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Attaches Survey U.S. Disaster-Response Capabilities
May 15, 2007 — MUSCATATUCK URBAN TRAINING CENTER, Ind. - A handful of attaches got a first-hand look at U.S. military and civilian first responders' ability to respond to a catastrophe at the National Guard's... MORE

Simulated terrorist threat trains military, civilian agencies
May 15, 2007 — SEWARD, Alaska - The first week of the Alaska Shield/Northern Edge 07 exercise culminated here May 11 with a massive interagency effort to secure a ship with a simulated biological threat on... MORE

Chief: National Guard State Partnership Program can help keep a broken promise
May 14, 2007 — DACHAU, Germany - Never again.People said what two Army National Guard divisions found inside Dachau Concentration Camp in April 1945 must happen "never again." The words were carved into memorials... MORE

Vigilant Guard: Voices of experience add to the training
May 14, 2007 — BUTLERVILLE, Ind. - The National Guard exercise Vigilant Guard this month is offering service members some of the most in depth and comprehensive training available in crisis management. But that's... MORE

Mothers wore combat boots and gas masks on their special day
May 14, 2007 — BUTLERVILLE, Ind. - The National Restaurant Association reports that Mother's Day, a 93-year-old American institution, is the most popular day of the year to dine in restaurants in the United States... MORE

Members of Air Guard medical groups unite for Vigilant Guard
May 14, 2007 — BUTLERVILLE, Ind. - The building had collapsed, and victims were trapped and screaming for medical assistance through the smoke and cement dust of a 20-foot-tall rubble pile. Luckily for them, an... MORE

Hands that held weapons now hold hope
May 12, 2007 — BUTLERVILLE, Ind. - As the Vigilant Guard exercise continues to test National Guard members from around the country, Soldiers from the Indiana Army Guard's 2nd Battalion, 293rd Infantry from Fort... MORE

National Guard cleaning up Greensburg
May 10, 2007 — GREENSBURG, Kan. - It's hard to describe the immensity of the destruction in Greensburg, Kan. State and federal officials say 95 percent of the town is destroyed; gone as well are 961 homes, and 136... MORE

Guard Responding to Domestic Crises Nationwide
May 10, 2007 — WASHINGTON - While President Bush toured the site of a deadly tornado in Kansas today, the National Guard continues to demonstrate its readiness as it responds to natural disasters from coast to... MORE

Greensburg Tornado Changes Life of Kansas Guard Soldier
May 10, 2007 — Greensburg, Kan. - It had taken almost two days of work by a dozen people to clear the debris of what was once a garage away from the pickup truck buried underneath. To the joy of onlookers, Rodney A... MORE

From citizen to disaster relief workers, National Guard members transform quickly to help town of Greensburg
May 10, 2007 — GREENSBURG, Kan. - The phone rang at 1:45 a.m. and minutes later National Guardmembers from all over Kansas picked up their bags, walked out the door and made the transformation from everyday citizen... MORE

Indiana's vigilant medical crew provides care for the caregivers
May 10, 2007 — BUTLERVILLE, Ind. - A day before one of the National Guard's largest homeland defense training exercises got underway, Indiana National Guard medics were busy preparing here on May 9 to ensure... MORE

Missouri National Guard Citizen-Soldiers help flooded areas
May 9, 2007 — More than 100 Citizen-Soldiers of the Missouri National Guard are assisting, or ready to assist, communities in flood response efforts. Forty Soldiers have been working overnight in Craig, helping to... MORE

Northern Edge Combined Training Exercise
May 9, 2007 — Fairbanks, Alaska - Today in Fairbanks exercise officials conducted the most involved scenario of the two week training effort to refine and evaluate coordination between local state and federal... MORE

National Guard Responds to Kansas Tornado
May 7, 2007 — WASHINGTON - More than 300 members of the Kansas National Guard have been activated in response to a powerful tornado that almost destroyed the town of Greensburg, Kan., May 4.Guard members are... MORE

Guard Responds to Tornado Disaster
May 7, 2007 — Within four hours of the deadly tornado that struck Greensburg on May 5 under the cloak of darkness, Kansas National Guardmembers were called to duty to bring relief to their devastated... MORE

You Can Sleep Uninterrupted...
May 7, 2007 — ANCHORAGE, Alaska - The Alaska National Guard is in the midst of a crisis, a practice crisis. Emergency response is what they do best because they practice.Over 200 hundred National Guard... MORE

Tommy Hill: Enduring role model for all Guard members
May 4, 2007 — ARLINGTON, Va. - Thomas Anthony "Tommy" Hill, the National Guard's longest-serving civilian employee, is a lasting memory to contemporaries and to those he mentored.Now they want to ensure that his... MORE

Oregon National Guard Members Begin Return Home
May 4, 2007 — More than 850 Soldiers are scheduled to return from the largest deployment of Oregon Soldiers since World War II, which encompassed a sixteen month mobilization in Afghanistan.The 41 BCT deployed to... MORE

South Dakota National Guard trains on life-saving skills during humanitarian exercise
April 30, 2007 — LA CALERA, Nicaragua - South Dakota Soldiers conducted a medical evacuation exercise on April 4 in La Calera during the humanitarian assistance exercise known as New Horizons-Nicaragua 2007.The $7.25... MORE

Illinois National Guard, Polish Partners Remember the Fallen

New Hampshire Airman Wins 140-mile Ultramarathon in Africa

Alaska National Guard Helps Clean up in Merbok’s Wake

Texas Air Guard Members Fly at Falcon Leap 2022

Oregon National Guard Supports Wildland Firefighting