Guard News - The National Guard - Jan 2013

Military OneSource, H&R Block team up to provide tax assistance
January 8, 2013 — WASHINGTON - As tax season nears, Military OneSource and H&R Block have joined forces again to provide a free online tax preparation service for service members.During an interview with American...

Jan. 21 deadline approaches to nominate employers for 2013 Freedom Award
January 7, 2013 — ARLINGTON, Va. (1/7/13) - Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR), a Department of Defense agency, is encouraging Guardsmen and Reservists to nominate their civilian employers for the 2013...

Kentucky National Guard members help clean Djibouti road
January 7, 2013 — CAMP LEMONNIER, Djibouti - People rarely realize how much impact a Department of Public Works has until they live in a country that doesn’t have one.Such is the case in Djibouti, Africa, where a...

Fiscal cliff legislation affects military, civilian paychecks
January 7, 2013 — WASHINGTON - The legislation that President Barack Obama signed Jan. 2 that postponed the fiscal cliff means changes to military and civilian paychecks, Defense Finance and Accounting Service...

Kentucky National Guard members help clean Djibouti road
January 7, 2013 — CAMP LEMONNIER, Djibouti - People rarely realize how much impact a Department of Public Works has until they live in a country that doesn't have one.Such is the case in Djibouti, Africa, where a...

Vermont Air Guard flight surgeon nets 1,000 F-16 hours
January 4, 2013 — SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. - When back in August people began telling Col. Donald Majercik, a flight surgeon here at the Vermont Air National Guard, that he was 20 hours short of 1000 flight hours, he...

Maine Army National Guard develops relationship with Montenegrin partners
January 4, 2013 — KOTOR, Montenegro - The United States Army National Guard history can be traced to Dec. 13, 1636, when the Massachusetts General Court declared that all able-bodied men between the ages of 16 and 60...

Medevac crews in Afghanistan boosting patient outcomes with blood products
January 4, 2013 — KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - Code-named Vampire, a trial program is enabling some medics to administer blood products to wounded Soldiers while flying to a medical facility.During the course of the last...

Lt. Gen. Stanley Clarke confirmed as director, Air National Guard
January 3, 2013 — ARLINGTON, Va. - Lt. Gen. Stanley E. "Sid" Clarke III, commander of the Continental U.S. North American Aerospace Defense Command Region and 1st Air Force, has been confirmed by the Senate to be the...

New York National Guard continues providing post-Sandy help
January 2, 2013 — NEW YORK CITY - Hurricane Sandy is two months over, but as 2013 opens, the New York Army National Guard is still helping people in Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island who were affected by the...

Soldier, 59, spends last holiday season deployed in National Guard
January 2, 2013 — CAMP BONDSTEEL, Kosovo - The temperature outside has dropped below “normal” for South Carolina Soldiers deployed to Kosovo during this holiday season.Soldiers don multi-layers of clothing before...

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