Guard News - The National Guard

National Guard aids in Pakistan flood relief
August 20, 2010 — ARLINGTON, Va., - The Air National Guard has been working to provide relief supplies to areas in Pakistan affected by flooding since late July.Col. Greg Nelson, the deputy director of Mobility...

Alaska Guardsmen provide medical support at Khaan Quest 2010
August 20, 2010 — ULAANBAATAR, Mongolia, - Three Alaska National Guard members are providing medical support for U.S. and Mongolian troops during Khaan Quest 2010, a bilateral peacekeeping operations training exercise...

Army secretary visits Indiana Guard training sites
August 19, 2010 — CAMP ATTERBURY JOINT MANEUVER TRAINING CENTER, Ind., - Secretary of the Army John McHugh visited here today to meet with mobilizing and demobilizing servicemembers, permanent party leadership and...

Royal Netherlands pilots to train with Arizona Air Guard
August 19, 2010 — WASHINGTON, D.C. - The governments of the Netherlands and theUnited States have signed a contract for the training and logistical supportof Royal Netherlands Air Force F-16 pilot training with the...

Army Guardsman receives Soldier’s Medal for bravery
August 19, 2010 — ARLINGTON, Va., - “An angel in disguise” is how Army Maj. Nathlon Jackson was described by Air Force Gen. Craig McKinley at a ceremony here at the Army National Guard Readiness Center...

Governor, military leaders visit California border troops
August 19, 2010 — SAN DIEGO - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and leaders from the California National Guard visited troops today along the border in San Diego County that they will monitor with border patrol agents for...

Kentucky Guard trains for possible deployment
August 19, 2010 — GREENVILLE, Ky., - Soldiers from the Kentucky National Guard's 149th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade recently began the long road to possible deployment as their first of three scheduled annual training...

Three Soldiers from same small Washington town cross paths in Iraq
August 19, 2010 — JOINT BASE BALAD, Iraq, - A Wisconsin Army National Guard Soldier had to travel halfway around the world to meet other Soldiers from his hometown in northwestern Washington state. At the material...

A journey in another Airman's footsteps
August 19, 2010 — TUCSON, Ariz., - If you saw someone blow through a stop sign and almost hit you, what would you think? Would you be irritated and angry, or thinking that the person is in distress? Would you be...

Minnesota battalion receives commendation for 22-month deployment
August 18, 2010 — CAMP RIPLEY, Minn., - Minnesota's 1/34th Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team of the 34th Infantry Division was awarded the Meritorious Unit Commendation Award here on Aug. 15...

Cauley’s Corner: Built in memory of a fallen Guardsman
August 18, 2010 — CAMP LEATHERNECK, Afghanistan - Situated in Helmand Province, supporting Regional Command Southwest are the Soldiers of the 68th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion.One of the 68th CSSB’s...

Training key to decreasing Guard’s motorcycle fatalities
August 18, 2010 — ARLINGTON, Va., - Over the last three years, training programs have helped to steadily decrease motorcycle fatalities among Army National Guard members, Guard safety personnel said here today. “We...

Ohio Air Guard welcomes first new C-27J
August 18, 2010 — ARLINGTON, Va., - The first C-27J Spartan was delivered to the 179th Airlift Wing at Mansfield Lahm Airport in Ohio on Aug. 14. “Today marks the end of an era,” said Army Maj. Gen. Greg Wayt, the...

One COMM Link One Fight
August 18, 2010 — PHOENIX, Ariz., - When natural disasters hit, it is usually without warning. This can cause communication chaos between first responders and other local, state, and federal agencies, because...

Letters from Hollywood offer encouragement to servicemembers, families
August 16, 2010 — HOLLYWOOD, Calif. - Hollywood is delivering messages of thanks and support to our men and women in uniform through Letters from Hollywood, a new website launched by the U.S. Army Installation...

NGB offers social media guidelines for Guardsmen
August 11, 2010 — ARLINGTON, Va. - National Guard members need to know that even though a new DoD policy authorizes them to use many of the social media and other Web 2.0 platforms available on a non-classified...

NGB offers social media guidelines for Guardsmen
August 11, 2010 — ARLINGTON, Va., - National Guard members need to know that even though a new DoD policy authorizes them to use many of the social media and other Web 2.0 platforms available on a non-classified...

Montana ANG F-15s begin alert duty in Hawaii
August 6, 2010 — GREAT FALLS, Mont. - Within months of being declared initial operating capable, F-15s, pilots and other personnel from the 120th Fighter Wing have been assigned to conduct an air sovereignty alert...

Joint: The new 'buzz word' in family support
August 4, 2010 — ARLINGTON, Va. - The National Guard is willing to help family members around the country, no matter which branch or component their servicemember belongs to, the Guard's top family programs official...

DoD officials stress importance of educating teachers about Guard children
August 4, 2010 — NEW ORLEANS - More than 25,000 children of Guard and reserve members have been affected by a deployment since 2001, but their teachers may never have known about their unique situation."How do we get...

Nordhaus, Raines Outline a National Guard Focused on the Future

Alaska Air National Guard Rescues Four From Plane Crash

Modular Airborne System Delivers One Million Gallons of Fire Retardant

Air Guard Security Forces Strengthen Readiness With Green Berets

Hawaii National Guard Rescues Paramedics During Hurricane Lala