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  • Hawaii Air Guardsman uses civilian skills as hospital volunteer

    On the one day a week he's not dealing with information technology equipment, Staff Sgt. Christopher Hipsher spends time volunteering at the Air Force Theater Hospital. A native of Hilo, Hawaii, Hipsher's home unit is the 291st Combat Communications Squadron of the Hawaii Air National Guard. Here at

  • Wisconsin ground, air commanders meet in Iraq

    While more than 3,200 soldiers of the Wisconsin Army National Guard's 32nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team have their boots on the ground in Iraq, some of their fellow Guardsmen from the state's Air National Guard have their jets in the sky overhead. It isn't often that aerial support for Army Guard

  • Santa and Mrs. Claus arrive in Koyuk via C-130

    Dashing through the sky in an Alaska Air National Guard C-130 Hercules aircraft from the 176th Wing, Santa, Mrs. Claus and a team of elves landed in Koyuk on Nov. 3. This year marks the 53rd annual Operation Santa Claus, an Alaska National Guard program that brings the holiday spirit to remote

  • Guard offers information through Joint Services Support portal

    The National Guard Bureau has put the finishing touches on a new Joint Services Support (JSS) portal developed to help Guardsmen and their family members get information on an abundance of support programs. The new portal, online now at www.jointservicessupport.org, provides easy access to programs

  • NDAA includes provisions for Guard

    The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 signed by the president Oct. 28 included many provisions for the National Guard. "This authorization bill is a big deal for National Guard Soldiers and Airmen," said Air Force Brig. Gen. James Demeritt, director of the National Guard

  • Have Camera, Will Travel...

    Business is good for the members of the 103rd Airlift Wing's Public Affairs office, so good that their services have been requested around the world."My most seasoned staff members are deployed and fully engaged in operations overseas and elsewhere within the country," said Capt. Jeff Heiland, base

  • Flying Yankee deployers return home

    On Sunday, Oct. 4, the final group of Guardsmen from the 103rd Airlift Wing returned home after being deployed to Southwest Asia to support the unit's first ever C-21 overseas deployment. The Guardsmen from Conn. helped to fill a critical gap in operations to augment the active duty. According to

  • Planes leave for South Pole

    The New York Air National Guard's 109th Airlift Wing kicked off its 21st year of support for American Antarctic research today, as two ski-equipped C-130s roared off the runway here bound for the South Pole."Today we're taking one of the first planes down to Antarctica," said Lt. Col. George Alston,

  • McKinley: Diversity critical to National Guard success

    Diversity is critical for the National Guard to compete in today's global environment, the chief of the National Guard Bureau said today. "Our nation needs the most diverse workforce it can have to be the most efficient and effective ... that it can be," Gen. Craig McKinley told the Military