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National Guard, Civilian Partners Synchronize Disaster Response in Workshop

National Guard, Civilian Partners Synchronize Disaster Response in Workshop

INDIANAPOLIS — When disaster strikes, states often depend on National Guard forces from beyond their borders to move quickly with aircraft, personnel and equipment. That response begins long before an emergency through the Emergency Management Assistance Compact, or EMAC.This month, state emergency management leaders and National Guard…

1 hour ago, August 20, 2026
Virginia Guard Tests Cyberattack Scenarios at Cyber Fortress 26

Virginia Guard Tests Cyberattack Scenarios at Cyber Fortress 26

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — The Virginia Army National Guard’s 91st Cyber Brigade hosted Cyber Fortress 26, a joint, interagency, intergovernmental and multinational exercise, July 25 - Aug. 8 at the State Military Reservation in Virginia Beach.“This was the best iteration of Cyber Fortress yet,” said Col. Gerald Mazur, commander of the Fort…

6 hours ago, August 20, 2026
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Indiana Guard’s 76th Mobile Brigade Builds Lethal Readiness in Exercise

Indiana Guard’s 76th Mobile Brigade Builds Lethal Readiness in Exercise

CAMP ATTERBURY, Ind. — The Indiana Army National Guard’s 76th Mobile Brigade tested new capabilities, strengthened combat readiness and trained for large-scale combat operations alongside more than 4,700 U.S. and allied service members during Combat Readiness Exercise 26-02 at Camp Atterbury and Muscatatuck Urban Training Center July 18-Aug. 1.The…

4 hours ago, August 20, 2026
Air Guard Builds Combat Readiness at Patriot Forge II

Air Guard Builds Combat Readiness at Patriot Forge II

FORT DEVENS, Mass. – Nearly 200 Air National Guard civil engineers moved through dense terrain carrying weapons and combat equipment, navigated without relying on Global Positioning System, operated tactical vehicle convoys, treated simulated casualties under fire and defended an air base against an opposing force during Patriot Forge II Aug.…

6 hours ago, August 20, 2026
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1,190th Life Saved by the 129th Rescue Wing

The 129th Rescue Wing completed its 1,190th save Tuesday, July 7, 2026, after a Mexican citizen was seriously injured 700 nautical miles out at sea. Pararescuemen from the wing’s 131st Rescue Squadron treated the patient on the remote Socorro Island, after jumping from an HC-130J Combat King II into the Pacific Ocean on July 7, 2026. Video by Technical Sgt. Duane Ramos.

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