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National Guard unit serves vital role on Afghanistan Provincial Reconstruction Team
August 9, 2011
Army Sgt. Brian Ohler, of Provincial Reconstruction Team Farah, provides security while other PRT members visit Farah Hospital in Farah City, Farah province, Afghanistan, July 23, 2011. The Farah director of public health and members of the PRT visited the hospital to assess the structure and working conditions.

Alaska Guard members support multinational exercise, strengthen Pacific Region peacekeeping operations
August 9, 2011
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Obama announces veteran workforce initiatives
August 8, 2011
President Barack Obama greets guests, including military veterans, after a speech at the Washington Navy Yard, Aug. 5, 2011. Obama discussed a series of administration initiatives to help America's veterans find employment.

Army Guard to begin nine-month deployments in 2012
August 8, 2011
Army National Guard Logo

GI Bill changes include actual cost for in-state tuition
August 8, 2011
Department of Veterans Affairs seal

Quartermasters Keep Australian/American Exercise Supplied
August 5, 2011
Australian Pvt. Ben Pawelski, a storeman assigned to the 9th Combat Services
Support Battalion, Australian Defence Force, stationed at Warradale Barracks,
Adalaide, South Australia and U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Bryan Strother, a radio
operator with the California Army National Guard's 40th Infantry Division,
work together unloading fire water buckets for issue to Soldiers participating in Talisman Sabre.

History, achievements of Tuskegee Airmen celebrated
August 5, 2011
Air Force Maj. Gen. Darren W. McDew, the Air Force District of Washington
commander, and Jim Pryde, a Tuskegee Airman, lay a wreath at the U.S. Air
Force Memorial on July 31, 2011, in Washington, D.C. Pryde served with the
Army Air Corps' 477th Medium Bombardment Group as a combat crewman. During
his tenure, he accrued 1,600 flight hours before continuing his civil service
career as an intelligence analyst with the Armed Forces Security Agency.
(U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Raymond Mills) (Released)

Louisiana Guard to fly new helicopter in overseas mission
August 5, 2011
A Florida National Guard UH-72A Lakota participates in a personnel recovery
exercise, May 2, 2011, in Gonaives, Haiti. The Lakota is a newly fielded
light helicopter meant to perform peacetime missions traditionally issued to
the UH-60 Black Hawk.

Happy Birthday to the United States Coast Guard
August 4, 2011
U.S. Coast Guard seal.

Missouri Guard medics lend support to Disaster Recovery Jobs Program
August 4, 2011
Army Spc. Mark Lopez, a medic assigned to Missouri National Guard's Task
Force Phoenix, places colored tape on the hard hat of a worker employed
through the Disaster Recovery Jobs Program in Joplin. The medics use
different colors of tape to designate individuals with various pre-existing
medical conditions, which enables them to treat them more effectively, should
health concerns arise.

Oregon National Guard forward observers train with SEALs, Air Force
August 4, 2011
A west coast member of the Navy SEAL joint terminal attack controller team
works to set up a communication radio for calling aviation fire support with
Army 1st Lt. Matthew Lawson of the 1st Squadron, 82nd Cavalry Regiment's Fire
Support Team, from the Oregon National Guard's 41st Infantry Brigade Combat
Team, July 20, 2011, at Gowen Field, Idaho.

Space systems give Australians, U.S. Soldiers edge in Talisman Sabre
August 4, 2011
Space systems give an edge to the commanders of Soldiers like Australian Pvt.
Brendan Venables, a member of Northwest Mobile Force, Northern Australia, and
Army Spc. Jason Gutshall, a Maryland National Guard Soldier from Charlie
Company, 1st Battalion, 158th Long Range Surveillance Cavalry in Hagerstown,
Md.

42nd Infantry Division Band: Army's musical ambassadors in New York State
August 4, 2011
Members of the 42nd Infantry Division Band perform in Iraq.

Brothers serving together help renovate school in Suriname
August 4, 2011
Brothers Army Spc. Waylon Blasius and Army Spc. Weston Blasius take a break from work at the Pater van der Pluym School in Suriname's Brokopondo district Aug. 1, 2011. Both brothers are carpentry and masonry specialists assigned to the South Dakota Army National Guard's 155th Engineer Company. Soldiers from the 155th are in Suriname as part of New Horizons 2011, a joint humanitarian mission between the Suriname government and the U.S. Southern Command with the goal of helping to improve the quality of life for the people of Suriname. South Dakota and Suriname are paired in the National Guard's State Partnership Program.

Earnhardt finishes 16th at Indy, 10th place in points race
August 2, 2011
Dale Earnhardt Jr., driver of the No. 88 National Guard NASCAR racecar, races around the track at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis, Ind. July 31, 2011. Earnhardt now sits in 10th place in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series points chase.

McKinley: National Guard accessible, fiscally sound operational force
August 1, 2011
Air Force Gen. Craig McKinley, chief of the National Guard Bureau, testifies before an armed services subcommittee on the benefits of the Guard as an operational force on Capitol Hill in Washington, July 27, 2011. He stressed the necessity that funding continues to exist for the Reserve Components to remain a continued and valuable asset to the Department of Defense and the nation.