Guard News - The National Guard - Year 2010

Patriot Academy holds second graduation ceremony
September 27, 2010 — BUTLERVILLE, Ind., - Tracie Collier could not make herself stop crying. Every time that the proud mother from Nicholasville, Ky., thought about her son, Pvt. Caleb Collier, receiving his high school...

DoD launches Absentee Voting Week
September 27, 2010 — WASHINGTON, - The Department of Defense today announced Absentee Voting Week, Sept. 27 to Oct. 4, to help servicemembers and civilians serving outside their home states make their votes count. With...

Grass nominated for deputy slot at Northcom
September 24, 2010 — WASHINGTON, - Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates announced today that the President has nominated Army Maj. Gen. Frank J. Grass for appointment to the grade of lieutenant general and assignment as...

Family advocates take cause to Capitol Hill
September 23, 2010 — WASHINGTON - Dozens of military family members took to the nation's capital today to educate lawmakers about their most pressing issues.Those issues were revealed in the Blue Star Families' 2010...

Family advocates take cause to Capitol Hill
September 23, 2010 — WASHINGTON, - Dozens of military family members took to the nation's capital today to educate lawmakers about their most pressing issues. Those issues were revealed in the Blue Star Families' 2010...

Indiana Guard retires howitzer with direct fire event
September 23, 2010 — CAMP ATTERBURY, Ind., - The Indiana National Guard's 2nd Battalion, 150th Field Artillery Regiment fired the final rounds using the M-198 155-millimeter towed howitzer here Sept. 18.The last round...

Kentucky Air Guard divers hold exchange with Ecuadorian military
September 23, 2010 — ALBANY, Ky. - Kentucky Air National Guardsmen hosted an underwater search and rescue exchange with Ecuadorian military members and their National Police here at Dale Hollow Lake Sept. 17. The event...

Missouri Guardsman earns second Army shooting award
September 23, 2010 — FORT LEONARD WOOD, Mo., - A Missouri National Guard member is the winner of two of the U.S. Army’s top awards for marksmanship, a feat rarely achieved during the last 100 years. After winning the Army...

NGB general visits California border troops
September 23, 2010 — SAN DIEGO, - To gain a broader picture of operations on the Southwest border, Army Maj. Gen. Peter M. Aylward, special assistant to the chief of the National Guard Bureau, visited all four border...

Oregon Guard brigade to deploy to Iraq
September 23, 2010 — ARLINGTON, Va., - About 600 Soldiers from the Oregon National Guard’s 3rd Battalion, 116th Cavalry, part of the 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team, said good-bye to family and friends during a farewell...

DOD supports military children in public schools
September 22, 2010 — WASHINGTON - Department of Defense Education Activity officials are sharing cutting-edge resources and training tools with public schools supporting military families, particularly those heavily...

Today’s Army stronger, more seamless, Carpenter says
September 22, 2010 — ARLINGTON, Va., - Because they have fought together, today’s Army is much strong than the Army that existed before Operation Iraqi Freedom, the acting director of the Army National Guard said in a...

New York Guardsmen train with new .50 caliber machine gun simulator
September 22, 2010 — SYRACUSE, N.Y., - New York Army National Guard Soldiers can now hone their M2 machine gun skills in the classroom before heading out for the range, thanks to a new training system called Individual...

Iowa ADT meets Kunar counterparts
September 22, 2010 — KUNAR PROVINCE, Afghanistan - The agricultural experts of the Iowa National Guard’s 734th Agri-Business Development Team met with Haji Mohasal Kahn, Kunar Province Director of Agriculture,...

Minnesota, Croatian troops assist in Afghan election
September 22, 2010 — CAMP MIKE SPANN, Afghanistan - In the early hours of the morning, while the majority of Camp Mike Spann troops lay asleep in their tents, members of the Minnesota National Guard and Croatian...

Inside the California Guard's border security mission
September 22, 2010 — SAN DIEGO - In the month since becoming fully operational on the U.S.-Mexico border, the California National Guard members assigned to Joint Task Force Sierra have launched a three-pronged attack to...

Guard, Afghan Soldiers deliver supplies to orphanage
September 22, 2010 — CAMP PHOENIX, Afghanistan, - “Healing hearts and minds” of the Afghan people is the motto of the Operation Outreach-Afghanistan (OOA) program achieved once again by U.S. Soldiers here, in partnership...

Patriot Academy Soldiers experience burdens of bomb squad
September 22, 2010 — BUTLERVILLE, Ind., - On Sept. 3, the bomb squad and several state police cruisers rolled up to the main academic building and carried large totes into the gym. Students were called over the loud...

Senegal president praises Guard partnerships
September 22, 2010 — BURLINGTON, Vt., - The National Guard State Partnership Program is increasing understanding between African countries and the United States, the president of Senegal said here Sept. 19.“Each country...

Arkansas Guard hosts earthquake response workshop
September 21, 2010 — CAMP JOSEPH T. ROBINSON, Ark., - The New Madrid Seismic Zone wasthe subject of a three-day conference here at which movers and shakers fromall over the country, and Central and South America, met...

New York Guardsmen Earn Danish Military March Ribbon

Kentucky Guard Builds Portable Air Base for Patriot 26

Three Components, One Army: LaNeve Stresses Guard’s Role in Army’s New Priorities

Pennsylvania Guardsmen Demonstrate Drone Innovation Project

Nordhaus, Raines Outline a National Guard Focused on the Future