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  • Guard's first general ready to take Minutemen forward

    Air Force Gen. Craig R. McKinley officially became chief of the National Guard Bureau (CNGB) and was promoted to the rank of general by Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates in a ceremony today at the Pentagon. Gates and Navy Adm. Michael G. Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, as well as

  • The last for a 1st Sgt.

    Master Sgt. Kathy Watson started her career in the military in 1984. She enlisted as an active duty personnel specialist in the USAF. Her first duty station was Minot AFB, North Dakota. The first day she was on the base it snowed. She said "Everyone was upset but me. I loved the snow." It was the

  • Engineers Push Forward with Bosnia Construction

    The Maryland Air National Guard's 175th Civil Engineer Squadron has nearly completed work on a memorial to three Americans who died here during the Bosnian civil war officials said today. Seventy-two members of the Maryland Air National Guard are in Bosnia taking part in two civic construction

  • Ambassador Praises Maryland Guard Efforts in Bosnia

    The U.S. Ambassador to Bosnia-Herzegovina, Charles English, today praised Maryland Air National Guard efforts at two construction sites in the former Yugoslav republic. Seventy-two members of the Maryland Air National Guard's 175th Wing are in Bosnia taking part in a civic construction mission under

  • MARYLAND AIR NATIONAL GUARD CIVIL ENGINEERS

    Airmen from the Maryland Air National Guard's 175th Civil Engineer Squadron are pressing ahead full bore with two humanitarian construction projects in Bosnia-Herzegovina officials said here today. The engineering projects are part of the National Guard's State Partnership Program. As the name

  • Training pairs veteran cops with younger security forces

    Having downed five drinks in less than four hours, Tech. Sgt. Joel Colinco was hammered when he encountered the cops. Stumbling and barely able to walk a straight line, Colinco -- a reservist with the 146th Airlift Wing from the Channel Islands Air National Guard -- failed all the field sobriety

  • Pargan 12,500 Flying Hours Milestone

    If Chief Master Sgt. Gordon Riffe, former superintendent of the Maryland Air National Guard's 135th Airlift Squadron's loadmaster section, hadn't encouraged a young civilian to look into the Air National Guard back the early 1980s, Master Sgt. Steve Pargan might be still working behind the counter

  • Maryland Air National Guardsman receives Bronze Star Medal

    The Maryland National Guard today announced the awarding of the Bronze Star Medal to Col. Brian Neal, commander of the Maryland Air National Guard's 135th Airlift Group, for meritorious achievement while serving on active duty in Iraq. During the first six months of 2007, Neal served on active duty

  • Maryland National Guard announces Airmen of the Year

    The Maryland Air National Guard today announced the winners of its annual Airman of the Year competition for 2007 as follows: In the Airman category: Senior Airman Kyle J. Greene, of Pylesville, Md. Greene is a member of the 135th Aerial Port Flight. In the Non-Commissioned Officer category: Tech.

  • Maryland Air National Guard Unit Returns from Iraq

    The Maryland Air National Guard today welcomed home 27 members of the 175th Security Forces Squadron from their six-month deployment to Sather Air Base at Baghdad International Airport, Iraq. The Guardsmen were activated in July 2007 and attended pre-deployment training at Creech Air Force Base,