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Guard equipment to return from Iraq, Congress told
ARLINGTON, Va: National Guard equipment will be returned from Iraq to the United States and Guard units can fill shortages with equipment currently in use in Iraq, Defense officials told Congress members Oct. 21. “Reserve-component equipment will not be used as a source for Iraqi security forces requirements,” Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Michele Flournoy [...]
Pararescuemen demonstrate special jump capabilities
CARIBBEAN OCEAN: Pararescuemen from the 58th Rescue Squadron stationed at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., demonstrated the rigged alternate method zodiac, or RAMZ, capabilities in the Caribbean June 9 for members of the Belize National Coast Guard and local media. Before the team jumped out of a C-130J Hercules into the sparkling blue water just [...]
Army publishes first National Guard retirement guide
WASHINGTON: The Army has published a 56-page retirement guide for National Guard Soldiers and their families which covers subjects ranging from retirement point credits to how to apply for retirement pay. The Army National Guard Information Guide on Non-Regular Retirement was a collaboration between the Army G-1 retirement services division and the National Guard. “We [...]
Air National Guard Evaluates Data Link System for C-130s
TUCSON, Ariz.: Rockwell Collins recently demonstrated a low-cost solution to enable U.S. Air Force C-130 aircraft to fully participate in multiple tactical situational awareness networks. The Air National Guard, Air Force Reserve Command Test Center and Air Force Reserve Command utilized the Rockwell Collins AN/ARC-210 radio and the Raytheon Company’s Situational Awareness Data Link (SADL) [...]
Gates lauds US efforts to boost Saudi military capacity
ESKAN VILLAGE, Saudi Arabia: Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates here May 6 called the mentorship that U.S. forces are providing the Saudi Arabian military a key factor in maintaining stability in the region and an example of the capacity-building efforts he’d like to see more of elsewhere in the world. Secretary Gates held a town [...]
ANG Chief Discusses Air Sovereignty Missions with Congress
WASHINGTON: New commitments need to be made to the nation’s Airmen and others who defend North America from threats to its air sovereignty, the Air National Guard’s senior officer told members of Congress here April 22. Lt. Gen. Harry M. Wyatt, director of the Air National Guard, testified before the House Armed Services’ readiness committee [...]
Guard Program Helps Countries Gain NATO Membership
WASHINGTON: A National Guard program has contributed to the expansion of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, which grew by two more countries April 1. Albania and Croatia, NATO’s newest members, have been members of the National Guard’s State Partnership Program for more than a decade. Along with other initiatives such as NATO’s own Partnership for [...]
Guard F-16s intercept suspicious aircraft
ARLINGTON, Va.: Airmen on Air National Guard fighter aircraft from two states intercepted a suspicious aircraft as it flew into U.S. airspace April 6. North American Aerospace Defense Command officials directed F-16 Fighting Falcons assigned to the 148th Fighter Wing from Duluth, Minn., to initially intercept the plane near Michigan’s Upper Peninsula before handing off [...]
