Guard News - The National Guard - Feb 2010

Georgia brigade begins redeployment from Afghanistan
February 24, 2010 — HUNTER ARMY AIRFIELD, Savannah, Ga., - Stepping off a chartered airliner early this morning, more than 100 members of Springfield's Battery A, 1st Battalion, 118th Field Artillery, began the last leg...

Mechanical issue slows Guard-car to finish 32nd
February 24, 2010 — FONTANA, Calif. - A mechanical issue in the left-rear of the No. 88 resulted in a 32nd-place finish here Sunday for Dale Earnhardt Jr. and the Guard-car team.Looking at the guys around the top 10, we...

Airmen rediscover RED HORSE legacy in Haiti
February 24, 2010 — PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - Air Force engineers from the Kansas Air National Guard conducting a routine survey of the field adjacent to the airport in Port-au-Prince discovered a group of Airmen had been...

South Dakota engineer platoon provides route security
February 24, 2010 — PAKTIKA PROVINCE, Afghanistan - When your primary mission as an engineer platoon is clearing routes of improvised explosive devices - the number one threat to U.S. and NATO forces here - you might not...

Youth ChalleNGe program nears 100,000 graduates
February 24, 2010 — WASHINGTON - With increasing government and private support, a National Guard program that helps high school dropouts transform their lives is closing in on its 100,000th graduate."The National Guard...

Arkansas Guard alerts Soldiers of data loss
February 24, 2010 — CAMP JOSEPH T. ROBINSON, Ark., - An unsecure hard drive containing personally identifiable information on a currently unknown number of current and former Arkansas National Guard Soldiers was reported...

New York families prepare for homecoming
February 23, 2010 — LATHAM, N.Y. - Families of the New York Army National Guard's 206th Military Police Company marked the mid-point of their Soldiers' deployment to Iraq Feb. 20 with a meeting designed to help them...

Biden: 'This ain't your father's National Guard'
February 23, 2010 — WASHINGTON - The National Guard has made a "gigantic contribution" in a seamless Total Force since 2001, the vice president told Guard leaders Monday."This ain't your father's National Guard," Joe...

North Dakota Guard prepares for possible spring flood
February 23, 2010 — BISMARCK, N.D., - The North Dakota National Guard recently spent three days responding to a simulated flood.It's a comprehensive training exercise for a scenario that could potentially become a...

Alaska Air Guardsmen train Guam maintainers on KC-135
February 23, 2010 — EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska - Alaska Air National Guardsmen from the 168th Air Refueling Wing flew to Andersen Air Base in Guam Feb. 14 to train Guardsmen there on KC-135 aircraft maintenance...

New York families prepare for homecoming
February 23, 2010 — LATHAM, N.Y., - Families of the New York Army National Guard's 206th Military Police Company marked the mid-point of their Soldiers' deployment to Iraq Feb. 20 with a meeting designed to help them...

Pennsylvania Airman chosen for Tops in Blue
February 23, 2010 — PITTSBURGH, - When asked during the panel interview for Tops in Blue, how she would handle a diva, Airman First Class Lisa Weiss answered: "Flatter the diva.""Doesn't that get old?" they asked."For...

Rohbock wants 'four great runs' in bobsled
February 23, 2010 — ARLINGTON, Va., - Sgt. Shauna Rohbock is not ready for what she isabout to experience in the women's bobsledding event tonight and tomorrow atthe Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, British Columbia,...

West Virginia Guard still helping snowbound communities
February 23, 2010 — MARTINSBURG, W.V., - More than a week after the last of twoback-to-black blizzards pounded the Eastern Panhandle, the West VirginiaNational Guard is still assisting hard hit communities.Stay Behind...

Task force vows sharper focus on Soldier suicides
February 23, 2010 — WASHINGTON, - The number of suspected soldier suicides increased for the first month of this year, and the Army's head of suicide prevention vowed today to sharpen the focus on combating the...

Teela finishes 29th in 15K, prepares for final event
February 23, 2010 — WHISTLER, British Columbia, - Biathlete Sgt. Jeremy Teela of the Vermont National Guard battled illness to finish 29th in the Olympic men's 15-kilometer mass start Feb. 21 at Whistler Olympic Park...

VFW provides airline tickets to Haiti
February 23, 2010 — Kansas City, Mo., - The Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) is providing U.S. service members — with relatives currently located in Haiti — with the funds necessary to purchase airline tickets to the...

Wyoming Airmen plan medical exercise with Tunisia
February 23, 2010 — RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany, - A group of Tunisian officers traveled here Jan. 20-25 to work with U.S. Air Forces Africa on preparations for an upcoming medical exercise focusing on potential response...

Every day is a snow day in Antarctica
February 22, 2010 — Staff Sgt. Michael Warn is an Electrical/Environmental specialist on C/LC-130H aircraft and is stationed at the 109th Airlift Wing, Stratton Air National Guard Base, Scotia, New York. Sgt. Warn's...

Generals discuss Guard, Reserve, on call Air Force
February 22, 2010 — ORLANDO, Fla., - Two Air Force generals explained the importance of the Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard to the on-call Air Force during the Air Force Association's Air Warfare Symposium and...

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