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Department of Military Affairs’ FY 2013-2014 budget includes funding for job creation, information technology and education
January 31, 2013

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. (Jan. 31, 2013) – The “Florida Families First” budget for the Florida Department of Milita ...

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Florida Guardsmen relay for charity
January 25, 2013

Since 2008, Soldiers from the Florida National Guard’s 254th Transportation Battalion have participated in five relay ...

Sgt. 1st Class Vikki Bautista with the 927th Combat Sustainment Suppot Battalion checks the records of a Florida National Guard Soldier at Camp Blanding Joint Training Center prior to departing for Washington D.C. to support the 57th Presidential Inauguration.
Florida Guardsmen prepare to support the Presidential Inauguration
January 18, 2013

STARKE, Fla. (January 18, 2013) –More than 300 Soldiers from throughout the Florida National Guard will witness histor ...

A Florida National Guard CH-47 Chinook helicopter from the 1st Battalion, 111th Aviation Regiment uses a bambi bucket to extinguish a controlled burn at Camp Blanding Joint Training Center, Jan. 12, 2013. Photo by Sgt. Michael Baltz
Florida aviators train to extinguish wildfires
January 14, 2013

By Spc. Kenneth Tucceri Soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 111th Aviation Regiment participated in a training mission with ...

Families of Soldiers from the 869th Engineer Company rush to greet them as they unload from buses at their homecoming ceremony in Quincy, Fla., Jan. 8, 2013. Photo by Debra Cox
Soldiers return to Quincy after Afghanistan deployment
January 8, 2013

QUINCY, Fla. (Jan. 8, 2013) — Soldiers from the Quincy-based 869th Engineer Company reunited with their families T ...

LEADERSHIP ANNOUNCEMENT: Major Felix Rodriguez selected as Assistant Chief of Staff for the Florida National Guard
December 21, 2012

Joint Force Headquarters – Florida, Leadership Announcement Major Felix Rodriguez selected as Assistant Chief of S ...

Sgt. 1st Class David Harrison, course manager, speaks to National Guardsmen from Florida and Mississippi who graduated from the three week 14GY20 air defense transition course at the Florida Regional Training Insitute, Dec. 19, 2012. Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Blair Heusdens
Florida offers transition course for air defenders
December 20, 2012

STARKE, Fla. (December 20, 2012) — Thirteen Soldiers graduated Wednesday from a course designed to help them trans ...

Soldiers from the Florida National Guard's 53rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team conduct a change of command ceremony in Pinellas Park, Fla., Dec. 1, 2012. Photo by Debra Cox
Florida National Guard serves the Nation at home and abroad
December 13, 2012

The National Guard celebrates its 376th birthday on Dec. 13, 2012, and your Florida National Guard continues to have an ...

163 cadets from the Florida Youth Challenge Academy graduated from the 5 1/2-month residential portion of the program, Dec. 11, 2012, during a ceremony in Orange Park, Fla. The Florida Youth Challenge Academy is one of 56 Academies throughout the nation that trains, leads and mentors youth to become more productive citizens. Photo by Debra Cox
‘It doesn’t matter where you started, it only matters where you go’
December 12, 2012

At-risk youth get a second chance to fulfill their potential ORANGE PARK, Fla. (December 12, 2012) – Tuesday afternoon ...

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Florida Youth Challenge honors former cadets with memorial garden
December 4, 2012

Sgt. 1st Class Blair Heusdens STARKE, Fla. (December 4, 2012) – The memorial garden at the Florida Youth Challenge Aca ...