Arkansas Triplets: “Trying to Do Better Than Him or Him”
FORT BENNING, Ga., (August 27, 2009) - The cadre at the 30th Adjutant General Battalion (Reception) aren’t seeing double - they’re seeing triple. Identical triplets Joshua, Jacob and John Temple arrived at the battalion Aug 17. The Temple brothers are the first triplets to pass through in more than 20 years, said Erma Thompson, chief of personal affairs, who has worked at the battalion since it opened on Sand Hill in 1983..[more]

California Guard, State Agencies Saving Parks from Illegal Marijuana
SACRAMENTO, Calif., (August 31, 2009) - One of California’s greatest resources is under attack, and the attack isn’t being conducted by air or by sea - but by land. The Sierra Nevada and pristine wilderness are being damaged by people, who illegally grow marijuana in U.S. state and national parks, and the results are atrocious..[more]

CJCS Participates in N.J. ChalleNGe Graduation
TRENTON, N.J., (August 29, 2009) - The graduates-to-be stood at parade rest in purple gowns, hands clenched behind their backs, mortarboards in place. Black-clad drill instructors moved through their ranks, warning them not to make a sound. In less than an hour, the 105 cadets of the New Jersey Youth ChalleNGe Academy Class 30 would walk across the stage here at Trenton’s War Memorial, shake hands with some very distinguished visitors, including America’s highest-ranking military officer, and receive high school diplomas in front of family members roaring with applause..[more]

Louisiana Soldiers Provide Medical Training to Iraqi Army
BAGHDAD, Iraq (May 14, 2009) - Soldiers from the Louisiana Army National Guard’s 225th Engineer Brigade of Pineville, La., provided medical training May 13 to the 11th Iraqi Army Engineer Regiment located here in the northeastern Baghdad district of Adhamiyah..[more]