Guard News - The National Guard

Minnesota, Norway resume troop exchange after 2-year break
March 28, 2022 — CAMP RIPLEY, Minn. – Nearly 100 service members from the Norwegian military’s Home Guard, known as the Heimevernet, arrived at the Minnesota National Guard’s 133rd Airlift Wing in St. Paul March... MORE

Virginia National Guard, Tajikistan conduct SPP exchange
March 25, 2022 — DUSHANBE, Tajikistan – Virginia National Guard Soldiers shared infantry tactics and how to counter unmanned air systems with the Republic of Tajikistan March 7-11 in an information exchange as part of... MORE

Florida Guard exchanges expertise with Guyana Defense Force
March 25, 2022 — GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Guyana Defense Force members and U.S. Army Soldiers with the B/2-54th Security Force Assistance Brigade (SFAB) and 107th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment exchanged skills and... MORE

California Guard officer honored for space work at Beale AFB
March 25, 2022 — BEALE AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – U.S. Air Force 2nd Lt. Roy Davis of the California Air National Guard’s 234th Intelligence Squadron is the 2021 Space Operations Command Company Grade Officer of the... MORE

Minnesota National Guard, Canada test readiness
March 25, 2022 — CAMP RIPLEY, Minn. - Army Reservists of the Canadian 38 Brigade Group conducted annual training on Camp Ripley March 11-21, including an air assault/squad movement exercise with a Minnesota National... MORE

134th Infantry’s lone WWII Medal of Honor recipient a ‘One Man Army’
March 24, 2022 — LINCOLN, Neb. – Staff Sgt. Junior James Spurrier was born in Castlewood, Virginia, Dec. 14, 1922, as James Ira Spurrier Jr. to Ira and Ruby Spurrier. When Spurrier enlisted into the Army on Sept. 25,... MORE

DC Air Guard conducts readiness exercise
March 24, 2022 — JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Md. – The District of Columbia Air National Guard’s 113th Wing participated in a four-day readiness exercise during the regularly scheduled drill, which started March 17 at Joint... MORE

Michigan Airman embraces nurse assistant program, service
March 24, 2022 — MIDLAND, Michigan - Senior Airman Tiffany McPherson knows exactly why she joined the Michigan Air National Guard.“I didn’t join to become a stranger,” she says. “I joined to get more involved and to... MORE

Louisiana Guard’s 159th FW tests predeployment capabilities
March 24, 2022 — BELLE CHASSE, La. – The Louisiana National Guard’s 159th Fighter Wing conducted a predeployment exercise March 10-12 to measure the wing’s readiness.“The exercise’s overall purpose is to test our... MORE

109th Airlift Wing security forces conduct training exercise
March 23, 2022 — SCOTIA, N.Y. – Security forces from the 109th Airlift Wing trained March 5 on how and when to use force, facilitated by instructors who controlled the scenarios and ensured safety was the top... MORE

Pennsylvania National Guard ends COVID-19 response mission
March 23, 2022 — FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, Pa. – After two years and hundreds of missions across the commonwealth, the Pennsylvania National Guard has ended its COVID-19 response.Guard members were first activated March... MORE

Pennsylvania Guard is first Guard to field new SIGINT system
March 23, 2022 — FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, Pa. – The Pennsylvania National Guard is the first National Guard in the country to field the new Tactical Dismounted Electronic Warfare and Signals Intelligence (TDEWS)... MORE

Nebraska Soldier recognized for lifesaving actions
March 23, 2022 — SAN DIEGO – Nebraska Army National Guard Sgt. Brittany West was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal by Joint Task Force North’s top leaders March 15 for saving a fellow service member’s life.West —... MORE

Washington Guard, Thailand celebrate 20-year partnership
March 23, 2022 — CAMP MURRAY, Wash. – The Washington National Guard is celebrating the 20th anniversary of its partnership with the Kingdom of Thailand in the State Partnership Program and resuming in-person... MORE

Groundbreaking Wisconsin National Guard leader retiring
March 22, 2022 — MADISON, Wis. – A 36-year military career filled with firsts will end when Brig. Gen. Joane Mathews — the first female Native American general officer in the Army National Guard — retires from her... MORE

New policy helps Guard members coming off COVID duty
March 21, 2022 — ARLINGTON, Va. – A new policy intended to help National Guard members who were activated to support COVID-19 operations is a “win for the health of the force.”That is according to Army Maj. Gen. Jill... MORE

Illinois Army National Guard Soldier helps save man’s life
March 21, 2022 — SPRINGFIELD, Illinois – A 19-year-old Illinois Army National Guard Soldier and two other volunteers helped save the life of a man severely injured in a single-vehicle accident on Interstate 55 in... MORE

OKNG visits Azerbaijan as part of State Partnership Program
March 21, 2022 — BAKU, Azerbaijan – Four members of the Oklahoma National Guard (OKNG) visited the Peacekeeping Brigade of Azerbaijan Armed Forces during a State Partnership Program (SPP) engagement March 1-4.Two... MORE

Ukraine-California ties show worth of National Guard program
March 21, 2022 — WASHINGTON – When Russia invaded Ukraine with more than 150,000 troops Feb. 24, most people — especially Russian President Vladimir Putin — expected a Russian cakewalk.The men and women of the... MORE

New York Guard leads world's largest St. Patrick's Day parade
March 18, 2022 — NEW YORK – More than 2 million people lined the streets of mid-town Manhattan to watch the New York Army National Guard’s 69th Infantry lead the city’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade for the 171st time on... MORE

New York National Guard honors Korean War MIA

Idaho Army National Guard fires precision-guided munitions

Alabama National Guard, Romania strengthen SPP ties

Pennsylvania National Guard aviators find lost hikers

Arizona National Guard delivers for Operation Patriot Press