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  • 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

  • Operations amplified to support alert mission

    No midnight kisses, confetti or Auld Lang Syne, just battle dress uniforms and flight suits as a handful of "Makos" from the 93rd Fighter Squadron watched the New Year's revelry on TV from the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) alert facility at Homestead Air Reserve Base.The Homestead

  • Celestial Eagle: Historic anti-satellite mission remembered

    The F-15 Eagle test pilot settled into the cockpit of the fighter jet at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., awaiting takeoff with a 2,700 pound, 18-foot long missile mounted to the jet's centerline.The mission, dubbed the "Celestial Eagle Flight," called for a nearly vertical ascent to 35,000 feet and

  • Florida Guard team to support Super Bowl security

    Tens of thousands of football fans will flock to Florida this weekend, passionate about their pigskin picks, but a handful of Florida Guardsmen are hoping that the game is anything but exciting for them.The 44th Civil Support Team based at the Camp Blanding Joint Training Center near Starke, Fla.,