POSTURL 2016/08/18/ncnga-weekly-guardsman-for-august-18-2016
Month August
MM 08
DD 18
YYYY 2016
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title US veterans mentor inner-city youths in the great outdoors
byline The Argus Observer
url www.argusobserver.com/news/u-s-veterans-mentor-inner-city-youths-in-the-great/article_2a3d6c1c-61df-11e6-a6c0-0fb383a51945.html
desc Having grown up in the inner city in Austin, Texas, and then suffering the challenges of PTSD, Chad Brown resolved to do for others what had been done for him. This resulted in the creation of Soul River Inc., an organization that seeks to employ U.S. veterans as mentors to inner city youths, connecting them both with the outdoors.
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title August —Today in Guard History
byline National Guard
url www.nationalguard.mil/About-the-Guard/Today-in-Guard-History/August/
desc in 1989 in Washington, D.C., retired Virginia Guardsman, Lieutenant Colonel John O. Marsh, Jr., resigns as Secretary of the Army after years in the post, the longest tenure of any Secretary of War (later Army) in American history. During his tour he oversaw a rapid and sustained growth of the Army and its reserve components, including the National Guard. He was instrumental in implementing features which enhanced the Army Guard’s readiness posture including its full participation in overseas exercises such as REFORGER and BRIGHT STAR. He also oversaw the largest infusion of modern, first-line equipment to the Army Guard in its history so that its units could take their place as part of the Total Army without delay as in the past.
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title The Pentagon is closer to extending a generous new benefit to millions of veterans
byline Military Times
url multibriefs.com/ViewLink.php?i=57b4c87df1b94
desc Plans are progressing to extend online military exchange shopping privileges to all honorably discharged veterans, Military Times has learned. The Defense Department’s Executive Resale Board voted unanimously recently to recommend the policy change, sources said. Extended shopping privileges would apply only to the exchange system’s online stores — not brick-and-mortar facilities located on military installations.
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title USO has something for North Carolina military families
byline USO 
url www.multibriefs.com/briefs/ncnga/StrongMilitaryFamilies2016.pdf
desc The USO is looking for National Guard, reserve and active duty families with 10- to 12-year-old children to participate in the Promoting Strong Military Families Study. A family can receive up to $400 for completing four one-hour interviews.
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title Annual NGAUS General Conference — Baltimore, Sept. 9-12
byline NCNGA 
url ncnga.org/ngaus-2/
desc Do you want to be a part of the NC delegation at the 2016 NGAUS General Conference? Complete the Registration Form and return to Mark Almond.
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title These Coast Guard and National Guard images show the devastation in Louisiana
byline The Washington Post
url https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/checkpoint/wp/2016/08/16/these-coast-guard-and-national-guard-images-show-the-devastation-in-louisiana/
desc The response to the Louisiana flooding has included members of both the Louisiana National Guard and the Coast Guard, along with police and fire departments. Local authorities have estimated that hundreds of thousands of people have lost their homes.
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title NC congressional staffers tour guard facilities
byline North Carolina National Guard via DVIDS
url https://www.dvidshub.net/news/206894/nc-congressional-staffers-tour-guard-facilities
desc North Carolina National Guard leaders welcomed a delegation of North Carolina congressional staffers to the NCNG’s Readiness Center in Goldsboro, North Carolina recently. The topic of the meeting was the National Guard’s Readiness Center Transformation Master Plan (RCTMP) to shift from aging armories planned and built nationwide in the middle of the last century to innovative facilities ready to serve for decades into the future.
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title Montana politician pushes to reduce suicide in National Guard
byline Sen. Jon Tester’s Office via KFBB-TV
url www.kfbb.com/story/32766274/montana-politician-pushes-to-reduce-suicide-in-national-guard
desc U.S. Sens. Jon Tester and Joni Ernst are urging Secretary of Defense Ash Carter to address the growing rate of suicide among Guardsmen and women. In a letter to the Secretary, the sSenators expressed their frustration with the consistent high rates of suicide among all branches of the military and the National Guard in particular.