Guard News - The National Guard

Air National Guard Touts Key Changes After Record-Setting Recruitment Year
December 23, 2025 — ARLINGTON, Va. – The Air National Guard's most successful recruiting year, with nearly 12,000 new members in fiscal year 2025, coincides with a major restructuring of its operations to better support...

New York Air Guard Supports NORAD's Annual Santa Tracking Operation on Christmas Eve
December 22, 2025 — ROME, N.Y. – The North American Aerospace Defense Command defends the North American airspace 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year, and includes the New York Air Guard members of the...

Michigan National Guard Hosts Sierra Leone to Strengthen New Partnership
December 19, 2025 — LANSING, Mich.— The partnership between the Michigan National Guard and Sierra Leone recently marked another significant step forward in the Department of War National Guard Bureau’s State Partnership...

National Guard Responds to Historic Flooding in Western Washington
December 19, 2025 — CAMP MURRAY, Wash. – As rivers overtopped banks and levees failed across western Washington, the Washington National Guard launched one of its largest and fastest flood responses in recent memory,...

Operation Santa Comes to Anchorage, Spreads Holiday Cheer for Western Alaskans
December 19, 2025 — JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — For nearly 70 years, the Alaska National Guard has worked with partner agencies to spread holiday cheer to rural Alaskan communities through Operation Santa...

California Guard’s 129th Rescue Wing Hoists Woman From Cruise Ship
December 19, 2025 — MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – A 79-year-old cruise ship passenger found unresponsive Dec. 16 is back on land following a high-risk overnight rescue by the California Air National Guard's 129th Rescue...

Louisiana Guard’s Youth Challenge Program’s 130 Cadets Graduate
December 19, 2025 — PINEVILLE, La. – One hundred thirty cadets graduated from the Louisiana National Guard’s Youth Challenge Program Class 2025-1 during a Dec. 13 ceremony at the Randolph Riverfront Center in Alexandria,...

Kentucky Guard Instructors Train Florida Guard Members Overseas
December 19, 2025 — FRANKFORT, Ky. – For four multiple launch rocket system crewmember instructors from the Kentucky Army National Guard, being asked to share their long-range artillery expertise at Wendell H. Ford...

Ohio Guard Soldiers on Patrol in DC Provide Life-Saving Aid to Motorist
December 18, 2025 — WASHINGTON – On Dec. 12, U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to the 323rd Military Police Company, Ohio Army National Guard, were conducting a routine patrol near the Potomac Avenue Metro station in...

Pennsylvania Guard Conducts Soldier Borne Sensor Drone Training
December 18, 2025 — FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, Pa. – Infantry cadre assigned to the Pennsylvania National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 166th Regiment – Regional Training Institute, or RTI, conducted Soldier Borne Sensor, or SBS,...

Maryland Guard Cyber Teams Build Momentum in Protecting Statewide Networks
December 17, 2025 — ARLINGTON, Va. – Maryland National Guard cyber teams are a key part of a statewide task force focused on a “whole of government approach” to cybersecurity efforts and ways to enhance cyber...

Guam and Hawaii Guards Strengthen Ties at Philippine Reservist Convention
December 17, 2025 — MAKATI CITY, Philippines — Senior leaders from the Guam and Hawaii National Guards joined more than 4,500 Filipino reservists and administrators for the 2nd National Convention of the Association of...

New York Air Guard Activates C-17 Combined Test Force
December 17, 2025 — STEWART AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, N.Y. – This fall, the New York Air National Guard’s 105th Airlift Wing activated a C-17 Combined Test Force responsible for the development, testing and fielding of...

Louisiana Guard Holds Departure Ceremony Before Deployment
December 17, 2025 — NEW ORLEANS – The Louisiana National Guard’s A Battery, 1st Battalion, 141st Field Artillery Regiment, 256th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, held a departure ceremony at the 1-141st Field Artillery...

Ohio Guard’s 123rd Air Control Squadron Returns From Deployment
December 16, 2025 — BLUE ASH, Ohio – Nearly 300 Airmen assigned to the Ohio National Guard’s 123rd Air Control Squadron and their families crammed into the auditorium at the University of Cincinnati’s Muntz Hall Dec. 7...

Pennsylvania Guard Mobilizes for Europe Deployment
December 15, 2025 — FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, Pa. – Ten Soldiers with the Pennsylvania National Guard’s 109th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment, or MPAD, were honored during a deployment ceremony Dec. 13 at the Keystone...

Alaska Guard’s Snowstorm Response Inspires Local Police Officer to Enlist
December 12, 2025 — JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — What began as a chance encounter during a severe Yakutat snowstorm set Spc. Brad Adams on an unexpected path to the Alaska Army National Guard and toward a...

National Guard Mobilizes in Support of Floods in Western Washington
December 11, 2025 — CAMP MURRAY, Wash. – As catastrophic flooding continues to cause damage across the state, the Washington National Guard will mobilize up to 300 personnel to help local agencies respond to the ongoing...

Spc. Sarah Beckstrom Laid to Rest at West Virginia National Cemetery
December 11, 2025 — GRAFTON, W.Va. – U.S. Army Spc. Sarah Beckstrom, a military police officer with the 863rd Military Police Company, West Virginia Army National Guard, was laid to rest with full military honors during...

Illinois Army National Guard Soldiers Return from Overseas Deployment
December 10, 2025 — ROCKFORD, Ill. – Approximately 265 Soldiers from the Illinois Army National Guard’s 2nd Battalion, 130th Infantry Regiment, headquartered in Marion, Illinois, with units based in Effingham,...

Puerto Rico Guard Distributes One Million Gallons of Water in Drought Response

Guardsmen Boost Domestic Response Capabilities in Patriot 26

Washington Guard Strengthens Fiscal Readiness

Kentucky Guard Prepares Incoming Command Teams for Leadership

New PSYWAR Course Strengthens Guard Capabilities