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Wisconsin Airmen Host Training for NATO Counterparts
April 11, 2025 — CAMP DOUGLAS, WIS. – Airmen assigned to the Wisconsin Air National Guard’s 128th Air Control Squadron recently conducted airspace control training for members of four NATO partner nations.The training...

Michigan National Guard’s Swift Response to Ice Storm
April 11, 2025 — LANSING, Mich — More than 800 members of the Michigan National Guard have been helping to clean up and repair damage in northern Michigan after a devastating ice storm last month.The March 28 ice...

Guard Engineers Continue Road Repairs in Eastern Kentucky
April 11, 2025 — HINDMAN, Ky. – Kentucky Army National Guard engineers continued road construction on county roads in Hindman and Hyden on April 1.Soldiers from Detachment 1, 149th Engineer Vertical Construction...

Alaska Air National Guard Rescues Four in Separate Missions
April 11, 2025 — JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – Alaska Air National Guard Airmen of the 176th Wing conducted four rescue missions across Southcentral Alaska between April 1- 4, successfully rescuing four...

Senior National Guard Spouse Champions Family Readiness During Indo-Pacific Tour
April 10, 2025 — ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam — Shannon Nordhaus, spouse of Air Force Gen. Steve Nordhaus, Chief of the National Guard Bureau, visited National Guard units in the Indo-Pacific region from March 29...

Minnesota National Guard Soldier Scouting the Path to Excellence
April 10, 2025 — DULUTH, Minn. – As one of the newest members of the Minnesota National Guard, Spc. Uriel Rosario represents the future of the force — a generation of service members prepared to meet new challenges...

Idaho National Guard Trains With Fire Department
April 10, 2025 — BOISE, Idaho – HH-60M Black Hawk helicopter crews trained with the Boise Fire Department’s technical rescue team last month, helping firefighters qualify to conduct hoist operations with the Idaho...

176th Air Defense Squadron Fields State-of-the-Art Battle Command Center
April 9, 2025 — JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – Two Russian Tu-95 Bears and two Chinese H-6 Badgers with Su-30 and Su-35 Flanker fighter escorts speared across the sky July 24, 2024, in formation over the...

Tennessee Air National Guard Executes Nuclear and Combat Readiness Training
April 8, 2025 — MCGHEE TYSON AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Tenn. – The 134th Air Refueling Wing has completed a four-day nuclear operational and combat readiness training, reinforcing the Wing’s commitment to maintaining...

Raines Visits Saipan, Focuses on Troop Support, Readiness
April 8, 2025 — SAIPAN, Northern Mariana Islands – The National Guard serves in nearly every ZIP code—from the southern U.S. border to remote islands in the western Pacific. For some Guard members, geographic...

New York Guard Soldiers, Airmen on Duty for Prison Guard Strike
April 8, 2025 — ALBANY, N.Y. -- Over 8,200 New York National Guard Soldiers and Airmen mobilized under state active duty orders, in response to a correction officers strike that kicked off at two correctional...

Maryland Guard Strengthens Ties With Bosnia and Herzegovina
April 8, 2025 — SARAJEVO, Bosnia and Herzegovina – The Maryland National Guard and the Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina (AFBiH) conducted a joint logistics exchange as part of the National Guard Bureau’s State...

Guard Members Instruct Life-Saving Skills in El Salvador
April 7, 2025 — CAMP MURRAY, Wash. – Washington National Guard members have instructed Tactical Combat Casualty Care and Combat Medic training in El Salvador.They worked with the Defense Institute for Medical...

188th Civil Engineers Set to Improve Strategic Base in Portugal
April 7, 2025 — EBBING AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Ark. – Airmen from the 188th Civil Engineer Squadron (CES) are preparing to go to Portugal for a two-week temporary duty (TDY) assignment aimed at enhancing operational...

National Guard Bureau Chief Sees Promising Partnership in Timor-Leste
April 6, 2025 — DILI, Timor Leste — The chief of the National Guard Bureau visited Timor-Leste last week to underscore the Rhode Island National Guard’s budding security cooperation ties with the island nation...

Texas National Guard Soldier is Ready for Army Trials
April 4, 2025 — FORT BLISS, Texas- Dozens of competitive Soldier athletes are ready for the 2025 Army Trials at Fort Bliss, Texas and will continue through April 9. Sixty-seven wounded and injured Soldier athletes...

Alaska National Guard Exercises Disaster Response During Vigilant Guard
April 4, 2025 — JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska– Alaska National Guard, state defense forces, and Coast Guard District 17, in partnership with Alaska Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management...

Pennsylvania Guard Soldiers Mobilize to Horn of Africa
April 3, 2025 — CAMP LEMONNIER, Djibouti – Task Force Associator, headquartered by Pennsylvania Army National Guard’s 1st Battalion 111th Infantry Regiment, transferred authority to Task Force Paxton, an adjacent...

Alaska Army Guardsmen Rescue Injured Skier
April 2, 2025 — JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – Alaska Army National Guard Soldiers with G Co., 2-211th General Support Aviation Battalion rescued an injured skier, March 27, in the Tordrillo Mountains at...

Wyoming Airmen Part of New Wing Securing Nuclear Command and Control
April 2, 2025 — OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. – Maj. Gen. Jason Armagost, commander Eighth Air Force and the Joint-Global Strike Operations Center, commemorated the recent activation of the 95th Wing. The 95th Wing...

Massachusetts Guard Welcomes Fifth‑Generation Fighter

Alabama Guard Helps De-Escalate Metro Station Confrontation

Alaska Guard Rescues Pilots From Two Plane Crashes

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

Nebraska Guard Strengthens Disaster Response Readiness