1.   Guard members begin to relax somewhere over mid-America.

2.   Guard members have long complained that because they are not on equal footing, the Army relegates the organization to second-class status in war plans and Pentagon budgets.

3.   Guard members shout conversa tion over the jet roar, mouth to ear.

4.   Guard members ordered by a governor to help with, for example, flood control are not covered.

5.   Guard members patrolling the airports will have expanded authority, Takemoto said.

6.   In recent weeks, guard members have been called on to patrol airports, power plants, train stations, bridges and tunnels.

7.   Investigators found some guard members secured unearned college degrees in order to win promotions, and that cronyism and favoritism had damaged careers.

8.   Like any member of the military beginning a deployment, the departing guard members left with the usual tangle of worries about what will happen while they are gone.

9.   The guard members have learned procedures for passenger screening, including the use of metal detectors and wands that indicate explosive residue.

10.   The homeland security mission has put combat-trained guard members in police roles.