Guard News - The National Guard - Oct 2007

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...

Disaster Exercise Prepares Arizona National Guard, State For Real-World Situations
October 18, 2007 — PHOENIX, Az. - "We've just received a report there's been an explosion at the intersections of Loop 101 and 202," announced news anchor Forrest Sawyer with the Virtual News Network. "At this time, we...

Disaster Response Update Number One (1) (Exercise Only)
October 18, 2007 — Notice to Media: Future Arizona JIC Press Releases Will Now Be Sent Out Under the State and Federal Disaster News LetterheadFederal, state, tribal and local authorities continue to conduct a...

Arizona National Guard Activates 91st Civil Support Team (Exercise Only)
October 18, 2007 — Phoenix, AZ. - The Arizona National Guard's Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Team (WMD CST) was activated at 1 p.m. today and dispatched to the location of the explosion that occurred at the...

New "Active First" plan gets its first Missouri enlistment
October 17, 2007 — LEBANON, Mo. - On Oct. 10, John Weaver, of Phillipsburg, became the Missouri National Guard's first enlistee under the new "Active First" recruiting plan.Weaver, a Lebanon High School graduate, said...

Guam National Guard Respond to Cabras Island Explosion - Exercise Only
October 17, 2007 — Release No. 2007-10-17.1.Members of the Guam National Guard, Guam's first military responders, were called upon by Gov. Felix P. Camacho to assist the local first responders at the Cabras Power Plant...

Oregon National Guard Stands up First-Ever Oregon Joint Task Force (Exercise Only)
October 17, 2007 — The Oregon National Guard has stood up Oregon's first-ever Joint Task Force (JTF) during the large multi-state, anti-terrorism training exercise known as TOPOFF 4, Oct. 16-19 at the Portland Air...

Oregon National Guard Participates in Global TOPOFF Exercise (Exercise Only)
October 17, 2007 — The 102nd Civil Support Team, Oregon Army National Guard, mobilized today at Portland International Raceway during TOPOFF 4, a large multi-state, anti-terrorism training exercise. The 102nd CST...

Guam National Guard Respond to Cabras Island Explosion - Exercise Only
October 16, 2007 — Guam Governor, the Honorable Felix P. Camacho, has been advised that President George W. Bush has issued a Presidential Disaster Declaration for Guam. Dept of Homeland Security and Guam Fire...

New agreement to help balance active Army, National Guard
October 12, 2007 — WASHINGTON - A new agreement between the active Army and Army National Guard represents a big step toward achieving the force structure balance Army Chief of Staff Gen. George W. Casey Jr. calls...

Recruiting and retention numbers exceed goal
October 12, 2007 — ARLINGTON, Va. - During Fiscal Year 2007, the Army National Guard exceeded its congressional end strength goal for the first time in more than three years, and the Air National Guard just missed its...

Guard unit helps protect nation's skies
October 12, 2007 — MIAMI, Fl. (AFPN) - On Feb. 4, 2007, the Indianapolis Colts played the Chicago Bears in Super Bowl XLI in Miami's Dolphin Stadium.As the Colts' offense took the field with 1:32 left in the third...

Soldiers killed in January helicopter crash interred at Arlington Cemetery
October 12, 2007 — ARLINGTON, Va. - Four UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters thundered over Arlington National Cemetery in an aerial salute for a group interment to 12 Soldiers killed in a helicopter crash in Iraq earlier this...

Guard Soldiers compete with Army's top 24 warriors
October 11, 2007 — FORT LEE, Va. - Out in a field here behind an operations center for the U.S. Army's 2007 Noncommissioned Officer and Soldier of the Year event, Staff Sgt. Mark Dornbusch and Spc. Erik Nowak both made...

National Guard celebrates Army recruitment success
October 5, 2007 — ARLINGTON, Va. - Several Army National Guard Soldiers shared in a piece of Big Army's sweet recruiting success on Thursday. Twelve Soldiers from each of the Army components participated in a...

Massachusetts Guard Welcomes Fifth‑Generation Fighter

Alabama Guard Helps De-Escalate Metro Station Confrontation

Alaska Guard Rescues Pilots From Two Plane Crashes

Retired Texas Air National Guard Pilot Recalls Protecting Air Force One on 9/11

Nebraska Guard Strengthens Disaster Response Readiness