Author: National Guard – Top News

The leadership of more than 107,000 Air National Guard members from around the
country were encouraged today to share their stories about how they add value to
America….

A transformed National Guard has been essential to America ‘s war effort, the
Army’s chief of staff said here Nov. 19…

The National Guard has changed dramatically since 2001, transforming itself from a
strategic reserve to an operational force…

The 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…

For 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…

The National Guard can play an important role in helping to spread the news about
the Veterans Affairs Department’s new programs to veterans in their communities,
VA Secretary Eric K. Shinseki told a National Guard conference just outside the
nation’s capital today…

The 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….

Gen. Craig R. McKinley, the chief of the National Guard Bureau, announced today
the selection of a new senior enlisted leader for the National Guard
Bureau…

While 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…

In 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…

On 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…

‘Adding Value to America’ was the theme for more than 2,000 of the National
Guard’s senior Army and Air Force leaders from across the nation, who gathered
here at the National Harbor outside the nation’s capital this morning to kick
off their first Joint Senior Leadership Conference…

First Lady Michelle Obama today cited Army Staff Sgt. Amy Krueger, one of 13
killed during the shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Texas, as an example of the
determination and courage that has characterized women’s service to the military
throughout U.S. history…

The District of Columbia National Guard’s 33rd Weapons of Mass Destruction-Civil
Support Team showcased their equipment for the secretary of the Department of
Homeland Security and other senior DHS officials here today…

To say family is important to Garry Dean, is to understate his level of
devotion…

After a year-long deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, about 120
Soldiers from the Louisiana Army National Guard’s 225th Engineer Brigade were
welcomed home during a special reception here at Camp Beauregard Nov.
15…

Governors from Georgia, Mississippi, Oregon and Wyoming visited Soldiers and
Airmen Nov. 11 here at the Morale, Welfare and Recreation Center…

The rate of soldier suicides continues to concern Army leadership, with 211
active-duty and reserve-component suicides confirmed this year, the Army’s No. 2
officer told Pentagon reporters today…

‘Borinqueneers’ from Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa opened the doors to
its seventh Counter Terrorism Course for the Ugandan People’s Defense Force (UDPF)
at the Kasenyi Military Training center this summer. …

From basic training, military servicemembers are taught the importance of
attention to detail…