Sgt. Ken urges enlisted leaders to stress fitness
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. (04/29/2008) - The Army Physical Fitness Test would be a lot more demanding if Sgt. Ken was in charge. It would, in his world, gauge Soldiers' ability to do a lot more than perform a mandatory number of pushups and sit-ups in two minutes and run two miles within a required time..[more]

Guard enlisted leaders get a lesson in nonlethal weapons
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - It was 20 times more painful, more debilitating, than any electrical shock she had ever experienced. Yet, a few minutes later, Arkansas state Command Sgt. Maj. Deborah Collins was walking and talking as normally as if she had never had a shocking encounter with one of the newest weapons available to the National Guard..[more]

National Guard members join 'Rebuilding Day' projects
LA PLATA, Md. - At least 60 Airmen, Soldiers and civilians with the Air and Army National Guard brought Christmas early to a disabled Maryland resident here Saturday, April 26 by repairing her home on "National Rebuilding Day.".[more]

National Guard Helicopters respond to mid-Hudson wildfires
MINNEWASKA STATE PARK PRESERVE, N.Y - Two New York Army National Guard Black Hawk helicopters and up to 22 Soldiers spent three days dousing wildfires at Minnewaska State Park in Ulster County April 19-21..[more]