Florida National Guard Regional Emergency Response Network (RERN) systems line up in preparation for emergency operations at Camp Blanding Joint Training Center, Fla., May 21, 2009. Photo by Tech. Sgt. Thomas Kielbasa
Florida trains comunications experts for upcoming hurricane season
May 22, 2009

CAMP BLANDING JOINT TRAINING CENTER, Fla. (May 22, 2009) – The torrential rains in Florida gave a realistic backd ...

Sgt. Samuel Carey of the 779th Engineer Battalion is reunited with his family at Fort Stewart, Ga., May 19, 2010, following a year-long deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Photo by Debra Cox
Tallahassee-based engineer unit returns from Iraq
May 19, 2009

FORT STEWART, Ga. (May 19, 2010) – More than 150 members of a Florida Army National Guard engineer unit returned ...

Staff Sgt. Theresa Skene of the Florida Army National Guard's 779th Engineer Battalion (right) receives congratulations from her battalion commander Lt. Col. Dwayne Jarriel, after she successfully completed the Air Assault course at Camp Blanding Joint Training Center in early March. Photo by Tech. Sgt. Thomas Kielbasa
NCO and mother of three has what it takes to excel
May 13, 2009

CAMP BLANDING JOINT TRAINING CENTER, Fla. (May 3, 2009) — Earlier this year a Florida National Guard Soldier uphel ...

Soldiers from the 269th Engineer Detachment (well drillers) are honored during a departure ceremony in Live Oak, Fla., May 13, 2009. Photo by Tech. Sgt. Thomas Kielbasa
Well drillers depart for humanitarian mission to Middle East
May 13, 2009

LIVE OAK, Fla. (May 13, 2009) — A group of Soldiers from North Florida will soon be providing clean drinking water ...

Col. Frank Laudano (left) receives the unit guidon from Adjutant General of Florida Maj. Gen. Douglas Burnett. Photo by Tech. Sgt. Thomas Kielbasa
Air Defense Artillery Brigade holds change-of-command
May 3, 2009

ORLANDO (May 3, 2009) – The Florida Army National Guard’s 164th Air Defense Artillery Brigade honored two of it ...

Members of the CERF-P decontamination team prepare to wash roleplayer for simulated chemical exposure during the training scenario and evaluation at Camp Blanding Joint Training Center, Feb. 28. 2009. Photo by Tech. Sgt. Thomas Kielbasa
Guard team tests its ability to save lives after disaster in Florida
March 1, 2009

CAMP BLANDING JOINT TRAINING CENTER, Fla.  (March 2009)– Nearly 200 members of the Florida National Guard partici ...

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Physical fitness earns 59-year-old sergeant silver in athletic competition
February 27, 2009

CAMP BLANDING JOINT TRAINING CENTER (Feb. 27, 2009) — Some sergeants who promote physical fitness may just “talk ...