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Leadership course provides Airmen pathways to successAugust 31, 2015 — JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Md. - Calling the experience “very eye-opening,” Airman 1st Class Madison Harrison came away from the recent three-day Enlisted Leadership Symposium at Camp Dawson, West Virginia,... MORE 

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Louisiana National Guard better, stronger 10 years after KatrinaAugust 28, 2015 — NEW ORLEANS – Ten years ago, Hurricane Katrina devastated southeastern Louisiana.Three weekslater, Hurricane Rita did the same in southwestern Louisiana. The LouisianaNational Guard played a crucial... MORE 

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Texas-based Engineer Brigades embrace Army Total Force Policy to complete a 17-mile road construction projectAugust 28, 2015 — BROWNWOOD, Texas – Army Engineers from across Texas came together during a 25-day roadway construction project spanning 17 miles along the perimeter of the Camp Bowie Training Center in Brownwood,... MORE 

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Illinois National Guard conducts major earthquake drill with local and international partnersAugust 28, 2015 — SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - The Illinois National Guard conducted a week-long, multi-agency exercise dubbed Prairie Assurance Aug. 24 to 28. The exercise trained elements of a task force of personnel from the... MORE 

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Guard members reflect on Hurricane Katrina and the Guard’s ‘finest hour’ August 28, 2015 — ARLINGTON, Va. – When Hurricane Katrina battered New Orleans and the Gulf Coast in August 2005, Stacey Besselman—the spouse of a Soldier assigned to the Louisiana Army National Guard’s 256th Infantry... MORE 

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The Arkansas National Guard remembers its Katrina roleAugust 28, 2015 — LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - The Arkansas National Guard began its association with the Hurricane Katrina disaster several days before the storm made landfall on Aug. 29, 2005.Before the storm hit, during the... MORE 

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New York National Guard member honored for heroism in her own neighborhoodAugust 28, 2015 — FARMINGDALE, N.Y.— Staff Sgt. Marlana Watson was spending a quiet night at her Syracuse home playing video games when the New York Army National Guard medic and Afghan War veteran, heard gunshots... MORE 

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Diverse cultural backgrounds embraced in military serviceAugust 28, 2015 — RAPID CITY, S.D. - America is a gathering of cultural and ethnic backgrounds and one place you will see it all blend together is in today’s military. Wearing the uniform of the United States Armed... MORE 

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Fire update:  National Guard response to Western blazes increasesAugust 27, 2015 — ARLINGTON, Va. - More than 2,000 National Guard members are assisting state and local authorities in battling wildfires across five states in the Western U.S., more than double the number of Guard... MORE 

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South Dakota Guard members discuss disaster management with South American partner nation SurinameAugust 27, 2015 — PARAMARIBO, Suriname – Members of the South Dakota National Guard spent two days in Suriname, their South American partner nation, Aug. 19-20, to take part in a subject matter expert exchange focusing... MORE 

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Senior Colombian army engineer visits South Carolina Army Guard Best Engineer CompetitionAugust 26, 2015 — COLUMBIA, S.C. - The South Carolina Army National Guard recently hosted one of the Colombian Army’s top military engineers who observed the South Carolina Army Guard’s first Best Engineer Competition... MORE 

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Oregon Army Guard member set to receive Soldier’s Medal for actions on a Paris-bound trainAugust 26, 2015 — ARLINGTON, Va. - Spc. Aleksander R. Skarlatos, one of three American friends who subdued a heavily armed gunman on a Paris-bound train, will be awarded the Soldiers Medal - the United States Army's... MORE 

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Oregon Army Guard member stops armed attacker on French trainAugust 25, 2015 — ARLINGTON, Va. - An Oregon Army National Guard member has been nominated to receive the Soldiers’ Medal for actions taken to subdue an armed attacker who had opened fire while on a train from... MORE 

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Air Force extends SAPR services to AF civiliansAugust 25, 2015 — WASHINGTON - The Air Force released a policy memo yesterday allowing Air Force civilian employees who are victims of sexual assault to file restricted and unrestricted reports with their... MORE 

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South Carolina Army National Guard partners with law enforcement for active-shooter trainingAugust 24, 2015 — SUMTER, S.C. - South Carolina Army National Guard Soldiers in the 351st Headquarters Support Company partnered with the Sumter County Sheriff’s Department to train in reacting to an active-shooter... MORE 

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Mississippi Army National Guard members take their mechanical skills to the SinaiAugust 24, 2015 — NORTH CAMP, SINAI - Two Soldiers from the 1108th Theater Aviation Sustainment Maintenance Group Task Force 17, based out of Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, took on a mission at North Camp, Sinai, Egypt, to... MORE 

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Examining lessons from Hurricane Katrina 10 years laterAugust 21, 2015 — ARLINGTON, Va. - Hurricane Katrina, energized over the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico in late August 2005, warranted an unprecedented response by the National Guard.Even as it dissipated upon... MORE 

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On the California fire lines, meet Pulaski and McLeod tools of the tradeAugust 21, 2015 — LAKEPORT, Calif. - Each morning during this fire season, Soldiers from the California National Guard’s Task Force Charlie shake hands with Dr. Pulaski and Dr. McLeod before heading into the Northern... MORE 

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Post-shooting, Air National Guard officer lives life of resilienceAugust 20, 2015 — PEORIA, Ill. - First Lt. Allison Schore heard two shots ring out inside the restaurant. Two unmistakable gunshots. Then three more.“I knew instantly what that noise was,” she said. “There was a band... MORE 

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Alaska Air National Guard rescuers save injured hiker and hunterAugust 20, 2015 — JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Alaska Air National Guard rescuers have had a busy week.Rescuers are credited with saving two men – a hunter and a hiker - in different incidents that started... MORE 

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