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Alaska Air Guard 168th Medics Train for Real-World Combat Casualty Care
September 4, 2025 — FORT WAINWRIGHT, Alaska – Airmen from the Alaska Air National Guard’s 168th Wing Medical Group recently engaged in an advanced, rigorous combat-casualty-care exercise, designed to sharpen their skills...

Washington Guard, Thai Armed Forces Conclude Successful Enduring Partners 25
September 4, 2025 — KORAT, Thailand - Washington National Guard members and Royal Thai Armed Forces successfully concluded the third annual Enduring Partners exchange Aug. 28, following two weeks of intensive training...

Kentucky Air Guard Flexes Maritime Skill in Caribbean for Emerald Warrior
September 4, 2025 — CHRISTIANSTED, U.S. Virgin Islands - A squadron of special tactics Airmen from the Kentucky Air National Guard completed a grueling five-day exercise Aug. 30, testing their ability to perform a broad...

Pennsylvania Air Guard Guides Skies at Exercise Resolute Force Pacific 2025
September 3, 2025 — JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - Four Airmen from the Pennsylvania Air National Guard’s 258th Combat Airfield Operations Squadron, based in Johnstown, recently traveled thousands of miles to take control of the skies...

Montana Army Guard Executes Multi-Agency Rescue in Beartooth Mountains
September 3, 2025 — HELENA, Mont. — The Montana Army National Guard recently completed a high-altitude search and rescue mission to recover a missing 71-year-old hiker in the Stillwater Plateau region of the Beartooth...

South Carolina Guard Member Assists Woman Choking
September 2, 2025 — ANDERSON, S.C. – What began as a routine lunch Aug. 28 at the Anderson Metro Diner quickly transformed into a life-saving event thanks to the quick thinking and decisive action of Sgt. Maj. Michael...

Guard Members, Partners Render Life-Saving Aid to D.C. Citizens in Multiple Incidents
September 2, 2025 — WASHINGTON – Since their activation on Aug. 11, Joint Task Force–District of Columbia National Guard members have partnered with local authorities across the city, responding to life-threatening...

Aguon Selected as the Army Guard’s Ninth Command Chief Warrant Officer
September 2, 2025 — WASHINGTON — Chief Warrant Officer 5 Bernard Aguon, who has served as the State Command Chief Warrant Officer, or CCWO, for the District of Columbia National Guard since 2024, has been selected as the...

Nordhaus Joins Indo-Pacific Chiefs of Defense Conference to Strengthen State Partnership Program
September 2, 2025 — HUA HIN, Thailand – Air Force Gen. Steve Nordhaus, chief of the National Guard Bureau, attended the 2025 Indo-Pacific Chiefs of Defense Conference to strengthen the National Guard’s partnerships in...

Guard Members From Six States, D.C. on Duty in Washington in Support of Local, Fed Authorities
August 29, 2025 — WASHINGTON – More than 2,000 National Guard Soldiers and Airmen from six states and the District of Columbia are on duty in Washington as part of Joint Task Force – District of Columbia in support of...

Louisiana Guard’s Tiger Brigade Marks 20th Anniversary of Redeployment and Hurricane Response
August 29, 2025 — NEW ORLEANS – This fall, the Louisiana National Guard’s 256th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, known as the Tiger Brigade, commemorates the 20th anniversary of its redeployment from Iraq in September...

Alaska Air Guard Conducts Multiple Hoist Rescues of Stranded Rafters on Kichatna River
August 29, 2025 — JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Alaska Air National Guard members with the 176th Wing rescued three rafters Aug. 28 after their raft flipped over on the Kichatna River.The Alaska Rescue...

Searcy Leaves Legacy of Advocacy for Warrant Officers in Army Guard
August 28, 2025 — MILWAUKEE, Wis. — Chief Warrant Officer 5 Brian Searcy, the eighth command chief warrant officer of the Army National Guard, will retire later this year after more than three decades of service.Searcy...

Georgia Guard Company Leads in Electromagnetic Warfare Modernization
August 27, 2025 — DAHLONEGA, Ga. - The Georgia Army National Guard’s 111th Electromagnetic Warfare Company, based in Forest Park, Georgia, is rapidly establishing itself as a leader in the Army’s modernization efforts...

Massachusetts, New York Guard Members Compete in Historic Logan-Duffy Rifle Competition
August 27, 2025 — DEVENS, Mass. – Soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 182nd Infantry Regiment, Massachusetts Army National Guard, and the 1st Battalion, 69th Infantry Regiment, New York Army National Guard, participated...

Alaska Air Guard Rescues Individual With Facial Laceration Near Knik Glacier
August 27, 2025 — JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Alaska Air National Guard members with the 176th Wing rescued an individual with a facial laceration Aug. 25, about 40 miles northeast of Anchorage in the...

North Carolina Air Guard Hosts Mini African Military Law Forum
August 26, 2025 — CHARLOTTE-DOUGLAS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT BASE, N.C. - Judge Advocates from the North Carolina Air National Guard hosted the North Carolina National Guard’s state partner legal advisors from Malawi,...

New Hampshire Airmen Deliver Hope to Cabo Verde After Hurricane Erin
August 26, 2025 — PEASE AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, N.H. – In a swift response to the devastation resulting from Tropical Storm Erin that hit the Cabo Verde Islands Aug. 11, Airmen from the New Hampshire Air National...

Guard, Reserve and Navy Test Helicopter Countermeasures Over Water
August 26, 2025 — MOFFETT AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Calif. — The 129th Rescue Wing, based at Moffett Air National Guard Base in Mountain View, California; the 144th Fighter Wing, based at Fresno Air National Guard Base,...

Georgia Guard Trains to Bolster Domestic Response Capabilities
August 26, 2025 — MARIETTA, Ga. – The Georgia Department of Defense hosted a mobile training team from U.S. Northern Command, or NORTHCOM, and North American Aerospace Defense Command, or NORAD, to deliver a five-day...

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