Guard News - The National Guard

Last aircraft departs as N.D. Air National Guard ends flying mission, transitions to intelligence mission
August 28, 2013 — FARGO, N.D. - The North Dakota Air National Guard's last C-21A Learjet aircraft has left the base. The last of eight C-21s flown by the 119th Wing-better known as the Happy Hooligans- took off just...

DC National Guard provides support during 50th anniversary of 'March on Washington'
August 27, 2013 — WASHINGTON - Thousands of marchers from throughout the country descended on the National Mall to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the famous Civil Rights March on Washington, where Dr. Martin...

Calif. National Guard members battle Northern California wildfires
August 27, 2013 — SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Nearly a dozen aircraft and crews from the California Air and Army National Guard are battling wildfires across Northern California.California Army Guard helicopter crews and...

Texas Army National Guard doctor closes file on his last Operation Lone Star mission
August 27, 2013 — LAREDO, Texas - He sat behind a teacher's desk with chairs and tables stacked on the right side of the classroom like an incomplete level on a game of "Tetris." "I go by Skip," he said with a fast...

Texas Air Guard engineers train with Norwegian Military Academy cadets
August 27, 2013 — RYGGE AIR STATION, Norway - About 50 U.S. airmen assigned to the 149th Civil Engineering Squadron, a subordinate unit of the Texas Air National Guard's 149th Fighter Wing, headquartered at Joint Base...

Kentucky Guard members polish media roles while on duty at Guantanamo
August 23, 2013 — JOINT TASK FORCE GUANTANAMO, Cuba - Established in 1903, the U.S. Naval Station at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, is now home to the world's most recognized detention facility on the planet-Joint Task Force...

Iowa National Guard member 'felt like treasure hunter' after finding box of World War II memories
August 23, 2013 — DES MOINES, Iowa - A priceless wooden box of war mementos has been returned to an Iowa family, thanks to a National Guard member and a Department of Natural Resources worker.The story began on April...

On 40th anniversary, Air National Guard MAFFS crews busy fighting wildfires
August 23, 2013 — ARLINGTON, Va. - Air National Guard crews from two states were dousing wildfires from the air in three Western states this week as the National Guard marked its 40-year anniversary flying aircraft...

Air National Guard civil engineers team up to move radar equipment
August 22, 2013 — ARLINGTON, Va. - Air National Guard civil engineers are teaming with their communication and network engineer counterparts to move radar equipment from Antigua Air Station, Antigua to H.E. Holt Naval...

Chiefs: National Guard, reserves should remain strong, operational
August 22, 2013 — ARLINGTON, Va. - The National Guard and reserves should remain strong operational forces, senior leaders of the seven reserve components said recently."We need to continue to engage in the operational...

Air Force announces PT test enhancements to start Oct. 1
August 21, 2013 — WASHINGTON - Air Force senior leadership announced enhancements to the Air Force's Physical Fitness Assessment program, to be implemented Oct. 1.In a letter to Airmen Aug. 20, Air Force Chief of Staff...

Michigan Air Guard sergeant combines love of music with military career
August 21, 2013 — SELFRIDGE AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Mich. - Meet Staff Sgt. Alissa Hannah. She loves tankers, the viola and her Marine Corps husband.Hannah is a command post operator with the 127th Wing at Selfridge...

Bulgarian flyers complete military leadership program in Tennessee
August 21, 2013 — MCGHEE TYSON AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Tenn. - Two Bulgarian air force members recently completed professional military leadership education here through the Tennessee National Guard's State...

Florida National Guard members exchange knowledge with counterparts in Antigua
August 21, 2013 — ST. JOHN'S, Antigua - Soldiers from the Florida National Guard's 211th Regional Training Institute (RTI) returned to Antigua to share their knowledge and expertise with members of the Antigua and...

National Guard specialist from Ohio racks up 3,000 rugged miles in Afghanistan
August 20, 2013 — TARIN KOT, Afghanistan - Growing up on a farm in Weston, Ohio, U.S. Army Spc. Michelle Renay Metzger enjoyed getting dirty and working with farm machinery. A graduate of McComb High School in McComb,...

California National Guard air resources battle wildfires
August 20, 2013 — SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Nearly a dozen aircraft and crews from the California Air and Army National Guard are battling wildfires across Northern California.Currently, nine California Army National Guard...

Georgia Air Guard member rescues children from overturned bus
August 20, 2013 — ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. - Senior Airman Joey DeFore helped rescue six children from an overturned school bus Aug. 15 after it slid into a ditch and rolled onto its side in Warner Robins, Ga."It was...

Illinois National Guard Soldiers celebrate Polish Armed Forces Day with Polish president
August 19, 2013 — WARSAW, Poland - Illinois National Guard Soldiers celebrated Polish Armed Forces Day in Poland on Aug. 15 with Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski, Polish military members and international military...

Washington Army National Guard's Sherpa takes final flight from base
August 19, 2013 — JOINT BASE LEWIS-McCHORD, Wash. - The C-23 Sherpa airplane has served an interesting role in the modern military. As the only currently used fixed-wing aircraft in the Washington Army National Guard,...

Air Guard Director Stanley E. Clarke III hosts first All-Call
August 16, 2013 — JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Md. - Remaining operationally engaged, the fiscal climate, furloughs, and serving with distinction were topics discussed Wednesday by the director of the Air National Guard, Air...

Pennsylvania Guardsmen Demonstrate Drone Innovation Project

Nordhaus, Raines Outline a National Guard Focused on the Future

Alaska Air National Guard Rescues Four From Plane Crash

Modular Airborne System Delivers One Million Gallons of Fire Retardant

Air Guard Security Forces Strengthen Readiness With Green Berets