National Guard

As part of the terms of losing, the Prussians were to occupy Paris for two days. During this time, the Parisians closed all of their shops in protest. The National Guard was unhappy of the compromises due to the war and they teamed up with some of the Parisians to voice this. This ended up with the deaths of two generals. This didn’t stop until June when the leader was killed. It was not before the slaying of…

The Tennessee National Guard Adjutant General visits with Troopers deployed to Joint Task Force Guantanamo, Oct. 19-20 on U.S. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. “It was different than what I expected it to be,” said U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Terry “Max” Haston, the Adjutant General for Tennessee National Guard. “It’s a world of its own. It’s stepping into a piece of history that most Americans don’t get the opportunity to see. Our Soldiers serving down here are very fortunate to have this…

wanted to avoid becoming the victim of crippling debt. After a little research, I found a solution to my problem with the Kansas Army National Guard (KSARNG). I quickly learned that joining the guard provides numerous benefits and opportunities that would fit my needs. By becoming a guardsman, I am able to obtain my education without any costs to myself. In addition guard members are offered opportunities to further their military career by working full time with their unit. These benefits are…

The National Guard State Partnership Program (SPP) stems from a 1992 Department of Defense (DOD) desire to create and expand military security cooperation efforts in Eastern European countries. Sensitive to Russian concerns that US Active Duty military cooperation activities would appear threating, the DOD established the National Guard State Partnership for Peace program. Starting in the three Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, this program paired US National Guard soldiers and…

I am here to make a change. I am here to better the lives of those around me in any way I can; that is why I chose to join the National Guard and that is why I aspire to be a doctor. In every way I can throughout my days I constantly lend my hand, my heart, my assistance to anyone and everyone that might need it. It can be as simple as picking up the potato chip bag off of the floor…

As an Army National Guard I was determined to do things that would set me apart from others. I started out my career as a Quartermaster Chemical Equipment Repairer and then converting over to a Light Wheel Vehicle Mechanic. I was the only female mechanic in my company. My older brother was a Sergeant First Class in my Company and he always pushed me to do different things. He knew how much I hated the stigma of “Females are not equal to Males’, in the Army. So one day I was talking to my…

turning point in a course of action or state of affairs. One such watershed event that affected me professionally as well as personally was being selected to serve as an officer in the Air National Guard. After eleven years of serving as an enlisted member of both Active Duty Air Force and the Georgia Air National Guard (GANG), I applied and was selected for a commission as an officer in the GANG. At the time of my selection I was serving as a full time aircraft maintenance technician in the…

I have had a long a varied career in the Air National Guard that is approaching 28 years of military service. I have had and continue to have a very blessed life. Has a simple country boy from Mississippi I have had the opportunity to see and visit a variety of places and countries that most folks that I grew up with will never be able see. Since I joined the Air National Guard in 1989 it has been a blessed career with both on the enlisted as a maintenance personnel and an officer in…

here about this day – touch, taste, smell, hearing, sight******* Little did I know that by the end of this day, my life would be drastically changed forever. This was going to be the day I would be Called to Arms. I enlisted in the Florida Army National Guard in October of ’97 as a Fire Support Specialist. This job mostly entailed being on the front lines with the Infantry, calling in fire support and suppression of enemies that we were able to get eyes on; however, we focused much of our…

The gate was wide open and there were off-duty soldiers scattered in three different spots playing random games. Two guard were at the bridge sitting there and didn’t notice them until they went right in front of them. They had barely anything to say but the captain arrived and asked Gen, the Magus and Sophos to follow them. When they followed the off-duty got suspicious and followed too. A beefy solider came by and took Sophos hands out of Gen shoulders. When they did, that Sophos yelled “Stop…