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SPRINGFIELD — Illinois veterans of the National Guard and U.S. Military Reserve can now get $10,000 low-interest loans when their duties end because of changes in a state program.
The Florida National Guard on Monday began storm duty preparations as Tropical Storm Ida approached the Gulf Coast.
The National Guard started a massive project to upgrade its local facilities. Find out the details.
The Florida National Guard activated its planning cells and alerted units in preparation for Tropical Storm Ida as the storm approached the Gulf Coast Monday morning.
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The white puppy first began following the National Guard squad from Camp Mabry while they were on patrol in the Afghanistan village of Sangh-e-Masha one day in June.
Army National Guard Pvt. Alexander J. Blesh, a son of Gennifer Blesh, of Rebersburg, has graduated
Michael Cahill, a former member of the Montana National Guard, is among the 13 killed in last week's shootings at Fort Hood, Texas.
Schools closed, people in low-lying areas sought shelter and the governors of Florida and Alabama declared states of emergency Monday as a rare late-season tropical storm churned toward the Gulf Coast.
Army Sgt. Ryan C. Adams
A partial list of Veterans Day events planned in East Tennessee: n Today in Blount County: William Blount High School will have a Veterans Day program at 10:45 a.m. and Carpenter Middle School will have a program at 9:45 a.m. On Wednesday, a reception at the courthouse begins at 9:45 a.m., with a program following at 10:45 a.m. n East Tennessee Veterans Memorial Association: 9 a.m. Wednesday ...
A variety of vignettes for your Veterans Day viewing: -- Knoxvillian Wade Adams, 86, has been watched over by guardian angels all his life. As a member of the Army's 86th Infantry Division during World War II, Adams arrived in Europe just as hostilities were ending. Germans were surrendering en masse. A brash 20-something, he and a buddy flagged down a surrendering unit of German foot soldiers ...
Seven-year-old Paige DeJean called her daddy every Sunday to keep him updated about school, her friends and just how much she has missed him since he deployed to the Middle East in June with his Louisiana Army National Guard unit.
FedEx Express said Monday it is buying 51 more gas-electric hybrid pickup and delivery vehicles from Azure Dynamics Corp. Most will serve a Bronx, N.Y., station that will become the first all-hybrid FedEx facility with about 100 trucks. FedEx expects a 30 percent improvement in fuel efficiency from the hybrid step-van, which features electric-launch assist, engine-off at idle and regenerative ...
Illinois Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias today announced the expansion of a state-run borrowing program that would provide short-term, low-interest loans to military personnel returning from deployment. The treasurer's office will partner with banks across the state to provide two-year loans of up to $10,000 for Illinois National Guard and U.S. military reserve members within six months of their ...
Army Spc. Paul E. Andersen
