Guard News - The National Guard

Vigilant Guard managers put the KaBOOM in terrorism exercises
September 17, 2008 — GUAM - KaBOOM!Exercise managers for the Vigilant Guard homeland security exercise here added realism Sept. 16 by blowing up balloons filled with explosive gas.KaPOW!They tested the balloons today...

Massachusetts Guard complex gets new lease on life
September 17, 2008 — CAMP EDWARDS, Mass. - 1st Lt. Francis McGinn shipped out for the Pacific from Camp Edwards when World War II was raging. He was killed during the Battle of Leyte Gulf in the Philippines in October...

Guard wades into Indiana flooding
September 17, 2008 — ARLINGTON, Va. - About 180 Indiana National Guard Soldiers and Airmen are supporting relief missions during massive flooding in northern Indiana. Rain began to fall for 48 hours Sept. 11 caused by the...

New Army Guard division focuses on Soldiers' well-being
September 17, 2008 — ARLINGTON, Va. - Soldiers and their families are the focus of a new division here at the Army National Guard Readiness Center (ARNGRC).In May, the center's Soldier/Family Support Service Division...

Culture of Troop Support Earns Top Award for Texas Capital
September 16, 2008 — WASHINGTON - The Defense Department is recognizing the city of Austin, Texas, as being one of the most supportive employers of reserve-component servicemembers in the nation.Austin is one of 15...

The 2008 AF Climate Survey launches Oct. 1
September 16, 2008 — RANDOLPH AIR FORCE, TEXAS - Have you ever wished you could tell your leaders what you think? That power will soon be at your fingertips with the launching of the 2008 Air Force Climate Survey Oct...

Wisconsin MPAD weathers Ike at Gitmo
September 16, 2008 — GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba - A sirens' wail could be heard for miles as turbulent seas smashed against the shoreline and roaring 55 mph winds ripped around buildings, whipping up dust and leaves and sending...

Neighbors Helping Neighbors
September 16, 2008 — A mid-air refueling pilot recounts a special mission over Afghanistan It had not even been 72 hours since we all said good bye to our loved ones in Pittsburgh and we were already working hard on the...

Guard hauls nearly 2,500 to safe havens
September 16, 2008 — ARLINGTON, Va. - Hauling people to safe, dry places became one of the main missions for National Guard troops after Hurricane Ike rampaged through Texas and Louisiana on Friday night and...

Airmen, Soldiers aid people affected by Hurricane Ike
September 16, 2008 — GALVESTON, Texas - Airmen from the Texas Air National Guard and Soldiers from the Texas Army National Guard banded together with civilian emergency responders to help people affected by Hurricane Ike...

GWOT Milestone Reached in Aircraft Named for 9/11
September 16, 2008 — SOUTHWEST ASIA - An Air National Guard unit here recently reached 40,000 flight hours in support of the Global War on Terror fittingly in an aircraft named for the attacks which began the war.The 7th...

Religious support teams provide hope after Ike
September 15, 2008 — TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. - For the first time, military chaplains and the National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster are collaborating their efforts to provide cohesive spiritual response...

National Guard major has hand in rescuing own family
September 15, 2008 — LAKE CHARLES, La. - While more than 7,000 Louisiana National Guardsmen were activated to assist in hurricane recovery operations in Louisiana, one officer with the 256th Infantry Brigade Combat Team...

Texas Guardsmen Focus on Rescue Missions in Ike's Wake
September 15, 2008 — WASHINGTON - Search and rescue missions began immediately yesterday in areas of Texas left in Hurricane Ike's trail and continue to be the main focus of relief efforts today, a Texas National Guard...

Isolated island kicks off Vigilant Guard Guam homeland security exercise
September 15, 2008 — GUAM - Members of the Guam National Guard kicked off a multistate, National Guard Bureau homeland security exercise here Sept. 12 as those on the U.S. mainland memorialized the worst terrorist attacks...

129th rescuers continue the search for Hurricane Ike victims
September 15, 2008 — MOFFETT FEDERAL AIRFIELD, Calif. - California Air National Guardsmen from the 129th Rescue Wing here deployed to Kelly Field in San Antonio for Hurricane Ike search and rescue support operations...

Kentucky Air Guard special ops troops deploy for hurricane relief
September 15, 2008 — LOUISVILLE, Ky. - About 25 pararescuemen, combat controllers and support troops from the Kentucky Air Guard's 123rd Special Tactics Squadron began deploying to coastal Texas today to conduct rescue...

Rescues continue in small town of Hackberry, LA
September 15, 2008 — HACKBERRY, La. - While more than 7,000 Soldiers and Airmen of the Louisiana National Guard are assisting in hurricane recovery operations, one small town in southwest La., is seeing more than its fair...

Louisiana Guardsmen answer the call as Ike slams the coast
September 15, 2008 — LAKE CHARLES, La. - As Hurricane Ike slammed ashore today, the National Guard was already at work evacuating stranded citizens from their homes and other locations across Southwest Louisiana. By noon...

National Guard rescues three households in Hackberry
September 15, 2008 — HACKBERRY, La. - Members of three different Hackberry, La., households stayed in their homes through the fierce winds and flooding of Hurricane Ike, believing they wouldn't suffer any worse than they...

Kentucky Guard Prepares Incoming Command Teams for Leadership

New PSYWAR Course Strengthens Guard Capabilities

Idaho Guard Strengthens Wildland Firefighting Capabilities

West Virginia Air Guard Trains for Complex Trauma Response

Connecticut Guard Strengthens Engineering Skills in Alaska