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Possible Changes Eyed for Guard, Reserve Montgomery GI Bill
October 22, 2007
National Guard Brigades Alerted for Iraq, Afghanistan Deployments
October 22, 2007
U.S. Army Lt. Col. James Mosteller, center, commander of 1st Battlion, 113th Field Artillery Regiment, listens during a commanders meeting during annual training at Camp Shelby, Miss., April 19, 2007. Mosteller is in the North Carolina Army National Guard, and is 1 of approximately 1,800 soldiers from the 30th Heavy Brigade Combat Team who held their annual training at Camp Shelby. The 30th was one of seven National Guard brigades alerted by the Department of Defense Oct. 19 to serve as replacement forces for Operation Iraqi Freedom. The first of these brigades will not deploy until summer, and many will not deploy until late 2008 or 2009, said Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman.
Relief! Air Force reduces, revamps ancillary training
October 19, 2007
The Advanced Distributed Learning Service Web site, accessible through the Air Force Portal, is where National Guard Airmen will go to complete ancillary training requirements, according to a new training plan announced in October. It's part of the Air Force's new Total Force Awareness Training, which revises and reduces nine training courses that took eight hours to complete down to three, 30-minute blocks. Officials estimate more than six million man hours will be saved annually.
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.
474th Engineers Construct New Commissions Complex
October 18, 2007
"Dirt boys" from the 474th Expeditionary Civil Engineering Squadron prepare to lay a permanent foundation for the Expeditionary Legal Complex which will house Military Commissions proceedings at Guantanamo Bay once they are resumed pending court review.
Exercises Test Crisis Response Coordination
October 18, 2007
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.
Disaster Response Update Number One (1) (Exercise Only)
October 18, 2007
Arizona National Guard Activates 91st Civil Support Team (Exercise Only)
October 18, 2007
New "Active First" plan gets its first Missouri enlistment
October 17, 2007
Guam National Guard Respond to Cabras Island Explosion - Exercise Only
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 16, 2007
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.
Recruiting and retention numbers exceed goal
October 12, 2007
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.
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 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.