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180 Neb. guardsmen return today from Iraq
LINCOLN, Neb. — About 180 soldiers in the National Guard are heading home to Nebraska after more than nine months in Iraq.The Guard says the Omaha-based 600th Transportation Company is scheduled to arrive Friday afternoon at the Guard air...

Senator offers planes to help stranded troops
Maine’s senior senator has offered up her state’s Air National Guard assets to bring home troops whose flights from the war zone have been delayed.
Posted Wednesday May 7, 2008 12:48:58 EDT
300 Tenn. soldiers back from Iraq next week
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Nearly 300 Tennessee National Guardsmen are scheduled to return home in a week after a yearlong deployment to Iraq.According to a news release...
Posted Wednesday May 7, 2008 9:42:03 EDT
300 Va. guardsmen return home this week
FREDERICKSBURG, Va. — About 300 Virginia Army National Guard soldiers are scheduled to return home this week after serving in the Middle East.About 170 soldiers...
Posted Monday May 5, 2008 11:21:26 EDT
Wife guilty of draining guardsman’s funds
ST. PAUL — A jury has convicted a woman of draining her husband’s investment accounts while he was serving in Iraq with the Minnesota National Guard.It took...
Posted Wednesday May 7, 2008 7:41:32 EDT
Trio of sisters enlist in Ohio Guard
Like a nervous bride, Tavissa Granger darted out of an Army enlistment ceremony last month. But after a pep talk from her older sister, Granger returned to make the biggest decision of her life.
Posted Tuesday May 6, 2008 16:49:41 EDT
177 Oregon guardsmen return from Iraq
WARRENTON, Ore. — Members of the Oregon National Guard’s 234th Engineer Company got a warm welcome home from Iraq on Friday with cheers and an ovation from family, friends and students at...
Posted Monday May 5, 2008 7:51:11 EDT
Mass. Guard unit comes home; no casualties
HUDSON, Mass. — A state Army National Guard unit that didn’t suffer a single casualty during a yearlong deployment protecting some the highest profile targets in Iraq returned home...
Posted Monday May 5, 2008 7:51:32 EDT
75 Ala. Guard soldiers return
About 75 soldiers from the Alabama Army National Guard’s 1103rd Combat Sustainment Support Battalion will arrive home Friday after almost a year in Iraq.A...
Posted Friday May 2, 2008 12:32:03 EDT
Unit delayed by airline to return in mid-May
COLUMBIA, S.C. — The airline troubles that delayed the return from Afghanistan of members of South Carolina’s Army National Guard appear to be ironed...
Posted Wednesday Apr 30, 2008 12:42:18 EDT
Guard Green Berets recognized in Afghanistan
More than 80 soldiers with the National Guard’s 20th Special Forces Group were recognized for their accomplishments during an April 23 ceremony at Kandahar Airfield in southern Afghanistan on...
Posted Thursday May 1, 2008 7:09:41 EDT
Guard recruit dies after training
COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Ohio Army National Guard says a private has died after a two-mile obstacle course over the weekend.An Ohio National Guard spokesman says...
Posted Wednesday Apr 30, 2008 6:08:21 EDT
Iowa Guard to be welcomed home Wednesday
Two Iowa Army National Guard units will be welcomed home from their deployments to Iraq during separate ceremonies on April 30.The 120 soldiers from Delta Company, 1st...
Posted Tuesday Apr 29, 2008 5:54:07 EDT
Reserve officials seek better dental care
After several years of fillings, root canals and bridges left thousands of reservists nondeployable, military officials say they’re smiling about 2008.
Posted Sunday Apr 27, 2008 10:08:27 EDT
150 Va. guardsmen back from Iraq
RICHMOND, Va. — About 150 Virginia National Guard members who have been serving in Iraq will return to their armory in Charlottesville late Thursday.The soldiers...
Posted Friday Apr 25, 2008 6:03:55 EDT
3 governors ask to extend Guard stay on border
TUCSON, Ariz. — The governors of Arizona, California and New Mexico have written congressional leaders urging that Congress extend and fully fund the National Guard’s stay along the...
Posted Wednesday Apr 23, 2008 11:40:56 EDT
N.H. Guard opens new headquarters
CONCORD, N.H. — New Hampshire’s National Guard has a new home in Concord.The Guard opened its new headquarters Monday, bringing officials together under one...
Posted Tuesday Apr 22, 2008 8:08:54 EDT
Guard disaster response exercise begins Monday
The National Guard will conduct a three-day disaster preparedness exercise beginning Monday in Beaufort, S.C. The exercise, called “Vigilant Guard,” is designed to test the capabilities...
Posted Monday Apr 21, 2008 19:55:15 EDT
Grants help Guard families fill in the gaps
WASHINGTON — For Army National Guard Maj. Matt Bacon’s two young sons, this tour of duty in Iraq has been a lot tougher than the last.
Posted Monday Apr 21, 2008 13:34:31 EDT
N.J. Guard deployment worries state lawmaker
TRENTON, N.J. — About half the New Jersey National Guard will be deployed overseas within six months, and that has a top senator worried that their absence might leave the state vulnerable.
Posted Friday Apr 18, 2008 7:49:03 EDT
Gov. rejects report, backs La. Guard leader
BATON ROUGE, La. — Gov. Bobby Jindal’s administration is defending its decision to reappoint the head of the Louisiana National Guard, saying an advisory panel’s accusations of...
Posted Tuesday Apr 15, 2008 9:36:41 EDT

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