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Aug. 17, 2011
Nebraska National Guard members Brush Up on Community Service

Laughter filled the air as paint flowed from brushes and rollers onto the aged grey house. Painted fingers gripped and dipped their tools as more than a dozen volunteers from the Nebraska Army and Air National Guard surrounded the house with supplies while they prepared and painted the house.The
Aug. 10, 2011
Nebraska Air National Guard Civil Engineers Practice Contingency Operations at Silver Flag

Sixty-four Airmen from the 155th Civil Engineering Squadron traveled to Silver Flag, a military training site near Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla., July 9 through 16 to train with newly developed engineering equipment and operate in a contingent environment.Silver Flag allowed the members of the CES to
July 22, 2011
Guardsman Puts Newly Acquired Training to Test

Senior Airman Luis A. Zendejas-Garcia was driving home May 17 after completing Airman Leadership School where he learned management and leadership skills to be successful in his career. Little did he know he would have to put those newly used skills to work during that drive.Zendejas-Garcia, a food
July 22, 2011
Air National Guard Supports Missouri Flood Efforts

As a good portion of the sporting world's eyes were focused on the college baseball action at Omaha's sparkling new $128 million TD Ameritrade Park, members of the Nebraska Air National Guard's eyes were focused squarely on the action taking place just north and south of this year's College World
July 22, 2011
155th Air Refueling Wing Participates in Global Operations

Most warfare techniques from WWI have become antiquated or have been replaced thanks to new technology. However, the Nebraska Air National Guard continues to employ a deployment concept first created in 1917 - the Air and Space Expeditionary Force concept.Better known as AEF, it was a concept born
July 22, 2011
National Guard Bureau Senior Enlisted Leader Visits

The 155th Air Refueling Wing welcomed Command Chief Master Sgt. Denise M. Jelinski-Hall, Senior Enlisted Leader for the National Guard Bureau, when she spent time with the airmen and soldiers of Agricultural Development Team 2 here June 6 and 7.Jelinski-Hall visited with members of ADT 2 in the
July 22, 2011
155th Security Forces Squadron battles rain, heat, rising water to perform field training exercise

Not rain, record heat nor encroaching flood waters could keep the 155th Security Forces Squadron from performing their annual field training exercise at Camp Ashland, Neb., May 31-June 9. Members of the Nebraska Air National Guard's 155th SFS used the annual training to refresh their skills in a
July 22, 2011
Nebraska Air National Guard Opens Cornhusker State Games

The 95-degree hot and humid heat didn't deter the twenty volunteers of the 155th Air Refueling Wing as they readied to unfurl the large U.S. flag during the 27th Annual Cornhusker State Games opening ceremonies held at Seacrest field in Lincoln on July 15, 2011.The Opening Ceremonies is the
July 12, 2011
Madison Native Assists With Nebraska National Guard's Ongoing Flood Response

Like an unstoppable force, the Missouri River continues to redefine its banks as it cuts across the Nebraska landscape and through Omaha's north and east shores.The sheer amount and momentum of unmitigated water hastening southward, carrying trees and debris like missiles, truly escapes the mind as
June 28, 2011
Wing Airmen Complete National Guard Reaction Force Training

The National Guard serves a dual mission. The Guard's primary duty is to follow orders from the president of the United States in the event of a national emergency. Their secondary duty is to answer the call of the governor in a state emergency such as a flood, blizzard, earthquake, hurricane or

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