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Colo. Guard Commercial Imagery Team to deploy

CENTENNIAL, Colo. (4/23/13) – The Colorado Army National Guard will host a departure ceremony for Commercial Imagery Team 4, 117th Space Battalion ,at the Colorado National Guard state headquarters April 24 at 2 p.m.

Colo. Army National Guard to open new $39 million aviation training facility

CENTENNIAL, Colo. (4/25/13) – The Colorado Army National Guard will cut the ribbon a new state-of-the-art aviation training facility at the Eagle County Airport near Gypsum, Colo., April 26 at 10:30 a.m.

140th Wing to get new commander

BUCKLEY AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. (04/05/13) – The 140th Wing, Colorado Air National Guard, Buckley Air Force Base, is welcoming a new commander during a change of command ceremony scheduled for Sunday, April 7 at 1 p.m.

Regional National Guard Best Warrior Competition hosted by Colo.

CENTENNIAL, Colo. (4/5/13) – Sixteen elite Noncommissioned Officers and Soldiers will compete over the course of three days at the Region VII Army National Guard Best Warrior Competition April 4-6 at Fort Carson, Colo.

Colo. National Guard to promote newest brigadier general

CENTENNIAL, Colo. (4/5/13) -- Col. Peter J Byrne, Director of Joint Staff and Designated Dual Status Commander, will be promoted to brigadier general at 3 p.m. April 6, at Joint Force Headquarters, Colorado National Guard, in Centennial, Colo.

Colo. Civil War heritage to be commemorated, painting unveiled

CENTENNIAL, Colo. (3/25/13) – Colorado Lt. Gov. Joe Garcia will join Colorado National Guard leaders to commemorate a turning point in the state's history during a ceremony at 1 p.m. March 26 in Denver.

Governor to host Easter Egg Roll for Colo. National Guard families

CENTENNIAL, Colo. (03/19/13) – Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper, commander-in-chief Colorado National Guard, will host the 2013 Easter Egg Roll for the family members of deployed Colorado National Guard members March 20.

137th Space Warning Squadron to reorganize, activate as 233d Space Group

GREELEY AIR NATIONAL GUARD STATION, Colo. (3/6/13) -- March 10 will mark a new day for the 137th Space Warning Squadron, based out of Greeley, Colo., as the Airmen reorganize and activate as the 233d Space Group, still organized under the 140th Wing.

Colo. Guardsman to play annual ‘Pipes and Stripes’ concert in Denver: Dueling Wurlitzer organs, concert, Dixie, brass to be on musical display

CENTENNIAL, Colo. (2/12/13) – The Colorado National Guard’s own, the 101st Army Band, will perform a free, public concert on Sunday, Feb. 17 at 2 p.m.

Defense Department rescinds direct combat exclusion rule; services to expand integration of women into previously restricted occupations and units

CENTENNIAL, Colo. (1/24/13) -- Today, Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Martin Dempsey announced plans to remove gender-based barriers to service.

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	Sgt. Rick D. Peevy, a crew chief from Company A, 2nd Battalion, 135th General Support Aviation, surveys the scene after dropping 500 gallons of river water from a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter onto a wildfire at Fort Carson, Colo., June 12, 2008.
	Sgt. Rick D. Peevy, a crew chief from Company A, 2nd Battalion, 135th General Support Aviation, surveys the scene from a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter while wildfires burn the training range at Fort Carson, Colo., June 12, 2008.
	A UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter from 2nd Battalion, 135th General Support Aviation, Colorado Army National Guard, drops 500 gallons of river water onto a wildfire burning the training range at Fort Carson, Colo., June 13, 2008.
	Staff Sgt. Mark R. Belo, a crew chief from 2nd Battalion, 135th General Support Aviation, drops 500 gallons of river water from a UH-60 Black Hawk onto a wildfire burning the training range at Fort Carson, Colo., June 13, 2008.
	Staff Sgt. Mark R. Belo, a crew chief from 2nd Battalion, 135th General Support Aviation, drops 500 gallons of river water from a UH-60 Black Hawk onto a wildfire burning the training range at Fort Carson, Colo., June 13, 2008.
	Staff Sgt. Mark R. Belo, a crew chief from 2nd Battalion, 135th General Support Aviation, drops 500 gallons of river water from a UH-60 Black Hawk onto a wildfire burning the training range at Fort Carson, Colo., June 13, 2008.

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	A CERFP member checks a simulated victim for contamination during a local exercise.
	A simulated victim is decontaminated during a local CERFP exercise.
	A member of the CERFP medical team asses a simulated victim's injuries.
	CERP team members don protective suits during a local exercise.

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