NCNGA Weekly Guardsman for March 14th, 2019

Posted on: March 13, 2019 March 14, 2019
Author: ncngaweekly

March 14th, 2019

IN THIS EDITION:

Help Wanted! NCNGA Looking for Part-Time Editor Volunteer NCNGA
Career Support: North Carolina National Guard and Patriots Path NCNGA
2019 EANGUS Scholarship Opportunities EANGUS
Where are all those running loggies and their friends? NCNGA
Educational Foundation Now Accepting Scholarship Applications NCNGA
The Minuteman Muster 5K & 8K NCNGA
Hindsight is 20/20 Career Pathways Institute
Vietnam War Era Veteran’s Day Event at JFHQ NCARNG
NCNG: 2019 Best Warrior Competition DVIDS
North Carolina Continues to Rebuild Six Months after Hurricane Florence WWAY3
Behind the Competition: How Sponsors Make the Competitor in the NCNG Best Warrior Competition DVIDS
Get 20% off a Treetop Adventure GoApe, courtesy of the NCNG! NCNG
March 14th — Today in Guard History National Guard

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.

2019 EANGUS Scholarship Opportunities EANGUS

Unlike past years, we have created a single application form that will guide you through which scholarships you wish to apply for. Some universities have their own application form/process. Below are the details of each scholarship along with the requirements. If at anytime you have questions, please contact scholarship@eangus.org and someone will respond to your inquiry or request for assistance.

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.

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.

Hindsight is 20/20 DVIDS

Hindsight is 20/20. North Carolina National Guard members are eligible for up to $2000 per year for tuition assistance (TA) funding in career and professional development courses. Use yours now for a successful 2020. Choose your course at http://bit.ly/NCNG2019Catalog.

This month’s featured course is Medical Assistant Career Prep. Medical Assisting is one of the fastest growing careers in the health care industry today. In this course you will learn medical terminology, patient confidentiality, scheduling, customer service, basic patient documentation, and basic billing as well as other administrative duties required by front office personnel.

Vietnam War Era Veteran’s Day Event at JFHQ NCARNG

Criteria: served on Active Duty between the dates on 1 Nov 1955 to 15 May 1975, in any branch any location, long as it was Active duty.

See the below flyer for details and R.S.V.P. to Andy Jackson at Andrew.l.jackson8.ctr@mail.mil

NCNG: 2019 Best Warrior Competition DVIDS

BUTNER, N.C. – North Carolina National Guard Soldiers’ physical and mental limits are pushed to their boundaries as they compete in the state Best Warrior Competition at the Camp Butner Training Center March 4-8, 2019.

The BWC is an annual competition collecting the best junior enlisted and noncommissioned officers from each Major Subordinate Command in North Carolina to place them in a grueling four-day competition channeling their warrior ethos.

“I think the best warrior [competition] is important overall, because it reaches down to the lowest level,” said Sgt. Maj. Shane Potts, the noncommissioned officer in charge of the BWC. “It digs a little bit deeper into their fortitude, honor, pride to wear the uniform, their competitiveness and their professionalism to endure these events physically and mentally. This is really going to try them at their lowest moments when they feel that they can’t do things, but they have to push to that extra step.”

Sleep depravation, 22-degree weather and physical fatigue are just a few of the obstacles competitors’ battle throughout the duration of the competition. Leading up to day one and throughout the competition, the sponsor-competitor duo tackles each event systematically.

WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — Six months after Hurricane Florence made landfall in North Carolina, storm survivors are getting help to recover and work is underway to make homes, businesses and infrastructure more resilient.

However, much work lies ahead and North Carolina and its recovery partners are committed to helping people and communities rebuild, Governor Roy Cooper said today.

“Hurricane Florence was a devastating storm that swamped homes, businesses, farms, schools and entire communities. But the devastation was quickly followed by amazing acts of bravery and kindness from first responders, volunteers, and neighbors helping neighbors, and impressive cooperation among local, state and federal partners to get help to those in need,” Governor Cooper said. “People hit hard by Florence are determined to recover and we’re determined to rebuild North Carolina stronger and smarter.”

Hand over hand, a Soldier pulls herself along a rope while hanging upside down, ankles locked around the rope, suspended 10 feet above a pit of shredded rubber pieces.

Just before reaching the platform at the end of the rope, the Soldier lets go of the rope and falls.

“Nothing’s broken, it’s just your pride that’s hurt,” said Staff Sgt. Donald Hill, the Soldier’s sponsor, as he bent down to check on his competitor.

Then Spc. Lynn Cox, representing the 113th Sustainment Brigade, gets up, dusts herself off, and hurries to the next part of the obstacle course during the North Carolina Best Warrior Competition.

The North Carolina National Guard’s annual competition, held March 4-7, 2019 at the Camp Butner Training Center in Stem, North Carolina, is all about finding the best enlisted Soldier and noncommissioned officer to represent the state in the regional competition in May, but behind every competitor is a sponsor, pushing them to be their best.

The 2019 competition saw 11 competitors in two categories; six noncommissioned officers and five enlisted soldiers, each of them bringing a sponsor from their unit to help them along the way.

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1943 La Senia, Algeria – A-20 and P-39 aircraft of the 111th Observation Squadron begin flying convoy escort missions looking for German submarines. The unit, organized in the Texas Guard in June 1923, deployed to Algeria as part of the Allied invasion of French North Africa in November 1942. Later in the war, under its new designation as the 111th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron, it flew missions during the invasions of Sicily, Italy and Southern France, ending the war in Germany. For its service it earned nine combat streamers. Reorganized in the Texas Air Guard after the war, it was mobilized for the Korean War in September 1950. It was one of six Guard squadrons to actually serve in Korea, earning three additional streamers. In the mid-1960s it was issued F-102 Delta Dagger fighter-interceptor aircraft to use in homeland defense against possible Soviet bomber attack. Not mobilized in 1968 with other Air Guard squadrons for service during the Vietnam War, it continued to patrol America’s skies. One of its pilots in this period was future 43rd President of the United States, George W. Bush. The 111th Fighter Squadron, flying F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft, remains an important part of both our air defense and war fighting capabilities in the War on Terrorism.

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