Operation Jump Start
Operation Jump Start

Author: Michael Dale Doubler

Publisher:

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 92

ISBN-13:

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This book recounts an unique chapter in the National Guard's efforts to keep America's borders secure. Starting in June 2006 and lasting until July 2008, Operation Jump Start exhibited unprecedented cooperation and teamwork among federal agencies engaged in protecting the homeland. The U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the U.S. Border Patrol and the National Guard created a cooperative, operational environment that will endure as an example on how to do things right. Based in Arizona, California, New Mexico and Texas, the Operation's mission was not to close the nation's border with Mexico but to make it more secure for legal immigration and commerce. By the time Operation Jump start ended, criminal activities of all types had declined along the border, and physical improvements made by Guard engineers along the border seemed certain to reduce illegal activities for the forseeable future.

Report
Report

Author: South Dakota. Adjutant-General's Office

Publisher:

Published: 1952

Total Pages: 28

ISBN-13:

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Citizens as Soldiers
Citizens as Soldiers

Author: Jerry Cooper

Publisher: U of Nebraska Press

Published: 2005-06-01

Total Pages: 484

ISBN-13: 9780803264496

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Unlike most histories of the National Guard, Jerry Cooper?s Citizens as Soldiers: A History of the North Dakota National Guard examines the Guard not merely in its wartime context or in terms of military actions in which it has engaged but also as an integral element in the growth and development of community in the American West. From the Guard's early incarnations as social clubs or lodges, where members dressed in uniform, paraded, and held dances, through its gritty service in the Philippines and beyond, Cooper shows how membership in the Guard and later in the Air National Guard helped forge bonds of local, regional, and national identity.