Guard News - The National Guard

National Guard ahead of schedule for Operation Jump Start
July 17, 2006 — LAREDO, Texas – The National Guard troops flowing to the Southwest border are highly visible to drivers at an Interstate 35 inspection station north of this Texas border town as Soldiers assist Border... MORE

A Texas National Guard Soldier, who is not being identified for security reasons, welds a gun cage for the Border Patrol at the Laredo North Station in the Laredo Sector. The Soldier, a Hurricane Katrina refugee who made a new home in Texas, volunteered to serve in Operation Jump Start for a year. The National Guard is helping the Border Patrol secure the U.S. border with Mexico.

Blum: Army Guard Enjoying Big Recruiting Successes
July 14, 2006 — WASHINGTON - The Army National Guard is experiencing its biggest and longest-running recruiting success since the end of the draft, the chief of the National Guard Bureau told Pentagon reporters... MORE

National Guard, Border Patrol working as a team
July 12, 2006 — NEAR RADAR HILL, N.M. – Three men scurry around mesquite bushes in the open desert near the United States’ border with Mexico at about 10:45 on a mid-June night.The New Mexico desert just north of the... MORE

America Supports You: Florida Moms Help 'Cell Phones for Soldiers'
July 3, 2006 — WASHINGTON - Two teens' ongoing effort to help deployed servicemembers communicate with their loved ones back home inspired the Orlando-Conway, Fla., chapter of International Moms Club to donate... MORE

America Supports You: Baseball's Nationals Honor Armed Forces
July 3, 2006 — WASHINGTON - Major League Baseball's Washington Nationals honored members of the U.S. armed forces yesterday during pre-game festivities that highlighted the organization's annual military... MORE

New York gets assist from Pennsylvania
June 30, 2006 — WALTON, NY - Soldiers of the New York Army National Guard's 204th Engineer Battalion worked alongside residents here to help bring relief from catastrophe wrought by flooding in late June.In New... MORE

Guard provides rescue, recovery during northeast floods
June 30, 2006 — WALTON, NY - Soldiers of the New York Army National Guard's 204th Engineer Battalion worked alongside the residents here to help bring relief from the catastrophe wrought by the flooding of the town... MORE

NYS Governor George E. Pataki surveys the flood damage to New York's Southern Tier with Maj. Gen. Joseph J. Taluto, The Adjutant General for the New York National Guard. Approximately 350 New York National Guard Soldiers responded for evacuations and rescues during the late June flooding. Engineer Soldiers continue to provide recovery assistance in communities affected by the historic flood levels.

National Guard Units Respond to Flooding in Northeast
June 30, 2006 — FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, Pa. - More than 1,000 members of the Pennsylvania National Guard were involved in water rescues, evacuations and other emergency operations during the past days as widespread... MORE

New Mexico Guard troops pave way for Operation Jump Start
June 29, 2006 — COLUMBUS, N.M. - Ninety years ago, this New Mexico border town was the flashpoint for the last significant raid on the continental United States before the terrorists attacked on Sept. 11, 2001. Now... MORE

Guardsmen provide quick response to plane crash
June 29, 2006 — CAMP DENALI, Alaska (AFPN) - Pararescuemen from the Alaska Air National Guard's 212th Rescue Squadron helped stabilize and transport the passenger of a single-engine plane that crashed near... MORE

Fiscal '07 Air Guard promotions to lieutenant colonel, major announced
June 29, 2006 — DENVER (AFPN) - The Air Reserve Personnel Center here announced today the results of the Fiscal 2007 Air National Guard Line and Nonline Lieutenant Colonel and Major Promotion Selection Boards. The... MORE

Air Force personnel services website renamed to myPers
June 1, 2006 — JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas - The Air Force Personnel Services website is now known as myPers and has a new address.Airmen can access myPers via a secure link, https://mypers.af.mil, to use... MORE

NY Army Guard Serves as Opposing Force at Training Center

Army Guard’s 2025 National Best Warrior Competition Begins

Oregon Guard Responds to Multiple Search and Rescue Missions

Idaho Guard Conducts Two Rescues in Nine Days

Connecticut Guard Soldier Aids Rollover Crash Victim in Dramatic Highway Rescue