Guard News - The National Guard

Official travelers can claim reimbursement for excess baggage fees
August 12, 2008 — WASHINGTON - Servicemembers traveling for official business, including deployments, will continue to receive full reimbursement for reasonable, authorized excess baggage fees, defense officials said.A... MORE

Pilots provide emergency close air support
August 12, 2008 — BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan - For F-15E Strike Eagle and A-10 Thunderbolt pilots deployed here, joint terminal attack controllers, or JTACs, play a vital role in the close air support... MORE

New York National Guard and British Soldiers Aid Afghans
August 12, 2008 — UD KHEIL VILLAGE, KABUL, AFGHANISTAN (08/12/2008) - More than 1000 residents of Ud Kheil village were treated by Afghan medical staff and received medicine, vitamins and personal items through a joint... MORE

Leapfest: Rhode Island's international adventure
August 11, 2008 — KINGSTON, R.I. - Capt. Roy Hatch, who is closing in on 60 years old, is a member of the United Kingdom's Territorial Army who still believes that airborne soldiers are something special.Their... MORE

Former Army shooter enters U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame
August 8, 2008 — WASHINGTON - Retired Army Lt. Col. Lones W. Wigger Jr., 70, a three-time Olympic military marksman himself, starts a new job with the beginning of the 2008 Olympics as narrator for MSNBC's Web video... MORE

New travel card distribution to begin this month
August 8, 2008 — WASHINGTON - Citibank officials will mail out new government travel charge cards Aug. 13 through Sept. 19. Initial distribution will begin with cardholders at overseas locations and migrate from the... MORE

Higher learning: ESGR advocates sample Leapfest adventure
August 8, 2008 — KINGSTON, R.I. - No, they did not jump out of a perfectly good helicopter.But 16 civilians involved with Rhode Island's Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR) program did get an idea of what... MORE

Syracuse Guard unit returns with fighters for last time
August 8, 2008 — SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Two-hundred New York Air National Guard members with 14 fighter aircraft from the 174th Fighter Wing finished two missions at once here Aug. 5 after returning from a two month's... MORE

National Guard analysts help police disrupt drug trafficking
August 7, 2008 — GREENBELT, Md. - The National Guard Counterdrug Program has employed criminal analysts in Title 32 status since 1994 in support of local, state and federal agencies' ongoing efforts to combat drug... MORE

129th Airmen transport helicopter crash survivors to Redding hospital
August 6, 2008 — MOFFETT FEDERAL AIRFIELD, Calif. - Air National Guardsmen from the 129th Rescue Wing rescued two survivors of a civilian helicopter crash last night near Junction City, Calif.The Sikorsky S-61... MORE

Air and Army units provide bare base communications for Patriot 2008 exercise
August 6, 2008 — Providing and maintaining communications during a major exercise was the challenge taken on recently by National Guard units participating in exercise Patriot 2008.Split between three locations - Camp... MORE

Father follows daughter into Ohio National Guard
August 6, 2008 — GREEN, Ohio - When military recruits speak of their reasons for enlisting, many cite family pride and tradition as their strongest motivation. The desire to follow in a parent's footsteps has prompted... MORE

Guardmembers compete in international pentathlon in Turkey
August 6, 2008 — Nevada Guardsman places 2nd in eventA Nevada Guardsman finished second in an international military pentathlon event in Istanbul, Turkey, held July 4-13.Teamed with a British and a German soldier,... MORE

Airmen return from fighting the Telegraph Fire near Yosemite National Park
August 6, 2008 — MOFFETT FEDERAL AIRFIELD, Calif. - Twenty-eight Airmen of Task Force Bucket who were supporting Operation Lightning Strike returned here today after nearly two weeks of training and fighting the... MORE

America Supports You: Scholarship Keeps Military Families "In the Fold"
August 5, 2008 — WASHINGTON - A military child's education is one of many things a servicemember's injury or death in the line of duty could jeopardize. To make sure that never happens, retired Air National Guard F-16... MORE

California Guard team rescues ailing man
August 5, 2008 — BURNT RANCH, Calif. - The California National Guard's Task Force Shovel has supported their state's wildfire mission since their mid-July arrival at the school yard here in Burnt Ranch, a tiny remote... MORE

National Guard ready for Tropical Storm Edouard
August 4, 2008 — ARLINGTON, Va. (08/04/2008) - Up to 1,200 National Guard Citizen-Soldiers and -Airmen stood ready as Tropical Storm Edouard approached Texas on Monday.With about 1,000 Guardmembers serving overseas,... MORE

Air Guard clears airfield operations for a Total Force horizon
August 4, 2008 — ARLINGTON, Va. - Air National Guard officials here recently said their knowledge and resources in airfield operations is "successfully" training the Air Force's next air base managers.The Air Guard's... MORE

Iowa National Guard quenches RAGBRAI thirsts for 14 years
August 4, 2008 — HARLAN, Iowa - Three thousand, four hundred gallons of water, 20 ounces at a time.That's what it takes to quench the thirst of 15,000 bicyclists at just one water stop during a 471-mile, week-long... MORE

Pennsylvania Guard convoys to California and back
August 4, 2008 — PHOENIXVILLE, Pa. - Crossing 11 states and four time zones with 25 military vehicles for a total of 2,580 miles equals one successful convoy for the National Guard 1067th Transportation Company based... MORE

Tennessee Guard Hosts First Drone Trainer Course

Montana Guard Completes Combat Readiness Inspection

Army National Guard Wins National Aviation Safety Award

Guam Guard Partners with Navy Helicopter Squadron for Training

New York Guard to Participate in July 4 Aerial Review