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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
ALASKA RESCUE COORDINATION CENTER SAVES 2,000TH LIFE
CAMP DENALI, Alaska (7/31/13) - Two hunters found themselves huddled over a fire in the middle of the woods, clinging to hope that help would arrive, after their small propeller plane crash-landed outside of Talkeetna, Alaska, earlier this month.
http://www.nationalguard.mil/news/archives/2013/07/073113-Alaska.aspx
N.C. NATIONAL GUARD OPENS COMMUNICATION LINES
FORT BRAGG, N.C. (7/30/13) - Soldiers from National Guard units across the state attended the North Carolina National Guard's first Unit Public Affairs Representative training at the 139th Regional Training Institute, July 19-21.
http://www.nationalguard.mil/news/archives/2013/07/073013-North.aspx
LOUISIANA NATIONAL GUARD HONORS BUFFALO SOLDIERS
NEW ORLEANS (7/30/13) - The state of Louisiana has many important landmarks where significant historical events have occurred. One place in particular is the Louisiana National Guard's historic Jackson Barracks in New Orleans.
http://www.nationalguard.mil/news/archives/2013/07/073013-Louisiana.aspx
OKLAHOMA NATIONAL GUARD SOLDIERS TRAIN WITH BRITISH COUNTERPARTS
BRAGGS, Okla. - For two weeks, soldiers of the United Kingdom trained with Oklahoma Army National Guard soldiers at Camp Gruber, near Muskogee, Okla., during the 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team's annual training, in late July.
http://www.nationalguard.mil/news/archives/2013/07/073113-Oklahoma.aspx
CAMP GUERNSEY FIREFIGHTERS MAKE A COMMUNITY EFFORT
CAMP GUERNSEY, Wyo. (7/31/13) - There were bumps in the road when Chad Brush, Camp Guernsey's fire chief, tried to establish a community-centered fire department.
http://www.nationalguard.mil/news/archives/2013/07/073113-effort.aspx
TEXAS-CHILE PARTNERSHIP IMPROVED THROUGH EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS
ROUND ROCK, Texas (8/1/13) - Established more than 20 years ago, the National Guard's State Partnership Program (SPP) pairs each state with a foreign ally's military forces to share experiences, training opportunities and best practices throughout the spectrum of operations.
http://www.nationalguard.mil/news/archives/2013/08/080113-partnership.aspx
MICHIGAN NATIONAL GUARD CONDUCTS NUCLEAR RESPONSE TRAINING
CAMP ATTERBURY, Ind. (8/2/2013) - Soldiers of Task Force 46 and the 126 Press Camp Headquarters, Michigan Army National Guard, are participating in Exercise Vibrant Response 2013 at Camp Atterbury, Ind.
http://www.nationalguard.mil/news/archives/2013/08/080213-Michigan.aspx
SOUTH CAROLINA BASE HOSTS COLOMBIAN AIR FORCE TEAM
EASTOVER, S.C. (8/2/13) - A team of five Colombian Air Force officers toured McEntire Joint National Guard Base Tuesday as part of a U.S. visit to gather information about F-16s.
http://www.nationalguard.mil/news/archives/2013/08/080213-South.aspx
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