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Army celebrates delivery of 100th Lakota
March 15, 2010

'Civilian surge' comes to life at Camp Atterbury
March 15, 2010
Army Staff Sgt. Ken Fodrie of the Indiana National Guard teaches an emergency-aid class to Defense Department civilians at the Camp Atterbury Joint Maneuver Training Center in central Indiana, March 3, 2010. The class is part of a five-day course designed to mobilize the civilians to deploy to Iraq.

Care plan to include parents with custody
March 15, 2010

Care plan to include parents with custody
March 15, 2010

Oregon Guardsmen provide force protection at entry control points
March 15, 2010
Sgt. Mark Benson, a force protection noncommissioned officer at entry control point 13 with A Troop, 1st Squadron, 82nd Cavalry Regiment, 41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team of the Oregon National Guard scans the eyes of a local national before allowing him to enter Victory Base Complex, Iraq, March 8, 2010.

Chief: Oregon partnership with Bangladesh 'vitally important'
March 15, 2010
Lt. Col. Lance Englet, commander of the 102 Civil Support Team of the Oregon National Guard, left, briefs Bangladeshi Maj. Gen. Abdul Wadud, principle staff officer for the Armed Forces Division of Bangladesh, on the capabilities and mission of his unit, outside the Anderson Readiness Center, in Salem, Ore., March 7, 2010 as Maj. Gen. Raymond F. Rees, the adjutant general of the Oregon Guard, right, looks on. Members of the Bangladeshi military visited the Anderson Readiness Center and the Oregon Military Department prior to the kick off of the State Partnership Program, March 8-10, held in Portland, Ore.

First Sergeant Academy curriculum, organization mirrors total force
March 12, 2010

Air Guardsman escorts WASP during medal ceremony
March 12, 2010
Retired Brig. Gen. Linda McTague, the first female wing commander in the Air National Guard, speaks during a wreath-laying ceremony at the Air Force Memorial in Arlington, Va., on March 9, 2010.

Tavares reflects on golden Olympic memories
March 12, 2010
U.S. Army World Class Athlete Program bobsled coach Sgt. Bill Tavares (right) and Army National Guard Outstanding Athlete Program Sgt. Mike Kohn of Virginia peruse a timing chart between runs at Park City, Utah.

Gates: 'Bait-and-switch' pulled on reserve components?
March 12, 2010
Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates speaks to members of 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment at a forward operating base in Afghanistan, March 9, 2010.

Alaska Army Guard partners with Coast Guard to save hiker
March 12, 2010
An Alaska Army National Guard UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter sits on Meade
Glacier while Juneau and Douglas mountain rescue teams aid a hiker stranded since March 7, 2010. Army Guard and Coast Guard crews were finally able to reach the hikers location after four unsuccessful Coast Guard attempts due to dense fog and various weather conditions. Alaska State Troopers estimated the area he was stranded in has received 12 feet of snow since Feb. 20.

Army, Air Guard directors visit North Dakota
March 12, 2010
Lt. Gen. Harry M. Wyatt III, the director of the Air National Guard, left, shakes hands with Senior Master Sgt. Eric Johnson of the 119th Wing of the North Dakota Air National Guard. Wyatt and Army Maj. Gen. Ray Carpenter, the acting director of the Army National Guard, visited with nearly 500 North Dakota Guard members, who were gathered for the Professional Development Workshop and Combined Associations Conference in Fargo, N.D., March 12, 2010. Col. Kent Olson, also of the 119th Wing, is in the middle.

Renuart: Guard vital to U.S. Northern Command mission
March 12, 2010
The National Guard is critical to U.S. Northern Command's mission, Air Force Gen. Victor E. Renuart Jr., the combatant commander told the Senate Armed Services Committee in Washington, D.C., March 11, 2010. Renuart is photographed here at the National Guard's 2009 Joint Senior Leadership
Conference in National Harbor, Md., on Nov. 20, 2009.

Utah Airmen among first military responders to Chilean earthquake
March 11, 2010

National Guard announces media contest winners
March 11, 2010
National Guard Bureau Seal

Airman joins President in Rose Garden ceremony
March 11, 2010

Georgia Guardsmen on the Pakistan border
March 11, 2010
U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Teddy Gribbins retrieves the mail from a helicopter at Combat Outpost Dand Patan, Afghanistan, Feb. 18, 2010.

Sharing medical ideas during Botswana workshop
March 11, 2010

Guardsman earns bronze star with 'V' device
March 11, 2010
Spc. Christopher M. "Kit" Lowe receives the Bronze Star Medal with "V" Device during a ceremony in Doss Memorial Hall at Walter Reed Feb. 26, 2010. Lowe is recovering at Walter Reed from wounds he received as a result of actions he took during the combat operations in Afghanistan.

Indiana firefighter protects base, Airmen
March 11, 2010
U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Joshua Wolff, a Monroeville, Ind., native, assigned to the 122nd Fighter Wing, Indiana National Guard, is currently deployed with the 386th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron fire department at an air base in Southwest Asia.