Minuteman Report

Army National Guard Acting Director and Army Command Sergeant Major visits Iraq to check up on deployed National Guard Soldiers and to listen to their comments and concerns.

This edition features the Army awarding the 1140th Forward Support Company of the Missouri National Guard with the Army Award for Maintenance Excellence. Story by Spc. Adam Winters. Hosted by Tech Sgt. John Anderson.

The family of a World War II pilot and founding member of the Kentucky Air National Guard is presented with his Prisoner of War medal.

This edition features a story on Tennessee National Guard Engineers who are in El Salvador building schools for local communities still devastated from the 2009 mudslides as part of Beyond the Horizon 2011. Story by SPC Victor Joecks. Hosted by Tech Sgt. John Anderson.

Air and Army National Guardsmen from four states are continuing to combat Texas wildfires. Hosted by Tech Sgt. John Anderson.

Indiana National Guard's Soldier and NCO of the Year competition was recently held at Camp Atterbury Joint Maneuver Training Center.

This edition features a story on Guardsmen deployed to Afghanistan becoming U.S. Citizens in a naturalization ceremony.

Nearly 900 National Army and Air National Guardsmen are currently responding to floods, fires, tornadoes, and other emergency situations in six states.

This edition features a story on Arizona National Guardsmen participating in Beyond the Horizon 2011 in El Salvador. U.S. Southern Command sponsored the humanitarian and civic assistance exercise where the Guardsmen taught a combat life saver course. Story by Spc. Victor Jakes.

200 Indiana Guardsmen are providing sandbags for flood relief preparation as part of Operation Spring Fury. Story by Spc. Lorne Neff.

Alabama Guardsmen look for survivors after the tornadoes that devastated much of the Southeast. alatornado11

This edition features a story on North Dakota Guardsmen continue to fight rising flood waters and monitor dykes along the Canadian border.

This edition features a story on how the Iowa National Guard's Agribusiness Development Team is improving a town's irrigation system while creating jobs for local Afghans. Story by Capt. Peter Shinn. Hosted by Master Sgt. Lee Hoover.

NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen thanked Georgia Guardsmen for their professionalism and dedication to a cause of freedom. He also thanked friends and loved ones for their love and support of Guardsmen who volunteer to serve NATO missions. Georgia's Adjutant General Maj. Gen. William Nesbitt hosted the NATO visitors on Monday, May 9th.

This edition features a story about the Illinois's State Military Museum hosting the second annual memorial ceremony for a fallen Guardsmen.

This edition features a story on Utah National Guardsmen setting up a traffic control point near the Northern part of Khost Province, Iraq. Produced by Petty Officer Santos Huante.

This edition features a story about the Adjutant General of the Indiana National Guard joined J.R. Hildebrand, new driver for the Panther Racing National Guard #4 car, at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Story by Sgt. Lorne Neff. Hosted by Tech Sgt. John Anderson.

Brig. Gen. Carol Timmons made history when she became the first ever female to be promoted to the rank of general in the Delaware National Guard. Hosted by Tech. Sgt. James Michaels.

A veterinarian from Iowa National Guard's Agribusiness Development Team teams up with a local Afghan veterinarian to boost honey production in Kunar Province. Story by Capt Peter Shinn.

This edition features a story on Mississippi National Guard Soldiers and Airmen responding to the Mississippi River's rising flood waters. Hosted by Tech Sgt. John Anderson.

This edition features a story on Krotz Springs, Louisiana residents showing their appreciation for the Louisiana National Guard by giving them home cooked meals. Hosted by Tech Sgt. John Anderson.

This edition features a story on Missouri National Guardsmen who assembled a mobile field hospital to help get life-saving operations up and running after a tornado destroyed St. John's Medical Center in Joplin, Missouri. Hosted by Tech Sgt. John Anderson.

Puerto Rico National Guardsmen train with local firefighter trainees to respond to fires in remote areas using Blackhawk helicopters.

Governor of Massachusetts, Deval has authorized up to 1,000 Massachusetts National Guardsmen to support tornado recovery efforts. Tornadoes severely damaged homes and structures on Wednesday in the western part of the state. Guardsmen are conducting welfare checks, clearing roads and providing traffic control. The Adjutant General Joseph Carter

This edition features a story on Wisconsin National Guardsmen assigned to the 115th Fighter Wing are training in Iceland this week during Operation Northern Viking. The annual NATO exercise brings together service members and aircraft from the U.S., Italy, Norway and Denmark. Hosted by Tech Sgt. Marcie Mascaro.