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From the streets to the military ranks: How his service changed his life
Posted on 01/13/2019Rios grew up on the streets where he was in trouble with the law, ate what he could steal and slept where he could find shelter. At that time he could not imagine making it to his 20th birthday, let alone one day serving in the military.
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From the streets to the military: Service changed his life
Posted on 01/13/2019As a homeless kid, Idaho Army National Guard Capt. Adam Rios broke into an abandoned building in Utica, New York, where he found an old cigar box. Inside the box were various small bars with different colored stripes on one side and pin clasps on the other. One particular pin caught his eye. It had two adjacent bars like railroad tracks. Thinking it was cool, Rios affixed the pin to his hat, which he wore for a while after.
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Like father like son: National Guard Soldiers serve, deploy together
Posted on 01/10/2019As a member of the U.S. Army, the wellbeing of your seniors, peers and subordinates is just as important as that of your own family. Now imagine if your family members were those people to your left and right. Command Sgt. Maj. John Cole, senior enlisted advisor, and CW2 Bradley Cole, AH-64 Apache Helicopter pilot, with 1st Battalion, 130th Aviation Regiment (Attack Reconnaissance Battalion), Task Force Panther, of the North Carolina National Guard, assigned to 101st Combat Aviation Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault).
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Wyoming Army National Guard Soldiers gear up for combat lifesaving
Posted on 01/10/2019About 40 artillerymen assigned to the Wyoming Army National Guard, spent 40 hours this week learning how to keep one another alive in the event of a combat casualty while deployed overseas later this year.
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JMTG-U is more than a training center for Tennessee Guardsmen deployed to Ukraine
Posted on 01/09/2019278th Armored Cavalry Regiment Soldiers from Tennessee deployed in Ukraine do more than train.
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New York Army and Air Guard NCOs can learn from each other
Posted on 01/09/2019Whether they're running a lanes training exercise at Camp Smith or launching a mission from Gabreski Air National Guard Base, it can be easy for our NCOs to forget that they are part of something bigger than their battalion, squadron, brigade or wing.
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N.Y. Army National Guard lieutenant creates free map graphics application
Posted on 01/08/2019Need an easy and quick way to turn your operations plan into map graphics?
