Guard News - The National Guard

Ohio is overall winner in this year’s Army National Guard Army Communities of Excellence awards
May 4, 2015 — ARLINGTON, Va. – Ohio was the overall winner when this year’s Army National Guard Army Communities of Excellence awards were presented here April 29.The Army National Guard recognized states and...

Guard chaplains ministered to troops on duty in riot-scarred Baltimore
May 4, 2015 — BALTIMORE - The 175th Wing Chaplain Corps is filling a critical role in the spiritual care of Maryland National Guard members during Operation Baltimore Rally, the National Guard’s response to the...

New Hampshire captain honored with Chief Medical Services Junior Officer Award of Excellence
May 1, 2015 — CONCORD, N.H. - New Hampshire Army National Guard Capt. Kent Wyman of Epsom received the 2015 Chief Medical Services Junior Officer Award of Excellence during a ceremony Thursday in Washington,...

Tennessee Air National Guard flies rescuers and supplies to earthquake-devastated Nepal
May 1, 2015 — KATHMANDU, Nepal - Tennessee Air National Guard members from the 164th Airlift Wing in Memphis touched down April 28 with 60 personnel from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and...

Florida National Guard brings Florida law enforcement and Guyana together for communications equipment exchange
April 30, 2015 — ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. - Strong partnerships often produce powerful results.For the Florida National Guard, a professional relationship that stretches across the vast Caribbean has resulted in an...

Sequestration would mean smallest National Guard since Korean War, Gen. Grass warns
April 30, 2015 — The chief of the National Guard Bureau sounded a warning about the impact of sequestration on the National Guard in testimony to a Senate subcommittee here today. ...

Alaska National Guard, Mongolia celebrate their partnership
April 29, 2015 — JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska - The state of Alaska partnership between the Alaska National Guard and the country of Mongolia spans over a decade and has evolved into a strategic...

Maryland National Guard unit retrogrades aviation equipment worth $260 million
April 29, 2015 — BAGRAM AIR FIELD, Afghanistan - Soldiers, from the 1100th Theater Aviation Sustainment Maintenance Group, or TASMG, a Maryland National Guard unit, are nearing the end of a deployment that saw them...

Army Guard strives to cut energy and water use and slash waste production
April 28, 2015 — ARLINGTON, Va. - The Army National Guard continues to make reductions in energy usage and waste production and may soon have the first installation throughout the Army to be certified as a triple net...

Illinois Guardsman who was first U.S. tank commander to engage enemy forces in World War II dies
April 28, 2015 — SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - The last surviving officer of the National Guard's famed 192nd Tank Battalion, 1st Lt. Benjamin Morin, died at a retirement home for Catholic priests in Michigan.Morin, 94, was...

10 years after founding, Maryland Guard's faith-based relief program helps those in crisis
April 28, 2015 — BALTIMORE - Thanks to a program launched 10 years ago in Maryland, National Guard members and families are able to receive services ranging from household and auto repair to counseling and...

Ceremony honors World War II vets for 70 years of liberty in Palawan
April 27, 2015 — PALAWAN, Philippines - Dignitaries from the Philippines, Australia and the U.S. gathered April 22 in the Province of Palawan to offer respects and pay tribute to those who fought to liberate the...

Soldiers, employers bridge gap between military, civilian worlds in Texas
April 24, 2015 — BASTROP, Texas - Guard members from the 636th Brigade Support Battalion, Joint Task Force 136 (Maneuver Enhancement Brigade), welcomed their employers to spend a day in the life of a Soldier at Camp...

Guard engineers from Louisiana and Oregon in Kuwait complete much-needed housing project
April 24, 2015 — CAMP ARIFJAN, Kuwait - The 234th Engineer Company, based out of Warrenton, Oregon, and the 528th Engineer Battalion from Monroe, Louisiana, have been working together on many projects, to include two...

Military, civilian education key to future promotions, top Guard enlisted Soldier says
April 22, 2015 — CAMP ARIFJAN, Kuwait - With budgets back home tightening and a renewed interest in leadership development, young National Guard Soldiers eligible to attend a leadership school or complete online...

Louisiana Air Guard, other agencies rehearse to prepare for hurricanes
April 22, 2015 — BELLE CHASSE, La. - The Louisiana Air National Guard hosted a joint aeromedical evacuation exercise, Ultimate Caduceus 2015, at the Naval Air Station - Joint Reserve Base, New Orleans, April...

New York Airmen get hands-on training during 109th Airlift Wing's first rodeo
April 22, 2015 — STRATTON AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, N.Y. - More than 200 Airmen received hands-on chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear training along with self-aid buddy care training during the 109th Airlift...

Georgia National Guard begins motorcycle-training season
April 21, 2015 — CLAY NATIONAL GUARD CENTER, Ga. - The Georgia Army National Guard, in partnership with Dobbins Air Reserve Base, hosted the first motorcycle rider skills refresher course of the new riding season on a...

Kentucky military police sergeant leads MPs, high school students
April 21, 2015 — LOUISVILLE, Ky. - For the fourth time in her 15-year military career, Army Sgt. 1st Class Jennifer Fulkerson took the oath to faithfully defend the Constitution of the United States. But it was the...

Massachusetts Soldiers and Airmen help keep Boston strong during Marathon
April 21, 2015 — BOSTON - Early on a cool, drizzly morning, runners, volunteers and spectators participated in the 119th Boston Marathon.With a course that stretches from Hopkinton, Mass., to the well-known finish...

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