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Youth ChalleNGe honors its star supporters
February 29, 2008
Cadets from the National Guard Youth ChalleNGe program hold a Dale Earnhardt Jr. autographed trunk lid from the No. 88 National Guard Sprint Cup Car during the 2008 ChalleNGe Champions Gala Feb. 26 at the JW Marriott ballroom in Washington. Earnhardt donated the item and an auto racing jacket, which raised more than $25,000 for the Guard's Youth ChalleNGe program. Hendrick Motorsports auto racing team owner Rick Hendrick matched the auctioned lid with a $20,000 donation. Youth ChalleNGe has helped more than 77,000 troubled teenagers earn their GEDs, learn life skills, return to school, enroll in college or join the military. More than 1,000 program supporters attended the event.
National Guard Civil Support Team plays key role in ricin response
February 29, 2008
Two members of the 92nd Civil Support Team take a sample of a simulated hazardous substance in a Sparks, Nev., shopping mall during training on Nov. 25, 2005. The Nevada National Guard's civil support team was called to assist Las Vegas Metro Police on Feb. 28, 2008, with a suspicious substance that was later identified as deadly ricin. The team is one of 52 certified units nationwide to support local and state authorities at domestic incident sites by identifying hazardous agents and substances.
Alaska, Mongolia partnership flourishes with shared challenges
February 28, 2008
LTG H Steven Blum, chief of the National Guard Bureau; Lt. Gen. Tsevegsuren Togoo, chief of general staff of the Mongolian Armed Forces; and Maj. Gen. Craig Campbell, the adjutant general of the Alaska National Guard, attended the Pacific State Partnership Program Regional Workshop in Honolulu, Hawaii, in late January. The National Guard's State Partnership Program, which pairs U.S. states with foreign countries, is expanding in the Asia-Pacific region after successes in Europe, South and Central America and Africa. Mongolia and Alaska are partners.
First Active First graduate continues family tradition of service
February 27, 2008
Pvt. Raymond Loree: The Army National Guard's first Active First graduate.
Earnhardt chalks up 7th in Nationwide race; 40th in Sprint
February 26, 2008
Army National Guard patches decorate the No. 5 Chevrolet that Dale Earnhardt Jr. drove to a seventh-place Nationwide Series finish in California Feb. 26.
Guard troops clear flood damage in Hawaii
February 25, 2008
Hawaii National Guard Soldiers and Airmen clear flood debris near Kula on Maui in Hawaii in January during a mission to help residents affected by floods.
Face of Defense: Wounded in Iraq, National Guardsman Wants to Return
February 22, 2008
Kevin and Danielle Pannell take a break at Ivan's Local Flavor Stress Free Bar at White Bay Campgrounds on Jost Van Dyke, British Virgin Islands, on Oct. 20, 2007. The couple was part of a small group of wounded veterans and their spouses who participated in Team River Runner's first adaptive kayaking trip to the Virgin Islands.
Earnhardt finishes 3rd in Nationwide Series opener
February 22, 2008
Dale Earnhardt Jr. works with Hendrick Motorsports team members in a garage at the Daytona International Speedway Feb. 16 for NASCAR's Nationwide Series Camping World 300. Earnhardt drove the National Guard sponsored No. 5 car that day to finish third after starting 19th. The following day, Earnhardt drove the Amp/National Guard co-sponsored No. 88 car in NASCAR's Sprint Cup Series 50th running of the Daytona 500. He led that race three times for 12 laps and finished ninth.
Guard's family support volunteers honored at Pentagon
February 20, 2008
Air National Guard family readiness representatives from the 144th Fighter Wing, California Air National Guard, accept the Department of Defense Reserve Family Readiness Award for 2007 from the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs Thomas Hall Feb. 15 at the Pentagon.
474th Celebrates Six Months of Hard Work
February 15, 2008
Lt. Col. James Starnes, commander of the 474th Civil Engineering Squadron, speaks at a ceremony Feb. 2 celebrating his unit's hard work building the Expeditionary Legal Complex. The complex includes a state-of-the-art courtroom designed to facilitate military commissions. Joint Task Force Guantanamo conducts safe and humane care and custody of detained enemy combatants. The JTF conducts interrogation operations to collect strategic intelligence in support of the Global War on Terrorism and supports law enforcement and war crimes investigations.
Commission: Invest in the National Guard
February 12, 2008
Guard Soldiers join Virginia firefighting mission
February 12, 2008
A Virginia National Guard helicopter from 2nd Battalion, 224th Aviation departs the Tazewell, Va. airport to begin firefighting operations near Center Cross, Va.
Storms bring busy week at home for Guard units
February 11, 2008
Idaho Army National Guard Soldiers from the 145th Brigade Support Battalion shoveled snow off Timberlake High School Feb. 2 in Spirit Lake, Idaho. Sixty-three Guardmembers deployed to remove snow from the roofs of nine schools in the northern part of the state after four feet of snow crippled school systems in three counties.
Virginia wildfires bring out additional Guard responders
February 11, 2008
Earnhardt wins Shootout in Guard car
February 11, 2008
Dale Earnhardt Jr. celebrates his victory in the National Guard AMP Energy No. 88 Chevrolet following the Budweiser Shootout at the Daytona International Speedway Saturday night, Feb. 9.
Arkansas Guard answers multiple calls for disaster support
February 7, 2008
An Arkansas National Guardsman with the 2nd Battalion, 142nd Fires Brigade from Fort Smith assists residents of Atkins, Ark., following Tuesday night's devastating tornadoes.
Arkansas Guard answers two additional calls for support
February 7, 2008
Active duty, Guard, Reserve: One awesome force
February 7, 2008
Leading from the front: Arkansas Guard promotes first African American general
February 6, 2008
Brig. Gen. William J. Johnson, is pinned by Maj. Gen. William D. Wofford, the adjutant general of Arkansas, becoming the first African American general in the 203 year history of the Arkansas National Guard.
Southern tornadoes bring out the National Guard
February 6, 2008
Sgt. Benjamin Anderson of the Arkansas Army National Guard's 2nd of the 142nd Fires Brigade helps local emergency crews sift through the aftermath of a tornado in Atkins, Ark., Feb. 6. Anderson, a full-time fireman in Fort Smith, Ark., and members of the 2nd of the 142nd were called to state active duty shortly after the devastating twister tore through the small community Feb.5.