Guard News - The National Guard

VNG builds partnerships at Regional Cooperation 21
July 19, 2021 — FORT HARRISON, Mont. - Fifteen Virginia National Guard Soldiers participated in Regional Cooperation 2021, a U.S. Central Command exercise to promote cooperation and joint combined capabilities with... MORE

Swamp Foxes end expeditionary force rotation in Saudi Arabia
July 19, 2021 — MCENTIRE JOINT NATIONAL GUARD BASE, S.C. – Approximately 300 Airmen and a contingent of F-16CJ Fighting Falcon aircraft from the South Carolina Air National Guard's 169th Fighter Wing ended a... MORE

Alaska Air Guard rescues 2 people after crash landing
July 19, 2021 — JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – Alaska Air National Guardsmen of the 176th Wing rescued two people July 16 after an emergency crash landing in the Susitna River across the inlet from... MORE

Virginia 180th Engineers head to Louisiana for JRTC rotation
July 16, 2021 — FORT POLK, La. – More than 50 Virginia National Guard Soldiers assigned to the 180th Engineer Company, 276th Engineer Battalion, 329th Regional Support Group, are supporting the Arkansas National... MORE

Hawaii Airmen train in California on disaster response
July 16, 2021 — CONCORD, Calif. – Medical specialists from the Hawaii Air National Guard's 154th Medical Group Detachment 1 took their expertise on the road to participate in a California disaster response... MORE

Alaska Air National Guard medevacs injured Army paratrooper
July 16, 2021 — JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – Alaska Air National Guardsmen of the 176th Wing medically evacuated an injured U.S. Army Alaska paratrooper July 14.The Alaska Rescue Coordination Center was... MORE

270th ATCS makes ANG history during Patriot North exercise
July 15, 2021 — FORT MCCOY, Wis. – Airmen from the 270th Air Traffic Control Squadron out of Kingsley Field in Klamath Falls, Oregon, operated a mobile air traffic control unit during Patriot North 21 at Ft McCoy in... MORE

Training team seizes opportunities on medical mission
July 15, 2021 — GREENVILLE, Miss. – When Capt. Adrian Mateos, 150th Medical Group, New Mexico Air National Guard, was named the officer in charge of training for the 2021 Delta Wellness Innovative Readiness Training... MORE

Alaska National Guard Airmen rescue injured mountain biker
July 15, 2021 — JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – Alaska Air National Guardsmen of the 176th Wing rescued an injured mountain biker near Girdwood July 14.The biker, riding an electric bike, was reported to... MORE

VTNG supports COVID response from strategic stockpile
July 14, 2021 — COLCHESTER, Vt. – Termination of Vermont's COVID-19 state of emergency has led to a shift in priorities for Soldiers and Airmen supporting the state's Strategic National Stockpile.Distribution of... MORE

Tennessee Guardsman uses medic skills during COVID mission
July 14, 2021 — CLEVELAND, Tenn. – Spc. Alexander Smith, a combat medic with Smyrna’s 230th Sustainment Brigade, was pursuing his degree in history from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga when COVID-19 was... MORE

NHNG practices combat marksmanship in annual competition
July 14, 2021 — FORT DEVENS, Mass. – The New Hampshire National Guard held its annual combat marksmanship match July 8–11 at Fort Devens.Soldiers and Airmen competed in team and individual small-arms events,... MORE

NY Air Guard helps train Air Force Reserve port specialists
July 13, 2021 — SCOTIA, N.Y. – The New York Air National Guard's 109th Airlift Wing is hosting two Air Force Reserve Airmen from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base while they complete their hands-on training as aerial... MORE

Knowledge tops rank for Guardsman leading Phoenix Oracle
July 13, 2021 — JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, N.J. – Air National Guard Staff Sgt. Steven De Leon, an intelligence analyst with the 204th Intelligence Squadron, is helping develop the Air Mobility Command-led... MORE

152nd CES firefighters train at Volk Field in Wisconsin
July 13, 2021 — VOLK FIELD AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Wis. – Fire protection specialists with the Nevada Air National Guard's 152nd Civil Engineer Squadron participated in multiple firefighting training exercises June... MORE

New York National Guard closing down mass vaccination site
July 12, 2021 — NEW YORK – New York National Guard Soldiers and Airmen began winding down their mission at the country's largest COVID-19 mass vaccination site July 9, as the last shot was administered at the Jacob... MORE

ANG facility completes Blacksnake livery on Indiana A-10
July 12, 2021 — SIOUX CITY, Iowa – A black and gray U.S. Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft from the Indiana Air National Guard's 122nd Fighter Wing was recently turned out at the Air National Guard Paint... MORE

75th Troop Command supports SOUTHCOM at Tradewinds exercise
July 12, 2021 — BASE CAMP STEPHENSON, Guyana – After more than a year of planning, the Kentucky National Guard's 75th Troop Command executed the largest U.S.-led multinational training exercise in the Caribbean this... MORE

121st FA HIMARS train at Camp Ripley
July 9, 2021 — CAMP RIPLEY, Minn. – The Milwaukee-based 1st Battalion, 121st Field Artillery, which consists of Alpha Battery, Bravo Battery, the 108th Forward Support Company and its Headquarters Battery, conducted... MORE

Oregon Guard dual status commander leads vaccination clinic
July 9, 2021 — CENTRAL POINT, Ore. – The goal was straightforward – deliver free COVID-19 vaccines to the people of southern Oregon. There were already vaccination clinics across the state, but what made the Jackson... MORE

South Dakota National Guard trains in Minnesota

Air National Guard director hosts senior leader conference

National Guard units across the nation complete Cyber Shield

Alaska Guard ends 18-year mission with state partner Mongolia

Updated electronic warfare course resumes at Camp Buehring