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Leaders say Guardsmen want to remain 'operational'
March 25, 2010
U.S. Sen. Christopher "Kit" Bond talks with Air Force Lt. Gen. Harry M. Wyatt III, director of the Air National Guard, before a hearing of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense in Washington, D.C., March 24, 2010.

NORTHCOM, NORAD, Guard inextricably linked
March 25, 2010

South Carolina C-130 airlifts new dogs for local polic
March 24, 2010
Master Sgt. John Jones and Master Sgt. Bo Heustess, both of the 169th
Fighter Wing at McEntire Joint National Guard Base, secure Kkaplan and
Sisko, two bomb and drug detection dogs from Lackland Air Force Base in
Texas for the flight to South Carolina March 18, 2010.

Colorado Guardsmen conduct medical mission in Hawaii
March 24, 2010
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Harry Mitchell (left), a medical technician with 140th Wing Medical Group of the Colorado Air National Guard, reads a data sheet to the group about the Hawaiian population during a cultural familiarization briefing at the Kahuku Medical Center in Kahuku, Hawaii, March 14, 2010. Mitchell and more than 60 of his fellow Colorado Air Guardsman are on the island of Oahu providing services to the medically under-served within the state of Hawaii

Gates, Mullen extend military support to Mexico
March 24, 2010
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, greet Mexico's Secretary of the Navy Adm. Mariano Francisco Saynez during a visit in Mexico City, March 23, 2010

Pentagon changes 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' enforcement
March 24, 2010
U.S. Sen. Christopher "Kit" Bond talks with Air Force Lt. Gen. Harry M. Wyatt III, director of the Air National Guard, before a hearing of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense in Washington, D.C., March 24, 2010.

Connecticut Air Guard breaks ground on $8.3 million project
March 24, 2010
Connecticut Gov. M. Jodi Rell falls in with the troops of the 103rd Maintenance Squadron's Centralized Intermediate Repair Facility for a photo opportunity after throwing the first shovelful of dirt during a groundbreaking ceremony March 6, 2010. The new facility will boost work and training space to roughly 30,000 square feet and will house about 80 technicians, who will work on the engines for Air National Guard and active-duty A-10s.

DoD relooks at plans for Guard response capabilities
March 24, 2010
Christine Wormuth, principal deputy assistant secretary of defense for homeland defense and Americas' security affairs, addresses attendees of the National Guard Bureau's Domestic Operations Workshop held in the Washington, D.C., area, Tuesday, March 23, 2010. Wormuth spoke on changes to the structure of CBRNE response forces and the Guard's role in the new organization of forces.

Official details new recuperation leave policy
March 23, 2010

New York Aviator ends career that spans 43 years and two wars
March 23, 2010
Chief Warrant Officer Herbert Dargue, an Army pilot since 1967, will fly his last flight with the New York Army National Guard on March 26, 2010. Dargue, who has more than 21,000 hours flight time in military and civilian helicopters, will be honored by his unit. Dargue is an expert at flying in New York City's congested airspace.

Alaska Guardsmen train for search and rescue with troopers
March 23, 2010
An Alaska Army National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk sits on Alaska's frozen tundra, while Troopers and an Alaska Army National Guard crew chief departs the helicopter to simulate a rescue of an injured snowmachiner March 13, 2010.

Air Guard recruiters reach lifetime achievements
March 23, 2010

McKinley visits Guardsmen at Fargo flood sites
March 23, 2010
Gen. Craig R. McKinley, chief of the National Guard Bureau, shakes hands
with Staff Sgt. Adam Kapaun of the North Dakota Air National Guard's 119th Wing while walking dike patrol near the Oak Grove Lutheran School on March 22, 2010. McKinley spent the day in Fargo, N.D., visiting the Guardsmen currently on flood duty in the state.

U.S. KFOR commander touts progress built on relationships
March 23, 2010
Brig. Gen. Al Dohrmann, commander of Multi-National
Battle Group-East, addresses members of the local media in Gjilan/Gnjilane,
Kosovo, during a recent press coffee event. This was the general's fifth
press coffee since arriving in Kosovo in November 2009. The press coffees
are designed to be relatively informal discussions about issues facing the
citizens in Battle Group-East's area of responsibility.

Military gears up for 2010 Census
March 23, 2010

Military gears up for 2010 Census
March 23, 2010

McKinley: National Guard must take domestic operations to new level
March 23, 2010
Air Force Gen. Craig McKinley, the chief of the National Guard Bureau, stresses domestic readiness, squeezing the most from resources and operating jointly at the National Guard's domestic operations conference at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in National Harbor, Md., on March 22, 2010.

Connecticut Guardsmen reflect on recovery mission at Hotel Montana
March 23, 2010

Ambassador recognizes U.S., Polish troops deploying to Afghanistan
March 23, 2010

North Dakota evacuation team helps elderly woman from home
March 23, 2010
Harwood Evacuation 478: Cass County Sherriff's Department Chief Deputy Jim Thoreson helps Mili Sherman up a ladder and into a North Dakota National Guard quick response force (QRF) truck in rural Cass County March 22, 2010. Thorson and the QRF team helped Sherman to temporarily vacate her home, because the rising over-land flood water covered her access road has made it dangerous to drive in and out of her roadway.