Guard News - The National Guard

Happy Hooligans Respond to Haiti Relief Effort
January 19, 2010 — FARGO, N.D., - Gov. John Hoeven and Maj. Gen. David Sprynczynatyk, the adjutant general of the North Dakota National Guard, announced today that the North Dakota Air National Guard has been tasked to...

Illinois ANG to coordinate delivery of supplies to Haiti
January 19, 2010 — SPRINGFIELD, Ill., - Members of the 183rd Fighter Wing based here have been activated to support earthquake relief efforts in Haiti in the first such mobilization of Illinois National Guard...

Kentucky Guard sends combat controllers to Haiti
January 19, 2010 — LOUISVILLE, Ky., - The Kentucky National Guard has mobilized two combat controllers from the 123rd Special Tactics Squadron and the commander of the 123rd Contingency Response Group to support...

New York Air Guardsmen headed For Haiti
January 19, 2010 — NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y., - Two C-130H cargo aircraft and 16 Airmen from Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station here lifted off headed for Haiti as dawn broke over western New York this morning.Manned by crews...

Officials urge Guard, Reserve to nominate employers
January 19, 2010 — WASHINGTON, - Guard and Reserve members are encouraged to acknowledge their civilian employers' exceptional support by nominating them for a top Defense Department award.Servicemembers and their...

Pennsylvania ANG to broadcast to Haiti citizens
January 19, 2010 — HARRISBURG, Pa., - In what he described as an "unprecedented humanitarian mission," Gov. Edward G. Rendell said that the Pennsylvania Air National Guard has been called upon to support the Air Force...

New York rescue teams depart from Stewart Air Guard Base
January 19, 2010 — NEWBURGH, N.Y., - New York Task Force 1, New York City's urban search and rescue team, left Stewart Air National Guard Base here this morning for Haiti on two Air Force C-17 cargo aircraft.One...

Kentucky TAG visits troops in Kosovo
January 19, 2010 — CAMP BONDSTEEL, Kosovo, - The adjutant general of the KentuckyNational Guard took time recently to personally thank his state'sCitizen-Soldiers, who are on an important NATO peace-keeping mission here...

Texas ANG delivers rescue team to Haiti
January 19, 2010 — HOUSTON - Immediately following the earthquake in Haiti, experts from Texas Task Force 1 got together with members of the 147th Reconnaissance Wing of the Texas Air National Guard to work on a...

California ADT hosts animal clinic in Asadabad
January 19, 2010 — KUNAR PROVINCE, Afghanistan - The California National Guard's 40th Infantry Division's Agri-business Development Team conducted a veterinary civic action program in the provincial capital to help area...

Florida Guard establishes flight operations center for Haiti
January 18, 2010 — ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla., - The Florida Air National Guard's 101st Air and SpaceOperations Group (AOG) is paving the way for air operations in the emergencyresponse to Haiti.Florida Guardsmen have been...

Waiting for returning Guardsman a labor of love
January 15, 2010 — VOLK FIELD, Wis. - The pain Johana Ortiz experienced waiting for her husband, Spc. Melvin Ortiz of the Wisconsin Army National Guard's 1158th Transportation Company, to return from his year-long...

Better mental fitness will help prevent suicide, general says
January 15, 2010 — WASHINGTON, - Preventing suicide is more than simply recognizing the signs, it involves building strong community and individual support before the idea ever sets in, the Army's top psychiatrist and...

Defense, VA officials address suicide at conference
January 15, 2010 — WASHINGTON, - There are no clear-cut answers to suicide prevention, but through collaboration and team work from federal and private institutions, the nation can better address the challenge, Defense...

Indiana Guardsmen picked for special Afghanistan mission
January 15, 2010 — CAMP ATTERBURY JOINT MANEUVER TRAINING CENTER, Ind., - TopIndiana military officials at Joint Forces Headquarters have selected 18 ofsome of Indiana's most experienced and proficient Army National...

Ohio ANG pilot describes scene in Haiti
January 15, 2010 — ARLINGTON, Va., - An Ohio Air National Guard C-130 pilot, who flew into the Haiti airport the day after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck, said he was surprised by the condition of the runway."When we...

Route-clearance crews work to improve relations
January 15, 2010 — FORWARD OPERATING BASE FENTI, Afghanistan, - As time for theirpre-mission brief drew near, route-clearance crews here began to gatheraround Army 1st Lt. Chris Johnson, their platoon leader.Dawn had...

Florida Guardsman anticipates news of family in Haiti
January 15, 2010 — CAMP BLANDING JOINT TRAINING CENTER, Fla., - As the world turnedits attention to the devastation caused by an earthquake in Haiti this week,one Florida National Guard Soldier was waiting for word from...

West Virginia ANG sets up staging area for relief supplies
January 15, 2010 — MARTINSBURG, W.Va., - Airmen with the West Virginia AirNational Guard's 167th Airlift Wing are working around-the-clock here in aneffort to get critical life-saving supplies into the hands of...

Officials urge more care for caregivers
January 14, 2010 — WASHINGTON - The military needs to step up efforts to head off compassion fatigue among its caregivers, a National Guard official said here yesterday."I do think not enough of it is being paid...

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