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Ukrainian National Guard, Armed Forces, special operations units exercise as they simulate a crisis situation in an urban settlement, in the abandoned city of Pripyat near the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, Ukraine, Feb. 4, 2022. When fighting from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine resulted in power cuts to the critical cooling system at the closed Chernobyl nuclear power plant, some feared that spent nuclear fuel would overheat. But nuclear experts say there’s no imminent danger because time and physics are on safety's side. (AP Photo/Mykola Tymchenko) **FILE**

Ukraine’s battlefield success no surprise to their National Guard trainers in U.S.

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Thousands of protesters march down Capitol Mall in Sacramento, Calif., on Saturday, June 6, 2020. The protest is sparked by the death of George Floyd, who died May 25 after he was restrained by Minneapolis police. (Jason Pierce/The Sacramento Bee via AP)

National Guard spy planes monitored George Floyd protests: Report

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Artist Karla Burner, right, paints a mural on plywood covering the shattered window of a mattress store that was damaged during protests over the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Thursday, June 4, 2020, in La Mesa, Calif. California authorities are praising thousands of peaceful protesters who have thronged streets but they also have filed criminal charges against more than 100 people accused of looting and violence. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

National Guard deploys to strife-ridden San Diego suburb

By ELLIOT SPAGAT - Associated Press

Bianca Luna, 6, left, and Elijah Ducey, 3, ask members of the California National Guard if they would like some water, as they stand guard at the Stanley Mosk Library and Courts Building in Sacramento, Calif., Tuesday, June 2, 2020. More than 2,400 members are deployed in several cities to guard infrastructure, freeing up law enforcement officers to respond to incidents like vandalism and looting that occurred during demonstrations sparked by the death of George Floyd, who died after being restrained by Minneapolis police officers on May 25. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

National Guard patrols torn California streets amid unrest

By DON THOMPSON - Associated Press

In this undated National Guard photo is Brig. Gen. Laura Yeager. The California National Guard has announced the appointment of the first woman to lead a U.S. Army infantry division. Brig. Gen. Laura Yeager will assume command of the 40th Infantry Division on June 29, 2019, at Joint Forces Training Base in Los Alamitos, California. Yeager currently commands Joint Task Force North, U.S. Northern Command at Fort Bliss, Texas. (National Guard via AP)

1st woman to take command of a US Army infantry division

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California turns to military technology to help fight fires

By DON THOMPSON - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 9, 2018, file photo firefighters work to keep flames from spreading through the Shadowbrook apartment complex as a wildfire burns through Paradise, Calif. California is calling in the National Guard for the first time to help protect communities from wildfires like the one that destroyed much of the city of Paradise last fall. Starting in April 2019, 110 California National Guard troops will receive 11 days of training in using shovels, rakes and chain saws to thin trees and brush. (AP Photo/Noah Berger, File)

National Guard to help protect California towns from fires

By DON THOMPSON - Associated Press

California extends Trump’s border mission by 6 months

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Correction: California-National Guard-Border story

By JULIE WATSON - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 20, 2008, file photo, members of the 200th Red Horse Air National Guard Civil Engineering Squadron from Camp Perry in Ohio, including Tech Sgt. David Hughes, right, and Tech Sgt. William Bunker, second from right, work on building a road at the border in Nogales, Ariz. National guard contingents in U.S. states that border Mexico say they are waiting for guidance from Washington to determine what they will do following President Donald Trump's proclamation directing deployment to fight illegal immigration and drug smuggling. Governors of the border states of Arizona and New Mexico have welcomed deployment of the Guard along the southwest border as a matter of public safety. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, file)

The Latest: Iowa governor would send troops to Mexico border

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Officials outline steps for resolving Guard bonus scandal

By RICHARD LARDNER - Associated Press

The Pentagon says it will suspend attempts to recoup bonuses that were improperly paid to U.S. servicemen ten years ago. (Facebook, California Army National Guard)

Government demands guardsmen return bonuses for re-enlisting

By Tammy Bruce

The Pentagon says it will suspend attempts to recoup bonuses that were improperly paid to U.S. servicemen ten years ago. (Facebook, California Army National Guard)

Ashton Carter suspends National Guard ‘clawbacks,’ vows pay system reform

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

In this Nov. 30, 2011, file photo, California Army National Guard soldiers watch the arrival of the body of soldier Sean Walsh, who died on Nov. 16 during a combat operation in Afghanistan, at Moffett Federal Airfield in Mountain View, Calif. Nearly 10,000 California National Guard soldiers have been ordered to repay huge enlistment bonuses a decade after signing up to serve in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Los Angeles Times reported Saturday, Oct. 22, 2016. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)

Pentagon orders revamp of military pay system in wake of California National Guard scandal

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama walks from Marine One toward Air Force One at Los Angeles International Airport, Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2016. Obama is returning to Washington after spending a few days in Nevada and California campaigning for Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Obama urges Pentagon not to ‘nickel and dime’ Guardsmen on enlistment bonuses

By Dave Boyer and Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Aug. 25, 2010 file photo, U.S. Army Pfc. Brandon Martin, of Tuscon, Ariz., left, and Pfc. Richard Flynn, of Starke, Fla., of Tactical Command Post, HQ Company, 2-502 Infantry, 101st Airborne Division, take up a fighting position behind a barrier, during a joint patrol with the Afghan Army, in Zhari district, Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan. Iowa's second-largest city has managed to keep flooding at bay largely because of the barriers that were widely used to protect soldiers in Bosnia, Iraq and Afghanistan. Crews in Cedar Rapids hastily erected Hesco barriers along miles of the Cedar River through neighborhoods and downtown. As of Tuesday morning, Sept. 27, 2016, the sand-filled containers had protected thousands of properties. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, File)

California veterans forced to repay decade-old bonuses; Pentagon ripped by lawmakers

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Friday, Oct. 21, 2016 file photo, Robert D'Andrea, a retired Army major and Iraq war veteran, holds a frame with a photo of his team on his first deployment to Iraq in his home in Los Angeles. Nearly 10,000 California National Guard soldiers have been ordered to repay huge enlistment bonuses a decade after signing up to serve in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Los Angeles Times reported Saturday. (Al Seib/Los Angeles Times via AP, File)

The Latest: Congress members rip Pentagon repayment policy

Associated Press

FILE - In this Friday, Oct. 21, 2016 file photo, Robert D'Andrea, a retired Army major and Iraq war veteran, holds a frame with a photo of his team on his first deployment to Iraq in his home in Los Angeles. Nearly 10,000 California National Guard soldiers have been ordered to repay huge enlistment bonuses a decade after signing up to serve in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Los Angeles Times reported Saturday. (Al Seib/Los Angeles Times via AP, File)

Guard seeks federal aid for soldiers told to return bonuses

By ALISON NOON - Associated Press

Report: California soldiers must repay enlistment bonuses

Associated Press

In a photo provided by the the Michigan National Guardf, Gov. Rick Snyder and Brig. Gen. Leonard Isabelle, Jr., hold up House bill 5451 after the governor’s signing of the bill at the Michigan National Guard Joint Force Headquarters in Lansing, Mich., Tuesday, July 1, 2014. Behind Snyder Maj. Gen. Gregory Vadnais and members of the Michigan Department of Veterans Affairs. (AP Photo/ Master Sgt. Denice Rankin)

Federal budget crunch idles Guard units across US

By RUSS BYNUM and DAN SEWELL - Associated Press