Guard News - The National Guard

New Hampshire National Guard, El Salvador exchange emergency management best practices
May 24, 2012 — SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador - Four members of the New Hampshire National Guard, two members from U.S. Army Southern Command and 10 New Hampshire emergency operations managers traveled here to...

Wisconsin Guard medics train as they fight
May 24, 2012 — FORT MCCOY, Wis. - The group of six combat medics entered the village shortly after a reconnaissance team, looking for suitable locations to establish a clinic for humanitarian operations - their...

Defense Department selects finalists for Freedom Award
May 23, 2012 — ARLINGTON, Va. - Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve, a Department of Defense agency, announced 30 employers as finalists for the 2012 Secretary of Defense Employer Support Freedom Award...

Canada: Connecticut National Guard members train with multinational forces
May 23, 2012 — GAGETOWN, New Brunswick - Recently, about 200 Connecticut Army National Guard members from the 1st Battalion, 169th Aviation Regiment, worked alongside several multinational partners from the Canadian...

Honduras: Missouri Army Guard Soldiers celebrate building a schoolhouse for Hondurans
May 23, 2012 — NACO CORTES, Honduras - The oppressive Central American heat and humidity did not dissuade a crowd of more than 200 Honduran citizens from Micheletti in joining in the festivities May 9.U.S. Army...

New Hampshire Air Guard air traffic controllers impart wisdom to Salvadorans
May 22, 2012 — SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador - Three members from the 260th Air Traffic Control Squadron from the New Hampshire Air National Guard traveled here recently to participate in a week long subject matter...

Guam Guard members work with Philippine counterparts to complete new library
May 22, 2012 — SANTA ANA, PAMPANGA, Phillipines - The San Isidro Elementary School had a new library built engineers from the Guam National Guard and the Philippine air force that would benefit at least 750...

Air Guard's first F-35 Lightning II pilots ready to take flight, make history
May 22, 2012 — EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. - When military aviators of the future look back at the beginnings of the F-35 Lightning II program, they may see the names of two Florida National Guard pilots listed among...

Illinois Guard members awarded Silver Star from Dempsey, others also recognized
May 22, 2012 — CHICAGO - Illinois Governor Pat Quinn joined Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, May 19, and Army Maj. General William Enyart, the adjutant general of the Illinois...

McKinley: National Guard serves bravely at home, abroad
May 22, 2012 — WASHINGTON - Six hundred ninety-three: That's how many brave, selfless National Guardsmen and women have paid the ultimate sacrifice in Iraq and Afghanistan since 9/11 to ensure others a chance to...

Polish president bestows medal upon Illinois governor, Guard members
May 21, 2012 — MARSEILLES, Ill. - Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn and Army Maj. Gen. William L. Enyart, the adjutant general of the Illinois National Guard, welcomed the President of Poland, Bronislaw Komorowski, to the...

Afghanistan: Kentucky ADT builds relationship in Afghanistan's Kandahar Province
May 21, 2012 — FORWARD OPERATING BASE PASAB, Afghanistan - Even on the other side of the world, the Kentucky National Guard is helping people. In the case of the Arghandab District in southern Afghanistan's Kandahar...

Georgia Guard members embark on humanitarian mission as part of Joint Enabling Capabilities Command
May 21, 2012 — SAN DIEGO - Seven members of the Joint Communications Support Element, a subordinate command of the Joint Enabling Capabilities Command, embarked May 1 on the USNS Mercy to begin a four-and-a-half...

Wyoming Air National Guard participates in first-of-its-kind state exercise
May 21, 2012 — CHEYENNE, Wyo. - In a first for the state of Wyoming, Air National Guard members of the 153rd Airlift Wing participated in a Strategic National Stockpile exercise named Prairie Eagle May 14, 2012,...

DOD marks growth in spouses' employment program
May 18, 2012 — WASHINGTON - Service members and their spouses joined Defense Department leaders at the Pentagon Thursday in a ceremony to mark the success of a spouse employment program intended to help military...

Command post helps National Guard respond to possible disasters
May 17, 2012 — UTICA, N.Y. - The scenario is as horrific as it is potentially tragic: what if terrorists attacked the United States with chemical weapons?About 1,000 National Guard Soldiers, Airmen and New York...

Florida National Guard officer receives Award of Excellence from Medical Service Corps
May 17, 2012 — ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. - Florida Army National Guard Capt. Bill Elliott was recently the sole National Guard recipient of the 2012 Medical Service Corps Award of Excellence and one of only eight...

Kentucky's Air Guard exercises the Initial Response Hub
May 17, 2012 — FORT CAMPBELL, Ky - More than 30 Kentucky Guard members and two C-130 Hercules aircraft from the 123rd Airlift Wing mobilized and flew here during a no-notice exercise response to a notional 7.6...

Missouri Guard remains on mission one year after Joplin tornado
May 17, 2012 — JOPLIN, Mo. - Within hours of the deadly Joplin tornado on May 22, 2011, Gov. Jay Nixon activated the Missouri National Guard and told the people of Joplin they would remain on duty as long as...

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