Guard News - The National Guard

109th Airlift Wing builds 3.5 engine for LC130 Hercules
March 15, 2022 — SCHENECTADY, N.Y. – LC-130 Hercules aircraft will have a smoother takeoff from Antarctica and Greenland thanks to the 109th Maintenance Squadron.Propulsion specialists with the 109th assembled the...

Illinois Guardsman helps fellow vets battle suicide with song
March 15, 2022 — SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – As a kid, David Allen Stone always wanted to be in the military and serve his country. Enlisting in a post-9/11 era, Stone knew he would be deployed overseas. However, he never...

Oregon Guard winds down hospital support mission
March 15, 2022 — ACROSS OREGON – With declining infection rates from the COVID-19 omicron variant and the indoor mask mandate ending, Soldiers and Airmen from the Oregon National Guard wrapped up their mobilization to...

National Guard’s digital air-ground range fully certified
March 14, 2022 — BOISE, Idaho – The Idaho Army National Guard completed its Government Acceptance Test on its Digital Air Ground Integration Range — the only National Guard-run DAGIR — March 5-11 at the Orchard Combat...

Wisconsin Guard highlights 2-year COVID response mission
March 14, 2022 — MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Military Affairs took a few minutes March 10 to commemorate its two-year effort supporting the state’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.“It’s not ‘mission...

Ho'oikaika strengthens total force integration
March 14, 2022 — JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii – The Hawaii Air National Guard’s 154th Wing executed a first-of-its-kind exercise partnering with the Nevada Air National Guard, 15th Wing, and 354th Fighter...

86th IBCT (MTN) completes KFOR mission
March 14, 2022 — FORT BLISS, TEXAS - The 29th U.S. deployment to Kosovo Force (KFOR) is at an end, and with it comes reflection and a glance at what is next. For the 86th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Mountain), the...

In Guam and Hawaii, Hokanson visits Guardsmen supporting U.S. Indo-Pacific Command
March 12, 2022 — BARRIGADA, Guam – More than 7,000 miles from the continental United States, Guardsmen stand “Always Ready, Always There” where America’s day begins.Far away – on the other side of the world, and...

167th Airmen assist in West Virginia hospitals
March 11, 2022 — MARTINSBURG, W.Va. – For two years, the West Virginia National Guard has assisted with multiple roles and capacities in the fight against COVID-19 within the state.In January, Gov. Jim Justice...

Senior enlisted advisor stresses readiness in Hawaii visit
March 11, 2022 — HONOLULU – Ohana is a Hawaiian word that refers to one’s extended family, friends and other close, intentional associations.Tony Whitehead, senior enlisted advisor to the chief of the National Guard...

Pennsylvania National Guard medics train as they fight
March 11, 2022 — FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, Pa. – Combat medics with the Pennsylvania National Guard participated in a nine-day medic sustainment course that ended March 3.The course enabled the 17 participants to train...

181st IW, local partners conduct emergency response training
March 11, 2022 — HULMAN FIELD AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Ind. – Indiana National Guard Airmen assigned to the 181st Intelligence Wing participated in an emergency response exercise with civilian agencies March 5.The...

Alaska Air National Guard helps rescue plane crash victims
March 11, 2022 — JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska - Alaska Air National Guardsmen of the 176th Wing worked with Alaska State Troopers and the U.S. Coast Guard to rescue five victims of a March 5 crash of a...

Cal Guard Soldier helps family evacuated from Ukraine
March 11, 2022 — SACRAMENTO, Calif. – U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Anastasia Maynich was overcome with emotion when she saw her cousin, Tetiana, and Tetiana’s 11-year old daughter, Sofiia, at Henri Coandă International...

Iowa National Guard KC-135 retired after 65 years’ service
March 11, 2022 — SIOUX CITY, Iowa – An Iowa Air National Guard KC-135 with a giant bat tail flash retired after 65 years of service. Tail number 57-2606, nicknamed “Free Bird,” took off this week for a one-way trip to...

Idaho National Guard trains for joint combat rescue missions
March 11, 2022 — BOISE, Idaho – Idaho Army and Air National Guard aviation units conducted combat search and rescue training together March 9 throughout Idaho’s Owyhee Mountains.“Any opportunity to integrate the Army...

Vermont Guardsmen reflect on Operation Allies Refuge
March 10, 2022 — COLCHESTER, Vt. – When Vermont National Guard Spcs. Ryan Moon and Riley Benoit deployed to Southwest Asia with Task Force Avalanche, the mortarmen did not anticipate a 12-day mission in Afghanistan,...

Pennsylvania Guard pilots training course for Northern Command
March 10, 2022 — FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, Pa. - More than 20 members of the Pennsylvania National Guard joint staff and partners from the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency piloted a three-day staff-training course...

New York Guard ‘Fighting 69th’ to lead St. Patrick’s parade
March 10, 2022 — NEW YORK - After a two-year COVID-19 hiatus, the New York Army National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 69th Infantry Regiment, will once again lead the world’s largest St. Patrick’s Day parade down Fifth...

New York National Guard COVID mission tops 2 years
March 10, 2022 — NEW YORK - In the two years since the New York National Guard was ordered to help contain a COVID-19 outbreak in New Rochelle, 7,050 members of New York’s military forces have been part of the state’s...

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