Guard News - The National Guard - Year 2011

Young Afghan pros help Iowa ADT enhance agricultural efforts
March 24, 2011 — KUNAR PROVINCE, Afghanistan - The Iowa National Guard’s 734th Agribusiness Development Team began an internship program for young Afghan agricultural professionals here as the year began.Now, members...

Hard fought 11th place finish puts Dale Jr. in nine place position for points race
March 24, 2011 — Dale Earnhardt Jr. and the No. 88 National Guard team notched a hard-fought 11th-place finish in Sunday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series event at Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway.For the third straight race...

Iowa National Guard leadership visits Red Bulls downrange
March 24, 2011 — LAGHMAN PROVINCE, Afghanistan - The Iowa National Guard’s senior leadership visited their soldiers at Forward Operating Base Mehtar Lam March 22.Army Maj. Gen. Tim E. Orr, adjutant general, and Army...

McKinley: State Partnership Program National Guard crown jewel
March 24, 2011 — WASHINGTON - The National Guard’s State Partnership Program is the crown jewel of the Guard’s international engagement, the chief of the National Guard Bureau said Wednesday at the 2011 National...

Guardmember remembered as strong family man, great Soldier
March 24, 2011 — ARLINGTON, Va. - An Oregon National Guard Soldier serving on a Title 10 active duty tour at the National Guard Bureau was killed in a Monday afternoon car crash near Fort Belvoir, Va., while driving...

Website links unemployed vets, spouses to jobs
March 23, 2011 — WASHINGTON - Unemployed veterans, wounded warriors, Reserve component servicemembers and their spouses searching for jobs can find one-stop shopping at a Web portal designed just for them.Operated by...

Romanian Air Force officers visit Alabama Guard unit
March 23, 2011 — MONTGOMERY, AL - Five officers from the Romanian Air Force visited the Alabama National Guard's 187th Fighter Wing recently.Over their five-day visit, the Romanian officers received a broad overview...

Alaska Guardmembers deploy in support of Mongolian Expeditionary Forces
March 23, 2011 — CAMP DENALI, Alaska - Two Alaska Army National Guardmembers recently deployed as U.S. liaisons in support of Mongolian Expeditionary Forces in Afghanistan. Army Maj. Scott Monson, 297th Battlefield...

Nation’s busiest air sovereignty alert unit, D.C. Guard’s 113th Wing, earns award
March 23, 2011 — JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Md. - The District of Columbia National Guard's 113th Wing was recently awarded the First Air Force/Continental U.S. NORAD Region Meritorious Service Award for outstanding mission...

National Guard recognizes Border Patrol chief
March 23, 2011 — ARLINGTON, Va. - Since Aug. 1, 2010, the National Guard has had up to 1,200 Guardmembers deployed to the nation’s Southwest border in support of ongoing operations by the U.S. Customs and Border...

Now it’s 63: National Guard State Partnership Program pairs Iowa, Kosovo
March 23, 2011 — DES MOINES, Iowa - Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad; Air Force Brig. Gen. Greg Schwab, assistant adjutant general, Iowa Air National Guard; and the Ambassador of the Republic of Kosovo to the United States,...

Website links unemployed vets, spouses to jobs
March 23, 2011 — WASHINGTON - Unemployed veterans, wounded warriors, Reserve component servicemembers and their spouses searching for jobs can find one-stop shopping at a Web portal designed just for them.Operated by...

New York National Guard enlists second Olympic bobsledder
March 22, 2011 — LAKE PLACID, NY - A second Olympic bobsledder has joined the New York Army National Guard.Nicholas Cunningham, a member of the U.S. Olympic Bobsled Team in 2010, will take time away from training in...

Something worth fighting for
March 22, 2011 — JOINT BASE BALAD, Iraq - In Iraq, there is often the known and the unknown and sometimes the two merge and overlap so that even the clearest scene is marred, obscured like sand pushed over a road by a...

Guard posture statement focuses on maintaining operational force, quality of life
March 22, 2011 — ARLINGTON, Va. - An investment in the National Guard is a great value for America, and we must sustain America’s Guard as a ready, reliable and accessible operational force.These are some of the...

National Guard increases Japan relief operations
March 22, 2011 — ARLINGTON, Va. - The National Guard is increasing its personnel and equipment in support of Operation Tomodachi, the joint relief response after a 9.0 magnitude earthquake and resulting tsunami struck...

Kentucky Guard ADT witnesses formation of first Afghan soybean farmers association
March 22, 2011 — KAPISA PROVINCE, Afghanistan - The Afghan Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock, and Nutrition and Education International, held an inauguration ceremony for the Kapisa Soybean Farmers...

Air National Guard supports coalition operations over Libya
March 22, 2011 — ARLINGTON, Va. - The National Guard is contributing to Operation Odyssey Dawn with 11 air refueling wings supporting the international coalition enforcement of a United Nations authorized no-fly zone,...

Minnesota dominates National Guard Combatives Tournament
March 22, 2011 — FORT BENNING, Ga. - Minnesota Guardmembers were a dominating presence at the fourth annual Army National Guard Combatives Tournament, March 19 to 20, where they took four first-place titles in...

National Guard unit makes quick switch from exercise to real world relief
March 22, 2011 — COLUMBUS, Ind. - Col. Alan Cranford, 167th Theater Sustainment Command, forward officer in charge, receives an email at 8 p.m. He immediately takes action moving the forward team of the 167th TSC from...

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