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Utah Army National Guard Soldier bridges language gap during Orient Shield 14October 31, 2014 — CAMP HIGASHI-CHITOSE, Japan - Army Sgt. Keith Albretsen has a way with words. Literally. As a member of the Utah Army National Guard's D Company, 142nd Military Intelligence Battalion,  he has been... MORE 

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Virginia Army Guard takes part in exchange program with Danish Home GuardOctober 30, 2014 — FORT PICKETT, Va. - Members of the Virginia Army National Guard recently concluded four weeks of working hand-in-hand with members of the Danish Home Guard as part of the Department of Defense Reserve... MORE 

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West Virginia Airman saves woman from knife-wielding son in storeOctober 29, 2014 — LAUGHLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Texas - It was just another trip to Wal-Mart for 2nd Lt. Joshua Nelson when he popped in to grab some fish hooks for a family trip to the lake this past spring. Little did he... MORE 

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North Carolina National Guard activates third Special Operations Forces unitOctober 29, 2014 — The North Carolina Army National Guard welcomed its newest unit of quiet professionals during an activation ceremony at the Claude T. Bowers Military Center drill hall Oct. 18, 2014... MORE 

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Kiowa helicopters find new life in Florida after National Guard retirementOctober 28, 2014 — JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - One of the Army's oldest and most reliable helicopters is leaving the Florida National Guard.For more than four decades the OH-58 Kiowa reconnaissance helicopters buzzed through... MORE 

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California National Guard earns sexual assault prevention awardOctober 28, 2014 — SACRAMENTO - The California National Guard (CNG) was honored Monday with the Defense Department's inaugural Sexual Assault Prevention Innovation Award, recognizing California as the state whose... MORE 

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Mission to fight Ebola: 'This is what we do,' Air Guard leader saysOctober 24, 2014 — DAKAR, Senegal - Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, took to YouTube Tuesday to address concerns over Operation United Assistance-the international effort to aid in the relief... MORE 

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New York's 106th Rescue Wing base honor guard sets a high barOctober 22, 2014 — WESTHAMPTON BEACH, N.Y. - With 619 funerals conducted in the 2013-14 fiscal year, the 106th Rescue Wing’s Base Honor Guard is the busiest honor guard team in the Air National Guard.The team is also... MORE 

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North Carolina chaplain fighting breast cancer on her own termsOctober 22, 2014 — RALEIGH, N.C. – Two weeks ago in Franklinton, North Carolina, National Guard Chaplain Maj. Melissa Culbreth sat laughing and joking in a chair on the front porch of the farm where she works, while her... MORE 

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Kentucky Air Guard Airmen support 101st Airborne Division’s movement to LiberiaOctober 21, 2014 — DAKAR, Senegal - The Joint Task Force-Port Opening Senegal (JTF-PO) supported the 101st Airborne Division’s departure from Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport here Sunday, en route to Liberia,... MORE 

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Citizen-Soldier brothers from New Jersey deploying to Southwest AsiaOctober 20, 2014 — LAWRENCEVILLE, N.J. - As children, Dave and Davis Valentin grew up doing most things together. As adults, the two Ridgefield Park, New Jersey, siblings still do. Both attend classes at Bergen County... MORE 

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For its 27th season, New York's 109th Air Wing flies to AntarcticaOctober 17, 2014 — STRATTON AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, N.Y. - The first LC-130 Hercules aircraft took off for Antarctica today, marking the 27th season the 109th Airlift Wing has supported the National Science Foundation... MORE 

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Civil Support Teams - new tactics for new threatsOctober 17, 2014 — ARLINGTON, Va. - After 9/11, the Department of Defense mandated that the National Guard increase its emphasis on the kinds of threats the United States was likely to see from terrorist organizations... MORE 

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Obama activates National Guard, Reserves for Operation United AssistanceOctober 17, 2014 — WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama has authorized the Defense Department to call up a small number of National Guard or reserve troops that possess special skills needed to aid efforts in stopping... MORE 

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At Air Guard town hall meeting, Grass praises worldwide enduring relationshipsOctober 17, 2014 — JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Md. - Fighting our nation's wars, defending the homeland and building partnerships were among many topics addressed by Army General Frank J. Grass, chief of the National Guard... MORE 

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Tennessee National Guard Soldier assists colleagues beyond the battlefieldOctober 16, 2014 — LOBELVILLE, Tenn. - Staff Sgt. Pamela Pugh, a veteran of Operation Enduring Freedom and 14-year member of the Tennessee National Guard, was contacted during the late summer of 2014 by two of her... MORE 

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Texas Guard member saves roommate's life after gunshot accidentOctober 15, 2014 — GRAPEVINE, Texas – A Texas Army National Guard soldier saved his roommate’s life after the accidental discharge of a weapon in July. Pfc. Wil Ledford, 19, of Grapevine, used skills and techniques that he had just been taught two months prior while attending the Combat Medic School... MORE 

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Army Guard Soldier takes home second place in Department of the Army Best Warrior CompetitionOctober 14, 2014 — FORT LEE, Va. - Twenty eight enlisted Soldiers and noncommissioned officers, or NCOs, from across the Army's 14 commands competed in a mentally and physically challenging competition here to see who... MORE 

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Wisconsin Citizen-Airmen helped keep planes flying during Chicago center closureOctober 14, 2014 — VOLK FIELD AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Wis. - When a fire struck the Chicago Air Traffic Control Center on Sept. 26, Air National Guard air traffic control Airmen from Volk Field Air National Guard Base in Camp Douglas, Wisconsin, were called into action... MORE 

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Georgia National Guard joins Canadians for complex exerciseOctober 14, 2014 — MACON, Ga. - An infantry platoon with the 48th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Georgia Army National Guard, recently joined forces with the Canadian 48th Highlanders in a complex training exercise... MORE 

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