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California Air Guard Helps Rescue Critically Injured Mariner

California Air Guard Helps Rescue Critically Injured Mariner

MOFFETT AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Calif. - In a remarkable display of coordination and teamwork, the 129th Rescue Wing executed a high-stakes medical evacuation Oct. 9, rescuing an unconscious merchant mariner aboard a Liberian-flagged cargo vessel about 800 nautical miles off the coast of San Francisco. The mission launched in response to a request…

yesterday, October 16, 2024
Maryland Air Guard Leads Emergency Management Exercise

Maryland Air Guard Leads Emergency Management Exercise

MIDDLE RIVER, Md. - Airmen from the Maryland Air National Guard hosted a chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear response exercise with regional partners at two Maryland National Guard training locations.The deployment-for-training exercise enhanced emergency readiness and response in a simulated deployed environment. It took place Sept.…

2 days ago, October 15, 2024
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Air Force Gen. Nordhaus Assumes Role of Chief, National Guard Bureau

Air Force Gen. Nordhaus Assumes Role of Chief, National Guard Bureau

ARLINGTON, Va. – Air Force Gen. Steven Nordhaus assumed responsibility as chief of the National Guard Bureau during a ceremony Tuesday at Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall.Navy Adm. Christopher Grady, the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, presided over the ceremony following an earlier promotion ceremony in which Nordhaus received his fourth…

2 days ago, October 15, 2024
North Carolina Guard Clears Roads after Tropical Storm Helene

North Carolina Guard Clears Roads after Tropical Storm Helene

NEBO, N.C. - “The troops are here!” said Western North Carolina resident Rick Brite, who watched as a group of North Carolina National Guardsmen approached his property with reinforcements and heavy machinery.Like many of their neighbors, Rick and Carla Brite woke up to discover the devastating aftermath of Tropical Storm Helene.What was once a…

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Nordhaus Promoted to General

Retired Army Gen. Daniel Hokanson, the 29th chief of the National Guard Bureau, hosts the promotion ceremony for Air Force Gen. Steven Nordhaus, Joint Base Myer Henderson Hall, Arlington, Virginia, Oct. 15, 2024. Nordhaus succeeds Hokanson and will serve as the 30th CNGB and a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. (U.S. Air National Guard video by Master Sgt. Brandy Fowler)

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