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  • Associate missions must continue, says Wyatt

    The Air National Guard's associate missions with the active duty and Air Force Reserve need to continue beyond the new missions formed after Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) in 2005, the director of the Air Guard said here today. Air Force Lt. Gen. Harry M. Wyatt III told members of the Minuteman

  • Hawaii Guard medical team returns, CST stays in American Samoa

    The Hawaii National Guard's medical mission wrapped up over the weekend, but 14 personnel with the state's Civil Support Team (CST) will remain on American Samoa to conduct joint hazardous material and damage assessment operations, Guard officials reported today. The CST has teamed up with the

  • Texas Air Guard and Czechs fly together

    The unmistakable red, white and blue flag -- the flag with one star, a lone star -- swayed back and forth on the flagpole, wisped by the breeze that floats across the former Soviet territory . The silence of the cool morning air was soon replaced with sounds of jet engines as the metal birds left

  • National Guard News: Hawaii Guard deploys after tsunami hits

    About 90 Hawaii National Guard members are on their way to American Samoa this morning to help in the recovery efforts on the Pacific island, National Guard officials have announced. An 8.4 magnitude earthquake struck the Samoa Islands region on Sept. 29, which resulted in a destructive tsunami with

  • Dom Ops conference a 'historic collaboration' for Air Guard

    The recent arrest of several individuals involved in an alleged terrorist plot is a pressing reason to fulfill domestic mission requirements, which address manmade emergencies and natural disasters, the National Guard's senior officer said today. "We need to get on with this," said Air Force Gen.

  • Guardmembers urged to prepare for flu season

    Army and Air National Guard members are scheduled to receive vaccinations against the seasonal flu and the H1N1 flu virus beginning in early November, National Guard Bureau officials recently confirmed. The exact date that Guard members will receive the H1N1 vaccine will be dictated by the

  • Guard offers resiliency training to servicemembers, families

    The National Guard Resiliency Center showcased its training program Sep. 24 here at the Army National Guard Readiness Center in an effort to give military leaders, both enlisted and officers, the tools they need to deal with stress. The training program, titled "Flash Forward - Soldiers and Leaders

  • Blum: Unity of effort needed during disasters

    In the wake of a natural or manmade disaster, unity of effort is required from federal, state and local governments and the military, the deputy combatant commander of U.S. Northern Command said here Sept. 18. "We need to move to a point where we have unity of effort of the inter-agencies, the

  • Commissaries offer savings to Guardmembers around the country

    Most Guardmembers will agree that it's hard to take advantage of the benefits of military service when you live miles from the nearest military installation. For that reason, the Defense Commissary Agency started the "Bringing the Benefit to You" campaign last year. Since that time, more than 100

  • Joint operations leads to sucessful radio test

    An improved radio communication system to enable increased range for use on an Unmanned Ground Vehicle was tested last week at Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Michigan. Under a unique agreement and display of military partnership between entities at Detroit Arsenal and the base's host unit, the