Guard News - The National Guard

Alaska National Guard rescue team saves two hikers
July 18, 2019 — JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — The Alaska National Guard, in a joint effort between the Army Guard’s 2nd Battalion, 104th Aviation and the Air Guard’s 212th Rescue Squadron, saved two... MORE

National Guard relocates Alaskan village
July 17, 2019 — SPRINGFIELD, Ohio – The sea waters that were once a source of sustenance for the villagers of Newtok now threaten to destroy their homes. The rising waters around the remote Alaskan village are... MORE

Chemical agent detector trial conducted in South Carolina
July 17, 2019 — CLEMSON READINESS CENTER, South Carolina – Members of 2-263rd Air Defense Artillery Battalion (ADA BN), South Carolina National Guard, participated in an International Joint Force assessment of the... MORE

Puerto Rico's 'port dawgs' handle nitty-gritty on tarmac
July 17, 2019 — MUNIZ AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Puerto Rico – Despite the mission, task or the natural disaster/emergency, one constant remains on the concrete plateau of Muniz Air National Guard Base – the "Port... MORE

N.C. Guard engineers work with Botswana Defense Forces
July 17, 2019 — GABORONE, Botswana – More than 170 Army and Air Guard members from North Carolina, Alabama and New Jersey are training in partnership with their Botswana Defense Force counterparts during Upward... MORE

Joint training helps the community and servicemembers
July 16, 2019 — NORWICH, N.Y. – As community members come to Norwich High School to receive no-cost health care during the Greater Chenango Cares Innovative Readiness Training July 11-20, the first faces they see are... MORE

Alaska Air Guardsmen rescue hikers near Isabel Pass
July 16, 2019 — JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — In partnership with the Alaska State Troopers, Airmen with the Alaska Air National Guard’s 210th, 211th and 212th Rescue Squadrons rescued two distressed... MORE

Idaho Army, Air Guard members earn air assault badges
July 15, 2019 — BOISE, Idaho – Two Idaho National Guard members graduated from the U.S. Army’s Air Assault School June 28 at Camp Rilea, Oregon. Idaho Army National Guard Soldier Cadet Porter Haux and Idaho Air... MORE

La. National Guard continues to ready for TS Barry landfall
July 13, 2019 — NEW ORLEANS – The Louisiana National Guard, as directed by Gov. John Bel Edwards, has activated over 2,260 Soldiers and Airmen so far, not to include full-time Guard members, ahead of Tropical Storm... MORE

Guard Coordination Center helps states respond to disasters
July 13, 2019 — ARLINGTON, Va. – As Tropical Storm Barry fast approaches the Gulf Coast, the Louisiana National Guard has mobilized more than 2,500 of its Army and Air Guard members. But when responding to disasters,... MORE

Joint forces provide no-cost medical care in New York
July 12, 2019 — HOMER, N.Y. – More than 50 Wisconsin Air National Guard members assigned to the 115th Fighter Wing will be providing care to the citizens of New York July 11 - July 20 as part of an Innovative... MORE

La. National Guard mobilizes up to 3,000 troops for storm
July 11, 2019 — BATON ROUGE, La. – Louisiana's adjutant general, Maj. Gen. Glenn H. Curtis, said Thursday the state's National Guard is mobilizing to assist civilian emergency personnel and residents as Tropical... MORE

Ohio Cyber Range rolls out at University of Cincinnati
July 11, 2019 — CINCINNATI, Ohio – Cyber protection is one of the main lines of defense in modern military operations, according to Brig. Gen. James Camp, Ohio assistant adjutant general for Air. But he sees... MORE

Pa. Army Guard Soldiers join in North Macedonian exercise
July 11, 2019 — KRIVOLAK, North Macedonia – Warm wind rushes into the Stryker as a ramp lowers. A Pennsylvania National Guard Soldier steps out onto the rocky soil and feels the heat creeping through his boots as the... MORE

Guard units join Army and Hungarian forces in exercise
July 11, 2019 — KOROSHEGY TRAINING AREA, Hungary – National Guard units joined with the U.S. Army and Hungarian Defense Forces (HDF), who partnered for a live-fire training exercise as a part of Breakthrough 2019... MORE

Air wing member delivers baby on Washington road shoulder
July 11, 2019 — CAMP MURRAY, Wash. — Delivering babies is not what Senior Airman Travis Cunningham does on a regular basis but on May 13th, Mother’s Day, that’s what he was called upon to do. While on duty as a... MORE

Five Utah sisters take five different military paths
July 10, 2019 — SALT LAKE CITY, Utah – Tiara Puro was 17 years old when her father handed her a recruiting brochure for the Utah Army National Guard. She remembered a feeling of excitement as she flipped through the... MORE

Guard deployed to help after California rocked by quakes
July 10, 2019 — TRONA, Calif. – Two major earthquakes that hit towns in the Mojave Desert of California July 4 and 5 left behind cracked and burning buildings, a closed highway and burst water lines that prompted... MORE

WVARNG conducts knowledge exchange with Peru's army, police
July 10, 2019 — LIMA, Peru – Members of the West Virginia Army National Guard (WVARNG) conducted hands-on aeromedical evacuation (MEDEVAC) operations training for medical experts of the Peruvian Armed Forces the... MORE

USO Tour entertains troops, educates performers
July 9, 2019 — CAMP LEMMONIER, Djibouti – A six-nation USO Tour hosted by the chief of the National Guard Bureau brought a touch of home to troops over the long July 4th holiday. Each of the seven entertainers who... MORE

'Pilot for a Day' at the 179th Airlift Wing

Washington Air Guard, Royal Thai Air Force strengthen ties

Gowen Field firefighters learn perils of flashover

Employers get firsthand look at NY Army National Guard training

Joint school enhances emergency response rescue capabilities