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FOX 23 News Albany - Thu Dec 10, 6:04 pm ET
Nearly 100 National Guard soldiers from all over New England and New York are heading overseas to Afghanistan. They know the war there is changing because of President Obama's decision...
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Fri Dec 11, 12:31 am ET
Where: Hunt Armory, 324 Emerson St., for tomorrow's Handmade Arcade.
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WRGB Albany - Thu Dec 10, 5:41 pm ET
100 soldiers from the Vermont National Guard geared up and shipped out today on their new assignment: Afghanistan. The soldiers will be among the first of the 30,000 additional troops President Obama is deploying to Afghanistan.
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Boston Globe - Thu Dec 10, 8:27 am ET
State environmental officials have given the National Guard permission to use pyrotechnic hand grenades during training exercises at a Cape Cod base after agreeing they were not environmentally damaging.
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Fort Leavenworth Lamp - Thu Dec 10, 10:36 am ET
Gen. Craig McKinley says that military officers should never underestimate the value of planning and working together as a team.
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The Republican - 10 minutes ago
WESTFIELD - Florence M. Snyder is afraid the arrival of F-15 Thunderbolt jet fighters at Barnes Municipal Airport has caused a drastic drop in the value of her Holyoke Road home, putting her at a disadvantage if she and her husband voluntarily sell their house and relocate.
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Strategy Page - Thu Dec 10, 9:17 pm ET
Over the last few years, Saudi Arabia has upgraded the equipment and training of its armed forces. Actually, there are two, separate, armed forces. Overall, the Saudi military has about 200,000 troops. But 75,000 of those belong to a separate force, the National Guard.
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The Gilroy Dispatch - Thu Dec 10, 8:49 pm ET
If you could have witnessed the scene Nov. 30 at the opening night of the National Guard Armory in Gilroy as a temporary shelter for this winter season, you would have been amazed. As soon as Carmen Silva and her son Manuel showed up with bags of coats and clothing they had collected, many of the 70 or so people there to eat soup and take shelter for the night quickly gathered around the tables ...
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Press of Atlantic City - 54 minutes ago
From our wire services Rutgers University is inaugurating a program that will conduct research for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
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The Gadsden Times - Thu Dec 10, 8:29 pm ET
By Lisa Rogers Times Staff Writer The families of the soldiers deployed with the 151st National Guard Chemical Battalion based in Gadsden will have a Christmas party Saturday, thanks to the generosity of many Goodyear employees.
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University of New Mexico Lobos - Wed Dec 9, 4:35 pm ET
The University of New Mexico baseball team put on a free baseball hitting clinic for children of service men and women in the National Guard at the Albuquerque Baseball Academy on Nov. 14. The Camp consisted of 38 campers, who were taught by the ABA staff as well as several Lobo baseball players. This is the second straight year that head coach Ray Birmingham has volunteered his services and the ...
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The State - Thu Dec 10, 10:24 pm ET
Brig. Gen. Richard A. Shook Jr., assigned to 9th Air Force headquarters at Shaw Air Force Base, has been nominated to the rank of major general.
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The State - Thu Dec 10, 10:14 pm ET
Long-serving former State Treasurer Grady L. Patterson Jr. was celebrated Thursday as a dedicated public servant of impeccable integrity, who for more than 35 years fiercely guarded South Carolina's financial reputation.
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USA Today - Thu Dec 10, 7:53 pm ET
Some events happening Friday.
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WGAL 8 Susquehanna Valley - Wed Dec 9, 11:36 am ET
It was a happy and emotional homecoming for more than 300 Pennsylvania National Guard members based at Fort Indiantown Gap.