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Tuesday, June 04, 2013  A soldier home from a year deployment in Kosovo surprised his teenage daughter Tuesday evening at a Myrtle Beach Pelicans baseball game.

Tuesday, June 04, 2013  Some 400 South Carolina National Guard soldiers are returning home from a nine-month deployment in the Balkan nation of Kosovo.

Thursday, March 14, 2013  The South Carolina National Guard is celebrating the contributions of women during Women's History Month.

Sunday, February 10, 2013  The South Carolina Army National Guard agricultural team in Afghanistan has built teaching centers and reached out to help more than 300 farmers during its yearlong deployment.

Saturday, January 26, 2013  More than 60 soldiers, that include Chinook helicopter pilots, departed from South Carolina as they headed to Afghanistan Saturday.

Wednesday, January 16, 2013  The South Carolina Air National Guard plans to conduct an air defense exercise in the skies above Florence.

Friday, January 04, 2013  Soldiers with the 133rd Military Police Company gathered for a memorial dedication at their headquarters in Timmonsville Friday afternoon in honor of their three fallen comrades.

Thursday, January 03, 2013  Soldiers with the 133rd Military Police Company, South Carolina National Guard, will dedicate a memorial at the Timmonsville Armory to honor three fellow guard soldiers who were killed in Afghanistan June 20, 2012.

Monday, December 24, 2012  More than 800 soldiers with the South Carolina National Guard's 4th Battalion, 118th Infantry, "Task Force Rifles" are back in the Palmetto State Christmas Eve after a year long deployment in Kuwait.

Wednesday, October 31, 2012  South Carolina Air National Guard jets are scheduled to conduct air defense exercises in the skies over Anderson, Florence and Greer.

Thursday, October 18, 2012  Residents around the South Carolina communities of Anderson, Florence and Greer may see fighter jets escorting a single-aircraft engine in the skies.

Monday, July 30, 2012  Gov. Nikki Haley's husband Michael is being deployed to Afghanistan with South Carolina's National Guard.

Sunday, July 01, 2012  Thomas to be laid to rest in Easley.

Thursday, June 21, 2012  Three South Carolina Army National Guard soldiers are dead following an attack by a suicide bomber in Afghanistan.

Sunday, June 10, 2012  The South Carolina National Guard is replacing drafty windows, updating old heating and air conditioning units and asking soldiers and airmen to police power usage. Officials are trying to conserve energy at armories, training sites and headquarters buildings.