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Master Sgt. Graciela Paula of the 50th Regional Support Group (RSG) keeps track of personnel numbers during the Golden Coyote Training Exercise at Camp Rapid, S.D., June 11, 2013. Photo by Master Sgt. Thomas Kielbasa
‘Everything is about logistics’
June 18, 2013

Golden Coyote exercise prepares Florida’s 50th RSG for variety of missions RAPID CITY, S.D. (June 18, 2013) – A rece ...

Florida National Guard to celebrate Army’s 238th birthday in St. Augustine and Camp Blanding
June 13, 2013

FLNG to present posthumous Bronze Star to family of WWII veteran   ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. (June 13, 2013) – The Florida ...

Master Sgt. Michael Reynolds (right) of the Florida National Guard's 50th Regional Support Group (RSG) talks with Sgt. Jonathan Harper of Great Britain's 306th Hospital Support Regiment, and discusses logistical operations at Custer State Park in the Black Hills of South Dakota, June 10, 2013. Members of the 50th RSG were working with military personnel from other states and nations during the Golden Coyote exercise in early June. Photo by Master Sgt. Thomas Kielbasa
Florida’s 50th RSG takes point for logistics in South Dakota exercise
June 10, 2013

RAPID CITY, S.D. (June 10, 2013) – Members of the Florida Army National Guard’s 50th Regional Support Group (RSG) ar ...

Command Chief Master Sgt. Michael Seger (left) Chief Master Sgt. (ret.) Bruce Oliver and Airman 1st Class Michael Babcock cut a ribbon to officially dedicate the new 26,000-square-foot Security Forces Squadron building at the 125th Fighter Wing, Jacksonville, May 30, 2013. Photo by Master Sgt. Thomas Kielbasa
New security forces facility opens at 125 Fighter Wing
May 30, 2013

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (May 30, 2013) – The Florida Air National Guard’s 125th Fighter Wing officially dedicated a ...

Wearing chemical protective gear, Private 1st Class Brandon Hoffman of the Georgia National Guard's 178th Military Police Company prepares to enter a simulated contaminated area with the 78th Homeland Response Force (HRF) during the Vigilant Guard 2013 exercise at Camp Blanding Joint Training Center, Fla., May 18, 2013. Photo by Master Sgt. Thomas Kielbasa
Florida’s Vigilant Guard tests capabilities as hurricane season nears
May 23, 2013

By Master Sgt. Thomas Kielbasa Florida National Guard Public Affairs STARKE, Fla. (May 23, 2013) – With the 2013 ...

Members of the Florida National Guard's Family Programs pose with a mascot from Taco Bell during the opening of the recently renovated Family Assistance Center at Camp Blanding, May 14. The Armed Forces Families Foundation provided renovation funding, and Taco Bell provided lunch and refreshments at the opening of the 2,500-square-foot building. Photo by Debra Cox
Renovated Family Assistance Center opens at Camp Blanding
May 14, 2013

CAMP BLANDING JOINT TRAINING CENTER, Fla. (May 14, 2013) –Families in Northeast Florida will have more opportunit ...

Master Sgt. Raleigh Rogers (left) of the Florida Air National Guard's 125th Fighter Wing talks with a soldier from the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) near Camp Stephenson Guyana, April 24, 2013. Rogers and other Guardsmen were in the South American nation as part of the State Partnership Program (SPP), conducting "Ammo Handler and Unit Armorer Assessments". Photo by Master Sgt. Thomas Kielbasa
Florida’s EOD experts bring ordnance know-how to Guyana
May 6, 2013

    By Master Sgt. Thomas Kielbasa Florida National Guard Public Affairs GEORGETOWN, Guyana (May 6, 2013)  ...

A member of the Florida National Guard's 48th Civil Support Team (left) trains with a civilian first responder during an emergency management exercise in Central Florida, March 2013. Photo by Master Sgt. Thomas Kielbasa
Florida’s WMD disaster response unit saved from elimination
April 18, 2013

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. (April 18, 2013) – A Florida National Guard unit based in Pinellas County and designed to respond ...

Members of the 1st Battalion, 244th Aviation Regiment, bow their heads during a prayer at the end of a deployment ceremony in Brooksville, Fla., March 17, 2013. Photo by Master Sgt. Thomas Kielbasa
Brooksville Guardsmen to deploy to Kosovo
March 18, 2013

BROOKSVILLE, Fla. (March 18, 2013) – More than 50 Soldiers from a Florida Army National Guard aviation unit will b ...

Sgt. Matthew Mitchell (left) of the Florida National Guard's 48th Civil Support Team (CST) inspects a chemical container with a member of the local Sheriff's office during the Chimera terrorism exercise in St. Cloud, Fla., March 6, 2013. Photo by Master Sgt. Thomas Kielbasa
Florida’s 48th Civil Support Team takes part in multi-agency terrorism exercise
March 7, 2013

    ST. CLOUD, Fla. (March 7, 2013) – The Florida National Guard’s 48th Civil Support Team (CST) join ...