Guard News - The National Guard

Vietnam veteran, former Steeler talks with ND Guard
January 27, 2009 — BISMARCK, N.D. - A Vietnam War veteran, who overcame great odds to become a successful National Football League player, shared his message of strength, attitude and optimism during the North Dakota...

Air Force shares safety program with Arkansas Guard
January 27, 2009 — TINKER AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. - The Army's top Soldier in the Arkansas National Guard made a visit to Tinker AFB Jan. 16 to interface with officials at the Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center and learn...

Florida Air Guard holds realistic ORE training
January 27, 2009 — Explosions thumped in succession across the air base and pale yellow smoke plumed over the fighter jets. As klaxons wailed in earsplitting alarm, the ground crews scattered across flight lines and...

Gates: Guard's domestic missions must not suffer
January 27, 2009 — WASHINGTON, D.C. - The National Guard's domestic responsibilities must not suffer because of operational missions, Defense Secretary Robert Gates told the Senate Armed Services Committee today."The...

North Dakota health officials return from Africa
January 27, 2009 — BISMARCK, N.D. — The state health officer and an epidemiologist for the state of North Dakota recently spent a week providing a cultural communications course in Ghana, Africa.A community engagement...

Army Guard breaks ground on $18.4 million training complex for GED Plus program
January 25, 2009 — CAMP JOSEPH T. ROBINSON, Ark. - The Army National Guard broke ground on an $18.4 million construction project here Sunday that will triple the capacity of those that attend its GED Plus...

Army Guard 'fundamentally different' now
January 25, 2009 — NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - As the Army has transformed itself into a more relevant and capable force for the 21st century, the Army National Guard has played an important role, the chief of staff of...

'Spur Ride' links Panhandle Guard unit with cavalry heritage
January 23, 2009 — FT. RUCKER, Ala. - One-hundred-and-fifty-years ago they would have been thundering across a Midwest prairie on sturdy horses, steel sabers at their sides and a cloud of dust trailing behind.Today the...

Deployed Soldiers Get a 'Troop Cave' with Creature Comforts
January 23, 2009 — WASHINGTON - "Kuwait" and "all the comforts of home" are phrases rarely uttered in the same sentence, but a "Man Caves" makeover at Camp Virginia, Kuwait, will show that sometimes the improbable can...

South Dakota troops ready for deployment
January 23, 2009 — FORT CHAFFEE, Ark. - Commanders in South Dakota's lone field artillery battalion didn't waste any time in getting their units prepared for the war zone during a two-week annual training exercise that...

Army Guard launches first military reality TV program
January 22, 2009 — Washington, DC - The real-life mental and physical challenges of military life combined with a "Survivor-type" show format is the basis of the Armed Forces' first reality video program, the Army...

Agriculture teams call for equal parts citizen and Soldier
January 22, 2009 — ARLINGTON, Va. - Troops on the ground in Afghanistan are reaching back 372 years to the roots of the National Guard to help the Afghan people to improve agriculture.Agricultural Development Teams...

Pennsylvania AASF achieves VPP Star Status
January 21, 2009 — In a ceremony Friday afternoon, Fort Indiantown Gap's Army Aviation Support Facility (AASF) became the first Army National Guard facility to be awarded a "Star Status" flag in the Occupational Safety...

Guard plays key role in inauguration
January 21, 2009 — ARLINGTON, Va. - About 9,300 National Guard troops joined thousands of servicemembers from all components supporting the 56th Presidential Inauguration Tuesday."We've always depended on the National...

CNGB: 'Largest footprint' for any inauguration ever
January 20, 2009 — WASHINGTON - About 9,300 National Guardsmen and women are supporting the 56th Presidential Inauguration, the Guard's largest contribution to an inauguration in its 372-year history."The scope is...

Guard nerve centers key to inaugural, national charge
January 20, 2009 — ARLINGTON, Va. – When National Guard Soldiers and Airmen show up for the thousands of missions they perform, they know they're part of the right unit, in the right place, at the right moment. But,...

Airmen, volunteers foster community relations in IZ
January 19, 2009 — BAGHDAD INTERNATIONAL ZONE, IRAQ - Large walls encircle blocks of buildings and barriers control the flow of traffic. Armored military vehicles roll along the sides of cars and trucks as they move...

Guardmembers flow in for inauguration support; first stop – in-processsing
January 18, 2009 — ANDREWS AIR FORCE, Md. - Thousands of Guardmembers from around the country are flowing into the nation's capital this weekend to support the inauguration.But before they start making it a safe and...

Illinois Air Guardsman has tuba, will travel (Updated)
January 18, 2009 — WASHINGTON, D.C. - About two million people were in the nation's capitol on Jan. 20 to witness history, including an Illinois Air National Guardsmen from Macomb, who embraced a once-in-a-lifetime...

Maryland Guard provides security for Obama's whistle stop in Baltimore
January 18, 2009 — REISTERSTOWN, MD - The Maryland National Guard today announced that more than 100 Maryland National Guardsmen provided support, along side the U.S. Secret Service, during President-elect Obama's...

West Virginia Air Guard Trains for Complex Trauma Response

Connecticut Guard Strengthens Engineering Skills in Alaska

Montana Guard Chinook Crew Returns From Washington Wildfire Mission

Air Guard Medics Train for Drone Threats at Northern Strike

Montana Guard Chemical Company Tests Readiness at Northern Strike