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Air National Guard Officers Selected for Prestigious Fellowship
March 27, 2024 — ARLINGTON, Va. - During Women’s History Month, the National Guard Bureau is proud to congratulate three Air National Guard officers for a trailblazing achievement. U.S. Air Force Lt. Cols. Autumn...

Deployed Pennsylvania Guard Soldiers Earn Their Combat Patch
March 27, 2024 — CAMP SIMBA, Kenya - Task Force Paxton’s command team, Lt. Col. Eric Ponzek and Command Sgt. Maj. Jason Barclay, led one of the most memorable moments of a Soldier’s career at a Camp Simba ceremony...

Alaska Guard Black Hawk Aviators Train at Marine Corps Course
March 26, 2024 — JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska - Aviators from the Alaska Army National Guard and the U.S. Army Aviation Center of Excellence are training at the Marine Corps Weapons Weapons and Tactics...

Missouri Airmen, Soldiers Showcase Sharpshooting Skills
March 26, 2024 — NEOSHO, Mo. - Nine Airmen from the 139th Airlift Wing earned the Schützenschnur, or German Armed Forces Marksmanship Badge, during the adjutant general’s annual marksmanship competition at Camp...

National Guard Wins 2024 U.S. Army Small Arms Championship
March 26, 2024 — FORT MOORE, Ga. – Staff Sgt. John Jordan, representing the South Carolina National Guard, secured the title of 2024 All Army Champion at the U.S. Army Small Arms Championships at Fort Moore, Georgia,...

Air National Guard Wings Participate in Agile Rage Exercise
March 26, 2024 — SAVANNAH AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Ga. - Almost 200 members of the 106th Rescue Wing, New York Air National Guard, participated in the Agile Rage 2024 exercise at the Savannah Combat Readiness Training...

Pennsylvania National Guard Hosts Lithuania Foreign Minister
March 25, 2024 — FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, Pa. – Lithuania Minister of Foreign Affairs Gabrielius Landsbergis branded the Pennsylvania National Guard’s cooperation with Lithuania as “exemplary” during a U.S. visit March...

Vermont National Guard Biathletes Compete in World Cup
March 25, 2024 — MIDWAY, Utah - Three Vermont National Guard Soldiers were among the Americans competing in the first International Biathlon Union World Cup hosted by the United States in five years.Sgt. Deedra Irwin,...

NY Air Guard Chief Completes Memorial Bataan Death March
March 25, 2024 — WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE, N.M. - “You could feel the energy starting to rise while we were all just standing there,” New York Air National Guard Chief Master Sgt. Patricia Pullar recalled, describing...

West Virginia Guard Fighting Wildfires From the Air
March 22, 2024 — CHARLESTON, W. Va. - Two West Virginia National Guard UH60M and HH60M Black Hawk helicopters and personnel helped the West Virginia Division of Forestry and local government and emergency management...

Lithuanian Soldiers Train Pennsylvania Guard on Weapon System
March 22, 2024 — FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, Pa. - Soldiers from the Lithuanian Armed Forces recently trained Pennsylvania National Guard Soldiers on the M3 Multi-Role Anti-Armor/Anti-Personnel Weapon System.Lithuanian...

Ohio Guard, Partner Serbia Share Cybersecurity Expertise
March 22, 2024 — RICKENBACKER AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Ohio - The Ohio National Guard invited Serbian Armed Forces cyber professionals to collaborate with Ohio cyber organizations across the state as part of the State...

New York Air Guard Supports Arctic Edge Exercise
March 21, 2024 — STRATTON AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, N.Y. – Forty-six Airmen from the New York Air National Guard’s 109th Airlift Wing participated in Arctic Edge 24, a U.S. Northern Command homeland defense exercise...

Louisiana National Guard Conducts Premobilization Training
March 21, 2024 — PINEVILLE, La. – Approximately 85 Soldiers from the Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 139th Regional Support Group, conducted annual premobilization training March 2-16.The two-week training at...

Connecticut Air Guard Unit Tests Battle Management System
March 21, 2024 — NIANTIC, Conn. - Airmen from the 103rd Air Control Squadron, Connecticut Air National Guard, mounted their vehicles early March 5 and braved rainstorms to convoy from their home station in Orange to...

Alaska Guard Maintenance Airmen Train on Security Tactics
March 21, 2024 — EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska - Airmen with the 168th Wing refined tactics for possible future conflicts during a shoot, move and communicate course at Eielson Air Force Base March 11-15. The 168th...

Pennsylvania Guard Conducts Medical Cold-Load Training in Africa
March 20, 2024 — CAMP LEMONNIER, Djibouti – Combat medics from the 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team who are deployed to the Horn of Africa conducted joint medical evacuation cold-load training aboard a KC-130J...

Joint Guard Team Prepares for State Partnership Mission
March 20, 2024 — PEASE AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, N.H. - Between bouts of misty showers and freezing rain on the flight line at Pease Air National Guard Base, the belly of a C-17 Globemaster III from the 167th Airlift...

Teen Joins Pennsylvania National Guard as Helicopter Pilot
March 20, 2024 — FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, Pa. – Isaac Bell knows the path to becoming a helicopter pilot as a 19-year-old will be hard, but he is embracing the challenge ahead of him.Bell took the oath of enlistment March...

Army National Guard Soldiers Train in Funeral Honors Program
March 20, 2024 — VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. - The Virginia Army National Guard Funeral Honors Program hosted 11 Army National Guard Soldiers from nine states and territories for a training course Feb. 26-March 8 at the State...

Retired Texas Air National Guard Pilot Recalls Protecting Air Force One on 9/11

Nebraska Guard Strengthens Disaster Response Readiness

Kentucky Guard Strengthens Skills During Patriot 2026

113th Wing Recognized for Air Defense, Combat Performance

Washington Guard Concludes Extended Wildfire Response