September 08, 2016

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Make use of your business-building advantage  By Lee Ellis 

As a veteran of the U.S. military, you have in your possession the necessary ingredients you need to start and build a successful business — and they have nothing to do with finances. The success of a business — or any endeavor for that matter — rises or falls on the quality of the leaders at the helm. In that respect, your military training has given you a leg up on your competition. The values of honor, respect, integrity and accountability run deep in our military traditions, and those same values, properly instilled, can propel business leaders — and their businesses — forward. Read More…

Army, Air Force leaders to speak at NGAUS Conference  NGAUS  

The uniformed leaders of the Army and the Air Force top the list of speakers when more than 3,000 National Guard officers from across the country and their guests gather in Baltimore this weekend for the 138th NGAUS General Conference & Exhibition. Conference business sessions open Saturday, with speeches by Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, the commander in chief of the Maryland National Guard; Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James; and Gen. Mark A. Milley, the Army chief of staff. Read More…

September —Today in Guard History  National Guard 

In 1986, off the coast of Florida, an F-106 “Delta Dart” of the 125th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron encounters a Soviet Air Force Tu-95 “Bear” bomber flying parallel to the 12-mile limit of U.S. airspace as it makes its way from Russia to Cuba. These are routine flights which are just as routinely met by Air Guard fighters who act as “escorts” to be sure the bombers pose no threat to the U.S. homeland. Since 1953 Air Guard fighter-interceptor units took on an air defense mission, challenging unidentified aircraft flying into American airspace. Read More…

20 years later: North Carolina residents recall widespread destruction from Hurricane Fran  AccuWeather  

One of the most intense and destructive storms in North Carolina’s history made landfall on Sept. 5, 1996, when Hurricane Fran left a significant swath of damage across the state. A Category 3 storm when it made landfall near the tip of Cape Fear, Fran was the second powerful hurricane that took aim at the Carolinas during the summer of 1996. Just two months earlier, Bertha had pummeled part of the state leaving wreckage that was still being cleaned up when Fran arrived. Read More…

US Army trains Tanzania Rangers to combat poachers  Combined Joint Task Force — Horn of Africa 

To combat the rampant poaching of elephants, Tanzania’s park and game reserve rangers have teamed with members of the U.S. Army’s 403rd Civil Affairs Battalion, a component of Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, and North Carolina National Guard, to conduct anti-poaching training from July to September 2016, at Rungwa Game Reserve, Tanzania. Read More…

Life is good  NGAUS 

By recounting the agonizing details of his remarkably harsh early life, Brig. Gen. Lapthe C. Flora hopes he will prevent someone from ending their life. “I don’t really want to relive the painful memories,” he says, “but if I can do it and save one or two people’s lives, I will do it.” Read More…

Air Force, running low on drone pilots, turns to contractors in terror fight  The New York Times 

The American military’s extensive use of drones against the Islamic State and other terrorist groups has resulted in a shortage of Air Force pilots and other personnel to operate the aircraft, leading the Pentagon to rely more on private contractors for reconnaissance missions in Afghanistan and Iraq. Since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, the Pentagon has used contractors to perform many duties traditionally carried out by uniformed personnel, like protecting military bases and feeding service members Read More…

Army secretary wants nation to understand its Army better  National Guard 

Secretary of the Army Eric K. Fanning wants the nation at large to understand its Army better. His intent is not a personal goal, but rather a mission he has directed the Army to take, he said during a recent visit to Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, on Aug. 25. Read More…