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Association pledges support for Guard and reserve
March 22, 2010

Gates, Mullen to join U.S. delegation to Mexico
March 22, 2010

North Dakota QRF saves house near Kindred
March 22, 2010

Trailblazing National Guard attorney retires
March 22, 2010
Joseph Monachino retired March 12, 2010, in a ceremony at the Army National Guard Readiness Center, Arlington Hall, Arlington, Va., after more than 35 years of service as an attorney for the National Guard Bureau. Monachino's numerous accomplishments included writing thousands of legal opinions for dozens of offices in support of the chief of the National Guard Bureau, the directors of the Army and Air National Guards, and the adjutants general on behalf of the Bureau's chief counsel. He also played an instrumental role in establishing the National Guard Youth ChalleNGe Program, which gives at-risk youth a second chance at a better life and is now nearing its 100,000th graduate.

Patriot Academy student-soldiers earn diplomas
March 22, 2010
Private 1st Class Scott Wayne proudly holds his newly earned high school diploma while posing for photos with his family members at the Patriot Academy's first graduation ceremony at the Muscatatuck Urban Training Center in Butlerville, Ind., March 18, 2010. The Army National Guard's Patriot Academy is the U.S. military's first accredited high school.

Deployed North Dakota spouse shares in promotion during flood
March 22, 2010

Tricare meets health care bill's standards, Gates says
March 22, 2010
Official TRICARE logo.

JOSAC recognizes three Guard flying units
March 19, 2010
Lt. Col. Rick Omang, commander of the 178th Airlift Squadron of the North
Dakota Air National Guard, performs a preflight inspection before conducting combat operations while deployed in Southwest Asia July 26, 2009.

Guard quick response force helps in Lidgerwood
March 19, 2010
Staff Sgt. Benji Boll directs a quick response force dump truck into place so that it can unload dike building material in Lidgerwood, N.D., March 18, 2010. The North Dakota Army National Guard truck is being driven by Sgt. Tracy K. Muller. The QRF personnel and equipment from the 188th Engineer Company in Wahpeton, N.D., quickly responded to the emergency request for help in Lidgerwood.

National Guard must maintain readiness, McKinley tells panel
March 19, 2010

NASCAR honors Air Guard at Bristol this weekend
March 19, 2010
The new Number 26 Air National Guard car takes some practice laps at the Bristol Motor Speedway in preparation for the Food City 500 in Bristol, Tenn., this weekend. The car will be driven by David Stremme.

'Extreme Home' for Mississippi Guardsman airs March 21
March 18, 2010
Staff Sgt. Sherman Heathcock of the Mississippi National Guard and his family were recently selected as the recipients of the new house from the ABC television show, "Extreme Makeover - Home Edition." The house was built Dec. 3-10. Heathcock is currently deployed to Iraq with the 155th Brigade Combat Team which is scheduled to return home in February.

Guardsmen volunteer to help a deployed Soldier's family
March 18, 2010
Konny Zins stands in the backyard of her home March 17, 2010 as North Dakota Army National Guard members rally to her aid by building a sandbag flood barrier to hold back the rising water of the Sheyenne River. Her husband, Sgt. Darin Zins, is a North Dakota Army National Guard member, who is currently deployed to Kosovo as part of the NATO peacekeeping forces in Kosovo Force 12.

Stavridis discusses 'smart power' with Florida Guardsmen, students
March 18, 2010

Guard completes munitions site inventory
March 18, 2010

Illinois Guard helps prepare Polish army for Afghanistan
March 18, 2010

Guard completes munitions site inventory
March 18, 2010

Fighting 69th welcomes Irish army battalion for St. Patrick's Day
March 18, 2010
Members of the Irish Army's 58th Infantry Battalion render honors as Soldiers of the New York Army National Guard's 1st Battalion, 69th Infantry Regiment pass outside Saint Patrick's Cathedral during the annual march up Fifth Avenue in the world's largest St. Patrick's Day Parade in New York City on March 17. 2010.

Senators: National Guard integral to national security
March 18, 2010

Herschel Walker shares a personal challenge with Guardmembers
March 18, 2010
Herschel Walker signs autographs at the Army National Guard Readiness Center in Virginia March 18 after speaking about how to recognize and overcome mental health challenges.