Guard News - The National Guard

Illinois National Guard conducts major earthquake drill with local and international partners
August 28, 2015 — SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - The Illinois National Guard conducted a week-long, multi-agency exercise dubbed Prairie Assurance Aug. 24 to 28. The exercise trained elements of a task force of personnel from the...

Guard members reflect on Hurricane Katrina and the Guard’s ‘finest hour’
August 28, 2015 — ARLINGTON, Va. – When Hurricane Katrina battered New Orleans and the Gulf Coast in August 2005, Stacey Besselman—the spouse of a Soldier assigned to the Louisiana Army National Guard’s 256th Infantry...

The Arkansas National Guard remembers its Katrina role
August 28, 2015 — LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - The Arkansas National Guard began its association with the Hurricane Katrina disaster several days before the storm made landfall on Aug. 29, 2005.Before the storm hit, during the...

New York National Guard member honored for heroism in her own neighborhood
August 28, 2015 — FARMINGDALE, N.Y.— Staff Sgt. Marlana Watson was spending a quiet night at her Syracuse home playing video games when the New York Army National Guard medic and Afghan War veteran, heard gunshots...

Fire update: National Guard response to Western blazes increases
August 27, 2015 — ARLINGTON, Va. - More than 2,000 National Guard members are assisting state and local authorities in battling wildfires across five states in the Western U.S., more than double the number of Guard...

South Dakota Guard members discuss disaster management with South American partner nation Suriname
August 27, 2015 — PARAMARIBO, Suriname – Members of the South Dakota National Guard spent two days in Suriname, their South American partner nation, Aug. 19-20, to take part in a subject matter expert exchange focusing...

Senior Colombian army engineer visits South Carolina Army Guard Best Engineer Competition
August 26, 2015 — COLUMBIA, S.C. - The South Carolina Army National Guard recently hosted one of the Colombian Army’s top military engineers who observed the South Carolina Army Guard’s first Best Engineer Competition...

Oregon Army Guard member set to receive Soldier’s Medal for actions on a Paris-bound train
August 26, 2015 — ARLINGTON, Va. - Spc. Aleksander R. Skarlatos, one of three American friends who subdued a heavily armed gunman on a Paris-bound train, will be awarded the Soldiers Medal - the United States Army's...

Oregon Army Guard member stops armed attacker on French train
August 25, 2015 — ARLINGTON, Va. - An Oregon Army National Guard member has been nominated to receive the Soldiers’ Medal for actions taken to subdue an armed attacker who had opened fire while on a train from...

Air Force extends SAPR services to AF civilians
August 25, 2015 — WASHINGTON - The Air Force released a policy memo yesterday allowing Air Force civilian employees who are victims of sexual assault to file restricted and unrestricted reports with their...

South Carolina Army National Guard partners with law enforcement for active-shooter training
August 24, 2015 — SUMTER, S.C. - South Carolina Army National Guard Soldiers in the 351st Headquarters Support Company partnered with the Sumter County Sheriff’s Department to train in reacting to an active-shooter...

Mississippi Army National Guard members take their mechanical skills to the Sinai
August 24, 2015 — NORTH CAMP, SINAI - Two Soldiers from the 1108th Theater Aviation Sustainment Maintenance Group Task Force 17, based out of Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, took on a mission at North Camp, Sinai, Egypt, to...

Examining lessons from Hurricane Katrina 10 years later
August 21, 2015 — ARLINGTON, Va. - Hurricane Katrina, energized over the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico in late August 2005, warranted an unprecedented response by the National Guard.Even as it dissipated upon...

On the California fire lines, meet Pulaski and McLeod tools of the trade
August 21, 2015 — LAKEPORT, Calif. - Each morning during this fire season, Soldiers from the California National Guard’s Task Force Charlie shake hands with Dr. Pulaski and Dr. McLeod before heading into the Northern...

Post-shooting, Air National Guard officer lives life of resilience
August 20, 2015 — PEORIA, Ill. - First Lt. Allison Schore heard two shots ring out inside the restaurant. Two unmistakable gunshots. Then three more.“I knew instantly what that noise was,” she said. “There was a band...

Alaska Air National Guard rescuers save injured hiker and hunter
August 20, 2015 — JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Alaska Air National Guard rescuers have had a busy week.Rescuers are credited with saving two men – a hunter and a hiker - in different incidents that started...

Army National Guard recruiters accept the 90-day challenge
August 19, 2015 — ARLINGTON, Va. – Earlier this year a challenge was issued to Army National Guard recruiters across the country: enlist nine new recruits in 90 days.It was not going to be easy when considering the...

‘Wildfire season’ heats up as nearly 1,000 Guard members battle Western fires
August 19, 2015 — ARLINGTON, Va. — Close to 1,000 National Guard members are on duty across five Western states assisting state and local officials with battling wildfires that to date have burned close to 750,000...

Arizona Guard members visit Kazakhstan, strengthen military-to-military partnership
August 19, 2015 — PHOENIX – Have you been to Central Asia lately? The Arizona National Guard has, as part of its State Partnership Program (SPP).Arizona Soldiers and Airmen travel half way around the world several...

Safeguarding the California coast: Operation Triton supports maritime observation
August 19, 2015 — SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. – From the sandy beaches of San Diego to the rocky cliffs of the Pacific Northwest, California’s 840-mile coastline remains a popular destination for locals and tourists alike...

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