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Earnhardt climbs to 4th in championship points at Martinsville
March 31, 2008
Dale Earnhardt Jr., driver of the No. 88 AMP Energy/National Guard Chevrolet, started 22nd and finished sixth in Sunday's race at Martinsville Speedway, Va. Earnhardt led five times for 146 laps.
5,000 "Super Sacks" might save millions of dollars of crops Governor Jindal commends Guard Soldiers, farmers
March 31, 2008
Spc. Micheal Champion of Bernice, La., carefully places a 3,000 pound, 4 feet by 4 feet "super sacks" filled with soil along the levee north of the Morganza Spillway. Thirteen Soldiers were called to State Active Duty for one week to assist farmers in the effort to save their crops from the possible flooding of their land by the Mississippi River.
Guard rehearses response to airliner crash
March 27, 2008
After a simulated plane crash, Senior Airmen Bruce Noble (left) and Michael Beller, firefighters assigned to the 162nd Fighter Wing, work together to evacuate a casualty during a major accident response exercise at Tucson International Airport.
Guard boxers shape their futures during National championships
March 25, 2008
New York Guard Sgt. Cherrie Retamozzo triumphs over Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Sonia Deputee during the 2008 Armed Forces Boxing Championships at Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Landon Cassill completes first race 19th in No. 5 Nationwide Series Guard car
March 25, 2008
Landon Cassill sits in the No. 5 National Guard car at Nashville Superspeedway March 22 in his first NASCAR Nationwide Series race this season. Cassill started the race started 22nd and finished 19th.
Air Guard looks inward for new recruiting campaign
March 25, 2008
The new www.GoANG.com Web site has an interactive homepage, which allows viewers to chat online with an advisor, play online games and view videos and photographs on Air Guard career fields, aircraft and missions.
Ohio Airman named Air National Guard print journalist of the year
March 24, 2008
Sgt. Dan Clare deployed in Iraq.
Writing on the wall for a streamed, leaned Air Guard
March 21, 2008
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Guard Biathlon Championship's rookie from Vermont wins race by one second; Green Mountain state skiers dominate individual races
March 20, 2008
Vermont Army Guard 2nd Lt. Samuel Morse, winner of the 10-km sprint race two days earlier, climbs a hill during the final lap of the 20-km race March 12 at the 2008 Chief of the National Guard Bureau Biathlon Championships held at Camp Ripley, Minn., March 9-15. Morse finished second to his Vermont teammate Sgt. Jesse Downs, who won in 1 hour, 1 minute, 12 seconds.
Funding remedy to prevent decay in dental health readiness likely
March 20, 2008
Guard troops assist with Midwest flood missions
March 20, 2008
Members of the Missouri National Guard's 70th Troop Command ford a crossing near Piedmont, Mo., on March 19, 2008, while providing support to civilian authorities in the wake of Midwest storms that caused flooding in multiple states. President Bush declared a major disaster for the state.
"Running a City" in Southern Iraq
March 19, 2008
Army Staff Sgt. Russell Hale, left, Ali Jihad, an Iraqi construction supervisor, and Army Sgt. 1st Class Rafe Cummings stand in front of a construction site at Camp Bucca, Iraq.
Air Guard Crisis Action Team's room named in Stone
March 19, 2008
Alex and Joshua Stone (center) help unveil a bronze plaque March 14 etched with the image, name and story of their father, Maj. Gregory L. Stone, who died in Kuwait March 25, 2003. The ceremony at the Air Guard Readiness Center on Andrews Air Force Base, Md., dedicated the Air Guard's Crisis Action Team's (CAT) Stone Room. Stone served as the CAT's executive officer in 2001.
Woody Keeble proved his mettle long before earning the Medal
March 19, 2008
North Dakota National Guard Soldier Woodrow Keeble (second from right), began fighting on Guadalcanal with the 164th Infantry in October 1942, nine years before he did the deeds in Korea that eventually earned him the Medal of Honor.
Kansas aircrew brings WWII comrades back from watery grave
March 11, 2008
A Kansas Air Guard KC-135 aircrew discuss their mission while enroute to Palau.
Air Guard aerobatic pilot booked for busy season
March 11, 2008
Maj. John Klatt, of the Air National Guard's aerobatic team in his Staudacher S-300D flies in concert with an Extra-300L flown by Michael Mancuso as they put two Air National Guard-sponsored aircraft through their paces in preparation for Air Force Week New England Aug. 25-26 at Otis Air Base, Cape Code, Mass. Klatt and his support team travel to air shows across the nation promoting the Air National Guard.
Earnhardt climbs to sixth in Sprint Cup standings
March 10, 2008
Dale Earnhardt Jr. stands with the No. 88 National Guard car March 9 at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Earnhardt and his team are now sixth among NASCAR's Sprint Cup leaders after he drove the No. 88 car to a third place finish in the Kobalt Tools 500. He drove the No. 5 Guard Car Saturday to a ninth-place finish and third place in the Nationwide Series standings.
Maryland civil support team passes test below decks
March 7, 2008
Soldiers and Airmen of the Maryland National Guard's 32nd Weapons of Mass Destruction-Civil Support Team train aboard the Navy display ship Berry March 6 at the Washington Navy Yard during Exercise Capital Spear.
Airmen prepare to airlift flood clean-up kits to Ecuador
March 6, 2008
Arkansas Soldiers injured as severe weather strikes Camp Shelby
March 4, 2008
Lt. Col. James Treece, commander of the 217th Brigade Support Battalion, stands next to wreckage at Camp Shelby Joint Forces Training Center, Miss., March 3 caused by severe weather. Fourteen Soldiers with the Arkansas National Guard's 39th Infantry Brigade Combat Team were injured. Injuries were mainly limited to minor cuts and bruises, with one Soldier suffering a more severe, yet non-life-threatening injury.