Chertoff: Air Force, Guard vital to hurricane relief efforts
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BATON ROUGE, La. (AFPN) -- As Hurricane Gustav made landfall on the Gulf Coast, the secretary of the Department of Homeland Security praised the men and women of the Air Force and the National Guard for their efforts during preparations for the storm.
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National Guard in four states prepare for Hanna
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ARLINGTON, Va. (AFPN) -- Officials in four states along the East Coast are employing their National Guard units as Tropical Storm Hanna nears.
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Bush Praises Cooperation in Hurricane Response
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WASHINGTON -- Cooperation among federal, state, local governments and non-governmental agencies has been much better as Hurricane Gustav hit the Gulf Coast than it was when Hurricane Katrina hit in 2005, emergency officials said.
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Mullen praises Guard response to Hurricane Gustav
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WASHINGTON -- The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff today praised the U.S. military, in particular the National Guard, for its role in the government's response to Hurricane Gustav, which lashed the Louisiana coast yesterday.
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Air Guard members airlift, assist thousands of Gustav displaced
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ARLINGTON, Va. -- With tens of thousands of Gulf Coast residents in the potential path of Hurricane Gustav during the Labor Day weekend, Air National Guard members put aside their last minute school shopping and back yard picnics to bring their states' Guard airpower to the displaced.
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2 September 1918
1st Lt. Field E. Kindley, a former Kansas Guardsman, scored his fifth aerial kill. He ended World War I with 11 victories.
26 September 1920
Encouraged by Governor Joseph Alfred Arner Burnquist, three members of the Minnesota National Guard - Capt. Ray S. Miller, Lt. Col. William Garis, the Assistant Adjutant General, and Brig. Gen. Walter Rhinow, the Adjutant General - launched a flight to Washington, DC from St. Paul on a rented airplane to successfully lobby the Militia Bureau and the Army Air Service to form a National Guard aviation unit in their state.
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