Guard News - The National Guard - Year 2010

Collaboration saved Minnesota fighter wing, McKinley says
October 22, 2010 — DULUTH, Minn., - Collaboration between this city and the Minnesota Air National Guard saved the 148th Fighter Wing from closure and will help it grow in the future, the chief of the National Guard...

New York LC-130 leaves Hickam for Operation Deep Freeze
October 22, 2010 — JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii, - A New York Air National Guard LC-130 Hercules, equipped with retractable ski-wheels, departed here Oct. 18 to support the U.S. Antarctic Program and the...

Nevada Guard prepares Canadian aviators for deployment
October 22, 2010 — RENO, Nev., - Soldiers from the Nevada Army National Guard's 1st Battalion, 189th Aviation Regiment trained here this week with pilots and air crews from the Canadian air force to prepare them for an...

Illinois Guard, Polish soldiers train for Afghanistan deployment
October 22, 2010 — MARSEILLES, Ill., - A specialized team made up of Soldiers from the Illinois Army National Guard and Polish Land Forces hosted a media day during pre-mobilization training here at the Marseilles...

United Arab Emirates wraps up F-16 training in Arizona
October 22, 2010 — TUCSON, Ariz., - After roughly a decade of F-16 flight andmaintenance training with Arizona Air Guardsmen, personnel from the UnitedArab Emirates Air Force and Air Defense and the 162nd Fighter...

Program links Guardsmen, families to jobs
October 21, 2010 — WASHINGTON - A program that links reserve and National Guard members, their families and veterans with civilian employers has reached a milestone, with more than 1,000 employers now signed on to hire...

Air Guardsman leads support efforts in Antarctic
October 21, 2010 — WASHINGTON, - Air Force Lt. Col. Ed “Hertz” Vaughan is deployed to McMurdo Station, Antarctica for 50 days as commander of the Joint Task Force–Support Forces Antarctica (JTF-SFA) detachment,...

Final competition to determine the Army’s ‘Best Warriors’
October 21, 2010 — FORT LEE, Va., - Two Army National Guardsmen are among the 24 best non-commissioned officers and Soldiers participating in the Army’s Best Warrior Competition here this week.Staff Sgt. Adam Little of...

Georgia recruits, recruiters clean-up two sites
October 21, 2010 — MACON, Ga., - The Army returned to Fort “Benjamin” Hawkins today as 25 recruits and five recruiters from the Georgia Army Guard Recruit Sustainment Program’s (RSP) Detachment 2 helped clear away...

45th BCT receives new spy in the sky
October 21, 2010 — FORT SILL, Okla., - Members of the 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (IBCT) successfully launched and recovered an Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) at the Henry Post Army Airfield on Oct. 19.The RQ-7 UAS,...

Air Force migrates information, services to new total-force website
October 21, 2010 — RANDOLPH AIR FORCE BASE, Texas - Air Force personnel specialists are in the process of migrating personnel information and services to the new Air Force Personnel Services website.The transfer aims to...

Officials tout post-9/11 GI Bill benefits
October 20, 2010 — WASHINGTON - With more than 260,000 students attending about 6,000 colleges and universities this fall under the Post-9/11 GI Bill, officials are continuing an active outreach effort to ensure current...

Wounded warriors to heal mind, body closer to home
October 20, 2010 — ROCK ISLAND, ILL. - Officials from six National Guard states in the Midwest region including the Illinois Army National Guard, sent command representatives here to the Rock Island Arsenal Garrison...

Alaska Guard assists Fish and Game to clean-up Goose Bay
October 20, 2010 — CAMP DENALI, Alaska, - About 25 Alaska National Guard members and 35 recruits from the Alaska Army National Guard's Recruit Sustainment Program partnered with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game to...

Former Guardsman rescues historic Apache
October 20, 2010 — TUMWATER, Wash., - Sitting amid storage sheds and greenhouses near Olympia, the old cobra looks exactly the same as the 12 other attack helicopters that surround it.Literally moments from the chopping...

Arizona Air Guard hosts annual WEPTAC conference
October 20, 2010 — TUCSON, Ariz., - The Air National Guard Air Force Reserve Command Test Center (AATC) hosts the annual Weapons and Tactics Conference (WEPTAC) here this week. The conference theme this year is "Legacy...

DOD chosen to manage breast cancer research
October 20, 2010 — WASHINGTON, - Taxpayers with a stake in breast cancer research chose the Army to manage federal funds that are awarded to some of the best breast cancer researchers in the world. Every year since...

Officials tout post-9/11 GI Bill benefits
October 20, 2010 — WASHINGTON, - With more than 260,000 students attending about 6,000 colleges and universities this fall under the Post-9/11 GI Bill, officials are continuing an active outreach effort to ensure...

Jordan, U.S. conduct exercise in Southwest Asia
October 20, 2010 — JORDAN - Falcon Air Meet 2010 officially kicked off Oct. 19 at Azraq Royal Jordanian Air Base in the country of Jordan. The two-week exercise brings servicemembers from various countries together to...

U.S. veterinary leaders push Agriculture Ministry primacy
October 20, 2010 — KABUL, Afghanistan, - Key leaders of the U.S. veterinary effort in Afghanistan met one-on-one in Kabul with Army Maj. Loren Adams, the veterinary officer for the Iowa National Guard's 734th...

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