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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!
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COL Eric D. Maxon
Director, NGB-Public Affairs
HAGEL ANNOUNCES NEW INITIATIVES AGAINST SEXUAL ASSAULT
WASHINGTON (8/15/13) - Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel today announced seven new initiatives to strengthen and standardize the department's sexual assault prevention and response effort.
http://www.nationalguard.mil/news/archives/2013/08/081513-Hagel.aspx
AIR GUARD DIRECTOR STANLEY E. CLARKE III HOSTS FIRST ALL-CALL
JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Md. (8/16/13) - Remaining operationally engaged, the fiscal climate, furloughs, and serving with distinction were topics discussed Wednesday by the director of the Air National Guard, Air Force Lt. Gen. Stanley E. Clarke III, at his first All-Call.
http://www.nationalguard.mil/news/archives/2013/08/081613-Air.aspx
DEFENSE DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCES BENEFITS FOR SAME-SEX SPOUSES
WASHINGTON (8/14/13) - The Department of Defense announced today its plan to extend benefits to same-sex spouses of uniformed service members and DOD civilian employees.
http://www.nationalguard.mil/news/archives/2013/08/081413-Defense.aspx
ARMY COMMAND CHIEF WARRANT OFFICERS CELEBRATE THE PAST BUT LOOK TO THE FUTURE
FORT LEE, Va. (8/14/13) - Army National Guard command chief warrant officers representing each of the 54 states and territories gathered here in July to discuss policies and regulations and to celebrate the 95th anniversary of the Army's warrant officer corps.
http://www.nationalguard.mil/news/archives/2013/08/081413-Army.aspx
NEW NATIONAL GUARD PRESENTATION TARGETS BULLYING
FRANKFORT, Ky. (8/14/13) - Although we are just now really acknowledging bullying as an issue, it has been around as long as any of us can remember.
http://www.nationalguard.mil/news/archives/2013/08/081413-New.aspx
THOUSANDS TRAIN DURING NUCLEAR-BOMB SCENARIOS FOR VIBRANT RESPONSE
CAMP ATTERBURY, Ind. (8/13/13) - How would state and federal agencies react if a nuclear bomb detonated in two major metropolitan areas? Similar scenarios played out across Indiana, where Soldiers from the Kentucky National Guard's 63rd Theater Aviation Brigade conducted their annual two-week training, as part of an exercise called Vibrant Response.
http://www.nationalguard.mil/news/archives/2013/08/081313-Response.aspx
4 SOLDIERS BECOME ARMY'S FIRST FEMALE ABRAMS TANK MAINTAINERS
FORT BENNING, Ga., (8/13/13) - Four female Soldiers, including two with the Army National Guard, made history Aug. 1 when they became the first women in the Army to obtain the 91A M1 Abrams Tank System Maintainer military occupational specialty.
http://www.nationalguard.mil/news/archives/2013/08/081313-maintainers.aspx
NEW YORK NATIONAL GUARD TESTS HOMELAND RESPONSE FORCE WITH EXERCISE
VALHALLA, N.Y. (8/12/13) - Nearly 600 National Guard Soldiers and Airmen from New York and New Jersey joined forces to exercise techniques they would implement when called to assist first responders and health officials.
http://www.nationalguard.mil/news/archives/2013/08/081213-New.aspx
KENTUCKY AIR GUARD UNIT VERIFIED FOR DOMESTIC DISASTER-RESPONSE MISSION
MASCOUTAH, Ill. (8/14/13) - When a natural disaster strikes the homeland, civilian authorities often find themselves overwhelmed by the sheer magnitude of the crisis.
http://www.nationalguard.mil/news/archives/2013/08/081413-Kentucky.aspx
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