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KINDERHOOK -- Happy birthday, Mr. President! Van Buren, that is. The New York National Guard is honoring President Martin Van Buren today by laying a wreath at his grave site in the Kinderhook Cemetery.
WHITE PLAINS: Army National Guard Pvt. Devon A. Drummond has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C. Drummond is the son of Devon Drummond of White Plains and Donna Johnson of Stone Mountain, Ga. He is a 2009 graduate of Avondale High School in Georgia.
The Indiana National Guard 384th Military Police Company, which includes an Evansville-based detachment of about 70 soldiers serving in Iraq , is expected to return from deployment before Christmas , officials said Thursday.The unit, which is stationed at Forward Operating Base Sykes near Tal Afar, Iraq , has been training and mentoring Iraqi police officers since January.Cautioning that plans ...
Jan. 29, 1944 - Mary Margaret Truman, sponsor of the U.S.S. Missouri, holds the bottle of champagne, prior to chrstening the sea giant at the Brooklyn Navy yard. Looking on, from left, are: Rear Admiral Monroe Kelly, Rear Admiral S. S. Kennedy and Sen. Harry Truman, Dem-MO.
From Our Press ServicesNASHVILLE -- The outgoing commander of the Tennessee National Guard , Maj. Gen. Gus Hargett Jr., has received an Army Distinguished Service Medal, the nation's highest peacetime award.Hargett, of Ripley in West Tennessee, was presented with the award during a ceremony on Tuesday in Nashville. He will retire as Tennessee's 74th Adjutant General at the end of the year ...
A veteran of the Illinois State Police and the Illinois Army National Guard is running as a Democrat for Sangamon County sheriff.
About 150 Michigan Army National Guard soldiers based in Greenville will leave Friday for training before heading to Iraq for a year-long tour to provide convoy security and protection.
A deployment ceremony will be 3 p.m. Friday in the Greenville High School auditorium.
President Barack Obama 's call for more troops in Afghanistan won't mean a likely about-face for soldiers of the 278th Armored Cavalry Regiment."I don't think there's a very good chance our orders will change," Col. Jeff Holmes, the regimental commander, said Thursday.More than 3,000 soldiers of the Knoxville-based regiment, the largest in the Tennessee National Guard , leave armories across the ...
President Obama's announcement of the troop surge in Afghanistan has the Idaho National Guard preparing for possible deployment.
A deployment ceremony will be held Friday, December 4, at 3:00 p.m., in the auditorium of Greenville High School.
WASHINGTON, DC – Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki announced the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has launched a national survey of veterans, active duty service members, activated National Guard and reserve members, and family members and survivors to learn if they are aware of VA services.
SIOUX FALLS (AP) — Members of a South Dakota National Guard unit working in the Middle East are back home for some rest and relaxation.
SIOUX FALLS (AP) — Gov. Mike Rounds has appointed a replacement for Republican state Rep. Brian Dreyer of Rapid City, who resigned earlier this fall because of his pending deployment with the National Guard to Afghanistan.
Thousands of Tennessee National Guard Soldiers will soon be headed to Iraq, but one detachment of mid-state soldiers will be going through an extra challenge.
Greg Mortenson, author of 'Three Cups of Tea,' says success lies in building trust and schools in rural Afghanistan.
