National Guard back issues from March 2007:
MAIL CALL
Mar 01, 2007; ... Pentagonal Arrogance We are losing the war in Iraq because of the Pentagon's arrogance and bigotry as it pertains to the National Guard and Reserve. The Pentagon committed piecemeal the force structure that would have won the war in Iraq because such forces, trained and ...
Of Like Minds
Mar 01, 2007; ... The Commission on the National Guard and Reserves' report validates the very lack of Guard full-time manning and equipment that necessitate Guard empowerment. At long last, somebody in Washington (outside Congress) gets it. That's my take after reading an advance copy of the ...
Attention to Legislative Detail
Mar 01, 2007; ... National Guard empowerment, the president's new powers over the Guard in domestic emergencies, equipment reset and reduced-age retirement are just a few of the issues getting attention as the 110th Congress begins deliberations of fiscal 2008 defense bills. On Guard empowerment, Sens ....
SOUND BITES
Mar 01, 2007; ... "[Y]ou could put all the wounded soldiers in the Ritz-Carlton, and it wouldn't fix the personnel management and recordkeeping problems that keep them languishing in outpatient limbo out there for months." -Rep. Tom DaWs, R-Va., "Painting Over the Problems at Walter Reed's Building 18, ...
Panel to Recommend Guard Four-Star Slot
Mar 01, 2007; ... The Commission on the National Guard and Reserves is set to announce March 1 that it supports elevation of the Guard Bureau chief to four-stars, according to some on Capitol Hill (Chairman's Message, page 12) who saw the report late last month. But the full recommendations will fall ...
Gates Addresses Guard Readiness, Mobilization
Mar 01, 2007; ... Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates told a gathering of adjutants general in Washington, D.C., last month that equipment readiness and shorter, more predictable mobilizations spaced further apart are Pentagon priorities for the National Guard. Mr. Gates was speaking for the first time to ...
National Guard Casualties
Mar 01, 2007; ... Thirteen mobilized Army National Guard soldiers lost their lives in January while serving in Operation Iraqi Freedom, according to Defense Department casualty reporting. * Staff Sgt. James M. Wosika Jr., 24, of St. Paul, Minn., died Jan. 9 in Fallujah, Iraq, of wounds suffered when an ...
GAO: DoD Doesn't Track Guard's Domestic Needs
Mar 01, 2007; ... A report released Jan. 26 said that the Defense Department has not moved effectively to identify National Guard homeland-security equipment and training requirements. In the report, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) concluded that defense officials have recognized the need to ...
Outpatient Care Woes Reported at Walter Reed
Mar 01, 2007; ... Army and Defense Department officials spent much oflast month looking for answers and fixes after a series of articles in The Washington Post detailed significant outpatient care problems at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C. The articles, which began Feb. 18, ...
Handbook Helps Troops Survive First Days in Iraq
Mar 01, 2007; ... A new handbook on how soldiers can survive their first 100 days in Iraq is now available online at https://call2.army.mil/new/toc.asp?do cument=2393. The increased casualty rate among newly arriving soldiers necessitated the development of the Soldier Handbook: Surviving Iraq, according ...
DoD to Establish Africa Command
Mar 01, 2007; ... The U.S. military will establish a separate U.S. Africa Command to oversee military operations on the African continent, Defense secretary Robert M. Gates announced during congressional testimony last month. The command will enable the U.S. military to have a more effective and ...
Five More WMD Teams Certified
Mar 01, 2007; ... The Defense Department notified Congress last month that it has certified National Guard weapons of mass destruction civil support teams (CSTs) in Delaware, Montana, New Hampshire, North Dakota and Vermont. Pentagon officials said the five "are fully ready to assist civil authorities in ...
Magazine Archives
Mar 01, 2007; ... Below is an excerpt from the November 1974 issue of The NATIONAL GUARDSMAN magazine. It's part of a periodic series of historically significant articles from the magazine's six decades of archives. The annual NGAUS conference returned to Puerto Rico in 1982 and will be held on the island for a ...
