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Just a few steps away from the beach, Soldiers from the Florida Army National Guard's 3rd Battalion, 265th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, practice uploading missiles to the Avenger system during training at South Lido Key in Sarasota, Fla., May 5, 2007. Photo by Staff Sgt. Thomas Kielbasa.

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 U.S. Army Spc. Michael Townsend, from the North Carolina National Guard, waits for his next radio instruction during an exercise in Charlotte, N.C., March 20, 2007. Townsend is assigned to the 42nd Civil Support Team which is performing a unit-wide prece rtification exercise at the Charlotte Firefighter Academy. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Brian E. Christiansen)

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Sgt. Duane Ostrowski, Operations Non-Commissioned Officer 49th Missile Defense BN (GMD) Alaska Army National Guard, completes his 10 kilometer snow shoe event during the 2nd week Cold Weather Leadership Course at the Northern Warfare training Center 35 miles south of Fort Greely. (Photo by SGT Jack Carlson III)

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Capt. Stephanie Kelsen pilots a North Dakota Air National Guard F-16 Fighting Falcon alongside the first C-21 to join the 119th Fighter Wing as it flies into Fargo, N.D. Jan. 10. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Master Sgt. David Lipp)

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The 6th Civil Support Team (CST) from the Texas National Guard respond to the unexplained deaths of more than 60 birds in Austin on Monday, Jan. 8. The reconnaissance team from the 6th Civil Support Team ride on the Gator preparing to set up safe perimeters. (Photo by 6th CST Team)

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Firing from the kneeling position during a live fire exercise at -25 degrees, a Soldier from the 49th Missile Defense BN (GMD) concentrates on his target as the bitter cold sets in. (Photo by SGT Jack Carlson III)

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 Spc. Nicholas Slover of Bravo Battery, 3rd Battalion, 265th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, lets seven-year-old Nevaun Chamberlain (center) and 11-year-old Joshua Claitt try out the remote control of the Avenger missile system during an exercise at South Lido Key in Sarasota, Fla., May 5, 2007. Photo by Staff Sgt. Thomas Kielbasa.

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Members of the 21st Weapons of Mass Destruction - Civil Support Team (WMD-CST), New Jersey National Guard, check for radiological contamination during Operation Dependable Response - a combined Guard and Marine exercise held at Warren Grove Air to Ground Range, N.J., on March 3.

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A Ground Based Interceptor (GBI) is transported to its silo during a recent emplacement on the Missile Defense Complex (MDC) at Fort Greely, Alaska. Ft Greely is home to more than a dozen GBIs ready to defend the United States and its allies from an accidental or intentional inter-continental ballistic missile launch. (Photo by SGT Jack Carlson III)

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 F-16 Fighting Falcons from the North Dakota Air National Guard's 119th Fighter Wing get refueled by a 319th Air Refueling Wing KC-135 Stratotanker Jan. 16 over North Dakota. (U.S. Air Force photo/David H. Lipp)

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Members of the 21st Civil Support Team, New Jersey National Guard, perform a sweep on a New Jersey Transit bus during a training exercise at the Kearny, N.J., maintenance facility on March 22. The purpose of the exercise was for the CST team members to work with their New Jersey Transit Police counterparts and familiarize themselves with the types of buses and trains that comprise the New Jersey public transportation system. (Photo by Tech. Sgt. Mark C. Olsen, NJDMAVA/PA.).

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Lt. Col. Edward Hildreth, Commander 49th Missile Defense BN (GMD), holds an awards formation on the Missile Defense Complex at Fort Greely, Alaska on October 30th. The 49th is the operational arm of the nation's missile defense, manned by Alaska Army National Guard Soldiers it operates and secures the Missile Defense system. (Photo by SGT Jack W. Carlson III)

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 A Florida Army National Guard missile system tracks "enemy" aircraft during a training exercise at Ken Thompson Park in Sarasota, Fla., May 5, 2007. Photo by Staff Sgt. Thomas Kielbasa.

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Maj. Patrick Deconcini performs a preflight inspection of an F-22 Raptor Feb. 3 at Langley Air Force Base in Virginia. The 94th Fighter Squadron is deploying for an air combat training exercise. Major Deconcini is a 192nd Virginia Air National Guard pilot with the 94th Fighter Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Samuel Rogers)

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OVER THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA -- Two F-16 Fighting Falcons begin to roll into position for a rapid decent during an Operation Noble Eagle training patrol March 16. The F-16s are assigned to the California Air National Guard's 144th Fighter Wing in Fresno, Calif. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Lance Cheung)

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The 6th Civil Support Team (CST) from the Texas National Guard respond to the unexplained deaths of more than 60 birds in Austin on Monday, Jan. 8. Here members of the CST are being decontaminated, which is standard operating procedure after every reconnaissance mission. (Photo by 6th CST Team)

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Soldiers from the Alaska National Guard, 49th Missile Defense BN (GMD, work with members of Ft Greely's emergency services to evacuate a wounded Soldier from the Missile Defense Complex during a force protection exercise. (Photo by SGT Jack Carlson III)

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Sgt. Bill Gent, Information Systems NCO for the 102nd Civil Support Team, communicates with Survey Team Members during a CST demonstration event at the Marion County Regional Fire Training Facility in Brooks, Ore., on Oct. 27, 2006.

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