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Monday, February 25, 2013  Members of the Guard's 122nd Engineer Battalion held a ceremony at Lexington High School Saturday morning.

Monday, December 03, 2012  Christmas is coming to the Governor's Mansion in Columbia as three white pine trees are being delivered thanks to the state Christmas Tree Growers Association.

Thursday, October 18, 2012  South Carolina Rep. Tim Scott is planning to test the capabilities of the new F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.

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

Saturday, June 02, 2012  A Midlands graduate had a surprise visitor Saturday while getting her diploma.

Wednesday, April 25, 2012  South Carolina legislators plan to honor eight military service members who died last year while deployed overseas.

Monday, April 23, 2012  An Army father based at South Carolina's Fort Jackson is one of three finalists for the 2012 Military Fatherhood Award.

Wednesday, November 16, 2011  China responded swiftly, warning that an expanded U.S. military footprint in Australia may not be appropriate and deserved greater scrutiny.

Wednesday, October 19, 2011  More than 100 National Guardsmen are back in the Midlands again after a nine month deployment overseas.

Saturday, January 29, 2011  Tens of thousands demonstrate peacefully in downtown Cairo, army does not intervene

Sunday, March 22, 2009  Astronauts prepare for 3rd and final spacewalk, plan to use brute force on jammed platform.

Monday, December 22, 2008  It can be difficult to be far away from family members during the holidays, and the Army's largest training installation is trying to ease the pain for relatives of deployed military members.