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Lt. Col. Mike Birkeland (right) and Senior Master Sgt. Eddie DiazGuard 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
Sgt. 1st Class Mark WannerSept. 11th enlistee is Ohio Guard's first Silver Star recipient since Korean WarA former medical researcher motivated to enlist by the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, is set to become the Ohio National Guard's first Silver Star recipient since the Korean War in a Saturday statehouse ceremony...
February 5, 2010
Thai army engineersArmy 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
Army Sgt. Sophia MaloneWounded Alabama Guardsman continues serviceA chance meeting with Army Lt. Gen. Kevin Campbell in June led to a dream job for Iraqi war veteran and Purple Heart recipient Army Sgt. Sophia Malone...
February 5, 2010
Missouri route-clearance Soldiers experience firstsThe active-duty Army and National Guard members of a new route-clearance patrol formed here last month would experience many "firsts" in their maiden voyage...
February 5, 2010
116th Infantry BrigadeGuardsmen 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
Maj. John Freed gives Tech. Sgt. Brandon Ayler a thumbs-upLouisiana 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
young Afghan man and a border police officerGeorgia Guardsmen set up radio stations for Afghan villagersIn a perfect world, accurate information would be as close as a radio. For a country at war, accurate information is invaluable...
February 4, 2010