Guard News - The National Guard

New Hampshire Guard fosters deeper connection with El Salvador
January 30, 2012 — SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador - The New Hampshire National Guard delivered 36 retrofitted computers to a school and women's shelter in El Salvador this past weekend as part of its long-standing...

Air Guard sponsors teen summits this summer
January 28, 2012 — MOFFETT FEDERAL AIRFIELD, Calif. - The Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard has received funding for three AFR/ANG Teen Leadership Summits this year.Guard members can support the program by...

Master Resilience Training effective according to study
January 25, 2012 — FORT MEADE, Md. - The Master Resilience Training aspect of Comprehensive Soldier Fitness is working well. That's the conclusion of an Army report, released last month, covering a 15-month period of...

Wisconsin Air Guard Airmen hone skills under Florida sun
January 25, 2012 — MADISON, Wis. - About 150 Airmen from the Madison-based 115th Fighter Wing returned to the white snow of Wisconsin from the white sands of Key West, Fla., following a joint training exercise with the...

Family Readiness Groups serve vital role during deployments
January 24, 2012 — CAMP BUEHRING, Kuwait - To keep pace with the high tempo of deployments, training exercises and operations, National Guard units prepare extensively to ensure all tasks and duties will be completed...

Airmen take lessons-learned in Guard Youth Challenge Academy, thrive
January 24, 2012 — SOUTHWEST ASIA - Life offers many challenges - some more difficult than others. Senior Airman Ephesians Bagorio, and Airman 1st Class Kameron Combis, both from the 332nd Expeditionary Communication...

Former PA Guard adjutant general, three others nominated for top Defense Department posts
January 24, 2012 — WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama on Monday announced he willnominate four people to fill key Defense Department posts - including theformer adjutant general of the Pennsylvania National Guard as...

Kentucky wins Army-wide award for best OPSEC program
January 24, 2012 — FRANKFORT, Ky. - It is official. The Kentucky Army National Guard has the bragging rights to a world class operational security program. Don't believe it? Just ask the United States Army!Kentucky's...

Guard members participate in Army Warrior Games training at Ft. Bliss
January 24, 2012 — FORT BLISS, Texas - Inhale...exhale, the sound of breathing in a small quiet room, then a sudden pop, as the pellet is shot from an air rifle into the target in a room filled with Soldiers taking...

Guard members among U.S. personnel getting unique cultural experience
January 24, 2012 — CAMP ITAMI, Japan - Many times when a U.S. Soldier hears the word "exercise" he or she may often think of a broad range of training possibilities that may include use of advanced weaponry,...

National Guard SPP included in seminar on 'Arab Spring' phenomenon
January 23, 2012 — GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany - The potential rippling effects on regions caused by revolutions in North Africa and the Middle East lead discussions here at a Department of Defense-sponsored...

Guam Guard's first adjutant general dies
January 23, 2012 — GUAM - Leaving a historic legacy on Guam, Air Force Brig. Gen. Robert H. Neitz, the first adjutant general for the Guam National Guard, died Dec. 21 in Virginia. He was 83.Neitz was appointed as the...

Minnesota Guard members among last to leave Iraq
January 23, 2012 — CAMP VIRGINIA, Kuwait - On the morning of Dec. 17, 2011, the final convoy escort team for Company C, 1st Combined Arms Battalion 194th Armor, call sign "Crazyhorse," returned here after a mission up...

Nevada Guard responds to Washoe Drive fire
January 23, 2012 — RENO, Nev. - About 50 Nevada National Guard Citizen-Soldiers and -Airmen supported civil authorities fighting the Washoe Drive Fire south of Reno, Nev., on Friday.The Guard members primarily worked an...

Texas Guard unit provides security for Afghanistan-bound reconstruction teams
January 23, 2012 — EDINBURGH, Ind. - The notion of security for Americans may entail locking our homes and cars, questioning whether our children are safe or if our bank accounts have been hacked. For an Afghan, that...

Mrs. Dempsey: Military families take care of each other
January 20, 2012 — DURHAM, N.C. - Caring about military families comes naturally to the wife of the nation's top military officer. She's been an Army spouse for nearly 36 years, and their three children have served in...

Arizona Guard recruiter receives national recognition
January 20, 2012 — PHOENIX - Army Staff Sgt. Craig Wester, a team leader within Recruiting and Retention Battalion with the Arizona National Guard, was selected as the Army National Guard's Top Recruiting and Retention...

Army study shows decline in suicides and in behavioral health stigma
January 20, 2012 — WASHINGTON - A newly released Army study on behavioral health shows a decline in Soldier suicides and more seeking treatment for their problems.Gen. Peter W. Chiarelli, Army vice chief of staff,...

New York City National Guard unit to train with Malian Defense Force
January 20, 2012 — NEW YORK CITY, NY - Thirty-seven New York Army National Guard logistics specialists assigned to the 369th Sustainment Brigade, headquartered at the Fifth Avenue Armory in Harlem, will be heading to...

Dr. Biden: Military kids need schools' support
January 20, 2012 — LOS ANGELES - Dr. Jill Biden, wife of Vice President Joe Biden, on Thursday joined a group of educators here for a discussion on how schools can better serve and support military families and to learn...

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