Washington Guard supports National Veteran Wheelchair Games Almost 150 Washington National Guardmembers pitched in this week to help hundreds of wounded warriors take part in the world’s largest annual wheelchair sports event here...
July 17, 2009

Nebraska community donates grain bins to Afghan farmers Members of the Task Force Warrior agribusiness development team of the Nebraska National Guard visited several villages in Afghanistan's Kapisa province July 13 to assess grain bins that once occupied farmlands in Imperial, Neb...
July 17, 2009

81st Heavy Brigade Combat Team heads home During a ceremony held here on July 13, Col. Ronald M. Kapral and Command Sgt. Maj. Robert J. Sweeney rolled up the 81st Heavy Brigade Combat Team colors and once again placed them in a protective case, a military tradition, signaling the brigade's return to the U.S. nearly nine months after arriving in Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom...
July 15, 2009

Jordanians visit waste water treatment plant In the first such trip of its kind under the Colorado National Guard State Partnership Program, Jordanian water engineers got a feel for what American waste water treatment plants look like and how they operate...
July 16, 2009

Idaho enters partnership with Cambodia The Idaho National Guard is forging a new relationship with Cambodia through the National Guard Bureau's State Partnership Program (SPP)...
July 10, 2009

Respite Care Offers Families Valuable Rest For Army families who are responsible for regular care of persons with disabilities, the Exceptional Family Member Program Respite Care Program provides a temporary rest period for caregivers...
July 17, 2009

Heartwarming film pays tribute to Maine troop greeters Military personnel and families will want to see the theatrical release of a new independent film running July 17-23 here at the IFC Center in Manhattan...
July 16, 2009

Guard air crews on standby for wildfires National Guard helicopter crews in two states are standing by ready to assist local firefighters as wildfires continue to scorch parts of Texas and Nevada this week....
July 17, 2009

Texas flight crews complete water survival training Thirty-five F-16 pilots and flight surgeons assigned to the 182nd Fighter Squadron of the Texas Air National Guard recently completed water survival and rescue training here at Canyon Lake...
July 17, 2009

Puerto Rico honors fallen servicemembers Puerto Rico officials and senior military leaders gathered to honor fallen Puerto Rican military members at the Capitol's Monument of Remembrance, or El Capitolio's El Monumento de la Recordacion, during a wreath laying ceremony as part of the 80th League of United Latin American Citizens convention here July 14...
July 17, 2009

South Carolina Guard makes big splash with artificial reef The South Carolina National Guard recently dropped 32 armored personnel carriers and M-113 track vehicles into the Atlantic Ocean, and it wasn’t an accident...
July 17, 2009