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(May 27, 2019, 6:15 pm) SALEM, Ore.
The Oregon National Guard participated in events across the state to help Americans honor our Nation’s Vietnam veterans and veterans from all eras this Memorial Day.
(September 28, 2017, 7:45 pm) SALEM, Ore.
The Oregon Army National Guard is scheduled to honor Citizen-Soldiers in a mobilization ceremony on Friday, Sept. 29, at 10:00 a.m., at the Anderson Readiness Center, located at 3225 State Street, in Salem, Oregon.
(August 8, 2015, 10:47 pm) Medford, Ore
The Oregon Army National Guard honored nearly 300 Soldiers of 1st Battalion, 186th Infantry Regiment, 41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team, in a formal demobilization ceremony, August 8, at the Spiegelberg Stadium, in Medford, Oregon.
(May 17, 2015, 2:29 pm) BEND, Ore.
Approximately 190 Oregon Army National Guard Soldiers of 1st Squadron, 82nd Cavalry Regiment, were welcomed home from Afghanistan during a demobilization ceremony at the Vince Genna Stadium in Bend, Oregon, May 16
(February 10, 2015, 8:38 pm) PORTLAND, Ore. The Congressional Gold Medal was granted to Civil Air Patrol volunteers from World War II on May 10, 2014.
U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley will present Congressional Gold Medals at a special ceremony in Portland on Monday, Feb. 16, to four Oregon families for the World War II service of their loved one.
(February 6, 2015, 2:54 pm) Clackamas,ORE.
Airmen from the 142nd Explosive Ordnance Disposal unit, Oregon Air National Guard, presented a decommissioned Remote Ordnance Neutralization System (RONS) robot to the Oregon Military Museum at Camp Withycombe in Clackamas, Oregon, Feb. 6.
(October 9, 2014, 7:28 pm) SALEM, Ore. The HUD-Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing program combines rental assistance for homeless veterans with case management and clinical services
The Salem Housing Authority was recently awarded $117,516 for 25 additional HUD-Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing vouchers from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
(October 3, 2014, 11:05 am) NEWPORT, Ore. The Coast Guard will continue to maintain air operations along the Oregon shores at Air Station North Bend, and at Air Station Astoria.
The Coast Guard is slated to close its air facility in Newport, Oregon, on Nov. 30.
(September 23, 2014, 6:48 pm) HANOI, Vietnam The Oregon National Guard formally engaged in a partnership with The National Committee for Search and Rescue of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam
Ten domestic emergency and response experts from the Oregon National Guard's Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, Explosive Enhanced Response Force Package (CERFP) began a series of informational and practical exchanges at a training site near the headquarters of the 249th Engineers, Vietnam People's Army, Sept. 22, in Hanoi, Vietnam.
(September 17, 2014, 4:00 am) SALEM, Ore. As part of the commemoration for this day, one of largest POW-MIA flags in the United States will be raised onto the giant flag pole located at the Latus Harley Davidson dealership in Gladstone, Ore.
Governor John Kitzhaber has proclaimed September 19, to be POW-MIA Recognition Day in Oregon.