Guard News - The National Guard - Year 2010

Chief: Oregon partnership with Bangladesh 'vitally important'
March 15, 2010 — PORTLAND, Ore. - The partnership between the Oregon National Guard and Bangladesh is an opportunity to develop a relationship that will benefit both entities in the long run, the chief of the National...

North Dakota Guard mobilizes for flood duty today
March 15, 2010 — FARGO, N.D., - The North Dakota National Guard will beginmobilizing Soldiers and Airman to begin flood operations for Region 4 todayand tomorrow.Region 4 consists of the following counties in...

Air Guard engineers help Haitians return to homes
March 15, 2010 — PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - The U.S. military response to the January earthquake in Haiti was almost immediate.Within hours, equipment, supplies and personnel began to arrive in Haiti to assist those...

Army celebrates delivery of 100th Lakota
March 15, 2010 — COLUMBUS, Miss., - The 100th delivery of the UH-72A Lakota light utility helicopter was celebrated at a rollout ceremony here at the American Eurocopter facility March 11.The delivery marks another...

Army Guard strives to improve medical readiness
March 15, 2010 — FALLS CHURCH, Va., - The percentage of Army Guardsmen who are medically deployable is below the 75 percent goal set by the Defense Department, and the Army Guard's Office of the Surgeon General is...

Oregon Guardsmen provide force protection at entry control points
March 15, 2010 — VICTORY BASE COMPLEX, Iraq - The Soldiers of A Troop, 1st Squadron, 82nd Cavalry Regiment, 41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team of the Oregon National Guard are keeping this base safe by manning its...

Army, Air Guard directors visit North Dakota
March 12, 2010 — FARGO, N.D., - The directors of the Army and Air National Guardwere here today visiting with nearly 500 North Dakota Guard members, who aregathered for the Professional Development Workshop and...

First Sergeant Academy curriculum, organization mirrors total force
March 12, 2010 — MAXWELL AIR FORCE BASE, Ala. - The life of an Air Force firstsergeant is truly a tale of two experiences. There exists the joy of watchingAirmen receive well-deserved promotions and recognition, and...

Gates: 'Bait-and-switch' pulled on reserve components?
March 12, 2010 — A U.S. MILITARY BASE IN SOUTHWEST ASIA - The recently releasedrequest for proposals for the Air Force's next-generation tanker aircraft wasfair, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said here March 11,...

Alaska Army Guard partners with Coast Guard to save hiker
March 12, 2010 — CAMP DENALI, Alaska - The Alaska Army National Guard and CoastGuard teamed up March 10 to help rescue a 28-year-old hiker stranded withoutfood for days on Meade Glacier near Haines, Alaska.The 11th...

Renuart: Guard vital to U.S. Northern Command mission
March 12, 2010 — ARLINGTON, Va., - The National Guard is critical to U.S. NorthernCommand's mission, the combatant commander told a congressional committee onThursday."National Guard and Reserve forces are critical to...

Tavares reflects on golden Olympic memories
March 12, 2010 — WHISTLER, British Columbia - U.S. Army World Class Athlete Programbobsled coach Sgt. Bill Tavares was the man behind Team USA's athletes asthey blasted off the starting block throughout the 2010...

Employment program to resume for enrolled spouses
March 11, 2010 — WASHINGTON - The Military Spouse Career Advancement Accounts program, commonly known as MyCAA, will resume March 13 for the more than 136,000 spouses who already have established an account, the...

Sharing medical ideas during Botswana workshop
March 11, 2010 — GABORONE, Botswana - Lt. Col. Rick Vatt, an officer from the North Carolina Air National Guard and U.S. Army Africa's Maj. Terry Clark and Sgt. 1st Class Roddy Rieger spent the last week of January...

Guardsman earns bronze star with 'V' device
March 11, 2010 — WASHINGTON - A Soldier being treated at Walter Reed for wounds sustained in Afghanistan received the Bronze Star Medal with "V" Device during a ceremony here in Doss Memorial Hall Feb. 26.Spc...

Chief visits Washington Guard facilities
March 11, 2010 — CAMP MURRAY, Wash., - The Washington National Guard welcomed Gen.Craig R. McKinley, the chief of the National Guard Bureau here on Wednesday.During his visit, McKinley was briefed by several key...

Colorado Army Guard provides disaster relief to quake-ridden country
March 11, 2010 — CENTENNIAL, Colo., - The task of rapidly transporting small groups of people to remote places of the world is no problem at all for one particular Colorado Army National Guard unit.The COARNG's...

National Guard announces media contest winners
March 11, 2010 — ARLINGTON, Va., - Judges waded through a record-setting number of entries in the National Guard's annual media contest this year, which included more than 700 print stories and about 140 broadcast...

Employment program to resume for enrolled spouses
March 11, 2010 — WASHINGTON, - The Military Spouse Career Advancement Accounts program, commonly known as MyCAA, will resume March 13 for the more than 136,000 spouses who already have established an account, the...

Georgia Guardsmen on the Pakistan border
March 11, 2010 — DAND PATAN, Afghanistan - Combat Outpost Dand Patan clings to the side of a hill about 200 yards from the Pakistan Border."You can throw a rock and hit Pakistan," said 1st Lt. Timothy Moran, executive...

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