Guard News - The National Guard

C-23 Sherpa makes final flight as Army Guard retires the venerable aircraft
January 9, 2014 — ARLINGTON, Va. (1/8/2014) - The sounds of the C-23 Sherpa are now a thing of the past as the Army National Guard bids farewell to the venerable aircraft after two decades of service. The...

U.S., Kyrgyz Republic hold counternarcotics information exchange
January 8, 2014 — GULFPORT AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Miss. - Afghanistan is the world's leading opium producer having produced 74 percent of the world's opium in 2012, according to the World Drug Report 2013. From...

Ecuadorian troops learn how to keep new fleet humming along from Kentucky counterparts
January 8, 2014 — RICHMOND, Ky. - The National Guard's State Partnership Program celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2013. For 17 of those years, the Kentucky National Guard and the South American country of Ecuador...

Virginia Department of Military Affairs to support governor’s inauguration
January 8, 2014 — SANDSTON, Va. - Approximately 230 personnel from the Virginia Department of Military Affairs will be on duty Saturday supporting the inauguration of Terry McAuliffe as the 72nd governor of Virginia...

California Guard veteran fights back against military suicides
January 8, 2014 — MALIBU, Calif. - When it comes to veterans committing suicide, Save A Warrior founder Jake Clark minces no words. "This is a holocaust in slow motion," the former California Army National...

Indiana Guard members team with deputies to assist during massive winter storm
January 7, 2014 — TERRE HAUTE, Ind. - Indiana National Guard Soldiers teamed with the Vigo County Sheriffs Department to take officers where they needed to go during the winter storm Sunday and Monday. The Indiana...

Guard members in Illinois and Indiana help in winter storm aftermath
January 6, 2014 — SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Two Illinois National Guard Soldiers were ordered to state active duty and another 13 Soldiers were put on stand-by shortly after midnight Jan. 6 to help clear stranded vehicles...

Last-serving Vietnam War veteran in the South Carolina National Guard retires
January 6, 2014 — COLUMBIA, S.C.- Chief Warrant Officer Eric Seymore, a Vietnam War veteran and helicopter pilot in the South Carolina Army National Guard, bid farewell to more than 150 friends and family during his...

Alaska Air National Guard members rescue snowmobile operator
January 3, 2014 — CAMP DENALI, Alaska - Airmen with the Alaska Air National Guard's 210th, 211th, and 212th Rescue Squadrons rescued a man who went missing while snowmobiling near Koliganek, Alaska, Jan. 2. Alaska...

Massachusetts National Guard assists authorities during storm’s blast
January 3, 2014 — ARLINGTON, Va. - A powerful winter storm that blasted Northeast states was fading Friday, but sub-freezing temperatures continued and the Massachusetts National Guard was assisting state and local...

Massachusetts National Guard mobilizes to support severe January snowstorm
January 3, 2014 — HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Mass. - Massachusetts Gov. Deval L. Patrick mobilized nearly 400 Soldiers and Airmen of the Massachusetts National Guard early Thursday morning in response to a severe January...

North Dakota Soldier credits Guard training for helping him save man's life
January 2, 2014 — DEVILS LAKE, N.D. - A North Dakota National Guard Soldier said his military training helped him know what to do when he witnessed a man collapse in Devils Lake recently. Maj. Mark McEvers, of...

Military police couple fought war together; share special memories
January 2, 2014 — CAMP SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. - Watching a line of M1 Abrams tanks spearhead their way across the desert and get their first taste of battle during the Persian Gulf War in 1991 provided U.S. Army...

Maryland Airman goes for the gold; raises ante in his recuperation
January 2, 2014 — BALTIMORE - On July 5, 2011 Senior Airman Gideon L. Connelly, repair and reclamation crew chief, 175th Maintenance Squadron, was involved in a motorcycle accident with serious damage to his left leg...

Michigan National Guard Celebrates 20-year partnership with Latvia
December 31, 2013 — LANSING, Mich. - Dace Mason's family left the Baltic seaside country of Latvia in the late 1940s with hope and a near-certainty that the family would one day return to their homeland. Mason was born...

Texas Counterdrug Task Force cracks down on drug haven
December 31, 2013 — HARLINGEN, Texas - Chants of "Knock it Down, Knock it Down!" reverberated through a small Harlingen neighborhood in mid-December as the Texas Joint Counterdrug Task Force's Operation Crackdown...

Georgia Guard members support largest military exercise in 60 years on the Korean Peninsula
December 30, 2013 — UIJEONGBU, South Korea - The mercury hovers at 12 degrees as snow silently falls through the Korean night. A Georgia National Guard member makes tracks through the six-inch snow, her breath steaming...

New York Guard to render final honors for 10,000 veterans by end of 2013
December 27, 2013 — HUDSON, N.Y. - The New York Military Forces Honor Guard expects to have provided funeral services for just over 10,000 families in 2013 by the time 2014 arrives at midnight Dec. 31.For the New York...

Task Force Guam donates boots to Afghan security guards
December 27, 2013 — CAMP PHOENIX, Afghanistan - Task Force Guam let its feet do the talking in its last act of goodwill before departing Afghanistan. Members of 1st Battalion, 294th Infantry Regiment, Guam Army National...

NORAD Tracks Santa Program breaks record
December 27, 2013 — PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. - The North American Aerospace Defense Command's NORAD Tracks Santa Program exceeded its own records in the number of calls, emails and social media followers this...

113th Wing Recognized for Air Defense, Combat Performance

Washington Guard Concludes Extended Wildfire Response

Hawaii Guard Sustains Recovery Efforts, Mobilizes for Hurricane Lowell

New York Guardsmen Earn Danish Military March Ribbon

Kentucky Guard Builds Portable Air Base for Patriot 26