Guard fights for better benefits, recognition at annual conference

Army 1st Lt. Adam Rix of the California National Guard has seen his fellow soldiers deal with fighting the war on terrorism and Mother Nature in the same year.

“It’s tough the families and soldiers, going from deployment to wildfires,” said Rix, who joined thousands of other soldiers and airmen on Sunday at the 130th Annual National Guard Association’s conference, held this year in Baltimore. “But that’s what it means today to be in the guard.”