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Index of Articles Note: Topics below are now bookmarked! |
Report Urges Changes To Aid National Guard
National Guard Better Suited
For Fires This Year
Idaho Assembles Quick Reaction Force
Programs Prepare Troops for Combat; Camp Roberts Only Such Site in West
Air National Guard Unit Heading To Asia On Thursday
105th Military Police
Battalion Scheduled To Deploy Wednesday
188th Wing Out Of Fort Smith Assigned To
Middle East
Pride, Nerves Mix As Kin Send Off Guardsmen To Iraq
Bill Extends Veterans’ Health Benefits
New Legislation Helps U.S.
Guard, Reserve Families
Soldiers In Baghdad, Families Will Reunite Via
Satellite
HOMEFRONT: DEALING WITH DEPLOYMENT
Single Military Moms, Children Face Challenges
With Call-Ups
On The Home Front: Bringing Up Baby; While
Daddy’s Away At War
Area Woman Makes Guard Rank History
Arkansas Soldiers In Iraq May Not Get To Vote On Entire Ballot
6,000 Child Care Providers Across Nation
Volunteer Services To Support Troops Returning From Iraq and Afghanistan
Christmas Drive Has
Far-Reaching Effect; Support Group Is Seeking Help With Effort To Send Packages
To Afghanistan.
Websites:
National Guard Family |
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TRICARE website for information on health |
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Civilian Employment Information (CEI) Program Registration for |
https://www.dmdc.osd.mil/appj/esgr/index.jsp |
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Cumulative roster of all |
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Military Child Education Coalition (MCEC) |
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Militarystudent.org is a |
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Disabled Soldiers Initiative (DS3) This website provides information on the new DS3 |
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READINESS
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Report Urges Changes To Aid National Guard
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The Advocate October 5, 2004 By Roxanne If the In a report “If What is the Considering The GAO says In “It’s During a Downer said “And The DOD One thing “Overall, The DOD said |
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North 7 October By: NORTH COUNTY While fire Once they This year — Half of the With so many “We “The Hart said There are Now, because “It Hart said The tough The Oregon National Guard uses one of the first Hart said “It’s Contact |
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Idaho
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Idaho Press Tribune 7 October 2004 By In response to the new reality of Called the Quick Reaction Force, the Idaho’s Quick Reaction Force is a “Naturally, we hope to never |
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Programs Prepare Troops for |
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Monterey October 10, 2004 By Nick CAMP ROBERTS That’s what The new Soldiers on The new Guard ”It will Already, 400 The program Security is ”In a ”Basically, Another In Kosovo, The specific In the next About five They are |
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DEPLOYMENT
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Air National Guard Unit Heading To Asia On Thursday |
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The News 6 October Members of the Delaware Air National Guard 166th Airlift Wing To fly there, the Delaware Air National The guard members will be stationed in Karshi-Khanabad Air Base in Uzbekistan, |
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105th Military Police |
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5 October By Barbara Seven weeks “We’re The mission The unit was |
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188th Wing Out Of Fort Smith Assigned To Middle
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The October 8, 2004 FORT SMITH, The The Arkansas |
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Pride, Nerves Mix As Kin |
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The Boston October 11, 2004 By Thomas Massachusetts “I’m happy. But Nilda “I’m a Roughly 150 The unit’s “Make sure Sgt. Ian “He’s going Sgt. |
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BENEFITS
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Bill Extends Veterans’ Health Benefits
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Associated October 7, 2004 WASHINGTON – The House voted early Thursday to extend The Veterans’ Separately, The bill On the Net: Congress: |
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New Legislation Helps U.S. |
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Cadillac 7 October 2004 By Dale CADILLAC – Michigan “Families The relief Wexford “This When guard “It’s a Under the The Taxpayers Families of The laws |
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GUARD IN IRAQ
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Soldiers In Baghdad, Families Will Reunite Via
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The October 9, 2004 By Michelle BEAVERTON – Priscilla But the It’s all “That “Seeing Debi She doesn’t “These Martin said “It “We’ll The public Families Beyond Camp Cooke Harlow gives “The Key-Young, “I’ve “These Michelle Mandel: 503-294-5959; [email protected] OPERATION |
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HOMEFRONT:
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Single Military Moms, Children Face Challenges
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The Associated Press State & Local October 12, 2004 DETROIT – Single Sgt. Ricci Moore, with After She will Joey, his The goodbye Shaw finally She did, “It’ll Finding a Moore and They must Single-parent “We’re Sgt. “This |
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On The Home Front: Bringing Up Baby; While
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The Columbian (Vancouver, October 9, By Dean Melissa O’Neil tells friends not to “I hate it. I hate the pity,” “It’s hard because I miss him so “I’m having to go through life She stroked her baby and brushed back her “It’s hard because I’m scared. If Yet, there’s no reason to cry for her, “I’ve pulled my life Patrick often sends e-mails and phones “He doesn’t want to worry Patrick didn’t answer e-mail from The Hyland’s wife, Brandi, 26, gets In Baghdad, Hyland and O’Neil serve in “Five or six times a week, we Relaxation comes in watching movies, Hyland questions the reasons behind the He added that most Americans get from Nearly misses the birth Patrick was granted a leave for the “I went into labor at midnight the “I just slept and slept and slept The next day, Patrick called from a “I had to wait in the car, and I When she saw Patrick getting off the They sped directly to Southwest Patrick stayed home for 15 days. “He came home to a wife, a new “I have friends who stop by, like A pillar in her support network, she “We all support each other because She concentrates on raising the baby Melissa’s family in Vancouver including Patrick’s service in Iraq is expected It won’t be as exciting, she said, but Dean Baker writes about military |
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GENERAL
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Area Woman Makes Guard Rank History
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The October 7, By Paul Wood CHAMPAIGN – To the Becker, who At 36, she Besides Her unit is based in Springfield, where “The Married to a She could be The command “She is He was in Teri In her parallel life, Becker earned a Miranda says “I Both of “On my First Sgt. “She is |
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Arkansas Soldiers In Iraq |
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The October 11, 2004 By LITTLE ROCK The prospect “It’s a A week’s If troops Officials One problem Doubling up But that That means Arkansas The issues “There Nick Bacon, “There’s Though war “They’re Faris did The high In the “I |
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6,000 Child
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U.S. October 9, 2004 WASHINGTON – Operation Child care Returning Service Child Care |
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Christmas Drive Has Far-Reaching |
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Sun-Sentinel October 9, 2004 By Tyler Everyone Operation “We’re “We “The Legler and Of the “Models, Legler said Legler said “They Judy Hays of Cash would “We In lieu of Ganim said Mailing to |
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