Guard News - The National Guard

Arkansas Air Guard deploys for first time with A-10s
April 2, 2010 — KANDAHAR AIR BASE, Afghanistan - Over 200 members of the Arkansas National Guard's 188th Fighter Wing deployed here in early March to begin their portion of an Air Expeditionary Force rotation as a...

Florida Guard focuses on assistance, prevention of sexual assault
April 2, 2010 — ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. - Although the Department of Defense's Sexual Assault Prevention and Response program is a fairly new program - established in 2005 to improve prevention of sexual assault and...

Washington Air Guardsmen prepare for Guardian Challenge
April 2, 2010 — FAIRCHILD AIR FORCE BASE, Wash., - Washington Air National Guardsmen gathered here from all over the state on March 26-28 to participate in their second to last training exercise before Guardian...

Wisconsin employers get first-hand look at Soldiers' training
April 2, 2010 — FORT MCCOY, Wis., - Nearly 30 employers from around Wisconsin gathered at Fort McCoy Saturday (March 27) to observe mobilization training for Soldiers from the 724th Engineer Battalion.Together with...

Pennsylvania TAG swears in son
April 1, 2010 — FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, Pa. - The adjutant general of the Pennsylvania National Guard, Army Maj. Gen. Jessica Wright, recently swore her son Mike Wright into her ranks.Mike Wright, a Reserve Officer...

National Guard mom semi-finalist for Military Motherhood Award
April 1, 2010 — REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. - Six hundred women, many unknowingly, competed recently for a motherhood award, and one woman at the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command/Army Forces Strategic Command...

Army Guard names top combative champions
April 1, 2010 — SPRINGFIELD, Ill., - The best fighters in the Army National Guard Combatives Championship were crowned at Fort Benning, Ga., March 26-28, and the Illinois Guard's team took first place."Team Illinois...

National Guard mom semi-finalist for Military Motherhood Award
April 1, 2010 — REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. - Six hundred women, many unknowingly, competed recently for a motherhood award, and one woman at the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command/Army Forces Strategic Command...

TF Cyclone, Wolverine transfer authority
April 1, 2010 — BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan - Members of Task Force Cyclone of the Indiana National Guard's 38th Infantry Division relinquished command of their area of operations to Task Force Wolverine of the...

North Dakota Guard ends flood operations
April 1, 2010 — BISMARCK, N.D., - The North Dakota National Guard will end 2010 flood operations today as the remaining members of a Cass County quick response force team complete their out-processing.Gov. John...

Guard Bureau's new home passes 50 percent completion
April 1, 2010 — ARLINGTON, Va., - Amid the steady hum of construction noise, the National Guard Bureau's 250,000-square-foot building project at Arlington Hall continued here today, with nearly 18-month's labor...

Pennsylvania TAG swears in son
April 1, 2010 — FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, Pa. - The adjutant general of the Pennsylvania National Guard, Army Maj. Gen. Jessica Wright, recently swore her son Mike Wright into her ranks.Mike Wright, a Reserve Officer...

Texas trainer becomes trainee, commander
April 1, 2010 — FORT HOOD, Texas, - After four years of preparing thousands of Army National Guard and Army Reserve soldiers for deployment at the Division West mobilization training center here, Army Capt. Brent...

Virginia Soldier wins lightweight class championship
April 1, 2010 — FORT BENNING, Ga., - In a fight that lasted barely a minute, Staff Sgt. Matt Stemmler of the Virginia National Guard defeated Staff Sgt. Justin Gottke of the Ohio National Guard March 28 to win the...

Illinois Guard honors fallen heroes
April 1, 2010 — SPRINGFIELD, Ill., - When fallen heroes return home to Illinois, the Soldiers of Illinois Army National Guard’s Company B, 935th Aviation and Company B, 1st Battalion, 106th Aviation are ready to...

New DVD helps children deal with deployment
March 31, 2010 — WASHINGTON - Defense and USO officials joined military families at the U.S. Navy Memorial here yesterday to celebrate the launch of a new DVD created to help military children cope with a parent's...

Arizona Guardsman manages supplies for deployed wing
March 31, 2010 — SOUTHWEST ASIA - Master Sgt. Alex Brown will tell you that it's pretty tough to complete deployed missions if you don't have the supplies to do it.That's why he's deployed, to keep the men and women...

Iraq troop evacuation effects at Camp Atterbury
March 31, 2010 — CAMP ATTERBURY JOINT MANEUVER TRAINING CENTER, Ind., - It startedas a campaign promise, and in his State of the Union Address, it becamepolicy.In the speech, President Barack Obama stated that the...

New DVD helps children deal with deployment
March 31, 2010 — WASHINGTON - Defense and USO officials joined military families at the U.S. Navy Memorial here yesterday to celebrate the launch of a new DVD created to help military children cope with a parent's...

Three Northeast states continue to battle floods
March 31, 2010 — ARLINGTON, Va., - More than 1,500 National Guard members in three Northeast states are waging a war against rising flood waters after several days of rain combined with melting snow.Massachusetts has...

Kentucky Guard Prepares Incoming Command Teams for Leadership

New PSYWAR Course Strengthens Guard Capabilities

Idaho Guard Strengthens Wildland Firefighting Capabilities

West Virginia Air Guard Trains for Complex Trauma Response

Connecticut Guard Strengthens Engineering Skills in Alaska