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Kentucky ADT trains for upcoming Afghanistan deployment
June 2, 2010

Fort Indiantown Gap offers guided tours of rare butterfly habitat
June 2, 2010

Illinois Guardsmen get realistic training at Fort Irwin
June 2, 2010
Staff Sgt Amanda Morgan and Michael Thompson, both of the 1344th Transportation Company of the Illinois National Guard, participate in an urban warfare training exercise at Fort Irwin, Calif., during the unit's annual training in May. Morgan and Thompson evaluated a casualty and prepared to evacuate the wounded Soldier to a safe location.

Northcom chief cites Mexico partnership as top priority
June 2, 2010

South Carolina Guard secures PRT operations
June 2, 2010
Sgt. Allen Huey of the South Carolina Army National Guard provides security during a key leader engagement in Orgun District with help from a member of the Afghan National Army. Huey and his team, formerly field artillery specialists, are serving as the security force element for the Paktika Provincial Reconstruction Team in eastern Afghanistan. Huey is deployed from the B/1-178th Field Artillery Regiment. The Paktika PRT is a joint team that assists in the reconstruction of the province through governance, development and agricultural initiatives.

Museums offers free admission to all Guard members, families
June 1, 2010

Louisiana Guard recognizes sacrifices of family members
June 1, 2010
Danielle P. Trosclair shares family support information with Louisiana Army Guardsman 2nd Lt. Anthony B. Ray and his wife, Tonya. Trosclair, a support specialist with the Air National Guard Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Program, was one of many agency providers participating in the Louisiana National Guard's Office of Family Programs conference held in New Orleans May 21-23, 2010.

Commentary: Airman touched by memorial service in Iraq
June 1, 2010

Museums offers free admission to all Guard members, families
June 1, 2010

Louisiana Guardsmen continue oil spill operations over Memorial Day weekend
June 1, 2010
UH-60 Blackhawk helicopters belonging to the 1/244th Assault Helicopter Battalion, State Aviation Command of the Louisiana Army National Guard sling load several thousand pound sandbags to Trinity Island to fill in a low lying area critical to oil spill mitigation efforts along Louisiana’s shoreline in Hammond, La., May 27, 2010. Trinity Island is one of many barrier islands along the coast of Louisiana that are threatened by the oil spill.

Louisiana guardsmen fill gap at Trinity Island
June 1, 2010

Louisiana Guardsmen construct miles of Hesco barrier
June 1, 2010

Louisiana Guardsmen complete 2.5 miles of Hesco barrier wall
June 1, 2010
Soldiers of the Louisiana National Guard’s 527th and 769th Engineer Battalions complete wall of sand-filled Hesco Concertainer units in Port Fourchon, La., to help keep oil tainted water from reaching Bay Champagne near Port Fourchon, La., May 29, 2010.

123rd Airlift Wing: Excellent in first homeland defense inspection
June 1, 2010
Master Sgt. Michael Ludke, a Nuclear-Biological-Chemical Warfare cell chief from the 123rd Airlift Wing of the Kentucky National Guard, upchannels information during an evacuation of his building following a simulated attack at the Gulfport Combat Readiness Training Center in Gulfport, Miss., May 20, 2010. The 123rd and two other units were being evaluated for wartime readiness as part of an Air Mobility Command Operational Readiness Inspection. The ORI was unique in that it marked the first time inspectors evaluated a unit's performance in defense of the United States, using scenarios that played out on American soil rather than a simulated overseas environment.

Louisiana Guard turns in seven years of equipment from Iraq
June 1, 2010
Soldiers with 3rd Battalion, 156th Infantry Regiment, 256th Infantry Brigade Combat Team of the Louisiana National Guard check serial numbers of items prepared for turn-in. The 256th IBCT has been chosen to turn in more than 17,000 pieces of theater provided equipment as part of the upcoming responsible drawdown of troops and equipment in Iraq.

Guam Air Guardsmen show island pride during deployment
June 1, 2010
Nine deployed members of the 380th Expeditionary Force Support Squadron deployed from the Guam Air National Guard's 254th Force Support Squadron at Anderson Air Base, Guam, are serving up 30-mile wide smiles, the length of the island where they hail from, and sharing their island ways with the 1,900 Airmen, Soldiers and Sailors who are deployed to the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing in Southwest Asia.

Louisiana Guard begins Task Force Kout Men in Haiti
June 1, 2010
Col. Michael Borrel

Oklahoma civil engineer entertains troops
June 1, 2010
Air Force Staff Sgt. Israel Poire of the Oklahoma Air National Guard practices on his guitar at an air base in Southwest Asia May 28, 2010.

Southcom completes Haiti disaster response
June 1, 2010

Louisiana Guardsmen assist with loading boom
May 28, 2010
Sgt. Theron Corey and Sgt. Jaquia Jones, both of the Louisiana National
Guard's 1022nd Engineer Company, 527th Engineer Battalion, record the amount
of outgoing hard boom at Breton Sound Marina in Hopedale, La., on May 27,
2010, in support of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill cleanup efforts.
Incoming supplies include hard booms, soft booms, absorbent pads, pompoms
and peat moss.