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Newly promoted Brig. Gen. Michael Calhoun (center) receives congratulations from his wife Sophia and the Adjutant General of Florida Maj. Gen. Emmett Titshaw (right) during a military promotion ceremony at the Calaway Armory in West Palm Beach, Fla., this afternoon. Brig. Gen. Calhoun is the commander of the 83rd Troop Command and has served in the Florida National Guard for more than 30 years. Photo by Master Sgt. Thomas Kielbasa
83rd Troop Command’s Calhoun promoted to brigadier general
September 26, 2011

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (Sept. 26, 2011) – Brig. Gen. Michael Calhoun has made history. When the 58-year-old Florida Arm ...

1st Lt. Christopher Barton with Troop C, 1st Squadron, 153rd Cavalry Regiment is pinned with the Pathfinder Torch after graduating from the U.S. Army Pathfinder course taught at Camp Blanding Joint Training Center by instructors from the Army National Guard Warrior Training Center, Sept. 23, 2011. Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Blair Heusdens
Florida Guard hosts Pathfinder course at Camp Blanding
September 23, 2011

21 Florida Guardsmen earn coveted Pathfinder badge STARKE, Fla. (Sept. 23, 2011) – Twenty-one Soldiers from the Florid ...

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Florida National Guard to promote newest general
September 21, 2011

Brig. Gen. Michael Calhoun will be first African-American to serve as a general officer in Florida National Guard histor ...

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Mental health counseling, treatment available to Soldiers, veterans
September 21, 2011

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. (Sept. 21, 2011) – It used to be that the stigma of seeking help for mental health problems kept m ...

A Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) measures the paw of a Florida black bear during a study at Camp Blanding Joint Training Center near Starke, Fla., this summer. Photo courtesy Camp Blanding Enviornmental Office.
Wildlife study at National Guard training facility may yield insight into black bear behavior
September 20, 2011

CAMP BLANDING JOINT TRAINING CENTER, Fla. (Sept. 20, 2011) – A wildlife study at the National Guard’s training post ...

Col. John Grote, the Army National Guard Chief Surgeon, receives his influenza vaccine while visiting Soldiers from the Florida National Guard, Sept. 16, 2011. Soldiers from the Florida National Guard began receiving flu shots to mark the beginning of the 2011 flu season.
Florida Guardsmen protect themselves against the flu
September 17, 2011

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. (Sept. 16, 2011) – As the 2011 influenza season begins, Florida Guardsmen are protecting themselve ...

Historical re-enactors from Florida Living Historyfire black powder weapons during a Command Retreat ceremony on the parade field at St. Francis Barracks in St. Augustine, Sept. 16, 2011. The Florida National Guard celebrated the 446th anniversary of the First Muster. Photo by Debra Cox
‘From 50 we’ve become 12,000’
September 16, 2011

Florida National Guard celebrates 446 years of history ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. (Sept. 16, 2011) – Soldiers and Airmen from ...

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Army Reserve and National Guard hold joint Yellow Ribbon event
September 15, 2011

By Sgt. 1st Class Joel Quebec ORLANDO, Fla. (Sept. 15, 2011)  – In what planners and officials hope will not be a ...

Lt. Col. John Rooney and Col. Matthew Hearon, both of the 164th Air Defense Artillery Brigade, applaud the receipt of a piece of the Pentagon that serves as a reminder and thank you for the unit’s service in support of the National Capital Region during the years following the September 11th attacks. Photo by Capt. Theresa R. DiPinto
9-11 ceremony makes Pentagon rock a permanent fixture in the 164th Air Defense Artillery Brigade armory
September 14, 2011

ORLANDO, Fla. (Sept. 14, 2011) — A piece of the heartbreak and heroism that was 9-11 is now a permanent part of th ...

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Gov. Scott and Maj. Gen. Titshaw visit St. Johns County veterans home for 9/11 Anniversary
September 13, 2011

By Maj. Miki Kristina Gilloon St. Augustine, Fla. (Sept. 13, 2011) – To commemorate the 10th anniversary of Sept. 11, ...