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  • Happy Hooligans depart on first C-21 mission to southwest Asia

    090520-F-0681L-020: Maj. Jason Newham, of the 177th Airlift Squadron, North Dakota Air National Guard does a pre-flight inspection of a C-21 at the North Dakota Air National Guard May 20, Fargo, N.D. This is the first time that the North Dakota Air National Guard C-21s have deployed to southwest

  • Happy Hooligan completes Fargo Marathon from Iraq

    An Airman from the North Dakota Air National Guard currently serving in Iraq fulfilled a promise to a dear friend and a pledge to his parents when he completed the Fargo Marathon on Saturday. Tech. Sgt. Sam A. Ruiz of the 119th Wing Security Forces Squadron and native of Fargo ran in the marathon

  • Who Am I? Dual Roles Common for National Guard Members

    With the flood waters of the Red River rising to new record heights in the Fargo, N.D. - Moorhead, Minn. area, I was preparing to ride in a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter as a photojournalist for the N.D. Air Na¬tional Guard along with national and local news journalists, in an effort to gather aerial

  • Happy Hooligan to run Fargo Marathon...from Iraq

    It started as a promise to a dear friend and pledge to his parents that resulted in something even more spectacular. A Happy Hooligan, currently serving in Iraq found that as he tried to dedicate his efforts to the flood victims in the Red River Valley, the graciousness of the local community and

  • FLOOD FEATURE: Guard Units Converge on Neche

    The North Dakota National Guard is assisting civilian contractors here to raise a levee system by more than a foot as the Pembina River and overland flooding push water toward the southwest side of this small border town. The 815th Engineer Company, headquartered in Edgeley, N.D., has been the