NCNGA Weekly Guardsman for March 7, 2019
March 7th, 2019
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Still Time to Register for NCNGA 58th Annual Convention! NCNGA
Help Wanted! NCNGA Looking for Part-Time Editor Volunteer NCNGA
Career Support: North Carolina National Guard and Patriots Path NCNGA
NCNGA Educational Foundation Reverse Drawing NCNGA
Where are all those running loggies and their friends? NCNGA
Educational Foundation Now Accepting Scholarship Applications NCNGA
Military One Source Consultants Offer Local Support NCNGA
The Minuteman Muster 5K & 8K NCNGA
TACP Annual 24 Hour Challenge! TACP
Reserve and Guard Compete for Best Warrior Title DVIDS
Community Youth + National Guard = Guard X DVIDS
Get 20% off a Treetop Adventure GoApe, courtesy of the NCNG! NCNG
March 7th — Today in Guard History National Guard
Still Time to Register for NCNGA 58th Annual Convention! NCNGA
It’s not too late! Late Registration is running until March 14th for the NCNG Combined Ball and NCNGA Convention! Be sure to register soon!
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Help Wanted! NCNGA Looking for Part-Time Editor Volunteer NCNGA
The Association is looking for a volunteer for about six hours a month. The Association is seeking a part-time editor to work on the Tarheel Gaurdsman. If you or someone you know is experienced in InDesign or similar software please contact Katie at 919-851-3390, extension 2 or by email: Katie@ncnga.org.
Career Support: North Carolina National Guard and Patriots Path NCNGA
Are you or your spouse in transition from the military, seeking meaningful employment or thinking about a new career? The North Carolina National Guard Association (NCNGA) can help. In an effort to improve career opportunities for its members the NCNGA is looking for 8-10 Soldiers, Airmen, or Spouses to participate in a five part career support course conducted by Patriots Path. In this course you will define new career goals, map out job search strategies, identify opportunities, create personal marketing approaches and connect within the community to peers, mentors and coaches for continued networking and support. Each of the five in-classroom, interactive workshops are held in corporate boardrooms or training facilities offering students added connectivity to employers who are committed to supporting the. In addition to the five group classes, student also participate in one-on-one breakout sessions with assigned mentors and coaches to cover more personalized resume writing, mock-interviews and job shadowing.
If you are interested in participating in this program please contact Larry Coleman at larry@ncnga.org or 984-664-0308. Possible Course Locations included the Triangle and Triad area and there is no cost to association members and spouses for this course.
NCNGA Educational Foundation Reverse Drawing NCNGA
You could win $5000.00!!!. Join the NCNGA Educational Foundation on Friday, March 15th (before the start of the Annual Convention) at 6:00 pm at the Claude T Bowers Building at JFHQ for their annual Reverse Drawing! Tickets are only $50.00 and include dinner for 2. Each 25th ticket drawn wins $50.00 and there will be sideboard drawings for $100.00 and $200.00 as well as a raffle for a ticket GUARANTEED to be in the final 10 of the drawing. Loads of fun and camaraderie! Only 300 tickets are sold so get yours soon! To purchase your ticket, contact Ken Tyndall at the NCNGAEF office at (919)-815-3390 ext. 5. Cash, checks, or charge cards accepted. Come and join us. All funds are used for scholarships that benefit the NCNG and their family. NCNGAEF is a non-profit 501(c)3.
Where are all those running loggies and their friends? NCNGA 
Register for the Inaugural 113th Special Troops Battalion 5K Fun Run/Walk to be held at Jamestown Park on the 7th of April. Walk or run for fun! Event proceeds will go to help fund the 4th Annual 113th Sustainment Brigade’s Logistics Ball. All participants will receive a t-shirt, racing bib, and the fastest male and female will receive a medal. There will be food and drinks available on site (cash only). Full details and registration can be found here!
Educational Foundation Now Accepting Scholarship Applications NCNGA
Each year, the Educational Foundation awards scholarships based on available funds. The scholarships range in value from $400 for Community College attendees, to $10,000 scholarship we award in partnership with the State Employees Credit Union. Most Community College scholarships are $400, while the typical four-year college recipient is awarded $1,000.
The Educational Foundation raises funds and accepts donations for several General Scholarships. In addition, the Educational Foundation awards a number of scholarships that honor and memorialize prior members of the National Guard and their families.
