This Week in the National Guard

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Below are links to this week's stories about all the great work being done by you and your fellow National Guard members – both here at home and overseas.

Maybe your state and your unit are featured in this week's lineup!

Please visit our Website at http://www.nationalguard.mil and our Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/TheNationalGuard for these and many other stories, photos and videos.

 

Jon Anderson

Acting Director, Public Affairs

 

NATIONAL GUARD MEDICAL READINESS ALIVE AND WELL

ARLINGTON, Va. (6/10/13) – Living up to its “Always, Ready, Always There” motto, National Guard medical readiness is at an all-time high, said its top medical officer. 

http://www.nationalguard.mil/news/archives/2013/06/061013-National.aspx

NATIONAL GUARD BUREAU CHIEF GRASS VISITS GOLDEN COYOTE EXERCISE

RAPID CITY, S.D. (6/12/13) — The chief of the National Guard Bureau, Gen. Frank J. Grass, visited the 29th annual Golden Coyote training exercise in western and central South Dakota in a two-day stop beginning June 11.

http://www.nationalguard.mil/news/archives/2013/06/061213-Grass.aspx

MORE COLORADO GUARD MEMBERS CALLED TO PROVIDE FIREFIGHTING SUPPORT

CENTENNIAL, Colo. (6/13/13) – More than 140 personnel from the Colorado National Guard are continuing to assist civil authorities with firefighting support at the Black Forest fire in El Paso County, Colo.

http://www.nationalguard.mil/news/archives/2013/06/061313-Colorado.aspx

CLINICAL PASTORAL EDUCATION PROGRAM HELPS CHAPLAINS ASSIST MINNESOTA SOLDIERS

ST. CLOUD, Minn. (6/12/13) — In unprecedented numbers, Minnesota Army National Guard service members have been called to active duty and mobilized to combat zones. One deployment, extending 22 months, constituted the longest tour of duty of any military unit in Iraq.

http://www.nationalguard.mil/news/archives/2013/06/061213-Chaplain.aspx

KENTUCKY ARMY NATIONAL GUARD MEDIC HELPS WITH BETTER CARE FOR MILITARY DOGS

CAMP LEMONNIER, Djibouti (6/11/13) - Widely known for unfaltering loyalty, mission focus, courage under fire and ability to detect a threat like no human or military apparatus can, military working dogs have earned their status as some of the most trusted and loved comrades amid troops as well as one of the most in-demand weapon systems for downrange military commanders.

http://www.nationalguard.mil/news/archives/2013/06/061113-Kentucky.aspx

NATIONAL GUARD DUAL-STATUS COMMANDER APPOINTED FOR COLORADO WILDFIRES

DENVER (6/14/13) — Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper Thursday selected a dual-status commander, in agreement with Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, to support wildfire response and relief efforts in Colorado.

http://www.nationalguard.mil/news/archives/2013/06/061413-Commander.aspx

Follow our senior leaders on their official Facebook pages:

GEN Frank J. Grass: http://www.facebook.com/GeneralGrass

LTG William E. Ingram Jr.: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Lt-Gen-William-E-Ingram-Jr/255427587912026

CMSgt Denise Jelinski-Hall: http://www.facebook.com/ChiefJelinskiHall

CSM Brunk W. Conley: http://www.facebook.com/CSMConley

CW5 Thomas G. Ensminger: http://www.facebook.com/CCWOEnsminger

CMSgt James W. Hotaling: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Command-Chief-Master-Sergeant-of-the-Air-National-Guard/174604839227745?fref=ts

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