Guard News - The National Guard

CSTs provide situational awareness for DTRA
March 6, 2009 — BALTIMORE, Md. - National Guard civil support teams have an ally in the Defense Threat Reduction Agency, a senior agency member told participants of the National Guard Domestic Operations conference...

Wyatt names new ANG deputy director
March 6, 2009 — ARLINGTON, Va. - A new deputy director of the Air National Guard was announced by Lt. Gen. Bud Wyatt, the director of the Air National Guard today.Maj. Gen. Patrick J. Moisio, an Arizona Guardsman,...

National Guard essential at home and abroad, says Chief
March 6, 2009 — BALTIMORE, Md. - The National Guard is playing an essential role domestically and overseas, Gen. Craig McKinley said here Friday, challenging leaders to do more with the same amount of money.The chief...

Guard Soldiers and Families - Are you ready for retirement?
March 5, 2009 — WASHINGTON, D.C. - As an Army National Guard Soldier, you are often quick to respond to that question: "Yes, I'm ready."We're fighting the Global War on Terror with boots on the ground in more than...

167th Airlift Wing delivers test spacecraft for NASA mission
March 5, 2009 — MARTINSBURG, W.V. - The 167th Airlift Wing was recently asked to help in the National Aeronautic and Space Administration's mission to return astronauts to the moon.A 15-member C-5 crew from the West...

Vermont Guardsman sweeps CNGB biathlon championships; Minnesota wins team title
March 5, 2009 — ETHAN ALLEN FIRING RANGE, Jericho, Vt. - After falling only a couple seconds short of sweeping both of last year's individual races here at the Chief of the National Guard Bureau Biathlon...

Army, Air Guard at full strength, directors tell Congress
March 4, 2009 — WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Army National Guard is over strength and the Air National Guard has met its end strength for the first time since 2002, the directors told Congress on Tuesday."This is a new era...

Oregon counterdrug program targets middle school students
March 4, 2009 — PORTLAND, Ore. - President Ronald Regan's approach to drug education in the 1980s was "Just say no."But according to an Oregon City middle school teacher, that philosophy just doesn't work today."It's...

Guard team tests its ability to save lives after disaster in Florida
March 4, 2009 — CAMP BLANDING JOINT TRAINING CENTER, Fla. - Nearly 200 members of the Florida National Guard recently participated in a unique exercise and evaluation in North Florida to test their ability to support...

Four states train for Kosovo mission
March 4, 2009 — HOHENFELS, Germany - Just three months after returning to the United States from a 15-month tour in Iraq with the 29th Infantry Division, Spc. Sean Evans of the California Army National Guard's 1st...

McKinley visits Guardmembers during CENTCOM trip
March 4, 2009 — BALAD AIR BASE, Iraq - The National Guard's first four-star general visited with citizen-Soldiers and -Airmen serving in Afghanistan, Iraq and Kuwait this week in dozens of formal briefings, town hall...

Renuart: Guard, NORTHCOM relationship so good it's boring
March 4, 2009 — BALTIMORE, Md. - The commander of U.S. Northern Command said he got one question repeatedly during recent rounds at the U.S. Capitol."Almost at every stop that I made, members of Congress asked me,...

Alabama Guard deployments increase this year
March 3, 2009 — MONTGOMERY, Ala. - After a slow 2008, the Alabama Army National Guard will see a dramatic increase in the number of activated units during 2009.In 2008, two companies, three teams and a detachment...

Physical fitness earns 59-year-old sergeant silver in athletic competition
March 3, 2009 — CAMP BLANDING JOINT TRAINING CENTER - Some sergeants who promote physical fitness may just "talk the talk."Others - like Staff Sgt. Peter Golden - walk, run, swim, jump, throw and sprint their way to...

New York's aviators gear up for Afghanistan deployment
March 3, 2009 — ANDREWS AIR FORCE BASE, MD - Four New York Army National Guard aviators got a taste of high-altitude flying in Afghanistan on Feb. 25 without leaving the United States.The Afghan-bound members of...

Massachusetts firefighters lead by example
March 3, 2009 — MILFORD, Mass. - Leading Soldiers during training exercises is demanding, but motivating them to follow you into a burning building is an extra challenge faced by firefighters in the Massachusetts...

Guard Ends New Orleans Mission, Focuses on Wildfires, Snow
March 3, 2009 — WASHINGTON, March 2, 2009 - As the Louisiana National Guard wrapped up its "precedent-setting" law enforcement mission in New Orleans yesterday, the Texas National Guard dispatched helicopters to...

Full spectrum of capabilities needed for Guard missions
March 3, 2009 — BALTIMORE, Md. - Living up to the National Guard's motto of "Always Ready, Always There" requires a full spectrum of capabilities, a senior National Guard official told an audience here at the...

Army Guard to cut recruiting, retention bonuses
February 27, 2009 — ARLINGTON, Va. - Since 2005, the number of Army National Guard enlistees has grown due in large part to enlistment bonuses ranging from $2,000 to $15,000.But that will change March 1 as the Army Guard...

DoD to allow casket photographs with family's permission
February 27, 2009 — WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Defense Department will allow the news media to photograph the flag-draped caskets of fallen U.S. troops returning home if their families agree, Defense Secretary Robert M...

Ohio Guard Boosts Medical Skills While Providing No-Cost Care

Idaho Guard Strengthens Engineering Skills in Canada

Puerto Rico Guard Distributes One Million Gallons of Water in Drought Response

Guardsmen Boost Domestic Response Capabilities in Patriot 26

Washington Guard Strengthens Fiscal Readiness