National Guard Faces Call-Ups for 2008, '09
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The Pentagon this week plans to alert at least seven National Guard units to be ready for deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan in 2008 and 2009 as the military's reserve forces are increasingly called upon to relieve the strain on active-duty troops, officials said yesterday.
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The Nationals' starting rotation, littered with cheap retreads and fringe prospects a year ago, has upgraded across the board with a group of solid prospects.
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The first wave of about 800 National Guard soldiers will head to the U.S-Mexico border as early as next week, including planners and leadership personnel who will stay longer than the planned 21-day missions, the National Guard chief told lawmakers Wednesday.
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Nine hundred reservists are to be deployed to Iraq, the government has announced.
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One of the soldiers has proudly served in the military for 10 years. Another passed up a chance to remain safely at home, instead re-enlisting in the Army Reserve and heading to Iraq so "the young kids in that unit" would have someone experienced alongside them.
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U.S. troops could start moving from Cold War-era posts in Germany to new bases in Romania and Bulgaria this year as part of American efforts to create a more mobile overseas force, the top U.S. commander in ...
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More than 6,000 National Guard troops have been assigned to southwestern border states by the government's Aug. 1 deadline &#151; though only about half of them are on duty along the border, the Guard said Monday.
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Two senior defense officials told a House committee today that Iraq's growing security forces should be able to take full responsibility for internal security sometime between early 2009 and 2012, but they declined to predict when U.S. military personnel could withdraw from the country.
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Steven Register, who led the minor leagues in saves last season, joined the Mets in by way of the Rule 5 draft, meaning he must make the 25-man roster or be offered back to the Rockies.
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The National Guard, which has helped patrol some of the least populated sections of this hurricane-battered city for nearly a year, will remain in New Orleans at least through the end of hurricane season.
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GX, a magazine that began publication in March 2004, seeks to celebrate the experience of members of the National Guard.
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The Wizards have eight potential free agents on the roster, including projected starters Larry Hughes, Brendan Haywood and Kwame Brown.
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A new report says the U.S. military isn't ready for a catastrophic attack on the country, and National Guard forces don't have the equipment or training they need
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The Pentagon notified U.S. military  combat units based in seven states on Tuesday that they are  likely to be part of next-year's planned rotation of American  forces into Iraq and Afghanistan.
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WASHINGTON - Increasing numbers of National Guard and Reserve troops who have returned from war in Iraq and Afghanistan are encountering new battles with their civilian employers at home. Jobs were eliminated, benefits reduced and promotions forgotten...
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Union flag-bedecked Land Rovers of the Black Watch regiment stand ready for deployment. Photograph: Warrant Officer Giles Penfound/PA.
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The National Guard is no longer just a weekend warrior service for soldiers expecting to serve a Saturday and Sunday each month and two weeks a year.