Guard News - The National Guard

Maine emergency operations team supporting disaster relief in New York City
November 8, 2012 — AUGUSTA, Maine - A volunteer multi-disciplinary team of emergency operations specialists left Maine last Friday headed to the Emergency Operations Center in Brooklyn to provide disaster relief...

Ninjas leave Soldiers seeing stars in Japan
November 7, 2012 — CAMP IMAZU, Japan - Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team out of Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, along with Japanese Ground Self Defense Force (JGSDF)...

Army National Guard gets new command chief warrant officer
November 7, 2012 — ARLINGTON, VA. - Chief Warrant Officer 5 Gary Ensminger began his new duties Oct. 29 as the Army National Guard's new command chief warrant officer.Before being selected as the new command Chief...

Be persistent and thorough to join military academies
November 7, 2012 — ARLINGTON, Va. - A bit of knowledge and some persistence from Guard members can go a long way toward securing what many might consider an incredible career opportunity. The knowledge is that the...

"They're long days, they're hard days, but it's really rewarding"
November 7, 2012 — NEW YORK - When the National Guard members of Alpha Troop, 2nd Squadron, 101st Cavalry came to Rockaway, N.Y., their mission was to distribute food and water to New Yorkers recovering from Hurricane...

Florida's C-23 Sherpa Soldiers assist with Sandy relief
November 6, 2012 — ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. - Florida Army National Guard aviators are assisting with the Hurricane Sandy relief efforts in the Northeast, joining the more than 9,100 Guard members who are supporting the...

More National Guard members helping in N.Y. under emergency-management request
November 6, 2012 — BROOKLYN, N.Y. - More than 700 additional Army National Guard Soldiers from throughout the East Coast and Midwest are arriving in New York City to assist with relief efforts for those affected by...

Connecticut Guard troops mop up Sandy's damage
November 6, 2012 — RENTSCHLER FIELD, East Hartford, Conn. - About 850 members of the Connecticut Army and Air National Guard have been helping in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. They were called up for state active...

First night missions of Vigilant Guard take place
November 6, 2012 — COLUMBIA, Mo. - The Vigilant Guard training exercise, which simulates an earthquake on the New Madrid Seismic Zone, is well underway.Over the weekend, Guard members and first responders trained around...

New York Guard Soldiers working to ensure voting in storm-battered areas
November 5, 2012 — BRENTWOOD, N.Y. - New Yorkers who are still without power in the Hudson Valley and on Long Island in the wake of Hurricane Sandy will get some help in casting their votes on Election Day from the New...

Units from Michigan and Kuwait make tracks together in the desert
November 5, 2012 — CAMP BUEHRING, Kuwait - Transportation soldiers from the Kuwaiti National Guard and the 1462nd Transportation Company, a Michigan Army National Guard unit, joined together in a combined convoy...

From fuel to food: the New York National Guard provides a helping hand to neighbors in need
November 4, 2012 — STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - Members of the New York National Guard worked to distribute critically needed fuel throughout the New York City area as residents and local authorities continue with clean up and...

W.Va. National Guard members rescue a Rosie the Riveter after Sandy
November 3, 2012 — SUMMERSVILLE, W.Va. - Despite more than a foot of blinding snow outside, Maggie Selman and her dog Ginger were plunged into darkness in her home as Hurricane Sandy swept into West Virginia with a...

New Jersey National Guard raced to save lives after Sandy struck
November 3, 2012 — TEANECK, N.J. - The full fury of Hurricane Sandy was bearing down on the New Jersey National Guard armory in Teaneck just after 4 a.m. Tuesday when the call came in.A burst levee 10 miles away was...

National Guard relieves suffering after Hurricane Sandy
November 3, 2012 — MANHATTAN, N.Y. - About 7,000 Guard members are helping people who are living without power – the temperature low, water-ruined possessions piled at the curb, transportation infrastructure crippled,...

Airlift ferries utility experts and equipment to darkened New York
November 2, 2012 — WASHINGTON - Utility crews and equipment from California are at work today in storm-darkened areas of New York to restore power, the result of a Defense Department airlift.DOD launched "a significant...

Silver Star awarded to vet's family after 44 years
November 2, 2012 — TAMPA, Fla. - On the ink-black night of June 13, 1968, the highlands around Dak Pek in western Vietnam erupted in artillery and rocket fire.The U.S. Army Special Forces camp, just a few miles from the...

FEMA uses West Virginia Air Guard Base for storm relief
November 2, 2012 — MARTINSBURG, W. Va. - The Federal Emergency Management Agency is using the West Virginia Air National Guard's 167th Airlift Wing base here as a staging area to push out much-needed storm relief...

Military airlifts, aid flowing to New York, New Jersey
November 2, 2012 — WASHINGTON - Another airlift, this time from Phoenix, will bring more power restoration trucks and equipment to New York and New Jersey, Pentagon Press Secretary George Little told reporters today.As...

Virginia Guard winding down most hurricane recovery operations
November 1, 2012 — SANDSTON, Va. - Most Virginia National Guard personnel in support of Hurricane Sandy support operations have moved into the recovery phase as of late Wednesday afternoon, and the only personnel still...

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