Stars and Stripes GalaREGISTER HERE for The Stars and Stripes Gala, as well as the Independence Project Family Day Event. Go to: http://starsandstripesgala.eventbrite.com and http://independenceprojectmilitary.eventbrite.com/ to register for either event.
Major General addresses ROTC leadersMajor General Errol R. Schwartz, Commanding General of the District of Columbia National Guard was invited to address a selection of ROTC members at an awards ceremony. Major General Schwartz TestifiesMajor General Schwartz testified before the Subcommittee on Emergency Management in response to homeland security and public safety dangers posed by the proposed gun amendment to the D.C. House Voting Rights Act. Guard Receives First Medevac UH-72The DC National Guard this week became the first Guard organization in the nation to receive the Utility Helicopter-72 configured for medevac missions. Secretary of the Army Honors DC GuardMr. Pete Geren, Secretary of the Army, officially thanked the DC Guard for their support of the 56th Inauguration during a ceremony held at the DC Armory February 9th, 2009. 257th Army Guard Band Makes HistoryJust a few miles from today’s historic swearing-in of Barack Obama, the 44th President of the United States and the first African-American to serve as the nation’s leader, a group of citizen-soldiers will strike an historic note of their own Virginia Guard Helps its NeighborMore than 500 Virginia National Guard Soldiers will be on duty supporting the 56th Presidential Inauguration on Jan. 20 by assisting federal, state and local agencies with security, communications, traffic control and other general support requirements. |