Col. Michael Calhoun, commander of the 50th Area Support Group and Command Sgt. Maj. Enrique Mendez present the 146th Expeditionary Signal Battalion with a battle streamer commemorating the unit's service during Operation Iraqi Freedom.
146th awarded battle streamer for Iraq deployment
December 2, 2010

STARKE, Fla. (Dec. 2, 2010) – A Florida National Guard Signal unit was recently awarded a battle streamer for its ...

Soldiers from the Florida National Guard's 53rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team arrive at Hunter Army Airfield, Ga., Nov. 28, 2010.
First group of Florida’s 53rd Infantry arrives in U.S.
November 28, 2010

More than 2,500 Guardsmen expected to arrive home from Kuwait by Christmas FORT STEWART, Ga. (Nov. 28, 2010) – The fir ...

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Daytona Beach Soldiers deploy for federal service
November 20, 2010

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Nov. 20, 2010) – Approximately 200 Soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 265th Air Defense Artill ...

Col. Perry Hagaman, Chief of Staff of the Florida National Guard, speaks to Soldiers from Detachment 1, Company H, 171st Aviation Regiment during a homecoming ceremony in Brooksville, Fla., Nov. 18, 2010.
Florida Army aviators return from Iraq
November 19, 2010

By 1st Lt. Cody Starken Brooksville, Fla. (Nov. 19, 2010) – Missions flown and cargo delivered, a Brooksville, Fla ...

1st Lt. Roye Locklear with the Florida National Guard's 3rd Battalion, 20th Special Forces Group, led the 2010 All-Army Soccer Team to victory, October 24, 2010.
Florida Guardsman leads All-Army Soccer Team to victory
November 19, 2010

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla., (Nov. 19, 2010) – 1st Lt. Roye Locklear leads an active and busy life; and soccer is an integral ...

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Virtual training offers realism, efficiency, flexibility
November 17, 2010

STARKE, Fla. (November 17, 2010) – Soldiers are constantly reminded that the decisions they make on the battlefield ca ...

A Florida National Guard Soldier hands his resume to a representative from a private contracting company, Nov. 15, 2010, during a job fair at Camp Buehring, Kuwait.
53rd hosts desert job fair to help Citizen-Soldiers in end-of-deployment transition
November 17, 2010

By Natalie Cole CAMP BUEHRING, Kuwait (Nov.17, 2010) – After nearly a year of securing and managing day-to-day ope ...

Lt. Col. Matt Johnson (left) and Command Sgt. Maj. Rick Campbell (right) present a flag to CSX CEO Michael Ward, Nov. 10, 2010.
Florida National Guard presents award to CSX for support
November 12, 2010

By 1st Lt. Cody Starken ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. (Nov. 12, 2010) – Finding the right reason to award an employer of Flo ...

Maj. Gen. Emmett R. Titshaw, the Adjutant General of Florida, speaks to Soldiers from the 1153rd
St. Augustine-based Soldiers to deploy to Iraq
November 10, 2010

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. (Nov. 10, 2010) – Approximately 25 Soldiers from the Florida National Guard’s 1153rd Finance ...

Leaders from the 1st Theater Sustainment Command and the 53rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team watch a react to contact training lane at Udairi Range Complex, Kuwait, Oct. 4, 2010.
53rd IBCT leads the new security forces training effort
November 9, 2010

By Staff Sgt. Kimberly Cooper-Williams UDAIRI RANGE COMPLEX, Kuwait (Nov. 9, 2010) - The 53rd Infantry Brigade Combat Te ...