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Minnesota Heroes: National Guard Women Leading The Mission In The ...

CAMP ARIFJAN, Kuwait City (WCCO) -- More than 600 men and women with the Minnesota National Guard's 34th Red Bull Infantry Division are currently deployed in Kuwait.
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CNN anchor shocked as Donald Trump claims Black women are 'screaming' for National Guard

President Donald Trump said the National Guard will be deployed across the country and that Black women in Chicago are ...
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'Soldier Girls' book shows trials, triumphs of women in Guard

That's particularly important in Indiana, which had more members of its National Guard deployed in 2009 than any other state. The 3,400 Indiana soldiers who went to Iraq in 2008 represented ...
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Our WV National Guard is being used as a political prop

The West Virginia National Guard has a long and proud tradition. The more than 6,800 soldiers, airmen and civilians constantly stand ready to respond to threats and emergencies at home and abroad. I ...
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For the first time, a state NG command team is all women - Task & Purpose

For the first time in history, a state National Guard command team is all women "It is something I'm very proud of, when I look across the room and I see people who look like me." Haley Britzky ...

US official confirms Pentagon planning National Guard deployment in Chicago, Mayor Johnson responds

Mayor Brandon Johnson and other Illinois leaders spoke out Sunday as a U.S. official confirmed to ABC News the Pentagon is ...
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Vermont National Guard first in U.S. to open all combat roles to women

The Guard has been increasingly candid about the need to recruit more women since early 2019, when newly appointed adjutant general of the Guar d, Maj. Gen. Greg Knight, acknowledged that sexism ...
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Get ready for more US women in combat - CNN

In 2001, she joined the National Guard and finished Army basic training just a few months after the 9/11 attacks. Hester knew it was very possible she’d see action.
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California Army National Guard Soldier 'Queen of Battle' paves the way

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Women have a long history of serving on the battlefield. They followed their husbands during the Revolutionary War as nurses, cooks and seamstresses. They were officially ...

Trump order calls for broader National Guard role in domestic unrest

President Donald Trump’s National Guard directive was issued as he touts his efforts to assert control over D.C. and muses about deploying troops to other major U.S. cities.