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Wisconsin MPAD weathers Ike at GitmoSeptember 16, 2008 — GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba - A sirens' wail could be heard for miles as turbulent seas smashed against the shoreline and roaring 55 mph winds ripped around buildings, whipping up dust and leaves and sending... MORE 

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Neighbors Helping NeighborsSeptember 16, 2008 — A mid-air refueling pilot recounts a special mission over Afghanistan  It had not even been 72 hours since we all said good bye to our loved ones in Pittsburgh and we were already working hard on the... MORE 

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Guard hauls nearly 2,500 to safe havensSeptember 16, 2008 — ARLINGTON, Va. - Hauling people to safe, dry places became one of the main missions for National Guard troops after Hurricane Ike rampaged through Texas and Louisiana on Friday night and... MORE 

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Airmen, Soldiers aid people affected by Hurricane IkeSeptember 16, 2008 — GALVESTON, Texas - Airmen from the Texas Air National Guard and Soldiers from the Texas Army National Guard banded together with civilian emergency responders to help people affected by Hurricane Ike... MORE 

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GWOT Milestone Reached in Aircraft Named for 9/11September 16, 2008 — SOUTHWEST ASIA - An Air National Guard unit here recently reached 40,000 flight hours in support of the Global War on Terror fittingly in an aircraft named for the attacks which began the war.The 7th... MORE 

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Religious support teams provide hope after IkeSeptember 15, 2008 — TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. - For the first time, military chaplains and the National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster are collaborating their efforts to provide cohesive spiritual response... MORE 

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National Guard major has hand in rescuing own familySeptember 15, 2008 — LAKE CHARLES, La. - While more than 7,000 Louisiana National Guardsmen were activated to assist in hurricane recovery operations in Louisiana, one officer with the 256th Infantry Brigade Combat Team... MORE 

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Texas Guardsmen Focus on Rescue Missions in Ike's WakeSeptember 15, 2008 — WASHINGTON - Search and rescue missions began immediately yesterday in areas of Texas left in Hurricane Ike's trail and continue to be the main focus of relief efforts today, a Texas National Guard... MORE 

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Isolated island kicks off Vigilant Guard Guam homeland security exerciseSeptember 15, 2008 — GUAM - Members of the Guam National Guard kicked off a multistate, National Guard Bureau homeland security exercise here Sept. 12 as those on the U.S. mainland memorialized the worst terrorist attacks... MORE 

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129th rescuers continue the search for Hurricane Ike victimsSeptember 15, 2008 — MOFFETT FEDERAL AIRFIELD, Calif. - California Air National Guardsmen from the 129th Rescue Wing here deployed to Kelly Field in San Antonio for Hurricane Ike search and rescue support operations... MORE 

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Kentucky Air Guard special ops troops deploy for hurricane reliefSeptember 15, 2008 — LOUISVILLE, Ky. - About 25 pararescuemen, combat controllers and support troops from the Kentucky Air Guard's 123rd Special Tactics Squadron began deploying to coastal Texas today to conduct rescue... MORE 

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Rescues continue in small town of Hackberry, LASeptember 15, 2008 — HACKBERRY, La. - While more than 7,000 Soldiers and Airmen of the Louisiana National Guard are assisting in hurricane recovery operations, one small town in southwest La., is seeing more than its fair... MORE 

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Louisiana Guardsmen answer the call as Ike slams the coastSeptember 15, 2008 — LAKE CHARLES, La. - As Hurricane Ike slammed ashore today, the National Guard was already at work evacuating stranded citizens from their homes and other locations across Southwest Louisiana. By noon... MORE 

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National Guard rescues three households in HackberrySeptember 15, 2008 — HACKBERRY, La. - Members of three different Hackberry, La., households stayed in their homes through the fierce winds and flooding of Hurricane Ike, believing they wouldn't suffer any worse than they... MORE 

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National Guard patrols Grand Isle watersSeptember 15, 2008 — Protecting property a priority mission in hurricane aftermathGRAND ISLE, La. - In an effort to prevent looting of area residents' property and local businesses, Louisiana National Guardsmen began... MORE 

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National Guard begins recovery phase after Hurricane IkeSeptember 15, 2008 — ARLINGTON, Va. - After two days of intense search and rescue missions, National Guard personnel in Texas and Louisiana are moving on to recovery operations today.More than 14,000 National Guard... MORE 

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Airmen, soldiers aid people affected by Hurricane IkeSeptember 15, 2008 — GALVESTON, Texas - Airmen from the Texas Air National Guard and Soldiers from the Texas Army National Guard banded together with civilian emergency responders to help people affected by Hurricane Ike... MORE 

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Vigilant Guard tabletop exercises join response experts in GuamSeptember 15, 2008 — GUAM - Army Lt. Col. David Francisco, director of logistics for the Guam Army National Guard, says Guam citizens know a thing or two about natural disasters."We have become experts with respect to... MORE 

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Mississippi Guard responds to coast floodingSeptember 12, 2008 — JACKSON, MISS - Gov. Haley Barbour has authorized Maj. Gen. William L. Freeman, Jr., the adjutant general of Mississippi, to activate Soldiers of the Mississippi Army National Guard for flood support... MORE 

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States in Ike's path ready, willing, ableSeptember 12, 2008 — ARLINGTON, Va. - Although Hurricane Ike was expected to lose power after hitting Texas sometime Saturday, National Guard personnel in four other states are preparing for the worst when it becomes a... MORE 

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