Air National Guard
MOORE, OK - MAY 23: Members of the Oklahoma Air National Guard stand watch at the entrance to Plaza Towers Elementary School, after it was destroyed by a tornado, May 23, 2013 in Moore, Oklahoma. A two-mile wide EF5 tornado touched down in Moore May 20 killing at least 24 people and leaving behind extensive damage to homes and businesses. U.S. President Barack Obama promised federal aid to supplement state and local recovery efforts.
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The Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve are vital to accomplishing our air refueling mission ... Therefore, the ability to recruit for and maintain a strong reserve component association was a major consideration in this basing action.
The military has shown me, as a female Asian-American that regardless of the struggles my family and I have gone through I can achieve anything as long as I always remember my heritage and what America has done for me, especially the U.S. Air Force and the Wyoming Air National Guard
There are few military installations in Vermont, which include Burlington Air National Guard Base and Ethan Allen AirfieldMore quotes »
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National Guard rescues ill cruise ship passenger
-- The California Air National Guard has rescued a man who fell seriously ill on a cruise ship hundreds of miles off the coast.The agency says crew of the Holland America line's Westerdam contacted authorities for help late Saturday and changed course to reduce Read more »
Around the web
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Remembering: Lehi veterans share memories of war, life after it
it. It just somehow comes back to you," she said. Doug Hardy served in the Army from 1966-1969 and then for the Utah Air National Guard from 1972-1975. He was a radio operator in field artillery during the Vietnam era. "I got my draft notice and I thought, 2:02 AM from Utah Daily Herald Read more »
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Death notices for May 26, 2013
Mr. Cary Bryce Jr., 66, of Midlothian, a member of the Virginia Air National Guard, retired manager and civil engineer at the Virginia Department of Transportation, husband of Laura Adkins. Anderson, Mr. Leroy Lane Jr. “Roy,” 83, of Richmond, an Army Ordnance 12:10 AM from Richmond Times-Dispatch Read more »
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Brouwer, Nico Arie
Vietnam conflict and served as an MP in Saigon. Thereafter, he graduated from the UW-Madison and joined first the Air National Guard, then the Army National Guard where he served until his medical problems forced him to retire. He married Jan (Hustad) Mair 5/25/13 from Madison.com Read more »
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Teens create touching exhibit on local veterans at History Museum
II; and Shawn Tamborski, a mother of five, who had to combat Afghan perceptions of women as she served with the Missouri Air National Guard in Kabul. The exhibit is the first originated and created by teens in the museum’s Teens Make History program. Five 5/25/13 from St. Louis Post-Dispatch Read more »
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Cynthia Simison: Life of Chicopee's 1st Sgt. Kevin A. Dupont portrays Memorial Day's meaning of 'last full measure of devotion'
forgotten, always present. Semper fi. Chris Dupont served in the Marine Corps, is retired from a 26-year career with the Air National Guard’s Fighter Wing in Westfield and still works in the military, now in a civilian civil-engineering job with the Air Force 5/25/13 from MassLive.com Read more »
