Guard News - The National Guard

Red Bulls to Deploy to the Middle East
February 6, 2024 — EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. - Family and friends of more than 550 Red Bull Soldiers gathered Feb. 1 for a departure ceremony honoring the Minnesota National Guard’s 34th Infantry Division “Red Bulls” and...

Oregon Troops Back from Operation Spartan Shield Mission
February 6, 2024 — ONTARIO, Ore. - Oregon Army National Guard's Adder Company Soldiers were welcomed home Feb. 3 from a yearlong deployment to the Middle East to support Operation Spartan Shield.The demobilization...

California Air Guard Saves Man on Sportfishing Vessel
February 6, 2024 — MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - A fisherman who experienced multiple seizures and lost consciousness at sea is safely on land after being airlifted by the California Air National Guard’s 129th Rescue Wing.The...

Top Space Force Doctor Leads Seminar with Guard Space Ops Directorate
February 6, 2024 — WASHINGTON – Air Force Col. Dr. Lidia Ilcus, Space Force deputy director of medical operations and chief of aerospace medicine operations and policy, spoke to a group of space operations leaders at...

Ecuadorian Military Leaders Visit Kentucky Air National Guard
February 2, 2024 — LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Key leaders from the Ecuadorian military met with Airmen from the Kentucky Air National Guard on Jan. 31 to tour the 123rd Airlift Wing and learn more about its missions.They also...

Iowa Air Guard’s 185th Air Refueling Wing Begins Guam Mission
February 1, 2024 — SIOUX CITY, Iowa - Members of the Iowa Air National Guard’s 185th Air Refueling Wing departed for a temporary duty assignment at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam. About 100 unit members headed to Guam...

New Western Air Defense Sector Center Opens
February 1, 2024 — JOINT BASE LEWIS MCCHORD, Wash. - The Western Air Defense Sector celebrated the opening of its new Agile Operations Center on Jan. 26 with a ribbon-cutting ceremony.Maj. Gen. Bret Daugherty, the...

Virginia Guard Soldiers, Airmen Train on Emergency Response
January 31, 2024 — FORT BARFOOT, Va. – Virginia National Guard members of the 34th Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and High-Yield Explosive Enhanced Response Force Package conducted a collective training...

Virginia Guard Begins Federal Duty Before Poland Deployment
January 31, 2024 — VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. – Approximately 70 Virginia National Guard Soldiers assigned to Headquarters, 529th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 329th Regional Support Group, began a federal...

Command Sergeants Major Council Tackles Citizen-Soldier Issues
January 30, 2024 — ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. - Senior enlisted leaders from across the 54 states and territories and the District of Columbia converged this week for the Command Sergeants Major Advisory Council with Command...

NY Guardsman Ends Career as NCO, Officer and Warrant Officer
January 30, 2024 — LATHAM, N.Y. – A New York National Guard Soldier who served as a sergeant, a lieutenant colonel and a chief warrant officer 4 ended his 42-year military career Jan. 26 during a retirement ceremony at...

Opposing Forces a Key Element During Northern Strike 24-1
January 29, 2024 — CAMP GRAYLING, Mich. – Snowflakes floated to the ground, bringing a hushed quiet to the darkened woods. Aside from the falling snow settling to the ground, the only sound was the muffled swishing of...

Hokanson Explores National Guard Cooperation with Kingdom of Denmark
January 27, 2024 — COPENHAGEN – On the last leg of a four-country trip to strengthen security cooperation between the National Guard and European partners, the Guard’s senior-most officer talked with Danish Armed Forces...

Wisconsin Guard Fights Elements in Urban Operations Training
January 26, 2024 — VOLK FIELD, Wis. — For 24 frigid hours Jan. 17-18, Wisconsin Army National Guard Soldiers with Company A, 2nd Battalion, 127th Infantry Regiment, 32nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, used the High Risk...

Northern Strike 24-1 Tests Winter Warfare Skills
January 26, 2024 — CAMP GRAYLING, Mich. – A frigid winter wind fluttered past the snow-covered landscape as Sgt. Shane Vanderhoek, an indirect fire infantryman with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion,...

Hokanson Sees Nascent Austria-Vermont National Guard Partnership Expanding
January 24, 2024 — VIENNA, Austria – The Republic of Austria and Vermont share historical and cultural roots based on common values, economic collaboration, winter sports, mountaineering, and, more recently, security...

Washington, Oregon National Guard Soldiers Test New Weapons
January 24, 2024 — JOINT BASE LEWIS MCHORD, Wash. - Washington and Oregon National Guard Soldiers with the 81st Stryker Brigade Combat Team and 96th Troop Command started the new year with a bang by conducting new...

Michigan Mortarmen Provide Indirect Fire at Northern Strike
January 24, 2024 — CAMP GRAYLING, Mich. - Indirect fire infantrymen, commonly referred to as mortarmen, provide offensive, defensive and retrograde ground combat tactical operational support.During Northern Strike 24-1,...

Georgia Air National Guard Receives its 1st C-130J-30 Aircraft
January 22, 2024 — MARIETTA, Ga. - The 165th Airlift Wing, Georgia Air National Guard, received the first of its eight C-130J-30 Super Hercules tactical airlift aircraft during a Jan. 22 ceremony commemorating a new era...

Guard Chief Hokanson Talks Security Cooperation in Ireland
January 22, 2024 — DUBLIN – The National Guard’s top general met with Irish Defence Forces and government leaders last week to discuss the potential for security cooperation engagements between the Republic of Ireland...

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