Guard News - The National Guard - Year 2010

U.S. Navy builds new Guam readiness center
March 11, 2010 — SANTA RITA, Guam, - Naval Facilities Engineering Command Marianas awarded a $18.4 million firm-fixed-price contract March 10 to dck pacific guam LLC of Barrigada Guam for the design and construction...

Indiana firefighter protects base, Airmen
March 11, 2010 — SOUTHWEST ASIA - With the alarm sounding and 60 seconds on the clock, Senior Airman Joshua Wolff must be fully geared and heading to the truck to leave the station.As a crash and fire rescue...

Airman joins President in Rose Garden ceremony
March 11, 2010 — WASHINGTON, - President Barack Obama recognized nine military members along with other federal, state and nongovernment relief workers here today for their service to earthquake-ravaged Haiti."Today I...

Texas trains with Czech public affairs officers
March 11, 2010 — AUSTIN, Texas - Scientist and inventor Alexander Graham Bell once said, "Great discoveries and improvements invariably involve the cooperation of many minds."For the military public affairs...

Utah Airmen among first military responders to Chilean earthquake
March 11, 2010 — ARLINGTON, Va., - First they feared for their own lives, then Utah Air National Guardmembers helped others as a training mission in Chile took a no-notice turn to humanitarian relief.Air Force Lt...

Support helps children cope with deployments
March 10, 2010 — WASHINGTON - Children with a strong nondeployed parent or caregiver and a solid support system have a better ability to cope with deployments, two recent studies have shown.Anita Chandra, a behavioral...

National Guard program boosts Africa Command, Ward sa
March 10, 2010 — ARLINGTON, Va. - The National Guard's State Partnership Program is a superb tool for Africa Command, the combatant commander told a congressional committee on Tuesday."The benefits … are many and...

Georgia CBRNE unit participates in Florida exercise
March 10, 2010 — NAVAL AIR STATION JACKSONVILLE, Fla., - More than 200 Soldiers and Airmen of Kennesaw's Joint Task Force 781 (JTF), their Florida Guard counterparts and the naval hospital and Navy Region Southeast...

Alaska Guardsmen conquer 2010 Iron Dog trail class
March 10, 2010 — CAMP DENALI, Alaska - Two Alaska Army National Guardsmen finished as one of the top three teams in the 2010 Alaska National Guard Iron Dog, the world's longest and toughest snowmobile race Feb...

McKinley welcomes new citizens, including Guardsman
March 10, 2010 — ARLINGTON, Va., - The chief of the National Guard Bureau congratulated 54 newly naturalized U.S. citizens, including a member of the Georgia Army National Guard, during a ceremony hosted by the U.S...

Oregon hosts Bangladesh military leaders
March 10, 2010 — SALEM, Ore., - The Oregon National Guard will host senior members of the Bangladeshi military during a State Partnership Program workshop in Portland, Ore., this week.The workshop is designed to...

Air Guard enhances recruiting Web site
March 10, 2010 — ARLINGTON, Va., - Considering today's explosive popularity of social media and online research it may come as no surprise that military recruiting Web sites are rushing to keep up with new...

Support helps children cope with deployments
March 10, 2010 — WASHINGTON, - Children with a strong nondeployed parent or caregiver and a solid support system have a better ability to cope with deployments, two recent studies have shown.Anita Chandra, a...

North Dakota sweeps Guard biathlon championships
March 9, 2010 — CAMP RIPLEY, Minn. - For years, the big names in National Guard biathlon were Vermont and Minnesota. After sweeping all four races at this year's championships, North Dakota is emerging as an...

Utah Air Guard mission in Chile changes from training to humanitarian
March 9, 2010 — SALT LAKE CITY, Utah - Four members of the Utah Air NationalGuard's 151st Air Refueling Wing based here had a rude awakening Feb. 27 whenthe 15th floor of their hotel in Santiago, Chile, started to...

Delaware partners tour Super Bowl security operations
March 9, 2010 — PORT EVERGLADES, Fla., - As part of the National Guard's State Partnership Program (SPP), the Delaware National Guard and its partners from Trinidad & Tobago had the unique opportunity to exchange...

Guardsmen gain valuable experience at All-Army Championships
March 9, 2010 — FORT BENNING, Ga., - Guardsmen from 11 different states, together with over 200 Army active duty, reserve and cadet components, competed in the annual All-Army Small Arms Championships here from Feb...

New York ANG says goodbye to Syracuse F-16s
March 9, 2010 — SYRACUSE, N.Y. - The last two F-16s operated by the New York AirNational Guard's 174th Fighter Wing were sent off by about 2,000 Airmen,family members and friends here March 6, marking the wing's...

Rhode Island MPs keep Gitmo safe
March 9, 2010 — GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba,- Keeping service members safe within Joint Task Force Guantanamo is everyone's responsibility.But for Soldiers with the 115th Military Police Company's external security, it's...

Washington welcomes home both Air and Army Guardsmen
March 9, 2010 — CAMP MURRAY, Wash., - Three units from the Washington National Guard were welcomed home by family and friends this week. The 141st Air Refueling Wing Security Forces Squadron from Fairchild Air Force...

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