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File photo of Florida National Guard's 48th CST. Photo by Master Sgt. Thomas Kielbasa
Clearwater-based Civil Support Team scores high on recent inspection
February 27, 2013

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. (Feb. 27, 2013) – One of the Florida National Guard’s most specialized response teams recei ...

Adjutant General of Florida Maj. Gen. Emmett Titshaw Jr. (left) meets with Civil War re-enactors at the Olustee Battlefield Historic State Park in North-Central Florida, Feb. 8, 2013. Photo by Master Sgt. Thomas Kielbasa
Florida’s militia heritage remembered during Civil War battlefield visit
February 25, 2013

OLUSTEE, Fla. (Feb. 25, 2013) – Nearly 150 years after Union and Confederate soldiers spilled blood during the la ...

Soldiers from the 3rd Battalion, 116th Field Artillery Regiment were honored during a deployment ceremony in Sebring, Fla., February 21, 2013, prior to Soldiers from the 3rd Battalion, 116th Field Artillery Regiment were honored during a deployment ceremony in Sebring, Fla., February 21, 2013, prior to departing for a deployment to Qatar in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. The unit, with subordinate units in Arcadia, Lake Wales and Plant City, will provide security at multiple U.S. military installations in Southwest Asia.departing for a deployment to Qatar in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.
Florida Guardsmen honored during deployment ceremony
February 22, 2013

Florida Guardsmen honored during deployment ceremony By Sgt. 1st Class Blair Heusdens SEBRING, Fla. (February 22, 2013) ...

Members of the Florida Army National Guard’s 930th Digital Liaison Detachment (DLD) help rebuild the roof of a local mosque recently during their deployment to Afghanistan. Photo by Sgt. Maj. Ben Ullery
Guardsmen in Afghanistan help rebuild roof on local mosque
February 19, 2013

AFGHANISTAN – Members of the Florida Army National Guard’s 930th Digital Liaison Detachment (DLD) recently helpe ...

Army Gen. Frank Grass, the chief of the National Guard Bureau, right, testifies to the Senate Armed Services Committee on the impact on the Defense Department of sequestration and a yearlong continuing resolution at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 12, 2013. (Army National Guard photo by Sgt. 1st Class Jim Greenhill)
Grass: Sequestration devastating to National Guard, Defense Department
February 13, 2013

By Army Sgt. 1st Class Jim Greenhill National Guard Bureau ARLINGTON, Va. (Feb. 12, 2013) –Sequestration and a ye ...

Lt. Col. John Pelleritti, commander of the 3rd Battalion, 20th Special Forces Group, leads his Soldiers on the parade field during a ceremony, February 9, 2013, honoring the 50th Anniversary of the Battalion at Camp Blanding Joint Training Center. Photo by Sgt. Karen Kozub
Florida’s Special Forces celebrate 50 years
February 10, 2013

Story by Sgt. Christopher Vann STARKE, Fla. (Feb. 10,2013) - With so much history surrounding the 50th anniversary of th ...

Col. James Eifert (center) is promoted to the rank of brigadier general and officially "pinned" by his wife Beth and the Adjutant General of Florida Maj. Gen. Emmett Titshaw Jr. during a ceremony in St. Augustine, Fla., Feb. 8, 2013. Concurrently Eifert assumed the position of Assistant Adjutant General for Air and Deputy Commander of the Florida Air National Guard. Photo by Master Sgt. Thomas Kielbasa
Air Guard’s Eifert promoted to brigadier general
February 8, 2013

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. (Feb. 8, 2013) – One of the Florida Air National Guard’s top leaders received his general� ...

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 ...

The Florida National Guard's Capt. Jennifer Hunt was chosen as one of the 2013 Department of Defense€'s Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office (SAPRO) Exceptional Sexual Assault Response Coordinators (SARC), representing all National Guard SARCs in the nation. Hunt, a resident of St. Augustine, became the Florida National Guard'€™s SARC in January 2010, and has trained more than 100 Florida National Guard victim advocates in sexual assault and harassment response issues. Photo by Master Sgt. Thomas Kielbasa
Florida Soldier chosen as National Guard’s top Sexual Assault Response Coordinator
January 29, 2013

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. (Jan. 29, 2013) – A Florida National Guard Soldier has been selected as one of the nation’s ...

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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 ...