Guard News - The National Guard

Puerto Rico Air Guard Tests Flexible Communications in Evaluation
May 6, 2025 — PUNTA SALINAS AIR NATIONAL GUARD STATION, Puerto Rico — U.S. Airmen assigned to the Puerto Rico Air National Guard’s 156th Combat Communications Squadron deployed two Flexible Communication Packages...

Ohio Airman Helps to Set the Theater in Deployment for Training
May 5, 2025 — ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam – The 200th Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operational Repair Squadron Engineer (RED HORSE) Squadron based out of Camp Perry and its detachment in Mansfield, Ohio, is on...

Pennsylvania Guard Medical Unit Gains Vital Experience During Field Exercise
May 5, 2025 — FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, Pa. – Pennsylvania National Guard Soldiers with the 108th Medical Company Area Support, 213th Regional Support Group, trained on setting up an aid station during a May 2-3 field...

New Jersey, New York Officer Candidates Train with Albanian, Kosovar Cadets
May 5, 2025 — RRETH-GRETH, Albania – Officer candidates from the New Jersey and New York Army National Guard traveled to Albania for the fifth consecutive year to conduct a field training exercise with cadets from...

California Air National Guard Hosts Reaper Smoke 2025
May 5, 2025 — MARCH AIR RESERVE BASE, Calif. — More than 200 active component, Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard MQ-9 Reaper Airmen participated in Exercise Reaper Smoke 2025 last week in Southern...

Virginia Guard Soldiers, Tajikistan Conduct Battle Exchange Training
May 5, 2025 — DUSHANBE, Tajikistan – Four Virginia Army National Guard Soldiers recently conducted a close-quarters battle exchange training with members of the Tajik military. The engagement was conducted April...

Michigan-Sierra Leone Partnership Moves Ahead with Multidisciplinary Engagements
May 2, 2025 — FREETOWN, Sierra Leone – The partnership between the Michigan National Guard and the Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces (RSLAF) took another step forward April 11-18 with three separate engagements...

Louisiana Guard, Active Component Airmen Complete Air-to-Air Integration Training
May 2, 2025 — BARKSDALE AIR FORCE BASE, La. - The 2nd Bomb Wing, assigned to the Air Force Global Strike Command under Eighth Air Force, and the Louisiana National Guard's 159th Fighter Wing demonstrated enhanced...

In Alaska, Nordhaus Sees National Guardsmen Defending the Homeland, Enabling Global Power Projection
May 1, 2025 — EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska – From within Alaska’s vast Interior, Alaska National Guardsmen defend the homeland from long-range missile attacks and enable global power projection.Air Force Gen...

Missouri National Guard Water Purification Team Supports TRADEWINDS 25
May 1, 2025 — TETERON BAY, Trinidad – Few resources are more critical than clean water for sustaining troops in the field. From cooking meals to maintaining hygiene, a steady supply of safe water is essential to...

Washington Guard Soldiers Support Clinic Through Language and Compassion
May 1, 2025 — SEATTLE – A group of Soldiers from the Delta Company, 341st Military Intelligence Battalion, recently volunteered at a Seattle and King County medical clinic to provide language support for visitors...

Air National Guard Leaders Host 2025 Wing Leader Fly-In
May 1, 2025 — ALCOA, Tenn. – U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Duke Pirak, acting director of the Air National Guard, and Chief Master Sgt. Joshua D. Moore, command chief of the Air Guard, hosted Air Guard wing commanders...

Colorado Army National Guard Conducts Aviation Training for Wildfire Season
May 1, 2025 — BUCKLEY SPACE AIR FORCE BASE, Aurora, Colo. – For the past 10 years, the Colorado Army National Guard has partnered with the Colorado Division of Fire Prevention and Control and other key partners to...

New York Air Guard’s Journey to Becoming a Phoenix Raven
April 30, 2025 — STEWART AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, N.Y. – Alexa Reeves never expected that her decision to join the New York Air National Guard after high school would lead to becoming a member of Air Mobility...

Lt. Gen. Jon Stubbs Highlights Virginia National Guard Excellence at Military Ball
April 30, 2025 — Virginia Beach, Va. — Lt. Gen. Jonathan "Jon" Stubbs, director of the Army National Guard, joined Virginia National Guard leaders, Soldiers, Airmen and families at the 2025 annual Virginia National...

Paraguayan President Awards Top Honor to Massachusetts National Guard General
April 29, 2025 — ASUNCION, Paraguay – U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Gary W. Keefe, adjutant general of the Massachusetts National Guard, has been awarded the distinguished Order of Merit “Gral Div Bernardino Caballero” in...

Oregon Air Guard Participates in Sentry Aloha Exercise
April 29, 2025 — JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii – Six F-15 Eagles and about 120 Airmen from the 173rd Fighter Wing at Kingsley Field in Klamath Falls, Ore., journeyed across the Pacific Ocean to Joint Base...

Honoring Military Children: The Resilience of Military Families
April 29, 2025 — BOISE, Idaho – April marks the Department of Defense’s annual observance of the Month of the Military Child, a time to recognize the unique challenges and enduring resilience of children of military...

Air Guard Units Join Forces for Aerial Wildfire Suppression Training
April 29, 2025 — NEVADA AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Reno, Nev. — Military and civilian flight crews wrapped up a week of aerial wildfire suppression training on April 27, concluding the annual Modular Airborne...

Forging Partnerships: The National Guard in the Indo-Pacific
April 28, 2025 — Honolulu, Hawaii — Lt. Gen. Jon Stubbs, the 23rd director of the Army National Guard, visited the U.S. Army Pacific Command (USARPAC) and the Hawaii National Guard, then traveled to Guam to visit the...

Retired Texas Air National Guard Pilot Recalls Protecting Air Force One on 9/11

Nebraska Guard Strengthens Disaster Response Readiness

Kentucky Guard Strengthens Skills During Patriot 2026

113th Wing Recognized for Air Defense, Combat Performance

Washington Guard Concludes Extended Wildfire Response