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  • Full spectrum of capabilities needed for Guard missions

    Living up to the National Guard's motto of "Always Ready, Always There" requires a full spectrum of capabilities, a senior National Guard official told an audience here at the Domestic Operations Conference today. "How do you take things that work in our community and make them sustaining programs

  • Muncy announced as Air Guard Command Chief

    Chief Master Sgt. Christopher Muncy from the Ohio Air National Guard was announced as the Air Guard's next command chief here today. As ANG command chief, Muncy will serve as the senior advisor to Lt. Gen. Harry M. Wyatt, director of the Air Guard on matters concerning the readiness, morale,

  • National Guard planners prepare for 2009 hurricane season

    One team, one fight is the mantra for local, state and federal leaders preparing for a 2009 hurricane season that forecasters say could include nine major storms. "If that forecast is even close to being accurate, the timing of this [workshop] is vital to us being ready," said Gen. Craig McKinley,

  • Generals re-enforce 'Citizenship Day' with core values

    Two Air Force generals visited a Greenpoint neighborhood elementary school in Brooklyn, N.Y., Feb. 11 during the school's Citizenship Day, as part of school-wide programs to instill pride in America and community service. The generals, Maj. Gen. Darren McDew, director of Air Force Public Affairs,

  • Guard supplies generators to local school district

    Generators from the Arkansas Air National Guard have enabled a local school district to resume classes after an 11-day break. Classes were cancelled after an ice storm swept through northeast Arkansas Jan. 26. About 500,000 state residents lost power as a result. Arkansas Guard officials said 13

  • Guardsman inducted into Air Force Safety Hall of Fame

    The Air National Guard's former deputy director of safety has been inducted into the Air Force Safety Hall of Fame for his revolutionary, entrepreneurial approach to safety program management. In a small ceremony held here today, Lt. Col. Edward Vaughan was recognized for his "unique contribution to

  • McKinley: SPP important in preventing future calamities

    The development of international, military-to-military relationships built through the National Guard's State Partnership Program will become vitally important in preventing future world calamities, a senior National Guard official said Feb. 5. Gen. Craig R. McKinley, chief of the National Guard

  • 'Military Saves' campaign battles debt

    Servicemembers have been lulled into a false sense of financial security by marketing campaigns that encourage them to overspend. It's a real David vs. Goliath battle that Air Force Chaplain (Maj.) Sarah Shirley is all too familiar with. "We're this little guy with a slingshot up against this big

  • Joint Force takes on new meaning as 115 FW Airmen help a Soldier in need

    Philanthropy is a large part of the culture behind today's Air Force men and women. For more than 10 Airman of the 115th Fighter Wing, volunteerism hit a little closer to home recently as they put down their Air Force chevrons and picked up tools to help a Soldier in need. The Airmen volunteered to