(St. Paul, MN)  --  The Minnesota Army National Guard is being honored as the top-performing organization of its kind in the U-S. Minnesota has been selected as the 2010 Army Communities of Excellence winner in the Army National Guard category.  Governor Pawlenty says we have the finest National Guard in the country and we are so grateful and proud of them on so many fronts.  There are eleven-thousand men and women serving in the Minnesota National Guard. U.S. Senator Al Franken says Minnesota has a lot to be proud of and our National Guard is at the very top of that list.