Guard News - The National Guard

Guard Your Health’s #WarriorReady Challenge launches April 1
April 1, 2016 — ARLINGTON, Va. - Army Physical Fitness Test season is upon us, which means now is the perfect time to amp up your training. Guard Your Health, a health and medical readiness campaign for Guard...

Veterans Affairs and South Carolina National Guard conduct 50th Vietnam War Commemoration Ceremony
March 31, 2016 — ROCK HILL, S.C. - The Department of Veterans Affairs Columbia VA Regional Office, in conjunction with the South Carolina National Guard Service Member and Family Care Directorate, held a Vietnam War...

Alaska Air Guardsmen rescue three near Marcus Baker Glacier
March 31, 2016 — JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Airmen with the Alaska Air National Guard’s 210th, 211th and 212th Rescue Squadrons rescued three individuals near the Marcus Baker Glacier late last...

Friends who deploy together stay together
March 30, 2016 — CAMP BUEHRING, Kuwait – Soldiers who deploy overseas have a unique opportunity to meet and work side-by-side with fellow service members from all over the United States. The California National...

Kansas National Guard fights fire from the sky
March 29, 2016 — MEDICINE LODGE, Kan. - The Kansas National Guard, along with scores of career and volunteer firefighters, fought the Anderson Creek fire with four UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters. With the added help of...

40th Combat Aviation Brigade and USS Ponce conduct interoperability training exercise
March 29, 2016 — CAMP BUEHRING, Kuwait - Soldiers of the California Army National Guard's 40th Combat Aviation Brigade conducted an interoperability training exercise aboard the USS Ponce in the Persian Gulf March...

New York Army National Guard Cooks compete for Army cooking honors at Camp Smith
March 28, 2016 — CAMP SMITH TRAINING SITE, Cortlandt Manor, N.Y. - For 200 New York Army National Guard Soldiers of the 369th Sustainment Brigade their meal of roast pork, black-eyed peas, salad, mashed potatoes and...

Iowa National Guard Soldiers compete for Best Warrior
March 28, 2016 — CAMP DODGE, Iowa - Twenty-three Iowa Army National Guard Soldiers from across the state gathered at Camp Dodge Joint Maneuver Training Center in Johnston, Iowa for the annual Best Warrior Competition...

Hoosiers, Slovaks trade intelligence best practices
March 24, 2016 — INDIANAPOLIS - Indiana National Guard members from multiple intelligence units traveled to Slovakia in January as part of the first of many expected meetings to familiarize the Slovak Army with how...

Iowa National Guard Soldier competes under guidance of Soldier-father
March 24, 2016 — CAMP DODGE, Iowa - The 2016 Iowa Best Warrior Competition held at Camp Dodge in Johnston, Iowa March 18-20 presented a unique opportunity for one Soldier. Spc. Ethan Estabrooks, a crew chief and...

Georgia National Guard's 48th Infantry Brigade Combat Team selected for Army pilot program
March 24, 2016 — CLAY NATIONAL GUARD CENTER, Marietta, Ga. – The Georgia Army National Guard's 48th Infantry Brigade Combat Team has been selected as the first National Guard unit to participate in an Army pilot...

Behind the scenes, Louisiana Guard’s commodity distribution plays vital role
March 24, 2016 — NEW ORLEANS – In the midst of an emergency, Louisiana National Guard members are easily noticeable rescuing people and protecting property. Behind the scenes, however, is the vital mission of...

Total Army working together to forge future, senators told
March 23, 2016 — The Army, Army National Guard and Army Reserve are working together well to assess recommendations from a national commission on the service’s future and fully implement the Army’s Total Force Policy...

Environmental stewardship, sustainability top focus throughout the Guard
March 21, 2016 — ARLINGTON, Va. — From making use of wind and solar power to incorporating geo-thermal heating and using energy efficient lightbulbs, the National Guard continues to be a leader in conservation and...

Virgin Island Air Guard engineers build plant beds to support kids' project
March 21, 2016 — U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS – Members of the Virgin Islands Air National Guard 285th Civil Engineering Squadron did their part in giving back to the community by building plant beds in support of the Helping...

National Guard remains a vital component of the war fight
March 21, 2016 — ARLINGTON, Va. — When Soldiers with the Minnesota Army National Guard's 34th Combat Aviation Brigade departed for a yearlong deployment to Kuwait in May 2014, for many, it wasn't their first...

New York National Guard aircrew, Soldiers train on helicopter evacuation
March 18, 2016 — ORISKANY, N.Y. - New York Army National Guard Pvt. Alexis Nasta spent March 12, her first drill weekend with 2nd Battalion, 108th Infantry, dangling two hundred feet above the ground from a UH-60...

Texas Guard member and his daughter personally supported Flint relief mission
March 18, 2016 — ROUND ROCK, Texas - As the Flint Water Crisis enters its third month, one Texas Army National Guard member decided to step up and directly help the people most affected. So he took a road trip to...

109th Airmen call South Pole home as they package old equipment for shipment north
March 17, 2016 — AMUNDSEN-SCOTT STATION, Antarctica – Three members of the New York Air National Guard's 109th Airlift Wing called the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station home base...

South Carolina National Guard hosts top Colombian army maintenance officer
March 17, 2016 — COLUMBIA, S.C. – The Colombian army's top maintenance officer got a first-hand look at the South Carolina Army National Guard's maintenance facilities during a State Partnership Program engagement...

Modular Airborne System Delivers One Million Gallons of Fire Retardant

Air Guard Security Forces Strengthen Readiness With Green Berets

Hawaii National Guard Rescues Paramedics During Hurricane Lala

Hawaii Guard Supports Tropical Cyclone Lala Response

South Carolina Guard Enhances Readiness With Advanced HH-60M Black Hawk