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Below are links to this week's stories about all the great work being done by you and your fellow National Guard members – both here at home and overseas.
Maybe your state and your unit are featured in this week's lineup!
Please visit our Website at http://www.nationalguard.mil and our Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/TheNationalGuard for these and many other stories, photos and videos.
Jon Anderson
Acting Director, Public Affairs
HAGEL: DEFENSE DEPARTMENT WELCOMES SUPREME COURT DECISION ON MARRIAGE
WASHINGTON (6/26/13) - Defense Department officials will move forward in making benefits available to all military spouses, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said today in a statement issued after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the Defense of Marriage Act.
http://www.nationalguard.mil/news/archives/2013/06/062713-Hagel.aspx
NEW ARMY NATIONAL GUARD WEBSITE FEATURES TAILORED HEALTH INFORMATION
ARLINGTON, Va. (6/27/13) - The Army National Guard today announced the launch of Guard Your Health (http://www.guardyourhealth.com), a website developed to be a central place for Army National Guard Soldiers and family members to find information and resources on health topics and medical readiness.
http://www.nationalguard.mil/news/archives/2013/06/062713-New.aspx
FOR OHIO AIRMAN, SAVING LIVES 'JUST DOING WHAT I AM TRAINED TO DO'
BAGRAM AIR FIELD, Afghanistan (6/26/13) - "I wouldn't really consider these lifesaving gestures, I was just doing what I am trained to do," said Senior Airman David Kitchen, 455th
Expeditionary Aerial Port Squadron, aerial transportation journeyman.
http://www.nationalguard.mil/news/archives/2013/06/062613-Ohio.aspx
OKLAHOMA SOLDIERS PERFORMING DUAL MISSION IN AFGHANISTAN
MAZAR-E-SHARIF, Afghanistan (6/23/13) - As the only transportation company in Regional Command-North and nearly a couple months away from completing their deployment in Afghanistan, a special group of tight-knit Soldiers from the Oklahoma National Guard drive on as they continue to conduct convoy escort team missions.
http://www.nationalguard.mil/news/archives/2013/06/062413-Oklahoma.aspx
U.S. SOLDIERS WORK WITH SERBIAN ARMED FORCES
VRAPCE, Serbia (6/28/13) - Soldiers with the Joint Implementation Commission and members of the European Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo, or EULEX, met June 21 with their Serbian Armed Forces and Ministry of Internal Affairs counterparts during a coordination meeting in Vrapce, Serbia.
http://www.nationalguard.mil/news/archives/2013/06/062813-Soldiers.aspx
NEW WASH RACK SYSTEM USED BY NEVADA NATIONAL GUARD CONSERVES WATER AND MONEY
CARSON CITY, Nev. (6/24/13) - Expelling 20 gallons of water per minute at about 750 pounds per square inch, not even the stickiest of Nevada mud has a chance against the water cannons at the new Net Zero Heavy Solids Wash Racks at the Combined Support Maintenance Shop here and at the Las Vegas Readiness Center.
http://www.nationalguard.mil/news/archives/2013/06/062413-Nevada.aspx
NORTH CAROLINA NATIONAL GUARD FORWARD OBSERVER REAPS SATISFACTION AS 'KING OF BATTLE'
FORT BRAGG, N.C. (6/27/13) - After a long day and an exhausting patrol in the vicinity of west Baghdad, a platoon got a radio call that no one wants to hear after spending more than 12 hours patrolling Iraqi neighborhoods in the broiling sun.
http://www.nationalguard.mil/news/archives/2013/06/062713-North.aspx
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