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Hundreds of National Guard troops responding to Midwestern, Southern tornadoes
March 3, 2012
Army 2nd Lieutenant Sean Jones meets with local authorities in LaRue County, Ky., March 1, 2012, to coordinate the Kentucky National Guard mission following the tornado that struck the community of Hodgenville on Feb. 29, 2012.

Guard's role in disaster response defined more clearly
March 1, 2012

Guard exhibit, artifacts to tell 9/11-era Guard story
March 1, 2012
Gov. Dave Heineman, governor of Nebraska, addresses attendees of the 2012 Domestic Preparedness Workshop, near Washington, D.C., on Feb. 24, 2012. Heineman talked about the Unity of Effort, an initiative that solidifies the Guard's role in responding to emergencies and disaster situations.

Kuwait: Kansas Army National Guard couple deploys together
March 1, 2012
Army Sgt. 1st Class Brian Dale, a Black Hawk helicopter maintenance platoon sergeant, D Company, 1st Battalion, 108th Aviation Regiment, Kansas Army National Guard and Army Staff Sgt. Danielle Burke, a human resource specialist, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1-108th Aviation, both natives of Topeka, Kansas, pose for a photo here, Feb. 11. They have been married for roughly nine months and have been here for four of those months. Third Army is dedicated to shaping the future by supporting families deployed together.

National Guard responds to Midwest tornadoes
March 1, 2012
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National Guard adjutants general visit White House, meet with vice president
March 1, 2012
ice President Joe Biden shakes hands with Air Force Gen. Craig McKinley, chief of the National Guard Bureau, after speaking to National Guard adjutants general meeting at the White House, Feb. 29, 2012.

White House invite: Guard members experience Nation's Gratitude
March 1, 2012
Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Denise Jelenski-Hall, senior enlisted leader of the National Guard Bureau, speaks to the eight Guard members and their guests who were selected to represent the Army and Air National Guards at a dinner hosted by the Obamas, Feb. 29, 2012, at the White House. The dinner, held in honor of all Iraq War veterans, included service members from each military branch.

Alabama National Guard strengthens partnership with Romania
February 29, 2012
Alabama National Guard Soldiers and members of the Romanian Land Force pose in front of the Alabama Capitol building in Montgomery, Ala., Feb. 22, 2012. The Alabama National Guard and Romania have been partners for 19 years through the National Guard's State Partnership Program.

Missouri Guard holds its first air assault course
February 29, 2012
Missouri National Guard Soldiers face 'The Weaver,' one of nine challenge stations on an obstacle course at Camp Crowder in Neosho, Mo. The Citizen-Soldiers, as well as a handful of active duty troops, are undergoing air assault course, the first of its kind held in the state.

National Guard car finishes second in Daytona 500
February 29, 2012
Dale Earnhardt Jr. drives the Diet Mountain Dew/National Guard Chevrolet No. 88 en route to a second-place finish in the Daytona 500, Feb. 27, 2012.

Operation Red Snow tests cold weather training, multi-agency tactics
February 29, 2012
Army National Guard 1st Lt. Edward Baon, the 95th Civil Support Team medical operations officer and exercise Operation Red Snow director, leans on a Bandvagn, an all-terrain vehicle, at the Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center about 20 miles northwest of Bridgeport, Calif. Nearly 100 California Air and Army National Guard members conducted cold weather training here Feb. 13-17, 2012 as part of Operation Red Snow.

Schwartz: Smaller Air Force will concentrate on key capabilities
February 29, 2012
Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz

FEMA administrator: National Guard part of whole-of-community disaster response
February 28, 2012
Craig Fugate, administrator of the Federal Emergency Managment Agency, addresses attendees at the 2012 Domestic Preparedness Workshop at the Gaylord National Harbor Convention Center near Washington, D.C., on Feb. 23, 2012. Fugate touched on a re-tooling of the national disaster response strategy to ensure a streamlined process for response assests to get to the disaster site.

Nation's Gratitude: White House recognition includes National Guard members
February 28, 2012
President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama pose in the State Dining Room of the White House before the Governors dinner, Feb. 22, 2009.

DOD takes steps to remove spouse employment barriers
February 27, 2012
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Kosovo: Georgia Guard members, Kosovo soldiers remove northern roadblock
February 27, 2012
U.S. Army Spc. Ronald Williams, an infantryman from the Georgia Army National Guard's 3rd Squadron, 108th Cavalry Regiment, helps remove a tree from a roadblock near Jaringe, Kosovo, Feb. 17, 2012.

Nigerian man serves his new country in the Missouri National Guard
February 27, 2012
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Ohio Air National Guard units, Airmen still excelling in times of tightening budgets
February 27, 2012
A crew chief directs the pilot of an F-16 Fighting Falcon to a parking spot after the jets arrived in Iraq Oct. 1, 2011. F-16 pilots, maintenance specialists and support personnel from the Ohio Air National Guard's 180th Fighter Wing deployed to Iraq in support of Operation New Dawn and provided close air support for more than 40,000 U.S. troops leaving the country near the end of last year.

Virginia Guard members participate in Global Guardian exercise
February 27, 2012
U.S., Dutch and Canadian medical specialists unload a simulated casualty from a Virginia National Guard Lakota helicopter Feb. 21, 2012, during Global Guardian 2012, a joint Army and Air Force exercise held at the Georgia National Guard Combat Readiness Training Center in Savannah.

Deputy Defense Secretary meets with Polish troops, discusses Illinois Guard State Partnership
February 24, 2012
U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter greets a Polish battle group commander on Forward Operating Base Ghazni, Afghanistan, Feb. 23, 2012. Carter is in Afghanistan meeting with troops and NATO members.