August |
|
Index of Articles Note: Topics below are now bookmarked! Click on the underlined topic |
Roanoke Police
Officers And National Guard Unit Team Up To Train
NY National Guard Keeping Most Armories; Air Bases Likely Safe
‘We’re Making
Progress’; Bush Wants 1-Year Limit On National Guard Tours
Utah Air, Army
Guard Now Under Same Leadership
Blum: National Guard Building Future With ‘Modular Bricks’
Governors OKs Longer Guard Tours of Duty
Guard Fans Out Across 9 Counties
What Was It Really
Like In Iraq?; Wisconsin Soldiers Describe Their Experiences As Nation
Builders; Tales From The Front
Mission: Iraq;
Medics Manage ‘Chaos’
HOMEFRONT: DEALING WITH AFTERMATH
Military Dads Must Readjust To Families
Some Military Voters Had Trouble Getting Ballots
Websites:
National Guard Family Program Online |
|
|
|
TRICARE website for information on health |
|
|
|
Civilian |
https://www.dmdc.osd.mil/appj/esgr/index.jsp (Note to |
|
|
Cumulative roster of all National Guard |
|
|
|
Military |
|
|
|
Militarystudent.org is a website that helps military |
|
|
|
Disabled This website |
|
|
|
Have an article, announcement, or |
READINESS
|
Roanoke |
|
Roanoke August 8, 2004 Sunday Metro Edition By, Robert Samuels – Police But it was “We’re Coordinating This Even with “The Additionally, “I Maintaining The The only “They’re Police “It’s |
|
|
|
|
NY |
|
The August 10, 2004, Tuesday, BC cycle By Michael Five air By The guard “Since The National Guard Over the “That When More than Since the The New Most guard The New The New One factor The New The New |
|
|
|
|
‘We’re Making Progress’; Bush Wants 1-Year Limit On National Guard Tours |
|
Albuquerque August 12, By, President The The Q: How A: The |
|
|
|
|
Utah Air, Army Guard Now Under Same Leadership |
|
The Associated Press State & Local Wire August 15, 2004, Sunday, BC As part of a nationwide reorganization of the military, the Utah National Historically, the Utah National Guard has maintained separate Officials announced the transition to a Joint Force Headquarters this “We fight jointly, so we need to train and operate on a daily In Utah, Air Force Brig. Gen. Ralph Dewsnup has been appointed Utah Brig. Gen. Stanley Gordon said a joint staff “forces the |
|
|
|
|
Blum: National Guard Building
|
|
By Darsi J Busler August 13, 2004 WASHINGTON (Army News Service, Lt. Gen. H Steven Blum addressed the Guard’s current role and also the One of the greatest changes is that the National Guard is moving from a strategic “We need to rebalance the force for what we need tomorrow, not what we needed Part of this rebalancing involves the Army’s addition of units of employment “When you need a wall built out of these modular bricks, it won’t matter While the Guard is moving forward in its national and state roles, its “If they are willing to tolerate that, they might as well stay on active duty The Guard has also seen many positive changes, Blum said. Re-enlistment and “We’ve called up almost a quarter of a million Soldiers and not one has With so many Soldiers being deployed, more than 50 percent of National These changes have allowed the National Guard to embrace a new motto. “We’re trying to be a READY force. We’re trying to be a RELIABLE force. We’ve |
|
|
|
|
DEPLOYMENT
|
Governors OKs Longer Guard Tours of Duty |
|
The August 9, 2004, Monday By Charles E. Beggs, Associated Press Writer Gov. Ted But in a Guard The Kulongoski The And though Col. Mike Oregon has A total of Also in The Kulongoski Sen. Ron |
|
|
|
|
Guard Fans Out Across 9 Counties |
|
Orlando Sentinel (Florida) August 15, 2004 By Bob Mahlburg, TALLAHASSEE — Thousands of Florida National Guard troops were More than 2,000 troops were working by Saturday afternoon, and that “We’re going to go to 5,300 by tonight,” said National The guard is using seven Black Hawk military helicopters and may bring Duties will range from ensuring the safety and security of residents The Guard troops were working mostly in hard-hit southwest Florida “They’re also involved in recovery operations — getting people Gov. Jeb Bush praised the Guard at a press conference after surveying The hurricane disaster duty comes while other Florida National “We have been planning for this dual responsibility,” Bush Adjutant Gen. Douglas Burnett, commander of the Florida National “Fifteen hundred [guardsmen] are here that are active,” Bush |
|
|
|
|
GUARD IN IRAQ
|
What |
|
Wisconsin August 8, By Lisa By the Over the Most in Five men and Spc. Robinson, Mostly, it When the “They Robinson The “It At first, “Most She She’ll Now, she Sgt. James The strict “I Ewing was “We Ewing was His “It A Kurdish “I Ewing Despite “I Ewing is Spc. Ron The day a “We . . . when The Iraqis The squad “I An More than In one “We’re Bearce Spc. Stacy The “It’s She hated She was Other Normally Nelson had “I In many “It’s During off “Some Staff Sgt. Pepper, He’d been “It He did “From His worst “That Pepper At 11 p.m. “We Witmer’s Now that But if he “My Contact |
|
|
|
|
Mission: Iraq; Medics Manage ‘Chaos’ |
|
SUNDAY August 08, By Douglas Grindle; SPECIAL TO THE T&G – This Treating Several ”You get The The strain The Iraqi It’s The men Soldiers Soldiers A soldier Because 1st Sgt. |
|
|
|
|
HOMEFRONT: DEALING WITH AFTERMATH
|
Military Dads Must Readjust To Families |
|
The August 10, 2004 Tuesday By Aline When Army Howington It would Like Extended “There’s War is Families Briann “It’s When a Sometimes Briann “All Sgt. “They But The first Even now, Before a For “I Parents When Chief At least Repp’s Alex, 17, Other “They As it Howington, “I |
|
|
GENERAL
|
Some Military Voters Had Trouble Getting Ballots |
|
The Associated Press August 9, By David Some Missouri soldiers stationed in Iraq were unable to As a The In a “I Avery is Many of St. Hedrick Missouri National But Other than “Fortunately, On the Secretary |
|
|
|