Guard News - The National Guard

National Guard needs continued investment, generals tell Congress
March 21, 2015 — WASHINGTON - Continuing to invest in the National Guard to ensure it remains accessible, responsive and capable will provide the nation a force that is proven on the battlefield and in the homeland...

Alaska Air Guard team supports Horn of Africa rescue missions
March 20, 2015 — CAMP LEMONNIER, Djibouti - A team comprised entirely of Alaska Air National Guard Airmen is trained to take any lead during rescue operations in order to report, locate, support, and recover isolated...

Air National Guard rolls out healthier meal choices
March 20, 2015 — JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Md. - The Air National Guard recently followed suit with the Air Force by rolling out a new program designed to allow Airmen to more easily choose performance-enhancing foods in...

Gen. Martin Dempsey joins New York's 69th Infantry for St. Patrick's Day
March 19, 2015 — NEW YORK - America's highest ranking Soldier celebrated St. Patrick's Day with the Soldiers of the New York National Guard's 1st Battalion, 69th Infantry on Tuesday.Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, the...

Georgia National Guard conducts exercise with Jordanian Armed Forces
March 19, 2015 — ZARQA, Jordan - Jordanian Armed Forces of the 12th "Al- Yarmuk" Brigade worked alongside Guard members of the 560th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade, Georgia Army National Guard, to reinforce their...

Idaho Army Guard partners with Cambodia for Exercise Angkor Sentinel 2015
March 18, 2015 — KAMPONG SPEU PROVINCE, Cambodia - U.S. forces from the Idaho Army National Guard arrived in Cambodia last week for the commencement of Angkor Sentinel 2015, March 9, 2015. Angkor Sentinel is an annual...

New York Army Guard aviators train with Air Guard close air controllers at Fort Drum
March 18, 2015 — FORT DRUM, N.Y. - It was one team, one fight during a training exercise March 14 for the New York Army National Guard aviators of B Company 3rd Battalion 126th Aviation and the New York Air National...

D.C. Air National Guard to reach historic milestone protecting nation's skies
March 18, 2015 — JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Md. - The D.C. Air National Guard's 113th Wing Aerospace Control Alert (ACA) Detachment here is on the verge of achieving 5,000 alert events since September 11, 2001, making it the...

Pennsylvania Soldiers hone skills at Operation Key Resolve in South Korea
March 18, 2015 — YONGSAN GARRISON, South Korea - After two weeks of training, participants in the annual military training exercise Key Resolve have packed up their equipment and are homeward bound.Among those were...

Guard members wrap up winter storm response affecting 12 states
March 17, 2015 — ARLINGTON, Va. - Guard members in 12 states recently wrapped up a busy past several weeks battling winter weather conditions as back-to-back storms dropped heavy snow and ice in states from the Deep...

South Carolina, Virginia National Guard troops provided communications support for Vigilant Guard
March 17, 2015 — GEORGETOWN, S.C.- South Carolina National Guard Airmen and Virginia National Guard Soldiers partnered to provide communications support to military, federal, state and local emergency management...

Louisiana National Guard members in helicopter crash identified, remembered
March 16, 2015 — NEW ORLEANS – Four Louisiana National Guard members from the 1st Assault Helicopter Battalion, 244th Aviation Regiment who died in a training accident on March 10 have been identified.Chief Warrant...

Combatant commanders praise National Guard contributions
March 14, 2015 — The contributions to joint force efforts made by the National Guard State Partnership Program and the New York National Guard’s 109th Airlift Wing were among those lauded by combatant commanders testifying here this week...

Va. Guard remembers Airmen, Soldiers on 14th anniversary of 203rd RED HORSE Squadron crash
March 13, 2015 — CAMP PENDLETON, Va. — The Virginia Air National Guard’s 203rd RED HORSE Squadron conducted a ceremony March 3, 2015, at Camp Pendleton in Virginia Beach to remember the 21 Airmen and Soldiers killed...

Colombian military gets firsthand look at Vigilant Guard South Carolina
March 13, 2015 — GEORGETOWN COUNTY, S.C. – As Soldiers from the South Carolina Army National Guard’s 125th Multi-Role Bridge Company from Abbeville, South Carolina, ferried a vehicle across the Sampit River, they were...

Serving in Antarctica: Chaplain on ice
March 12, 2015 — TOLEDO, Ohio - It is the coldest, driest, and windiest place on Earth. There is no further or more remote deployment military personnel can be sent on. Operation Deep Freeze takes Air National Guard...

69th Infantry marks deployment and honors fallen comrades in 2015 St. Patrick’s Day Parade
March 11, 2015 — NEW YORK - The Soldiers of the New York National Guard’s 1st Battalion 69th Infantry will mark the tenth anniversary of the battalion’s mobilization for combat in Iraq, and salute the unit’s fallen...

Wisconsin Air Guard leaders visit deployed Airmen in Japan
March 11, 2015 — Wisconsin National Guard senior leaders visited deployed members of the 115th Fighter Wing March 4 to learn how they are helping complete the mission here...

Army National Guard piloting teen resiliency programs
March 10, 2015 — A pilot program designed to bolster the resiliency of Army National Guard teens and build positive methods of coping with stress is underway in 19 states...

Colorado's 140th Civil Engineer Squadron receives top honors
March 10, 2015 — AURORA, Colo. – When it comes to being the best, the 140th Civil Engineer Squadron, 140th Wing, Colorado Air National Guard, located at Buckley Air Force Base, knows nothing less.Members of the unit...

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