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The calm before the storm: Texas Soldiers prepare for hurricane rescuesAugust 16, 2006 — AUSTIN, Texas - A thick cloud of cool white mist rose from the lake surface as a gigantic twin-rotor CH-47 Chinook transport helicopter glided 10 feet overhead and disgorged its load of troops into... MORE 

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Texas National Guardsmen Assist Border Patrol Agents In Seizing Over $3.2 Million In MarijuanaAugust 15, 2006 — FALFURRIAS, TEXAS - U.S. Customs and Border Protection Border Patrol agents intercepted 4,008 pounds of marijuana at the Falfurrias Border Patrol checkpoint on Saturday. The contraband has an... MORE 

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Web site honors Air Force heroesAugust 15, 2006 — SAN ANTONIO (AFPN) - A nonprofit organization's Web site is letting people pay tribute to Air Force heroes.A section in the Air Force Memorial Foundation's Web site, titled Air Force Heroes, allows... MORE 

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550 Active-Duty Soldiers Join Wildfire Fight in Washington StateAugust 15, 2006 — WASHINGTON - Some 550 active-duty soldiers from Fort Lewis, Wash., will be conducting a different kind of firefight in the days ahead: helping control wildfires that have burned more than 83,000 acres... MORE 

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Ground pounders: 11B school puts 'Infantry' in 36th Infantry DivisionAugust 15, 2006 — CAMP BONDSTEEL, Kosovo - When the Texas National Guard's 49th Armor Division was officially "re-flagged" as the 36th Infantry Division in a ceremony at Camp Mabry, Texas July 18, 2004, it was more... MORE 

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Guard called to airports to augment security after U.K. terrorist plot foiledAugust 11, 2006 — ARLINGTON, Va. - In the wake of an Aug. 10 announcement by British authorities that they arrested several people involved in a plot to blow up commercial airliners, the governors of three states... MORE 

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Readiness Frontiers highlights transformed Air National Guard Medical ServiceAugust 11, 2006 — SNOWBIRD, Utah - Readiness Frontiers 2006 gave departing Air Surgeon Col. (Dr.) Randall Falk - who steps aside Sept. 1 - another chance to take in the big picture of the Air National Guard Medical... MORE 

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Air National Guard Medical Service tackles critical surge capacity shortfallAugust 11, 2006 — SNOWBIRD, Utah - The Air National Guard Medical Service is filling a critical need that many Americans may not even be aware exists.It’s called “surge capacity” or “surge capability,” and it’s the... MORE 

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Incoming Air Surgeon's vision: building partnerships, mental health focusAugust 11, 2006 — SNOWBIRD, Utah - Alliances with civilian public health specialists and state agencies and a focus on mental health are among the priorities of Col. (Dr.) William "Chip" Riggins, the National Guard... MORE 

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U.S. Remains on Guard in Response to Terror ThreatAugust 10, 2006 — WASHINGTON - American officials are on guard in light of arrests made in Great Britain overnight in connection with a terror plot targeting trans-Atlantic commercial flights, senior Defense Department... MORE 

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Bush: Terror Plot to Bomb Planes Reminder U.S. at WarAugust 10, 2006 — WASHINGTON - The overnight arrests of 21 suspected terrorists by British authorities is a stark reminder that the United States is still at war with "Islamic fascists" who are intent on destroying... MORE 

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America Supports You: Group Helps Troops Trade Helmets for HardhatsAugust 9, 2006 — WASHINGTON - Transitioning from the military into the civilian work force can be as simple as trading one type of headgear for another through "Helmets to Hardhats."Helmets to Hardhats helps people... MORE 

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Guard Border Mission 'Right Way to Do Business,' Chief SaysAugust 9, 2006 — WASHINGTON - The National Guard's mission at the southwestern U.S. border is a balance of shared responsibility between the federal and state governments that is already improving border security and... MORE 

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Program to help bridge gap between civilian and military payAugust 9, 2006 — WASHINGTON - The Reserve Income Replacement Program (RIRP), part of the 2006 National Defense Authorization Act, authorizes the Secretary of Defense to pay income replacement to eligible,... MORE 

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Ohio Air National Guard Selects New Chief of StaffAugust 9, 2006 — COLUMBUS, Ohio - Brig. Gen. (Select) Robert Boggs, vice wing commander of the 121st Air Refueling Wing, has been selected as the new chief of staff for the Ohio Air National Guard and promoted to the... MORE 

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Texas National Guard conducting relief operationsAugust 8, 2006 — CAMP MABRY, Austin, Texas - After nearly a week of rain, Vinton and Socorro, two small communities near El Paso, Texas, finally received a reprieve last night.Nearly 100 Texas National Guard Soldiers... MORE 

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Air Guard pilots train in escape, evasionAugust 8, 2006 — IDAHO CITY, Idaho (AFPN) - A-10 Thunderbolt II pilots from the Idaho Air National Guard's 190th Fighter Squadron ascended the mountains here Aug. 6 for a refresher on escaping the enemy and evading... MORE 

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Special Forces Soldiers reflect on fallen Ohio Guard comradeAugust 8, 2006 — GREEN, Ohio - In the early evening June 16, a group of about a dozen Soldiers from B Company, 2nd Battalion, 19th Special Forces Group, immaculately clad in full military dress uniform, nestled... MORE 

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Air National Guard Medical Service tackles critical surge capacity shortfallAugust 7, 2006 — SNOWBIRD, Utah - The Air National Guard Medical Service is filling a critical need that many Americans may not even be aware exists.It’s called “surge capacity” or “surge capability,” and it’s the... MORE 

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Texas Army Guard aviators set for Iraq deploymentAugust 7, 2006 — FORT HOOD, Texas - The long slow months of combat training in the sweltering Texas summer heat has come to an end for the Soldiers of the 36th Combat Aviation Brigade as they prepared to embark on the... MORE 

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