US National Guard News

The Black Forest fire is keeping at least 150 Colorado National Guard members busy, including those fathers who were away from home yesterday on the day set aside to honor them.

About 700 people, including fathers of all ages, enjoyed an afternoon of rousing and uplifting band music, beginning with hand-over-heart versions of national anthems "O Canada" and "The Star-Spangled Banner," and ending with service songs for branches of the military in the U.S. and Canada.

Col. Nathan Jorgensen will be the featured military career speaker at 6 pm on June 20 at the meeting of the Civil Air Patrol Highlanders Cadet Squadron.

JUNE 16: Chris Butterfield, of the Army National Guard 1157 fire unit, hugs his wife, Julie, as he and other crews return to the incident command post during a shift change at Pine Creek High School as shifts change.

Sunday Night: Isolated showers and thunderstorms possible as the evening progresses.

National furloughs will be affecting hundreds of Wisconsin National Guard members this summer.

Starting July 1, the museum will open from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. on the first Tuesday and the third Thursday of the months through September.

US AIR FORCE PHOTO/MASTER SGT. SEATON HIXSONMembers of the 727th Expeditionary Air Control Squadron fold and dismount a radar in Southwest Asia on May 29 to relocate the antennae to a newly constructed 55 foot tower.

Another guard member made a complaint against Sgt. Maj. Tommy Caillier , 53, more than a week ago.

A young George W. Bush with, from left, his mother, Barbara Bush; father, George H.W. Bush; and grandparents, Dorothy and Prescott Bush, in Midland, Texas, on March 7, 1949.

A private association of National Guard members plans to hold its annual conference in Honolulu this year, even though some officials at the Pentagon have questioned the wisdom of meeting in a vacation destination.

Shabren Kurtz-Russ wanted to join the military to start a family tradition. Her mother and father served in the Army.

Shabren Kurtz-Russ wanted to join the military to start a family tradition. Her mother and father served in the Army.

Shabren Kurtz-Russ wanted to join the military to start a family tradition. Her mother and father served in the Army.

Scott Volden struts his stuff on the PrideFest DanceWorld stage Saturday. PrideFest is in Civic Center downtown, with about 250 vendor booths, cultural programming and live entertainment.

After 10 weeks at the U.S. Army School of Music, located at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek, Spc.

"The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him."

Katy Brown Web Producer: Heath Harrison Reported: Jun. 15, 2013 7:51 PM EDT Updated: Jun. 15, 2013 8:08 PM EDT Clean-up from Thursday's flooding continued in Roane County Saturday.

The Nebraska Emergency Management Agency received a request for aerial suppression from the state of Colorado to assist in fighting wildfires near Colorado Springs, Colo.

The young men and women saluted, snatched up their arms and occupied the perimeters of a stretch of unfriendly terrain.