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Reserve Affairs chief explains new DoD directive to ANG leaders
November 20, 2008
Thomas F. Hall, assistant secretary of defense for Reserve Affairs, speaks about the transition of the Guard and Reserve from a strategic reserve to an operational reserve at the Air National Guard Senior Leadership Conference in Lansdowne, Va., Nov. 19, outside of Washington.
Wounded warrior shares his experiences with Army Guard audience
November 20, 2008
Capt. Adrian Perez collects his thoughts while recounting his story of recovering from wounds sustained in Iraq. Perez, of the Army National Guard's Manpower Analysis section, spoke at the Army National Guard Readiness Centeras part of Wounded Warrior Awareness Day, Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2008.
Monthly premiums decrease for TRICARE Reserve Select
November 20, 2008
Wyatt nominated as next Air National Guard director
November 19, 2008
Air Force Maj. Gen. Harry M. Wyatt III, the adjutant general of Oklahoma, is applauded by hundreds of general officers and command chief master sergeants at the Air National Guard's Senior Leadership Conference at the National Conference Center, Nov. 17, outside Washington. Gen. Craig R. McKinley, chief of the National Guard Bureau, announced the selection of Wyatt as the next director of the Air National Guard.
Legacy radio system retired from Army Guard
November 19, 2008
A Soldier using a VRC-12 radio during the Vietnam War. Photo courtesy of the U.S. Army's Center for Military History.
DoD launches national resource directory for wounded warriors
November 19, 2008
DoD launches 'Wounded Warrior Diaries'
November 19, 2008
Illinois Soldiers 'Boom Chakalaka' with Bill Murray at USO gala
November 19, 2008
Illinois Army National Guard Soldiers rehearse a skit from the movie "Stripes" with Bill Murray before the 2008 Salute to our Troops USO of Illinois Gala Nov. 15 in Chicago.
Cartwright gets up-close look at battlefield care
November 18, 2008
Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff U.S. Marine Gen. James E. Cartwright thanks soldiers from the Arkansas National Guard at Baghdad International Airport, Iraq, Nov. 15, 2008. The Guardsmen provided security for the general during his visit to Iraq.
Guard's first four-star ready to take Minutemen forward
November 18, 2008
As his wife Cheryl McKinley holds a bible, Air Force Gen. Craig R. McKinley is sworn in by Secretary of Defense Robert Gates as the 26th chief of the National Guard Bureau during a ceremony at the Pentagon, where he was also promoted to his current rank, Monday, Nov. 17, 2008. McKinley is the first Guard officer to be promoted to the four-star rank.
Ohio National Guard has fans in Belgrade
November 18, 2008
Cal Guard discovers parallels in Ukraine's disaster relief efforts
November 18, 2008
General Vasyl Kvashuk, director of the Ukrainian Army's Civil Protection Department, addresses Brig. Gen. William H. Wade II, adjutant general of the California National Guard, and other key leadership on Nov. 12, 2008, at the Joint Force Headquarters in Sacramento. The Urkainian team led by Kvashuk was in California to participate in Vigilant Guard '09, the National Guard's weeklong disaster-response exercise. Kvashuk discussed Ukraine's response to the July 2008 floods that decimated lives and homes in Western Ukraine.
Georgia Guard unit gets Navy Presidential Unit Citation
November 14, 2008
Col. Tom Blackstock, commander of the 265th Regional Support Group, pins the streamer for the Navy Presidential Unit Award to the unit's guide-on. The Metter, Ga. based unit became the only unit in Georgia Army National Guard history to be awarded a Navy Presidential Unit Citation during a ceremony Nov. 1 at the Metter Armory.
Georgia Guard unit gets Navy Presidential Unit Citation
November 14, 2008
Air Force Senior Airman Albert Leyvas checks fuel levels on a bladder at Joint Task Force Guantanamo's Expeditionary Legal Complex, Nov. 3, 2008. Leyvas calculates the amount of fuel each bladder contains and determines how much needs to be added to ensure the bladder is kept at an operational level.
Changes to Leave Act benefit wounded warriors, families
November 14, 2008
Indiana captain a Rising Star
November 14, 2008
Capt. Lisa Kopczynski, public affairs officer with the 76th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, performs with the 38th Infantry Division rock band Rapid Fire during a departure ceremony in the RCA Dome in Indianapolis, Ind., on Jan. 2, 2008, before her deployment to Joint Base Balad, Iraq. Kopczynski represented the National Guard at the Operation Rising Star semifinals at Fort Belvoir, Va., on Nov. 13, 2008.
New York Soldiers receive valor awards at Veterans Day ceremony
November 13, 2008
New York National Guardmembers Capt. Joseph Merrill and 1st Sgt. James Meltz earned Bronze Star Medals with Valor Nov. 11 for "direct actions that lead to the repulsion of enemy forces without the injury or death to U.S. forces."
Teamwork drives National Guard recruiting; Army's October numbers exceed goal
November 12, 2008
Kid Rock holds a Minuteman, the symbol of the National Guard Citizen-Soldier ready to set down the plow and pick up a rifle at a moment's notice, after the singer visited with 2,000 Soldiers in Orlando, Fla., on Oct. 9, 2008, to talk about his "Warrior" song and video promoting the National Guard.
Indiana Guard warms hands, hearts
November 12, 2008
Stout Field Elementary student, Charlie Trejo, is presented a coin by Indiana Adjutant General, Maj. Gen. R. Martin Umbarger there Thursday, November 06, 2008. The adjutant general brought coats, hats and gloves for the Warm Hands, Warm Hearts program that provides students at the school with winter supplies who might not have them already.
TroopTube gives morale boost to deployed servicemembers
November 12, 2008