Guard News - The National Guard - Year 2009

Alaska Guardsman competes in Iditarod
March 10, 2009 — CAMP DENALI, Alaska - For the first time, the Alaska Army National Guard is being represented in the 2009 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race by an Alaska Army National Guardsman.In an effort to celebrate...

U.S. Customs & Border Protection AMOC director visits 1AF
March 10, 2009 — TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. - Tony Crowder can't say enough good things about 1st Air Force.As the director of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Air and Marine Operations Center in Riverside,...

Pentagon plans sexual assault prevention campaign
March 9, 2009 — WASHINGTON, D.C. - Just as the armed forces paved the way for integration more than 60 years ago, the Defense Department is working to prevent sexual assault, not only in the military, but also...

Chairman, President discuss U.S. support to Mexico
March 9, 2009 — WASHINGTON, D.C. - The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and President Barack Obama discussed the situation in Mexico and the military capabilities that could assist the country in a March 7...

Director: Air Guard attracts cyberforce for DoD
March 6, 2009 — ARLINGTON, Va. - The Air National Guard can attract talent other components find hard to reach, a senior Guard official said Feb. 27 at the Air Force Association's 25th Annual Air Warfare Symposium...

Vaughn: Army Guard needs delayed entry program
March 6, 2009 — ARLINGTON, Va. - Despite having 366,000 Soldiers on it's books, the Army National Guard has a readiness issue - some of these Soldiers aren't fully trained, a senior Guard official recently told...

CSTs provide situational awareness for DTRA
March 6, 2009 — BALTIMORE, Md. - National Guard civil support teams have an ally in the Defense Threat Reduction Agency, a senior agency member told participants of the National Guard Domestic Operations conference...

Wyatt names new ANG deputy director
March 6, 2009 — ARLINGTON, Va. - A new deputy director of the Air National Guard was announced by Lt. Gen. Bud Wyatt, the director of the Air National Guard today.Maj. Gen. Patrick J. Moisio, an Arizona Guardsman,...

National Guard essential at home and abroad, says Chief
March 6, 2009 — BALTIMORE, Md. - The National Guard is playing an essential role domestically and overseas, Gen. Craig McKinley said here Friday, challenging leaders to do more with the same amount of money.The chief...

Guard Soldiers and Families - Are you ready for retirement?
March 5, 2009 — WASHINGTON, D.C. - As an Army National Guard Soldier, you are often quick to respond to that question: "Yes, I'm ready."We're fighting the Global War on Terror with boots on the ground in more than...

167th Airlift Wing delivers test spacecraft for NASA mission
March 5, 2009 — MARTINSBURG, W.V. - The 167th Airlift Wing was recently asked to help in the National Aeronautic and Space Administration's mission to return astronauts to the moon.A 15-member C-5 crew from the West...

Vermont Guardsman sweeps CNGB biathlon championships; Minnesota wins team title
March 5, 2009 — ETHAN ALLEN FIRING RANGE, Jericho, Vt. - After falling only a couple seconds short of sweeping both of last year's individual races here at the Chief of the National Guard Bureau Biathlon...

Army, Air Guard at full strength, directors tell Congress
March 4, 2009 — WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Army National Guard is over strength and the Air National Guard has met its end strength for the first time since 2002, the directors told Congress on Tuesday."This is a new era...

Oregon counterdrug program targets middle school students
March 4, 2009 — PORTLAND, Ore. - President Ronald Regan's approach to drug education in the 1980s was "Just say no."But according to an Oregon City middle school teacher, that philosophy just doesn't work today."It's...

Guard team tests its ability to save lives after disaster in Florida
March 4, 2009 — CAMP BLANDING JOINT TRAINING CENTER, Fla. - Nearly 200 members of the Florida National Guard recently participated in a unique exercise and evaluation in North Florida to test their ability to support...

Four states train for Kosovo mission
March 4, 2009 — HOHENFELS, Germany - Just three months after returning to the United States from a 15-month tour in Iraq with the 29th Infantry Division, Spc. Sean Evans of the California Army National Guard's 1st...

McKinley visits Guardmembers during CENTCOM trip
March 4, 2009 — BALAD AIR BASE, Iraq - The National Guard's first four-star general visited with citizen-Soldiers and -Airmen serving in Afghanistan, Iraq and Kuwait this week in dozens of formal briefings, town hall...

Renuart: Guard, NORTHCOM relationship so good it's boring
March 4, 2009 — BALTIMORE, Md. - The commander of U.S. Northern Command said he got one question repeatedly during recent rounds at the U.S. Capitol."Almost at every stop that I made, members of Congress asked me,...

Alabama Guard deployments increase this year
March 3, 2009 — MONTGOMERY, Ala. - After a slow 2008, the Alabama Army National Guard will see a dramatic increase in the number of activated units during 2009.In 2008, two companies, three teams and a detachment...

Physical fitness earns 59-year-old sergeant silver in athletic competition
March 3, 2009 — CAMP BLANDING JOINT TRAINING CENTER - Some sergeants who promote physical fitness may just "talk the talk."Others - like Staff Sgt. Peter Golden - walk, run, swim, jump, throw and sprint their way to...

113th Wing Recognized for Air Defense, Combat Performance

Washington Guard Concludes Extended Wildfire Response

Hawaii Guard Sustains Recovery Efforts, Mobilizes for Hurricane Lowell

New York Guardsmen Earn Danish Military March Ribbon

Kentucky Guard Builds Portable Air Base for Patriot 26