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Guard prepares to support Super Bowl XLIVAs the excitement builds in the minutes before the Super Bowl kickoff, four Air National Guard F-15 Eagle fighter jets will scream over Miami's Sun Life Stadium in a dramatic show of military support for the big game...
February 5, 2010
Army Guard engineers support Cobra Gold 2010When engineering units from the Royal Thai armed forces, Indonesian army, and U.S armed forces were shuffled and dealt like a deck of cards to five construction sites throughout Central Thailand, planners for Exercise Cobra Gold 2010 hoped each site yielded a winning hand...
February 5, 2010
Guardsmen prepare for second major winter storm on East CoastSchools are closing, weekend activities are being cancelled and the federal government will shut down four hours early today, but the National Guard is on duty in Virginia, Maryland and the District of Columbia in anticipation of a major winter storm...
February 5, 2010
National Guard to assist Puerto Rico policeAbout 1,000 Puerto Rico National Guardmembers will assist the U.S. territory’s police for up to a year while new police recruits are trained, the governor said Monday...
February 4, 2010
White House reaches out to rural veterans in 2011 budgetTo expand health care to a record-number of veterans, reduce the number of homeless veterans and process a dramatically increased number of new disability compensation claims, White House officials here announced Feb. 1 a proposed $125 billion budget next year for the Department of Veterans Affairs...
February 4, 2010
Louisiana Air Guard prepares for real-world war missionThe Louisiana National Guard's 159th Fighter Wing will participate in a three-day operational readiness exercise this week. It is the fourth exercise in a year's length to prepare for an inspection by the Air Combat Command in April...
February 4, 2010