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  • Air Guard's 290th communicators prepare for missions in 'harm's way'

    The Airmen were honored during a pre-deployment ceremony at MacDill Air Force Base, Aug. 16, where Florida Air National Guard Commander Brig. Gen. Joseph Balskus called the 290th JCSS the "most outstanding communications squadron in the nation last year." During the ceremony the general lauded the

  • 202nd RED HORSE completes rigorous inspection

    That was the assessment of Florida Air National Guard Commander Brig. Gen. Joseph Balskus on a Unit Compliance Inspection (UCI) completed this week on the 202nd RED HORSE Squadron. Brig. Gen. Balskus said RED HORSE had "zero areas that did not comply! Only one other time in RED HORSE history did

  • Combat weather Airmen test out new initiative

    The TFI proposes the need to consolidate training locations and resources for combat weather Airmen. The 30-day "Cyclogenesis" exercise will put the initiative to work by using the resources available at the Camp Blanding Joint Training Center and instructors from the Florida National Guard to

  • Florida Air National Guard Recruiters are now community based.

    Assistant Adjutant General and Florida Air National Guard Commander, Brig. Gen. Joseph G. Balskus, was on hand for the festivities. After cutting the ribbon and touring the new office, Brig. Gen. Balskus said the more accessible facility "gives recruiting that community connection and is ushering in

  • Florida trains communications experts for upcoming hurricane season

    as Soldiers and Airmen prepared their emergency response efforts for the upcoming hurricane season. More than 100 members of the Florida National Guard completed three week-long courses in Northeast Florida May 5-22, learning how to operate mobile Regional Emergency Response Network (RERN) systems.

  • Cool Tools TV show features 202nd REDHORSE Squadron

    "Cool Tools," a fast-paced showcase of the most fascinating, useful, gee-whiz tools on the market, "wanted to focus an entire episode on military tools, vehicles, gadgets, and paraphernalia while shooting all the segments at a military base," according to the show's producer, John Pauley. "We wanted

  • Right Passion for the Mission

    Twenty-four hours a day, seven day a week, this Florida Air National Guard unit waits on alert at Homestead Air Reserve Base near Miami to defend the southeastern United States against airborne threats. The pilots and Airmen could be the last line of defense against an attack anywhere from South

  • Rep. Stearns presents $25.5 million in funding to Florida National Guard

    United States Representative Clifford Stearns presented three checks totaling more than $25 million to the Florida National Guard, Tuesday, to aid in what he explained to be "essential funding needed to enhance military readiness."The congressman pushed for the new funding to be part of defense

  • Director of Staff of the Florida ANG honored during retirement ceremony

    Airmen, Soldiers, friends and family gathered to honor the retiring Director of Staff of the Florida Air National Guard Headquarters Col. Jeanette Booth, during a ceremony at the historic St. Francis Barracks, Thursday afternoon.Col. Booth, a resident of St. Augustine, served more than twenty-three