Guard News - The National Guard

AESA Radar Launches F-16 Into Next Generation of Air Power
June 23, 2022 — JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Md. – More than 70 F-16 Fighting Falcons across 12 Air National Guard units are now flying with the new active electronically scanned array radar that will allow pilots to detect,...

Iowa Guard Engineers Renovate old Schoolhouse
June 23, 2022 — JOHNSTON, Iowa – A school teacher named Lena Mosier once wrote a farewell tribute to the Herrold School House, which still stands, vacant, in Camp Dodge. It began like this:“Early in September of 1912...

130th Airlift Wing Exercises Combat Power in Newest C-130J
June 23, 2022 — ALPENA, Mich. – Sixty-three Airmen and two C-130J-30s Super Hercules from the 130th Airlift Wing participated in Agile Rage 2022 June 6-19 in the first Air National Guard Readiness Exercise Program...

Army Guardsman Youngest Ever to Achieve Sapper Distinction
June 23, 2022 — CHARLESTON, W.Va. – West Virginia National Guard Pfc. William Farkas, 17, attached to the 119th Engineer Company, 1092nd Engineer Battalion, is the youngest to ever receive the distinguished sapper...

ESGR: A 50-year Bridge Between Employers, National Guard, Reserves
June 22, 2022 — WASHINGTON – With the end of conscription looming in the United States, leaders knew the nation would rely more often on the National Guard and Reserves.They knew moving from a strategic to an...

National Guard Coordinates Transport of German Satellite
June 22, 2022 — ARLINGTON, Va. – A rocket carrier is barely recognizable from a distance on a typically foggy June morning at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California. Its payload, the German Ministry of Defense’s...

In Moldova, Guard Chief Finds a Nation Strengthening its Armed Forces
June 22, 2022 — CHISINAU, Moldova – With a brutal war raging in neighboring Ukraine and very wary of nearby Russia, this Eastern European democracy is rapidly strengthening its national defense – and looking to the...

Kansas Air, Army Guard Train with Active-Duty Airmen
June 22, 2022 — SALINA, Kan. – The Kansas Air National Guard’s 184th Security Forces Squadron trained with active-duty Airmen from the 22nd Air Refueling Wing’s Explosive Ordnance Disposal Team and Kansas Army...

Iowa Soldiers Display Demolition Skills at Western Strike
June 22, 2022 — BOISE, Idaho – “Basically, we’re infantry with explosives,” said Staff Sgt. Codey Johnson, a combat engineer and squad leader with the 833rd Engineer Company based in Ottumwa, Iowa.In June, the Iowa...

171st Air Refueling Wing, 159th Fighter Wing Train Together
June 22, 2022 — CORAOPOLIS, Pa. – The 171st Air Refueling Wing hosted 30 Airmen from the 159th Fighter Wing in a collaborative effort to accomplish core competency training for Airmen of the Logistics Readiness...

New Mexico Guard Cyber Teams Train with Mescalero Apache Telecom
June 22, 2022 — RUIDOSO, N.M. - New Mexico National Guard Airmen and Soldiers trained with Mescalero Apache Telecom Inc. June 13-16 as part of the Department of Defense Innovative Readiness Training program that...

Oregon Air, Army National Guard Train on CERFP Response
June 22, 2022 — CAMP UMATILLA, Ore. – The Oregon National Guard CERFP task force trained at Camp Umatilla June 12-14 to maintain standards for emergency management.The task force, comprised of Oregon Army and Air...

Post Office to be Named After Fallen Illinois National Guardsman
June 21, 2022 — MAROA, Ill. – The Maroa post office will bear the name of an Illinois National Guard member killed in action while serving in Iraq in 2004.Illinois Army National Guard Spc. Jeremy Ridlen of Paris,...

Alaska National Guard Participates in Khaan Quest 2022
June 21, 2022 — TAVANTOLGOI, Mongolia – The Mongolian Armed Forces and the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command jointly conducted the annual Khaan Quest peacekeeping exercise to promote peace and security in Northeast Asia.The...

Extended Drill Brings 167th Airlift Wing Together
June 21, 2022 — MARTINSBURG, W.Va. – The 167th Airlift Wing combined June and July drill weekends into an extended, four-day unit training assembly June 9-12.The “super drill” allowed Airmen more time to focus on...

Georgia Army National Guard Conducts Urban Training at XCTC
June 21, 2022 — FORT STEWART, Ga. – Georgia Army National Guard Soldiers with the 48th Infantry Brigade Combat Team conducted an Exportable Combat Training Capability exercise June 18.The urban operation for Soldiers...

Washington National Guard, Malaysia Conduct Joint Exercise
June 21, 2022 — KUANTAN, Malaysia – The Washington National Guard and Malaysian armed forces conducted the joint Bersama Warrior 2022 exercise in June.Command post exercises like Bersama Warrior strengthen the...

National Guard Soldiers, Airmen Train on Cybersecurity
June 21, 2022 — BOISE, Idaho – The Idaho Army National Guard hosted Guard members from seven states June 4-18 for a regional cyber exercise that included assessing the security of a dozen Idaho agencies. Cyber...

167th Airlift Wing Supports Multinational Exercises in Europe
June 17, 2022 — MARTINSBURG, W.Va. – The West Virginia National Guard’s 167th Airlift Wing C-17 Globemaster III aircraft crew, maintainers and air transportation specialists supported multinational exercises in...

Vermont National Guard Hosts SPP Partner North Macedonia
June 17, 2022 — COLCHESTER, Vt. – The Vermont National Guard’s 15th Civil Support Team hosted six Soldiers from North Macedonia for civil support training at Camp Johnson June 6-11 in an exchange as part of the...

Retired Texas Air National Guard Pilot Recalls Protecting Air Force One on 9/11

Nebraska Guard Strengthens Disaster Response Readiness

Kentucky Guard Strengthens Skills During Patriot 2026

113th Wing Recognized for Air Defense, Combat Performance

Washington Guard Concludes Extended Wildfire Response