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Land Component Commander Brig. Gen. Richard Gallant (right) meets with members of the Florida Wildlife Corridor Expedition and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) at Camp Blanding Joint Training Center, April 9, 2012. The thousand-mile, 100-day expedition stopped at the National Guard’s training post in North Florida to emphasize the importance of the military site as a wildlife habitat. Photo by Master Sgt. Thomas Kielbasa
Florida Wildlife expedition makes stop at National Guard training post
April 10, 2012

STARKE, Fla. (April 10, 2012) – A thousand-mile, 100-day expedition stopped at the National Guard’s training po ...

FLNG's NCO and Soldier of the Year! Spc. Brian Crawley of the 53rd Brigade Combat Team (center) and Staff Sgt. Daniel Taylor from Joint Force Headquarters (second from left) are honored Saturday evening as the Soldier and the NCO of the Year by Florida National Guard leaders. Pictured with the Soldiers are: Adjutant General of Florida Maj. Gen. Emmett Titshaw Jr. (left), Assistant Adjutant General for Army Maj. Gen. James Tyre (second from right) and State Command Sgt. Maj. Robert Hosford. Photo by Debra Cox
Florida Army National Guard selects Soldier, NCO of the Year
April 4, 2012

STARKE, Fla. (April 4, 2012) – Spc. Brian Crawley of the 53rd Brigade Combat Team and Staff Sgt. Daniel Taylor fr ...

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National Guard tag teams with WWE for WrestleMania in Miami
April 4, 2012

MIAMI (April 4, 2012) – If you don’t know what the “Cenation” and the “Rock Bottom” are, then you proba ...

Adjutant General of Florida Maj. Gen. Emmett Titshaw Jr. (right) accepts the “Great Floridian” award for Lt. Gen. Albert Hazen Blanding (pictured on screen) from Florida Secretary of State Ken Detzner on behalf of the Florida National Guard, in Tallahassee, Fla., March 21, 2012. Photo by Elliott McCaskill, Executive Office of the Governor of Florida
Former Chief of National Guard Bureau named as ‘Great Floridian’
March 23, 2012

  TALLAHASSEE (March 23, 2012) – A Florida National Guard Soldier and former Chief of the National Guard Bur ...

Maj. David Brown from the Florida Air National Guard's 125th Fighter Wing (left) discusses the equipment on his unit's RC-26 airplane with Earl Bowen from the Regional Security System (RSS) during a state partnership exchange in Jacksonville, March 14, 2012. The three-day informational exchange was part of Florida’s ongoing State Partnership with the RSS, and centered around repairs, upgrades and training on the RC-26 fixed wing aircraft. Photo by Master Sgt. Thomas Kielbasa
Sitting across from friends
March 20, 2012

Florida and Barbados exchange aviation practices during State Partnership meeting JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (March 20, 2012) & ...

As part of new Department of Defense strategic guidance and the proposed Fiscal Year 2013 President’s Budget, the Florida Air National Guard's 114th Range Operations Squadron (ROPS) based at Patrick Air Force Base will be deactivated, along with its 122 personnel. The unit consists of 105 traditional Guardsmen and 17 full-time personnel, and supports range safety operations for space launches at nearby Cape Canaveral. Photo by Master Sgt. Thomas Kielbasa
Florida National Guard to lose space launch unit as part of Air Force budget cuts
March 8, 2012

114th Range Operations Squadron to be eliminated, 113 personnel affected ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. (March 8, 2012) – On ...

Members of the 202nd RED HORSE Squadron listen to an address by Florida Gov. Rick Scott during the unit's deployment ceremony at Camp Blanding Joint Training Center, March 2, 2012. Photo by Debra Cox
RED HORSE ‘family’ deploys to Southwest Asia
March 4, 2012

Air Guard engineers to serve on six-month deployment CAMP BLANDING JOINT TRAINING CENTER, Fla. (March 4, 2012) –More t ...

Soldiers from the 869th Engineer Company and 669th Engineer Detachment gather outside the James A. Shanks Middle School in Quincy, Fla., Feb. 15, 2012, as dignitaries and community members wish them well on a year-long deployment. While deployed, the Soldiers will provide military engineering support for Operation Enduring Freedom. Photo by Master Sgt. Thomas Kielbasa
Florida Guard engineer units honored during deployment ceremony in Quincy
February 15, 2012

QUINCY, Fla. (Feb. 15, 2012) – More than 140 Guardsmen from North Florida are on their way to Afghanistan, following a ...

This portion of the historic seawall along the bayfront in dowtown St. Augustine, Fla., will be restored over the next 12 months as part of a $6.3 million project to restore the 175-year-old barrier stretching from the city's center to the Florida National Guard headquarters. Photo by Debra Cox
Florida National Guard participates in groundbreaking for historic seawall project
February 13, 2012

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. (Feb. 13, 2012) – An historic seawall in the nation’s oldest city will soon be getting a makeove ...

Florida Air National Guard State Command Chief Master Sgt. Robert Lee (left) and Florida Air National Guard Commander Brig. Gen. Joseph Balskus prepare to award the Florida Distinguished Service Medal to 2012 Airmen of the Year Senior Airman Michael Summers Jr., Master Sgt. Chad Guillet, Master Sgt. Natalie Cooper, Master Sgt. Gerald Pangelinan, Tech. Sgt. Richard Mongold, and Tech. Sgt. Douglas Henry, Feb. 10, 2012 at the World Golf Village. Photo by Master Sgt. Thomas Kielbasa
Florida honors Airmen of the Year for 2012
February 11, 2012

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. (Feb. 11, 2012) – Respect, honor and excellence were reflected in the eyes of more than 200 Airmen ...