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Guard Leaders Urge Solid Funding to Close Equipment, Training Gaps
April 12, 2007
Clarke named Air Guard's deputy director
April 12, 2007
Brig. Gen. Stanley Clarke III
Generals Campbell and Fraser Announce Alaska Shield Northern Edge 2007
April 12, 2007
Return to the Middle East; Rainbow Division headquarters partners with Egyptian Army for Bright Star 07
April 10, 2007
New York Army National Guard Col. Geoffrey Slack, the G-3 (Operations) officer of the 42nd "Rainbow" Infantry Division, reviews the scheme of maneuver for Bright Star 07 over a "sand table." Egyptian and American officers held a planning conference for Bright Star in New York City March 23-27, 2007. Bright Star is an annual Joint / Combined exercise held in Egypt for the last 25 years; this year it will be held Nov. 3-19. 2007 marks the first time a National Guard division will be the tactical headquarters for U.S. forces employed in Bright Star.
Web-based service lets Airmen get out of line
April 10, 2007
Air Guard medic part of association's team of the year
April 9, 2007
Master Sgt. Faith Elmore, right, from the Kansas Air National Guard, tours the Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, on April 3 with her daughter, Elmore, an Air Force ROTC cadet.
Echoes in flight; Charter members reflect on Air Guard's first 60 years
April 9, 2007
Harry Emily, 90, was one of the charter members of the Colorado Air National Guard. He was in the 120th Tactical Fighter Squadron which was the nation's first federally recognized Air Guard unit 60 years ago.
Afghan National Police Graduate New Leaders
April 9, 2007
Army Sgt. Corey Virtue, center of Rapid City, S.D., Army Staff Sgt. Larry Walker, second from right of Custer, S.D., both members of 1st Platoon, 235th Military Police Company, and Air Force Senior Airman Justin Richardson, Bagram Provincial Reconstruction Team Afghan police training team member, talk about classes during a break here April 4. Police chiefs from seven districts across the Kapisa province received classroom instruction on ethics/values, leadership, community policing, map reading, running a tactical operations center, basic communication, hygiene and logistics. Completion of this course, April 2-4, made them the first Afghan police leaders to complete this type of training. (U.S. Air Force photo by)
Four Guard Brigades Alerted for Iraq Duty
April 9, 2007
President Thanks National Guard for Helping Secure U.S.-Mexico Border
April 9, 2007
Army Guard helicopters primed for Southwest border duty
April 5, 2007
Staff Sgt. Dennis Tillery refits an Army National Guard OH-58 Kiowa helicopter for Operation Jump Start (OJS) duty at the Mississippi Army National Guard's 1108th Aviation Classification and Repair Depot (AVCRAD) in Gulfport, Miss., on March 23, 2007. Thirty-six Kiowas are being upgraded and overhauled at the National Guard's four AVCRADs for OJS, the National Guard's mission to assist the Border Patrol in securing the U.S. border with Mexico. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Jim Greenhill) (Released)
'Only one chance' First honor guard competition strives for excellence among Guard teams
April 5, 2007
Sgt. Charles Rice commands the Oregon honor guard's firing detail during the National Guard Bureau's first National Honor Guard Competition held in Reno, Nev., from March 20-22. The team won the competition. Team members are, from left, Sgt. Robert "Luke" Summers, Sgt. Kenneth Kaiser, Spc. Scott Mahe, Sgt. Thomas Barella, Sgt. Timothy Tompkins, and Staff Sgt Jeromy Turner, the team's noncommissioned officer in charge.
Army medic recalls his actions during convoy attack
April 3, 2007
Spc. James Black, a combat medic formerly attached to the Lincoln, Neb.-based 1st Squadron, 167th Cavalry Regiment, poses for a photo while preparing for a convoy mission.