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Biden: I promise we will take care of your families
March 7, 2011
Dr. Jill Biden, wife of Vice President Joe Biden, speaks during the call to arms ceremony at the Delaware Air National Guard's 166th Airlift Wing, March 4, 2011. The 166th is scheduled to deploy to Afghanistan and Southeast Asia to provide logistical and aeromedical evacuation support to Soldiers and Marines in support of Operations Enduring Freedom and New Dawn.
Cowboy ethics pay dividends for National Guard Cavalry unit
March 7, 2011
Army 1st Lt. Jamie Roscoe, commander of Delta Company, 3rd Battalion, 116th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Sustainment Brigade, 103rd Sustainment Command (Expeditionary), believes some of old but true values are a cornerstone to his philosophy while deployed to Iraq.
Florida Guardsman featured in Discovery Channel survival show
March 7, 2011
Florida Army National Guard Capt. Nick Albini pulls a canoe out of the Kukenan River in Venezuela as Michael Merchant and Ryan Van Duzer look on.
Guard commander puts the focus on jobs after deployment
March 7, 2011
A line of mine resistant ambush protected vehicles operated by Soldiers with Company F, 3rd Battalion, 116th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Sustainment Brigade, 103rd Sustainment Command (Expeditionary), stand ready to begin a convoy at Joint Base Balad, Iraq.
Kentucky Guard only state to win Army Security Award
March 7, 2011
Richard Copas, Army Staff Sgt. Walter Carter Jr., Army Col. Charlie Harris, Army Sgt. 1st Class Debra Faris and N.A. Filiatreau headed up a security program that earned Kentucky nationwide recognition.
National Guard Movement Team keeps 196th Soldiers safe traveling in Kabul
March 7, 2011
Members of the 196th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade, South Dakota Army National Guard's Movement Team convoy several passengers to a different camp during a mission in Kabul. The team provides transportation for servicemembers, coalition forces and civilians wanting to conduct business at other camps throughout the Kabul Base Cluster.
Guard, NORTHCOM leadership concept will improve disaster responses
March 7, 2011
Serving together in the Iowa National Guard: A family affair
March 7, 2011
Army Sgt. 1st Class Garry Waldon Jr., acting first sergeant for Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 334th Brigade Support Battlaion, Task Force Archer, helps promote his brother, Army Sgt. Brandon Corbett, a truck commander with Troop A, 1st Squadron, 113th Calvary Regiment, Task Force Redhorse, at Combat Outpost Pul-E-Sayad, Panjshir Province, Afghanistan, Feb. 7, 2011. Waldon and Corbett followed in their father's footsteps -- retired Army Staff Sgt. Garry Waldon Sr. -- by serving in the Iowa Army National Guard. TF Archer and TF Redhorse belong to the 34th Infantry Division’s 2nd Brigade Combat Team.
Dale Jr. racks up second consecutive top-10 finish at Las Vegas Sunday
March 7, 2011
Dale Earnhardt Jr., driver of the No. 88 National Guard NASCAR racecar, speeds down the track at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Las Vegas, Nev., March 6, 2011. Dale Jr. finished the day with an eighth place finish, moving him into 10th place in the points race.
Guard, Reserves impact on America's workforce measured in new DoD survey
March 4, 2011
Graphic courtesy of Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve
Casey: National Guard very different today than 30 years ago
March 4, 2011
Army Chief of Staff Gen. George W. Casey, Jr., talks to the National Guard's 2011 General Senior Leadership Conference at Arlington Hall in Arlington, Va., Feb. 28, 2011. He spoke highly of the Guard, and said that the Army could not conduct theatre operations if it were not for the Guard and Reserve.
Wisconsin Guardmember becomes U.S. citizen while serving in Iraq
March 4, 2011
Army Spc. Carlos Villa Rivera, Wisconsin Guardmember with Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 147th Aviation Regiment, signs his passport application after becoming a U.S. citizen during a President's Day naturalization ceremony at one of Saddam Hussein's former Baghdad palaces at Camp Victory.
Dale Jr. overcomes setbacks, finishes in top ten at Phoenix
March 3, 2011
Dale Earnhardt Jr., driver of the No. 88 National Guard NASCAR racecar, speeds down the track at the Phoenix International Raceway in Avondale, Ariz., Feb. 27, 2011.
Graham, Leahy: National Guard an irreplaceable treasure
March 3, 2011
Co-chairs of the Senate National Guard Caucus, Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont (right center) and Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina (right) talk with Air Force Gen. Craig McKinley (left), the chief of the National Guard Bureau, and Air Force Maj. Gen. Michael Dubie, the adjutant general for the state of Vermont, after Leahy and Graham spoke to fellow senators and senior leaders of the National Guard, March 3, 2011.
Guard's Youth ChalleNGe program celebrates 100,000th graduate during gala
March 3, 2011
Air Force Gen. Craig McKinley, chief of the National Guard Bureau, gives every cadet his challenge coin as a keepsake before the National Guard Youth Foundation's 2011 ChalleNGe Champions Gala in Washington, March 1, 2011. Unique for this year's gala was the celebration of the program's 100,000th graduate, cadet Tori Walston, from Louisiana.
Schwartz: Austerity, strategic challenges call for true Total Force
March 2, 2011
Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz addresses the National Guard's top officers and enlisted leaders during the 2011 General Senior Leadership Conference at Arlington Hall in Arlington, Va., on Feb. 28, 2011. He told the group that economic austerity makes communicating and collaborating as a total force paramount.
The First Tee highlights DoD partnership
March 1, 2011
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Illinois Guardmembers reach out to educators for military children
March 1, 2011
Jim Frazier, Survivor Outreach Services coordinator of the northern region for the Illinois National Guard, at a Kane County Teacher Institute Day Feb. 25, 2011.
Kosovo-bound Guardmembers finish training at Camp Atterbury
March 1, 2011
New Mexico Army National Guard Soldiers from C Company, 1st Battalion, 200th Infantry Regiment, confront a riot during a demonstration of their capabilities at Camp Atterbury Joint Maneuver Training Center, Ind. Feb. 10, 2011. C Company is part of a task force deploying to Kosovo, a former Yugoslav republic that is now a sovereign state, to aid in stability efforts.
Louisiana Guard receives new response helicopters
March 1, 2011
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