Gates supports 'contiguous training' for reserve componentsWhile admitting initial reservations, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates told a National Guard conference today he sees benefits of a new plan that allows reserve-component servicemembers to conduct pre-deployment training before the clock starts ticking on their 12-month mobilization cycles...
November 19, 2009

VA reaches out to Guard members with ‘seven touches’ programThe Department of Veterans Affairs recently implemented many new initiatives and programs as a way to specifically engage National Guard and Reserve veterans who have been deployed, VA Secretary Eric K. Shinseki said Nov. 19...
November 20, 2009

Mullen: Guard should not return to how things were before 2001The National Guard has changed dramatically since 2001, transforming itself from a strategic reserve to an operational force...
November 20, 2009

Guard has no long-term role in reconstruction missions, SECDEF saysThe National Guard has a role in reconstruction missions in Iraq and Afghanistan, but it’s not a long-term role, the secretary of defense told an audience here at the Joint Senior Leadership Conference Nov. 19...
November 20, 2009

State Partnership Program enriches National Guard, TAGs saySitting in a Royal Jordanian Air Force helicopter near a 2,000-year-old city once believed to hide treasure, two of America’s adjutants general called the National Guard’s State Partnership Program a treasure for their states...
November 2, 2009

Alabama kids reach out to Alabama military kidsThe deployment of a Soldier affects no one more than a child. Children of the brave men and women, who protect the liberties and freedoms of the United States of American often suffer and sacrifice in silence...
November 12, 2009

Maryland governor visits educator training programGov. Martin O’Malley along with Maryland Superintendant of School Dr. Nancy S. Grasmick and Army Brig. Gen. James A. Adkins, the adjutant general of Maryland today demonstrated their continued support of Maryland National Guardsmen and Reservists by observing a unique and innovative training course conducted by a training team from the Military Child Education Coalition...
November 12, 2009

Army Guard leaders key to maintaining ready and capable force, says directorThe quality and readiness of the Army Guard is in the hands of its senior leadership, the Army Guard's top officer told more than 2,000 officers and senior NCOs here today...
November 20, 2009

College football rivals meet in IraqFor over 100 years, there has been a hotly contested rivalry that boils over to an all out war for three hours one fall Saturday afternoon in November...
November 20, 2009

XCTC crucial to Florida brigade’s trainingIn the middle of a non-descript Middle Eastern village, 53rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team Soldiers interact with the local inhabitants the same as they have done day in and day out on routine patrols...
November 19, 2009

Schwarzenegger meets with California Guardsmen in IraqOn Nov. 17, while visiting Camp Victory in Baghdad, Iraq, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger shared breakfast with Soldiers from the 49th Military Police Brigade of the California Army National Guard...
November 19, 2009