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Florida Air National Guard members Staff Sgt. Brittany Kiselich poses with her fiance Jason Threatt (left), her grandfather Frank Klum Sr. (right) and her uncle Frank Klum Jr. during a welcome home ceremony for Kiselich's unit at the Jacksonville International Airport, April 10, 2012. Kiselich is part of the third-generation in her family to serve in military in a combat zone. Photo by Master Sgt. Thomas Kielbasa
Florida Air Guard homecoming brings together three generations of combat veterans
April 12, 2012

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (April 12, 2012) – When Staff Sgt. Brittany Kiselich came home from Afghanistan recently, the ...

Jacksonville Mayor Alvin Brown welcomes home members of the 125th Fighter Wing Security Forces Squadron at the Jacksonville International Airport, April 10, 2012. Photo courtesy of Mayor Brown's office
Jacksonville Mayor Brown welcomes Airmen back home from Afghanistan deployment
April 12, 2012

Air National Guard Security Forces served at Bagram Air Base during six-month tour  JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (April 12, 2012) ...

Land Component Commander Brig. Gen. Richard Gallant (right) meets with members of the Florida Wildlife Corridor Expedition and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) at Camp Blanding Joint Training Center, April 9, 2012. The thousand-mile, 100-day expedition stopped at the National Guard’s training post in North Florida to emphasize the importance of the military site as a wildlife habitat. Photo by Master Sgt. Thomas Kielbasa
Florida Wildlife expedition makes stop at National Guard training post
April 10, 2012

STARKE, Fla. (April 10, 2012) – A thousand-mile, 100-day expedition stopped at the National Guard’s training po ...

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National Guard tag teams with WWE for WrestleMania in Miami
April 4, 2012

MIAMI (April 4, 2012) – If you don’t know what the “Cenation” and the “Rock Bottom” are, then you proba ...

Sgt. 1st Class Matthew Newman demonstrates proper camoflage techniques during the battalion's Scout tryouts on March 24, 2012. Photo by Pfc. Erick Vargas
Hurricane Battalion Soldiers test to become Scouts
March 29, 2012

By Sgt. 1st Class Dave Sullivan 1st Battalion, 124th Infantry Regiment MIAMI (March 29, 2012) – Twenty-nine Soldie ...

A six-pound bear cub born on Camp Blanding Joint Training Center is examined by biologists from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC), March 25, 2012. The cub is one of two cubs born in January to a 180-bound black bear on the Natioanl Guard training post. Photo by Debra Cox
Camp Blanding bear cubs examined by FWC biologists
March 28, 2012

    By Karen Parker Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission            STARKE, Fla. (Marc ...

Adjutant General of Florida Maj. Gen. Emmett Titshaw Jr. (right) accepts the “Great Floridian” award for Lt. Gen. Albert Hazen Blanding (pictured on screen) from Florida Secretary of State Ken Detzner on behalf of the Florida National Guard, in Tallahassee, Fla., March 21, 2012. Photo by Elliott McCaskill, Executive Office of the Governor of Florida
Former Chief of National Guard Bureau named as ‘Great Floridian’
March 23, 2012

  TALLAHASSEE (March 23, 2012) – A Florida National Guard Soldier and former Chief of the National Guard Bur ...

Sgt. 1st Class Michael Riban, Operations Non-Commissioned Officer for Company A, Sgt. 1st Class Steven Munch, Operations NCO for Company B, Sgt. 1st Class Anthony Tambling, a Recruiter from Coral Springs and Sgt. 1st Class Jason Keen, a Recruiter from Sarasota beat out four teams from across Florida to represent the Florida National Guard at the upcoming Marksmanship Area Command III Area Combat Regional Marksmanship competition at Camp Buckner, N.C., March 23-25 and the Winston P. Wilson Championship Matches at Camp Robinson, Ark., April 23-27. Contributed photo
Recruiters set to represent Florida at regional, national rifle competitions
March 20, 2012

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. (March 20, 2012) – A team of four Soldiers from the Florida National Guard’s Recruiting and Rete ...

Maj. David Brown from the Florida Air National Guard's 125th Fighter Wing (left) discusses the equipment on his unit's RC-26 airplane with Earl Bowen from the Regional Security System (RSS) during a state partnership exchange in Jacksonville, March 14, 2012. The three-day informational exchange was part of Florida’s ongoing State Partnership with the RSS, and centered around repairs, upgrades and training on the RC-26 fixed wing aircraft. Photo by Master Sgt. Thomas Kielbasa
Sitting across from friends
March 20, 2012

Florida and Barbados exchange aviation practices during State Partnership meeting JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (March 20, 2012) & ...

Students participate in a small group exercise during a resilience training assistant (RTA) class at the Regional Training Institute at Camp Blanding Joint Training Center, March 14, 2012. The Florida National Guard is implementing resilience training throughout the force to train Soldiers to deal with stress and bounce back from adversity. Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Blair Heusdens
Making every Soldier a problem solver
March 16, 2012

Instilling resilience in the Florida National Guard STARKE, Fla. (March 16, 2012) – Bad things happen to people every ...