There are two applications: Regular and Academic Excellence, which are described below. Completed applications can be mailed to the office at: NCNGA Educational Foundation/ 7410 Chapel Hill Road/ Raleigh, NC 27607. Applications must be completed in full and include the required income information, school transcripts, etc.
Military One Source Consultants Offer Local Support NCNGA
Need to connect with financial, health, employment or other services in your local community? Military OneSource’s state consultants bring help directly to you, offering outreach services to support members of the military community when and where they need it most. While many Military OneSource services are easily accessed with just a phone call or a click, state consultants can help if you need more in-depth information or support in your own backyard. To learn more visit Military OneSource.
The Minuteman Muster 5K & 8K NCNGA
The Minuteman Muster 5K & 8K is part of an open house event at the NC National Guard Military Center (near the NC Fairgrounds). The event includes includes USATF Certified 5K & 8K Races, a National Guard & Emergency Services open house, and fun activities for everyone. Presented by Celito.net Take the Challenge and run BOTH the 5K & 8K races. This year teams of 4 high school runners can compete in the 5K for FREE!
Runners and spectators will enjoy an open house featuring military, emergency management, and law enforcement equipment displays, a rock climbing wall, and other fun activities.
Enjoy the premium race experience provided by Precision Race with state of the art Jaguar timing, real-time race results, and automated finish line photography. The Minuteman Muster 5K & 8K races are part of the Triangle Race Series.
This year the registration price is lower than ever, but the race shirt is available as a $15 option. It will be the same design and type running shirt, but a different color.
TACP Annual 24 Hour Challenge! TACP 
On Thursday, 28-29 March 2019 the Tactical Air Control Party Association will host a 24-Hour Challenge the YMCA Park in Albemarle, NC. This annual event raises money for the Families of fallen heroes. You can show your support by running, walking or just hanging out. This can be done as a team or individual. Registration is available now!
Reserve and Guard Compete for Best Warrior Title DVIDS
SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, Hawaii – Seventeen elite Soldiers from the 9th Mission Support Command, U.S. Army Reserve (USAR) and Hawaii Army National Guard (HIARNG) competed to be named best of the best at the 2019 Best Warrior Competition, here, March 1-3. BWC is jointly operated between the Army Reserve and the HIARNG. However, the 9th MSC has taken the lead in planning this years’ event.
“It allows Soldiers to test their skills that they’ve learned and builds confidence within them that they can do these tasks and skills in a challenging environment, so that they know, should we have to go to war, that they’re trained and ready to go,” said Sgt. Maj. Stuart Coupe, Operations Sgt. Maj., and competition planner.
“It’s a good training event. Soldiers came from various units from Korea, Guam, Saipan, and Samoa. It gives them a chance to meet other competitors from other units that they normally wouldn’t see,” said Sgt. 1st Class Dale Kearney, the main organizer of BWC.
NorthCommunity Youth + National Guard = Guard X DVIDS
RAEFORD, N.C. – Raindrops hit windshields of military vehicles outside the 105th Engineer Battalion’s Armory in Raeford as over 120 high school students filled the drill hall floor in anticipation of the North Carolina National Guard Challenge Feb. 23, 2019.
NC Army National Guard Soldiers assigned to the 105th teamed up with the NCNG’s Recruiting and Retention Battalion (RRB) to host the inaugural Guard X event allowing high school students from surrounding areas to interact with Soldiers and military equipment.
“We try to have participants from the JROTC [Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps] program, but we also opened it up to anybody in the high school,” said Master Sgt. Adriana Tkachenko, noncommissioned officer in charge of RRB, in southern regions of NC. “It’s also to let them know that there are Guard units in almost every town. We get to educate the students on what the National Guard is and the benefits that we have because they really don’t know the difference between us when they see Army.”
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March 7th — Today in Guard History National Guard
1969 – Long Bien, Vietnam – dentists and technicians from Alabama’s 650th Medical Detachment (Dental Service) contribute some of their free time to the Medical Civic Action Program, usually referred to as MEDCAP. Under this program the Army furnishes all the supplies and equipment while the personnel offer to help the local Vietnamese people living around the base, especially the children, obtain quality dental care; often for the first time in their lives. The 650th is one of eight Army Guard units to serve in Vietnam during the war.
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