April 02, 2014, ARLINGTON, Va. - With teal-colored combat boots lining a section of the atrium of the Army National Guard Readiness Center here, Soldiers from the Army National Guard kicked off this year’s Sexual Assault Awareness Month on Monday. “It’s important to seize the opportunity to use an event like this to kick off awareness,” said Army Maj. … [Read more...]

March 27, 2014, ARLINGTON, Va. - At 5:36 p.m. on March 27, 1964, a 9.2 magnitude earthquake erupted 80 miles west of Anchorage, Alaska, in Prince William Sound. The quake triggered action by the Alaska Army National Guard, which had just finished annual training at Fort Richardson, adjacent to Anchorage. The Good Friday quake was the most severe seismic event in U.S. history … [Read more...]

March 26, 2014, PENSACOLA, Fla. - The Army has a plethora of communication systems. Soldiers with the 63rd Theater Aviation Brigade's signal section participated in a multi-state communication exercise in Pensacola, Fla., March 7-9 to ensure that they could connect as many as they could in a potential crisis situation. In a true test of interoperability, the Kentucky … [Read more...]

March 21, 2014 - FORT BRAGG, N.C. - Army Spcs. Nicol Vargas, Veronica Kramer, Autumn Aderhold and Brandy Brasted all graduated from the Artillery School at the 139th Regimental Training Institute at Fort Bragg, N.C., March 19, 2014. “I have to do what I have to do to get done with the mission,” Vargas says. “All this time working on the HIMARS (High … [Read more...]

FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, Pa. (3/7/14) - Pennsylvania National Guard officials recently unveiled the latest addition- and a significant upgrade-to the Pennsylvania Army National Guard's armored vehicle fleet. The M2A2 ODS-SA Bradley Fighting Vehicle features embedded training and diagnostic systems, programmable displays, a thermal view for the driver, inertial navigation and … [Read more...]