Guard News - The National Guard

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...

For Wisconsin Guardsmen, resiliency is key to returning to life after deployment
March 31, 2010 — MADISON, Wis., - Support for Wisconsin Soldiers and Airmen extends beyond the battlefield, Brig. Gen. Don Dunbar, adjutant general for the Wisconsin National Guard, said during a recent prayer...

Social media sites to open on Air Force network
March 31, 2010 — PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. - Air Force officials are opening the Air Force network to allow access to Internet-based social-networking sites. Initial access will be available at five Pacific Air...

Army Guard battles Soldier suicides
March 31, 2010 — WASHINGTON, - With 2010 suicide numbers slightly above last year's and coming off the worst January on record, the Army National Guard is emphasizing resilience, transition programs and the importance...

State leaders thank Massachusetts Guardsmen
March 31, 2010 — LEXINGTON, Mass., - Soldiers of the 272nd Chemical Company of the Massachusetts Army National Guard, who were tasked with filling sandbags in support of Operation Rising Water, were surprised with...

USO Announces Sesame Workshop Tour Dates
March 31, 2010 — WASHINGTON, - The Sesame Street/USO Experience for Military Families, a free traveling USO show based on Sesame Workshop's award winning "Talk, Listen, Connect" initiative and produced in partnership...

Florida Guard hosts emergency response exercise
March 30, 2010 — CAMP BLANDING JOINT TRAINING CENTER, Fla., - Hundreds of first responders from more than a dozen federal, state and local agencies are taking part in an emergency response exercise in Florida this...

Wisconsin's Falcons fight in Florida sun
March 30, 2010 — NAVAL AIR STATION KEY WEST, Fla., - Following a similar flight path of migrant snowbirds, Wisconsin Air National Guardsmen departed the cool Wisconsin weather this month on a mission to the...

California Guardsmen become U.S. citizens in Kosovo ceremony
March 30, 2010 — CAMP BONDSTEEL, Kosovo - Eight California National GuardSoldiers, originally from countries as far flung as Iran, El Salvador andthe Philippines, came together here March 25 to become citizens of...

McKinley visits new Kansas training site
March 30, 2010 — SALINA, Kan., - The chief of the National Guard Bureau visited the Great Plains Joint Training Center here March 26.Air Force Gen. Craig McKinley toured the recently developed 160-acre site, where...

Tennessee Guardsmen share the roads in Iraq
March 30, 2010 — JOINT BASE BALAD, Iraq - As United States Forces-Iraq prepares for the strategic reposturing of equipment and personnel in theater, Soldiers of the 13th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) are already...

Guard-car team routes out 15th-place in Virginia
March 30, 2010 — MARTINSVILLE, Va. - Dale Earnhardt Jr., driver of the No. 88 National Guard-sponsored car, and his team worked a tight-handling car to a 15th-place finish, Monday at the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race...

Elementary students reach out to North Dakota Guardsmen
March 29, 2010 — Washburn, N.D. - Christian Gardner, a third grader at Washburn Elementary School, misses his uncle.The North Dakota Army National Guard Soldier, Spc. A.J. Richards, is serving a yearlong deployment to...

Wisconsin Guard unit's return a priceless moment for families
March 29, 2010 — LACROSSE, Wis. - As members of the Wisconsin Army National Guard's Embedded Training Team arrived in La Crosse today following a deployment to Afghanistan, some family members let their T-shirts do...

Elementary students reach out to North Dakota Guardsmen
March 29, 2010 — Washburn, N.D. - Christian Gardner, a third grader at Washburn Elementary School, misses his uncle.The North Dakota Army National Guard Soldier, Spc. A.J. Richards, is serving a yearlong deployment to...

Guard posture statement emphasizes adding value to America
March 29, 2010 — WASHINGTON - The National Guard must remain community-based, maintain proficiency, modernize proportionally with the active component and communicate, collaborate and coordinate with other military...

Guardsmen fight floods in three states
March 29, 2010 — ARLINGTON, Va., - As North Dakota begins to draw down the number of National Guard members fighting floods, at least three other states are calling up personnel for the same mission.In Massachusetts,...

NGB chaplain focuses on family at Kosovo prayer breakfast
March 29, 2010 — CAMP BONDSTEEL, Kosovo - Soldiers gathered together with theirloved ones here today for a prayer breakfast that focused on familyrelationships.Although the families could not attend the breakfast in...

Largest EPME class ever begins at TEC
March 29, 2010 — McGHEE TYSON AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Tenn., - The Paul H. Lankford Enlisted Professional Military Education Center here welcomed its largest group of students ever, when more than 260 service members...

Virginia Guard fields high tech command and control systems
March 29, 2010 — BLACKSTONE, Va., - The Virginia National Guard's 116th Brigade Combat Team conducted a training exercise during the second of three events to complete the fielding of the U.S. Army's Command Post of...

Washington Guard Strengthens Fiscal Readiness

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