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

Arizona National Guard soldiers have arrived at the border.

PHOENIX - Dawn was at hand, and so was the end of a nearly yearlong wait for dozens of Arizona National Guard soldiers and their families.

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.’’

PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona National Guard is sending some of its soldiers to Afghanistan to help advise and assist police forces.

An Army National Guard unit based in Casa Grande has been scheduled for a deployment to Afghanistan.

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

They risked their lives in Iraq and Afghanistan and lived to tell about it. On Saturday, soldiers from the Arizona National Guard were formally thanked for their service by Gov. Janet Napolitano and Arizona Guard commander Maj. Gen. David Rataczak at the Guard’s annual conference in Carefree.

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

Hospitals, first responders, National Guard forces and others are participating this week in the largest emergency response drill in Arizona's history. More than 250 agencies and 8,000 participants are taking part in "Vigilant Guard," an exercise designed to assess disaster preparedness in Arizona.

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.

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

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.

January 21, 2005

Arizona Army National Guard members are expected to return home Saturday from a deployment in Afghanistan.

The first of 532 National Guard troops are set to begin their mission in the southern Arizona desert on Monday under President Barack Obama's plan to beef up U.S.-Mexico border security, although they won't have any law enforcement authority.

Two broadcast journalists from the Valley will become the first news team embedded with Arizona National Guard’s 285th Aviation Unit in Afghanistan, ABC 15 News announced Friday.