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Gates salutes Guardsmen for missions at home, abroad
Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates saluted the men and women of the National Guard during a speech in Baltimore today...
September 23, 2008
September 23, 2008
Guard mourns 7 Soldiers killed in helicopter crash in Iraq
Seven members of the Army National Guard lost their lives on Sept. 18 after their CH-47 Chinook crashed near Tallil, Iraq...
September 23, 2008
September 23, 2008
Island response teams ‘leapfrog’ a simulated chemical attack
Two National Guard Civil Support Teams (CSTs) recently showed their joint response capabilities outside the U.S. mainland during a large-scale disaster response exercise here...September 22, 2008
President Honors Guardsman’s Volunteerism
Just before heading overseas for his third tour in Iraq, an Oklahoma Air National Guardsman found himself standing in the limelight with the president...September 23, 2008
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Airmen, soldiers aid people affected by Hurricane Ike
Airmen from the Texas Air National Guard and Soldiers from the Texas Army National Guard banded together with civilian emergency responders to help people affected by Hurricane Ike in Galveston, Texas, Sept. 14...September 16, 2008
Guardsmen aid stranded livestock
National Guard Soldiers teamed up with the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry this week to airlift food and water to thousands of cattle isolated by the floodwaters of Hurricane Ike...September 22, 2008
Second-graders high-five Soldiers helping hands
With smiles and cheers all around, no one would suspect the seemingly care-free students of Napoleonville Primary School had spent the last three weeks recovering from the two largest hurricanes to hit Louisiana since Katrina and Rita in 2005...September 22, 2008
North Dakota Soldiers participate in live-fire exercise in Texas
Soldiers from the North Dakota Army National Guard’s 1-188th Air Defense Artillery recently fired three dozen Stinger missiles during weekend training in Texas...September 23, 2008
America Supports You: Golf Classic Honors Soldier’s Memory
Thirty-five Minnesota soldiers who returned home from Iraq and Afghanistan in the past year were among nearly 300 golfers who participated in the 2nd Annual Bryan McDonough American Heroes Golf Classic last month at Oak Glen Golf Course in Stillwater, Minn...
September 23, 2008
September 23, 2008
Dale Earnhardt Jr. and other NASCAR drivers spend time with recovering troops
NASCAR drivers were in a neck-and-neck race Thursday to see who could visit the most wounded warriors here at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. The recovering troops there were the ultimate winners...September 22, 2008
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- Vigilant Guard 2008: Guam
On September 17, simulated multiple explosions involving unknown chemicals are denoted on the island's leeward coastline, a popular tourist and vacation attraction
- Hurricane Season 2008 operations
The National Guard conducts various search and rescue, command and control and evacuation missions in the Gulf Region.
- Hurricane photo gallery
- Suicide Prevention Month
The Army National Guard, Army Reserve observe suicide prevention month.
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