Guard News - The National Guard

Massachusetts Air Guard Enhances Skills With Critical Infrastructure Upgrade
August 12, 2025 — OTIS AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Mass. - The Massachusetts Air National Guard’s 212th Engineering Installation Squadron, or EIS, completed a critical infrastructure upgrade at Otis Air National Guard...

North Carolina Guard Hosts Operation Tobacco Road Cyber Exercise
August 11, 2025 — RALEIGH, N.C. - Leaders of the North Carolina National Guard invited hazard mitigation, cyber and information technology experts for Operation Tobacco Road, an exercise held July 21-25 at the North...

South Carolina Guard, Colombian Medics Strengthen Life-Saving Skills at Exercise
August 11, 2025 — PALANQUERO AIR BASE, Colombia — Backed by a 13-year alliance through the Department of Defense National Guard Bureau State Partnership Program, South Carolina National Guard Airmen and Soldiers joined...

Colorado Guard Assists Rio Blanco County With Aerial Wildfire Suppression
August 8, 2025 — CENTENNIAL, Colo. – Under executive authority, two Colorado Army National Guard helicopters and aircrews are supporting wildfire suppression efforts in Rio Blanco County, Colorado.Gov. Jared Polis has...

New Mexico Guard Soldiers Help Rescue Eight From Flooded Home
August 8, 2025 — RUIDOSO, N.M. - The New Mexico National Guard swiftly responded to a devastating flooding event July 8 in Ruidoso, with two teams of two Guard members performing nine total rescues.Senior Master Sgt...

AI, Drones Help Pennsylvania Guard Soldiers Speed Up Artillery Missions
August 8, 2025 — FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, Pa. – Soldiers with the Pennsylvania National Guard’s 1-109th Infantry Regiment are using artificial intelligence and unmanned aerial system technology to make one particular...

Army Guard Soldiers Graduate from Officer Candidate School
August 8, 2025 — JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. -- Forty-seven officer candidates were pushed past their limits during Officer Candidate School, or OCS, Phase III 2025 at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash.From acquiring...

Ohio National Guard Graduates First Non-Kinetic Crew Commander Course Class
August 7, 2025 — MANSFIELD LAHM ANGB, Ohio- Airmen of the Ohio Air National Guard, 179th Cyber Operations Group, have graduated their first class of the newly created Non-Kinetic Crew Commander Course, or NKCC,...

SMA Weimer Stresses Readiness, Unity in Puerto Rico Guard Visit
August 7, 2025 — FORT BUCHANAN, Puerto Rico – Sgt. Maj. of the Army Michael R. Weimer visited the Puerto Rico Army National Guard headquarters at Fort Buchanan on Aug. 4 to meet with senior leaders, engage with...

Georgia Guard Plays Key Role in Agile Spirit 25
August 7, 2025 — VAZIANI, Georgia - Agile Spirit 25 officially concluded Aug. 6 after two weeks of multinational joint training across Georgia and Türkiye.The exercise brought together more than 2,000 troops from nine...

Oklahoma National Guard Participates in Exercise Keris Strike
August 6, 2025 — LUMUT, Malaysia – Oklahoma National Guard members took part in a historic exercise when they showcased the precision firepower of the U.S. Army High Mobility Artillery Rocket System, or HIMARS, for...

Arkansas National Guard Bolsters Disaster Response Plan
August 6, 2025 — NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - The Arkansas National Guard is working closely with its state and federal partners to intensify preparations for a high-magnitude earthquake from the New Madrid Seismic Zone,...

New Hampshire Air Guard Engineers Hone Prime BEEF Skills
August 5, 2025 — FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, Pa. - A rhythm of water filtration systems, generators and heavy equipment roared through the Air National Guard regional training site at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania,...

N.Y. Army Guard Finance Soldiers Sharpen Skills During Diamond Saber Exercise
August 5, 2025 — JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, N.J. - One hundred and fifty members of the New York Army National Guard’s 27th Battalion spent July 12 to 26 sharpening their field finance skills during exercise...

West Virginia Guard Airman Awarded Distinguished Flying Cross
August 5, 2025 — CHARLESTON, W. Va. – U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Keith McGraw, a member of the 130th Airlift Wing Security Forces Squadron, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross with Combat Device during a...

AATC Delivers Rapid KC-135 Modernization During Indo-Pacific Exercise
August 4, 2025 — PACIFIC OCEAN, Japan – The Air National Guard Air Force Reserve Command Test Center, or AATC, demonstrated how warfighter-driven innovation rapidly transforms proven platforms into next-generation...

Alabama Air Guard Completes Water Survival Training
August 4, 2025 — SUMPTER SMITH JOINT NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Alabama — Operating a military aircraft and being a U.S. Air Force aircrew member doesn’t just mean knowing what to do inside the cockpit or inside the boom...

Nebraska Air Guard Squadron Conducts Deployment Training in Alaska
August 4, 2025 — JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska - In the dense woodlands of Alaska, far from the familiarity of their home station, Airmen from the Nebraska National Guard’s 155th Security Forces Squadron...

Alaska Air Guard Powers Global Air Refueling in Pacific Exercise
August 4, 2025 — EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska – Exercising at speed and scale and providing operational readiness to U.S. and allied partners, the 168th Wing of the Alaska Air National Guard will execute global...

Arizona Air Guard’s 161st Medical Group Completes Training in Italy
August 4, 2025 — SIGONELLA, Italy - More than 40 members of the 161st Medical Group, Arizona Air National Guard, completed a two-week Medical Facility Annual Training, or MFAT, rotation at Naval Air Station Sigonella...

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