This Week in the National Guard

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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

 

Follow our senior leaders on their official Facebook pages:

GEN Frank J. Grass: http://www.facebook.com/GeneralGrass

LTG William E. Ingram Jr.: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Lt-Gen-William-E-Ingram-Jr/255427587912026

CMSgt Denise Jelinski-Hall: http://www.facebook.com/ChiefJelinskiHall

CSM Brunk W. Conley: http://www.facebook.com/CSMConley

CW5 Thomas G. Ensminger: http://www.facebook.com/CCWOEnsminger

CMSgt James W. Hotaling: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Command-Chief-Master-Sergeant-of-the-Air-National-Guard/174604839227745?fref=ts

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