Helicopters circled overhead and military personnel stood guard over the Papago Military Park Reservation on Saturday as dozens of children arrived for a party.

The Arizona National Guard is moving a unit into Gilbert sooner than town officials expected.

The Arizona National Guard is moving a unit into Gilbert sooner than town officials expected.

About 70 National Guardsmen left the Papago Park Military Reservation in Phoenix on Sunday morning — not knowing their exact destination — as the question of war with Iraq shifts more to “when” than “if.”

After 11 months in Iraq, Mike Godleski will sit down to a quiet turkey dinner today with his wife and stepdaughter. It will be his first homecooked meal in months.

SAN LUIS - Military bulldozers, road graders and other heavy equipment rumbled along the Mexican border early Monday as more than 50 National Guardsmen from Utah became the first unit to get to work under President Bush's crackdown on illegal immigration.

The 819th Engineer Company of the Arizona Army National Guard is set for deployment to Afghanistan.

Frederick and Derick Aidoo are mirror images of one another.

National Guard troops will be staying along the border, at least for a little while longer.

The recent string of Mesa drop house raids might suggest that police are on the hunt for illegal immigrants. They’re not. Law enforcement officials said Wednesday they’re investigating another crime often tied to illegal immigration: Money laundering.

The recent string of Mesa drop house raids might suggest that police are on the hunt for illegal immigrants. They’re not. Law enforcement officials said Wednesday they’re investigating another crime often tied to illegal immigration: Money laundering.

The recent string of Mesa drop house raids might suggest that police are on the hunt for illegal immigrants. They’re not. Law enforcement officials said Wednesday they’re investigating another crime often tied to illegal immigration: Money laundering.

Arizona should see its first National Guard soldiers next month.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Suffer from a bad case of acne? That could disqualify you from joining the Army National Guard. Too many speeding tickets? In today's slimmer, smarter Guard, that could keep you out, too.

October 19, 2004

Arizona National Guard soldiers have arrived at the border.

WASHINGTON - Four major Army National Guard units have been placed on alert for possible deployment to Iraq late this year or in early 2005 as part of a larger force rotation, officials said Monday.

PHOENIX — Most of the National Guard soldiers now along the border will be gone by the end of March.

A 66-year-old retired colonel and Tempe resident — accused of stealing more than $2 million from a fund to help families of National Guardsmen and using it for personal purposes — was indicted by a state grand jury on offenses connected to the alleged crimes.

National Guard troops will be staying on the Southwest border, at least for a while longer.

The head of the Senate Government Committee has refused to hold hearings to reconfirm the head of the Arizona National Guard.

Gov. Janet Napolitano ordered National Guard soldiers to protect the nation's largest nuclear power plant Tuesday after President Bush raised the terrorism alert level to high-risk code "orange" on the eve of possible war with Iraq.

The National Guard is slowing the withdrawal of soldiers from the border to give more time for the Obama administration to convince Congress to extend the mission beyond the end of this month.

This is a special Labor Day for Vali Iancu. The Scottsdale business owner is seeing the fruits of his labor to show his native Romania that his adopted country, the United States, "is not just good at war, we are good working at peace as well.’’