Tarmiyah meeting builds relationships

2nd Stryker Brigade
CAMP TAJI, Iraq (June 18, 2008) – Hussein al-Tahan, governor of Baghdad, visited the areas of Mushada and Tarmiyah, northwest of Baghdad, June 13 and attended the first Joint Rural Planning Committee at Bukhari Hall in Tarmiyah. The meeting brought together leaders from the Tarmiyah Qada, members of the Provincial Council [...]

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Security, funding send children back to school

by Sgt. David Turner
American Forces Press Service
FOB KALSU (June 18, 2008) — For school children in the southern Baghdad area, getting an education has become a difficult and even dangerous prospect in recent years. In some cases, supplies were short and facilities were in disrepair. Sometimes the teachers weren’t there. In a few [...]

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GAO Faults Air Force in Award of Tanker Contract

Some day the Air Force will add a new tanker aircraft to its fleet, but that day may have been pushed back again this week when a government audit found flaws with the service’s decision in February to give a $35 billion contract to Northrop Grumman and the parent company of Airbus. The Government Accountability [...]

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Visitors Like What They See: Open House for NG Memorial Museum

Tour guides and Capitol Hill staffers accepted an invitation this week to visit the National Guard Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C., and liked what they saw. “This shouldn’t be such a secret,” said Frank Fitch, a guide with Capitol Tours, after wandering through the museum Wednesday afternoon. “I’m impressed. It’s an impressive story,” said Alan [...]

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Top NG Airmen Receive Honors, Tour of Washington Sites

Six Air National Guard airmen were given a grand tour of Washington, D.C., this week after arriving in the city to receive Airmen of the Year awards from the service. They toured the Capitol, the Pentagon, Senate office buildings, Arlington National Cemetery and more during their five-day stay. They also met senior leadership, which was [...]

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Army Guard Recruiting Efforts Address Chaplain Shortage

Part of the success story for recruiting within the National Guard has been the ability to bring more chaplains into the Army Guard. In 2005, the service was short 450 chaplains. New recruiting strategies have cut that shortage in half and officials expect to close it completely within two years. “The last three years have [...]

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NGAUS History 6.19.08

NGAUS officers visited President Kennedy in the White House Oct. 23, 1963. It was the first time the association’s officers had paid a formal call on the president since before World War II.
But this was not simply a cordial event. The president was familiar with some of the problems confronting the organization at the time. [...]

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This Week in Guard History 6.19.08

June 18, 1916: Washington D.C. — President Woodrow Wilson, acting only 15 days after he signed the historic National Defense Act of 1916, calls up most of the National Guard for duty along the Mexican Border. Because the National Guard is called up under the militia clause of the Constitution, it is restricted to service [...]

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A New Post

Remember when I informed you that ‘my’ Soldier was home? Then I told you that he emailed me to tell me he would have a post up soon? Well, it’s here, and it was worth waiting for! First Conop To Bagram; Meeting LTC SFowski. It is quite long and informative, but it does not cross [...]

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