees.

Guard follows downgraded Humberto's path
September 13, 2007

Exercise tests Virginia Guard's vigilance
September 12, 2007
With "most-wanted" posters of terrorists in the background, Staff Sgt. Wallace Fellenzer and Staff Sgt. Jason McCoy of the Virginia Army National Guard conduct intelligence analysis operations on Sept. 6 at Fort Belvoir, Va., during a Vigilant Guard command post exercise that tested the National Guard's preparedness for homeland defense.

Guard and Reserve Members Must Take Action to "Make the Switch" to Restructured TRICARE Reserve Select
September 12, 2007

Maryland Guard vigilant in homeland defense exercise
September 12, 2007
Members of the 32nd Civil Support Team of the Maryland National Guard suit up and perform simulated hazardous material recovery operations during Exercise Vigilant Guard Sept. 7 in downtown Baltimore.

Army Guard Latina recognized for military service
September 12, 2007
Army National Guard Master Sgt. Katherine Perez was recently presented a Meritorious Service in the Global War on Terror Award by LATINA Style magazine. Perez is a public affairs specialist for the National Guard Bureau's Office of Public Affairs and Strategic Communications. Presenting the award were, from left, Michael Dominguez, principal deputy under secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, National Guard Bureau Assistant Chief Christopher Gardner, and Robert Bard, president and CEO of LATINA Style Magazine.

Hire A Hero program links veterans with jobs
September 11, 2007
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NASCAR driver Mears meets with Guard Soldiers
September 10, 2007
National Guard NASCAR driver Casey Mears (center) and new driver Landon Cassill display a racing suit presented to the Army National Guard's Readiness Center during a Sept. 6 visit to the Arlington, Va., facility. Col. Michael Jones, chief of the National Guard Bureau's Recruiting and Retention Division, introduced the drivers to the Soldiers who later lined up for autographs.

North Dakota Guard responds to Northwood tornado
September 7, 2007
Spc. Ian Busta, Fargo, N.D., 142nd Engineer Combat Battalion; Pvt. Nathan L. Miller, Toronto, S.D., Detachment 2 of the 815th Engineer Company, and Pvt. Kevin J. Iverson, Breckenridge, Minn., 188th Engineer Company, work at clearing downed trees and debris left behind by an F4 tornado that hit Northwood, N.D. on the night of Sunday, Aug. 26.