Guard News - The National Guard

Army National Guard promotes resilience training
June 21, 2011 — SAN DIEGO, Calif. - The Army National Guard’s Resilience and Risk Reduction team conducted a Resilience Trainer Assistant course – the ARNG’s largest resilience training event to date – as part of the...

Deployed Guard members use medieval war games for entertainment
June 21, 2011 — CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE ADDER, Iraq - While deployed, Soldiers often find new hobbies to occupy their time when they are not on a mission or busy with training. Some play instruments, others...

Puerto Rico National Guard brings special skills to Fuerzas Comando 2011
June 21, 2011 — ILOPANGO, El Salvador - Puerto Rico National Guard Soldiers are bringing bilingual and bicultural capabilities to the table in support of Fuerzas Comando 2011, June 15 to 23.Fuerzas Comando is a U.S...

Father and son fly high with Illinois Army National Guard
June 20, 2011 — PLAINFIELD, Ill. - Military flying is in the blood of the Kephart family.Illinois Army National Guard Capt. Peter Kephart of Plainfield is a fourth generation military aviator. His father retired from...

Guard-led task force wins hearts 'one patient at a time'
June 20, 2011 — DESDUNES, Haiti - As the morning sun stretches into the sky promising with it another afternoon of scorching heat, the locals here busy themselves with their daily routines.Some are already...

235th Military Police Company directs traffic as residents visit threatened homes
June 20, 2011 — DAKOTA DUNES, S.D. - Soldiers from the South Dakota National Guard assisted with traffic control and tracking everyone who enters Dakota Dunes area today.Members of the 235th Military Police Company...

Bittersweet homecoming for Citizen-Soldier helping Joplin
June 20, 2011 — JOPLIN, Mo. - A southwest Missouri native considers it an honor to lead Task Force Phoenix in providing state oversight of the clean-up and removal process after a deadly May 22 tornado left millions...

New York Army National Guard aviators retrieve boat from brink of Niagara Falls
June 20, 2011 — NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. - New York Army National Guard Staff Sgt. James Lentz planned to spend Father's Day morning, June 19, sleeping in before spending the day with his wife JoAnne and four young...

National Guard ever present for Midwest flood relief
June 20, 2011 — ARLINGTON, Va. - About 2,300 National Guard members from nine states are continuing operations in support of the 2011 Midwest floods, which have ravaged thousands of acres and potentially caused...

Missouri National Guard helps monitor sand boils in northwest Missouri
June 20, 2011 — AMAZONIA, Mo. - Liaison officers from Task Force 110, the Missouri Army National Guard team tapped to support flood fight efforts in northwest Missouri, have routinely been on the ground in Andrew...

Guard participates in project to advance coalition information sharing
June 20, 2011 — WASHINGTON - A sweeping demonstration project at six U.S. and two overseas sites is expected to pay off in advancing technologies to improve information sharing among U.S. and coalition partners in...

Engineer re-enlists on the levee
June 17, 2011 — DAKOTA DUNES, S.D. - A Guard member took a break from flood support operations to extend his term of military service on Wednesday here. Army Sgt. Chris Weber, a Sioux Falls native and communications...

Guard aviators battle Florida wildfires
June 17, 2011 — PALM COAST, Fla. - The Florida Army National Guard has joined the battle against wildfires in northeast Florida this week, providing valuable aviation support to civilian firefighters trying to...

Earnhardt finds his groove, finishes sixth at Pocono Raceway
June 16, 2011 — Dale Earnhardt Jr., driver of the No. 88 National Guard NASCAR racecar, finished sixth in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pa. Sunday.Earnhardt maintains the third...

New York Army National Guard's last Vietnam War pilot takes final flight
June 16, 2011 — LATHAM, N.Y. - The New York Army National Guard's last Vietnam War pilot took his final light Tuesday.In 29 years of Army flying – he was out of the military from 1972 to 1985 – Army Chief Warrant...

Mullen announces initiative to support veterans, families
June 15, 2011 — WASHINGTON - The nation's top military officer spoke here Tuesday at a press conference announcing the "Community Blueprint," a resource designed to help local leaders focus support on veterans and...

Massachusetts, Louisiana Guard work together, provide safe water in Haiti
June 15, 2011 — GONAIVES, Haiti - In August, members of the 125th Quartermaster Company, a reverse osmosis water purification unit of the Massachusetts National Guard, traveled to Fort Story, Va., to compete against...

Montana National Guard members provide security on roads, under different sky
June 15, 2011 — CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE ADDER, Iraq - The sky was pitch black. The only illumination stemmed from hulking gun trucks lined up one after the other. For some, June 3 was just another night in Iraq,...

Army National Guard’s top enlisted leader acknowledges Soldiers’ sacrifices
June 15, 2011 — PARWAN PROVINCE, Afghanistan - Army Command Sgt. Maj. Richard J. Burch, the command sergeant major of the Army National Guard, visited Soldiers from Troop A, 1st Squadron, 113th Cavalry Regiment at...

VA expands housing for homeless veterans, families
June 14, 2011 — WASHINGTON - Department of Veterans Affairs officials continue to develop housing opportunities for homeless and at-risk veterans by adding 34 VA locations across the country.This strategy will...

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