MAY 27, 2015, SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - New York Army National Guard 1st Lt. Carleen Calypso earned her commission through Officer Candidate School, responded to the World Trade Center attacks in 2001 and deployed to Kuwait and Iraq in 2004 and 2005. It was sandy, hot, she did not like the spiders, there were indirect fire attacks and she drank a lot of water, Calypso … [Read more...]

MAY 22, 2015, ARLINGTON, Va. - As the summer approaches, the Defense Department is redoubling its efforts to promote safety and emphasize responsibility to all service members and their families, starting with a “Critical Days of Summer” message from Secretary of Defense Ash Carter. In a memo issued to DOD leaders, Carter said, “For many of us, summer … [Read more...]

MAY 11, 2015, WASHINGTON - Like spouses of service members from other services, those of National Guard Soldiers and Airmen may face challenges when seeking employment, especially when Guard spouses are unable to access employment resources that may be available to them. To assist Guard spouses with accessing those resources, a symposium designed to help spouses of Guard … [Read more...]

APRIL 30, 2015, WASHINGTON - The chief of the National Guard Bureau sounded a warning about the impact of sequestration on the National Guard in testimony to a Senate subcommittee here Wednesday. "I am concerned that, under sequestration, the nation will have its smallest National Guard since the end of the Korean War, despite the American population roughly doubling since … [Read more...]

APRIL 27, 2015, BASTROP, Texas - Guard members from the 636th Brigade Support Battalion, Joint Task Force 136 (Maneuver Enhancement Brigade), welcomed their employers to spend a day in the life of a Soldier at Camp Swift in Bastrop, Texas, during the unit’s week-long annual training period April 21, 2015. The “Boss Lift” experience, coordinated through the … [Read more...]