Guard News - The National Guard

474th converts Gitmo facilities to shore power
April 6, 2009 — McGHEE TYSON AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Tenn. - The I.G. Brown Air National Guard Training and Education Center's Instructional Development (ID) branch graduated its 1,000th student during a ceremony...

Alaska Army Guard Soldier finishes Iditarod
April 6, 2009 — CAMP DENALI, Alaska - Alaska Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Harry Alexie crossed the burled arch in Nome on March 21 at 4:40 a.m., to finish the 2009 Iditarod with 10 of his 16 dogs.Alexie finished...

North Dakota flood operations continues; other states wrap up efforts
April 6, 2009 — ARLINGTON, Va. - The adjutant general of the North Dakota National Guard had a teleconference with civilian and military Internet bloggers today to detail the flood response efforts underway in his...

N.D. Guard Soldiers Build Portable Floodwall Around Pembina Port-of-Entry
April 6, 2009 — PEMBINA, N.D. - The North Dakota National Guard has built a blockade at the Canadian port-of-entry here on the nation's northern border.But, this time, instead of illegal aliens or the narcotics...

Grand Forks Soldiers bring flood fight to their own backyards
April 6, 2009 — GRAND FORKS, N.D. - Spc. John P. Finck has nothing against other parts of flood-ravaged North Dakota.It's just that, if he had a choice, he'd rather be fighting back the high water in familiar...

JISCC opens communication for military, civilian agencies in flood fight
April 6, 2009 — GRAND FORKS, N.D. - A cross-border team of National Guard Soldiers is using new technology in the flood fight here to cut through the communication fog that's hindered past civil emergency...

North Dakota Guardsman Steps Up to Help, Whether it's Iraq, Vegas or Fargo
April 6, 2009 — FARGO, N.D. - A North Dakota National Guard Soldier, who served in Iraq and was awarded the Soldier's Medal for disarming a gunman in Las Vegas, has taken the fight to Mother Nature here.Staff Sgt...

North Dakota NCO displays coolness under pressure
April 6, 2009 — FARGO, N.D. - Sgt. Matt J. Walstad is as comfortable behind the wheel of a 10-ton bridge-boat hauler as he is at the helm of a 12-person reconnaissance raft in rough waters.Walstad, 22, with the 957th...

DoD celebrates military children in April
April 2, 2009 — WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Defense Department and communities throughout the world will continue the 23-year tradition of recognizing the importance of military children in the month of April.The Month of...

Program offers confidential counseling for troops, families
April 2, 2009 — WASHINGTON, D.C. - With the country embroiled in two wars, frequent deployments, and the home-front issues deployments cause, the nation's servicemembers and their families are enduring heightened...

Respectful hearts keep weary feet marching in Bataan Death March
April 2, 2009 — LAS CRUCES, N.M. - The heavy dull boom of a cannon broke through thousands of eager participants' voices filling the cool March morning air while they stood stamping their feet in anticipation of the...

Louisiana Air Guard completes simulated deployment training
April 2, 2009 — GULFPORT, Miss. - More than 700 members of the Louisiana Air National Guard's 159th Fighter Wing finished their week-long training of operational readiness here at the Trent Lott Combat Readiness...

Expeditionary entertainer returns to Arizona Air Guard
April 2, 2009 — TUCSON, Ariz. – For one Arizona Air Guardsman, a year-long tour with the 2008 Tops in Blue team was about more than singing and dancing her way around the world."It ended up being way more than that...

North Dakota leadership thanks South Dakota Guardsmen
April 2, 2009 — FARGO, N.D. - North Dakota's state leadership came together today to thank nearly 350 members of the South Dakota Army National Guard for their service here during the flood."You, in South Dakota, are...

North Dakota Guard Soldiers keep watch
April 2, 2009 — MOORHEAD, Minn. - As flood waters loom in Moorhead, Minn., National Guard members patrol the streets to aid residents and local authorities in the fight against the flood.Patrolling in a Humvee,...

Guardsmen patrol Fargo's dike lines around the clock
April 2, 2009 — FARGO, N.D. - Sgt. 1st Class Steve L. Groth gets the troops started each day.Living on very little sleep, Groth doles out the risk assessments and situational reports for the past 24 hours to National...

North Dakota Guardsmen keep it light at traffic control points
April 2, 2009 — FARGO, N.D.- "Get this. One antenna sees another antenna and the two soon fall in love. They end up getting married and afterward are asked about how it went. One antenna responds, 'Well, the wedding...

Guard QRF responds to flood threat near Kindred, N.D.
April 2, 2009 — KINDRED, N.D. - North Dakota National Guard Soldiers responded to a request to help combat overland flooding today that threatened a handful of rural homes about four miles northeast of the town of...

Minnesota National Guard breaks the ice
April 1, 2009 — OSLO, Minn. - The Minnesota National Guard recently organized an effort to break up ice dams on the Red river near Oslo, Minn., north of Grandforks.Ice build-ups have been keeping water from flowing...

National Guard spending economic stimulus money
April 1, 2009 — ARLINGTON, Va. - Federal economic stimulus money will benefit National Guard communities nationwide.Expect to see construction in the coming months at National Guard airfields; operations and family...

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

Hawaii Guard Supports Tropical Cyclone Lala Response