BORDER SPOTTERS
Mar 01, 2007; ... Homeland mission gives Guardsmen new perspectives on smugglers, terrorists and those seeking a better life YUMA, Ariz. On Sgt. HollyAnn Nicom's first night back at the U.S.-Mexico border in January, she and her fellow Pennsylvania National Guardsmen spotted diree individuals ...
Border Success and Strategy Increase Danger Level
Mar 01, 2007; ... Most understand that the National Guard is at the U.S.-Mexico border to help with border enforcement. But the 30-second sound bites on TV rarely explain what the Border Patrol wants to accomplish and is accomplishing as about 6,000 Guardsmen continue to influence a precipitous drop in illegal ...
Mountain Men
Mar 01, 2007; ... FOR MORE THAN I 65 YEARS, OREGON'S RUGGED TERRAIN HAS REQUIRED-AND PRODUCED-TOUGH GUARD SOLDIERS, AIRMEN The peak of Mount Hood thrusts up from the western edge of the mighty Columbia River Basin like a giant clenched fist under a blanket of forests, rock and glacial ice. It's legendary ...
SIZZLING SAN JUAN
Mar 01, 2007; ... Sun, sand and so much more await attendees of the 129th Conference and Exhibition Puerto Rico is often considered an American paradise. With its tropical temperatures and miles of white sandy beaches, the moniker fits. But it also sells the place short-especially its capital ...
ADDED ACCLAIM
Mar 01, 2007; ... Kentucky Army Guard Silver Star recipients receive new honors for their heroism in Iraq A Kentucky Army National Guard soldier has become the first Guardsman-and only the fifth service member overall in the war on terror-to receive the nation's second highest award for ...
Army Guard Engineers Begin Building School in Nicaragua
Mar 01, 2007; ... South Dakota Some South Dakota Army National Guard engineers began site preparations last month for a two-room school they are building near the village of Caliguate in south central Nicaragua. The 24-member construction crew is part of the first soldier rotation from the 153rd ...
Guard Soldiers Return From Sinai Peacekeeping Mission
Mar 01, 2007; ... Texas Steadily falling ice-cold rain couldn't dampen the spirits of members of the 1st Squadron, 124th Cavalry Regiment arriving home from the Sinai Peninsula to loved ones at Abrams Field House on Fort Hood, Texas, Jan. 23. The soldiers were returning after serving a year with ...
Guard Soldiers Find 'Torture House' in Iraq
Mar 01, 2007; ... Minnesota Soldiers with the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 34th Infantry Division rescued three people during a raid on a house with blood-stained walls near Fallujah, Iraq, Jan. 22, capturing several al Qaeda operatives and insurgents in the process. The suspected "insurgent torture ...
Signal Unit Tests New Crisis Communications Equipment
Mar 01, 2007; ... Florida The 146th Expeditionary Signal Battalion tested some new gear last month that should improve Florida's crisis communications. The equipment is called the Regional Emergency Response Network (RERN). It can simultaneously establish communication links to a satellite and a ...
Image of Army Guard Sergeant Rides Along in NASCAR Race
Mar 01, 2007; ... Mississippi Sorry, Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Tony Stewart. Your fans in one Mississippi family pulled for Casey Mears Feb. 25. That's because an image of Staff Sgt. Quinton Martin adorned the hood of No. 25 National Guard/GMAC Chevrolet during the Auto Club 500 race in Bontana, ...
Guard Called After Snow, Ice Batter Eastern States
Mar 01, 2007; ... New York, Pennsylvania About 600 New York and Pennsylvania National Guardsmen helped local authorities clear drifting snow and assist stranded motorists after winter storms nearly paralyzed the two states last month. In New York, about 100 troops helped remove snow in the ...
2007 NGAUS Individual Award Nominees Sought
Mar 01, 2007; ... Do you work with someone possessing a long record of outstanding military service? Has your elected representative been a strong Guard supporter? Do you know of a Guardsman who has performed a life-saving act? If so, these individuals are potential candidates for NGAUS ...