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MAIL CALL
Jul 01, 2008; Petty, Dennis E ... Membership Over the Years When I joined the Kansas National Guard in 1971, I was asked for a check to cover my dues for the National Guard Association. I wasn't told why or given a choice, just told that if I wanted to join the Guard, they needed the check. That continued until ...
Always Ready, Near and Far
Jul 01, 2008; Umbarger, R Martin ... Despite my many years in uniform, I still sometimes see things in this business that make me stop and shake my head in wonder. This happened twice last month, once when my home state of Indiana suffered terrible flooding and again when I visited Iraq. I'm talking about the ...
Southwest Border Mission Set to End
Jul 01, 2008; Anonymous ... The National Guard mission on the U.S. border with Mexico will come to a close as scheduled this month. Operation Jump Start will formally end on July 15, just as President Bush planned when he created the mission two summers ago to support the U.S. Border Patrol while it hired an ...
Mullen: Leadership is Fix to Air Force Woes
Jul 01, 2008; Anonymous ... Good leadership at all levels will fix what ails the Air Force, the Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman said at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev.,June 17. "There's nothing more important to what we do than leadership. It covers the full spectrum of our people. It covers the full spectrum of our ...
National Guard Casualties
Jul 01, 2008; Anonymous ... Five mobilized National Guard soldiers and airmen lost their lives in May while supporting overseas operations, according to Defense Department casualty reports. * Sgt. Joseph A. Ford, 23, of Knox, Ind., died May 10 in Al Asad, Iraq, of injuries suffered in a vehicle accident. He ...
Army Guard Reduces Shortage of Chaplains
Jul 01, 2008; Anonymous ... A largely overlooked facet of the Army National Guard recruiting success over the last three years has been its ability to bring more chaplains into the service. In 2005, the Army Guard was short more than 450 clergy. New recruiting strategies have cut that shortage almost in half, and ...
DoD Computers Have New Security Banner
Jul 01, 2008; Anonymous ... A new information notice on Defense Department computer screens ensures users understand that their e-mails are subject to monitoring, but also reinforces specific user privacy and confidentiality protections, a senior defense official said. The new banner notifies users that their ...
SOUND BITES
Jul 01, 2008; Anonymous ... "When you have a difference of philosophy with your boss, he owns the philosophy and you own the difference." -Former Air Force secretary Michael Wynne, "Ousted Air Force Chief Cites Dissension in Pentagon," Associated Press, June 20 OPEN CAMPUS "It's the least we could ...
Army Guard Forced to Curtail Recruiting
Jul 01, 2008; Anonymous ... After unprecedented success for several months, the Army National Guard's recruiting effort in May fell short. But there's more to it than meets the eye, says an official with the National Guard Bureau in Arlington, Va. The downturn is "a factual statement, but not the whole story," said ...
A Process Gone Awry
Jul 01, 2008; Green, Richard M ... The 2005 Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) rulings are beginning to reshape the Air National Guard. For some units, the rulings are bringing new missions, equipment and personnel. Many other units haven't been so fortunate. They're losing decades-old missions and some of the most ...
Motorcycles Deadly for National Guard Soldiers
Jul 01, 2008; Anonymous ... Fifteen Army National Guard soldiers have been killed in motorcycle accidents this year, said the Army National Guard deputy director. That's already more than were killed in all of 2006. That's one reason Maj. Gen. James Nuttall rode the Guard's Patriot Chopper at the front of ...
Five Guardsmen Promoted in Battle
Jul 01, 2008; Anonymous ... Five Army National Guard soldiers have received battlefield promotions while serving in Iraq, according to information from the National Guard Bureau in Arlington, Va. They are the first Guard members to benefit from the Army's experimental program reintroducing battlefield promotions ...
Obama Considers Gates for Cabinet?
Jul 01, 2008; Anonymous ... A report in a London newspaper says Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., may consider current Defense secretary Robert M. Gates for the same post if Obama wins the election against Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. Richard Danzig, an adviser to Obama and a former secretary ...
Congress Rips Tanker Award
Jul 01, 2008; Anonymous ... Congress is asking the Air Force to return to the drawing board and reopen the bidding process for the aerial refueling tanker. A group of 50 lawmakers led by Rep. Rosa Delauro, D-Conn., was expected to send a letter to acting Air Force secretary Michael B. Donley. Failing to start the ...
Military Report Faults Planning
Jul 01, 2008; Anonymous ... A U.S. Army report released in late June faults military planning for problems with the occupation of Iraq after the government of Saddam Hussein fell in 2003. Called On Point II: Transition to the New Campaign, the report also warns about the overuse of the National Guard and ...
The Flood of '93
Jul 01, 2008; Anonymous ...... Like any war, some battles were won and some were lost. But overall, since the aftermath of the nine-state devastating flood is ongoing as you read this, the American people won this war, too. They are still there, still alive and rebuilding for a greater Midwest. This flood soaked ...
Fighter Wing Using F-22s On Noble Eagle Missions
Jul 01, 2008; Hopper, David ... Virginia The 192nd Fighter Wing has become the first Air National Guard unit to fly the F-22 Raptor to patrol U.S. skies. "The mission for the protection of the homeland has not changed for us since the inception of Operation Noble Eagle," said Lt. Col. James Cox, commander of ...
Heroes of the Heartland
Jul 01, 2008; Anonymous ... Thousands of Guardsmen help communities battle overflowing rivers across the Midwest Many of them have served in Iraq or Afghanistan where they cursed the sand that crept into everything from their boots to their bunks. So there was some irony when National Guardsmen from several ...
Daniel's Big Trip
Jul 01, 2008; Jensen, Ron ... A Guard Wounded Warrior is on a road trip to see the land he loves and meet the people he served Maybe you have seen Daniel McConnell on the highways of America this summer. Thirty years old. Driving a 24-year old tan and brown Chevy Suburban with 230,000 miles on it. Boxer dog at his ...
Unit Teaches Medevac Rules To Coalition Partners in Iraq
Jul 01, 2008; Mills, Thomas ... Maine A Maine National Army Guard aviation unit has been training other units in Iraq on how to expedite an always time-critical aero-medical evacuation. The lessons are intended to provide units that might call for an evacuation with some basic instruction on preparing both the ...