Guard News - The National Guard

Colorado Guard Ready for Wildfires Year-Round
May 28, 2026 — CENTENNIAL, Colo. – After a winter marked by record-low snowpack and persistent drought, the Colorado Army National Guard is shifting its focus from a seasonal schedule to a year-round mission to...

Montana Guard Hosts 163rd Transformation Ceremony
May 28, 2026 — FORT HARRISON, Mont. – The Montana Army National Guard redesignated the 1st Battalion, 163rd Cavalry Regiment as the 1st Battalion, 163rd Infantry Regiment during a transformation ceremony May 27,...

Maryland Guard, Estonian Partners Strengthen Cyber Readiness
May 27, 2026 — TALLINN, Estonia – More than 40 Maryland National Guard members participated in Immediate Response 2026, a comprehensive cyber exercise, with their Estonian counterparts at Foundation Cyber Range 14,...

Massachusetts Airmen Sharpen Readiness During Major Aircraft Response Exercise
May 26, 2026 — BARNES AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Mass. – The Massachusetts National Guard’s 104th Fighter Wing strengthened its crisis response capabilities during a Major Aircraft Response Exercise, or MARE, held May...

National Guard Gold Star Spouse Turns Grief Into Advocacy
May 26, 2026 — CONCORD, N.C. – The loudest place in American sports knew when to be quiet.At Charlotte Motor Speedway in North Carolina, the Coca-Cola 600 was everything it is supposed to be: horsepower, heat, noise...

California Guard Trains Airmen to Rapidly Repair Damaged Airfields
May 26, 2026 — MARCH AIR RESERVE BASE, Calif. – Seven instructors assigned to the California National Guard’s 163d Regional Training Site train more than 1,000 Airmen annually through specialty courses such as Rapid...

Arizona Airmen Sharpen Combat Readiness in Weapons Load Competition
May 26, 2026 — MORRIS AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Ariz. – Airmen assigned to the Arizona National Guard’s 162nd Wing demonstrated combat readiness, precision and lethality during the annual Weapons Load Crew...

Pennsylvania Guard Helps Shape Army’s Extended Basic Leader Course
May 22, 2026 — FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, Pa. – The Pennsylvania National Guard’s 166th Regiment - Regional Training Institute, or RTI, is serving as the Army National Guard’s validation site for the Army’s new 29-day...

Kentucky Guard Enhances Lethality at Arcane Thunder
May 22, 2026 — FORT IRWIN, Calif. – Soldiers of Kentucky National Guard’s B Battery, 1st Battalion, 623rd Field Artillery, 38th Infantry Division Artillery, conducted annual training at Fort Irwin, during a larger,...

N.Y. National Guard Marks Memorial Day With Ceremony
May 21, 2026 — LATHAM, N.Y. – Soldiers, Airmen, Naval Militia members and civilians who work at the New York National Guard headquarters in Latham marked Memorial Day with a short ceremony May 21 at the building’s...

Arizona Guard Team Earns Awards for Combat Readiness
May 21, 2026 — MORRIS AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Ariz. — The Arizona National Guard’s 162nd Wing’s Aircrew Flight Equipment, or AFE, flight recently earned two major command-level awards: the 2025 U.S. Air Force AFE...

Oregon Guard Supports Ceremony Featuring 103-Year-Old WWII Pilot
May 20, 2026 — SALEM, Ore. – The hangar fell quiet for nearly 30 minutes on Armed Forces Day while Capt. Richard "Dick" Nelms stood before a crowd at the B-17 Alliance Museum & Restoration Hangar at Salem McNary...

Massachusetts Guard Strengthens Disaster Response Capabilities
May 20, 2026 — BOURNE, Mass. – Massachusetts National Guard Airmen and Soldiers conducted a Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear, or CBRN, Task Force collective training exercise May 14-17 on Joint Base...

National Guard Day at Nationals Park Celebrates Guard Service, Community
May 19, 2026 — WASHINGTON – More than 250 Soldiers and Airmen from throughout the National Guard took part in National Guard Day at Nationals Park in Washington, highlighting the Guard’s service, sacrifice and...

Utah Guard, Morocco Partners Provide Medical Care in African Lion
May 19, 2026 — EL FAID, Morocco – Utah National Guardsmen and the Moroccan Royal Armed Forces redefined what partnership looks like through shared expertise, innovation and expanding access to impactful care, under...

New Jersey Guardsman Given Air Guard Chaplain Corps Minuteman Award
May 18, 2026 — ATLANTIC CITY AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, N.J. – U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Jason Harden, Chaplain Corps superintendent assigned to the New Jersey National Guard’s 177th Fighter Wing, was awarded the...

Indiana Guard Plans Indy 500 Military Flyover With Precision
May 18, 2026 — SPEEDWAY, Ind. – A schedule locked down to the millisecond. Millions of dollars of live television airtime on the line. Months of anticipation and precision coordination behind the scenes.It is all...

Washington Guard, Singapore Conclude Exercise Tiger Balm
May 18, 2026 — JOINT BASE LEWIS-McCHORD, Wash. – From detailed planning efforts to explosive ordnance operations and live-fire training, Exercise Tiger Balm brought U.S. and Singapore soldiers together to train side...

Louisiana Guard Hosts Region V Best Warrior Competition
May 15, 2026 — PINEVILLE, La. – Twelve Soldiers and noncommissioned officers representing Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Nebraska and Texas competed May 4-8 in the Region V Best Warrior Competition at the...

New York Guard, Sweden Strengthen Partnership at Exercise Northern Lights
May 15, 2026 — KUNGSÄNGEN, Sweden – Eighty New York Army National Guard Soldiers spent their annual training working alongside Swedish soldiers in Sweden's sprawling forests.Instead of spending their two weeks of...

Hawaii Guard Supports Tropical Cyclone Lala Response

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

Army National Guard Fast-Tracks Resilient Microgrids with $14.7M APFIT Award

Ohio Guard Boosts Medical Skills While Providing No-Cost Care

Idaho Guard Strengthens Engineering Skills in Canada