Guard News - The National Guard

Nevada National Guard keeps watch over New Year’s Eve celebrations
December 31, 2017 — LAS VEGAS, Nev. - With New Year’s Eve only hours away, Nevada National Guard Soldiers and Airmen made their final preparations for the largest domestic mobilization operation in Nevada Guard history... MORE

Two Nevada National Guard Soldiers conduct a foot patrol through the McCarran International Airport baggage claim in Las Vegas, Nevada.

National Guard meets challenges of a busy 2017
December 28, 2017 — ARLINGTON, Va. – Hurricanes and wildfires, along with large-scale, multi-national training exercises and overseas deployments made 2017 a busy year for the National Guard.The year saw an active... MORE

Pennsylvania National Guard helping shovel out Erie County
December 28, 2017 — HARRISBURG, Pa. – Twenty-one members of the Pennsylvania National Guard have been activated in northwestern Pennsylvania in response to the winter storm in Erie County that dumped over 5 feet of snow... MORE

Pa. National Guard helps in Erie after massive snowfall

N.Y. Honor Guards conduct 11,170 military funerals in 2017
December 26, 2017 — LATHAM, N.Y.— By midnight on Dec. 31, New York's Army and Air National Guard will have conducted military funerals for 11,170 veterans during 2017. Those honored range from 19-year old New York Army... MORE

N.Y. Honor Guard logs many burial ceremonies this year

NGB partners with national firm to assist Guard job seekers
December 22, 2017 — ARLINGTON, Va. – In a ceremony at the Pentagon, National Guard Bureau leadership recently signed a memorandum of understanding with FASTPORT, a national employment services company, in an effort to... MORE

NGB partners with group to assist job seekers

Some New York Airmen will celebrate an Antarctic Christmas
December 22, 2017 — MCMURDO STATION, Antarctica - Christmas usually means gathering with family and friends and sharing a holiday meal. It's no different for the 100 Airmen with the New York Air National Guard's 109th... MORE

N.Y. Airmen celebrating Christmas in Antarctica

S.C. Soldier gives family a birthday and holiday surprise
December 21, 2017 — LEXINGTON, S.C. - Throughout history, military homecomings have warmed the hearts around America, being depicted in movies, songs, as well as today being posted on social media and news channels. The... MORE

Returning Soldier gives daughter a birthday surprise

Wisconsin National Guard Soldier saves choking toddler
December 20, 2017 — CHICAGO — A Wisconsin National Guard Soldier traveling on military orders performed the Heimlich maneuver on a toddler, saving the girl's life Dec. 7 at O'Hare International Airport. Spc. Jasmyne... MORE

Three Soldiers qualify for Olympics in luge
December 19, 2017 — LAKE PLACID, N.Y. - Sgt. Taylor Morris could barely hide his emotions as he walked through the stands of the Lake Placid Olympic Center on Friday after learning he had finally become an Olympian, a... MORE

Ferocious Calif. wildfires hit home for 146th Airlift Wing
December 18, 2017 — VENTURA, Calif. - Staff Sgt. Tim Dawson just wanted a good night's sleep, so he ignored the first phone call.Twenty minutes later the phone rang again and he forced himself into semi-consciousness... MORE

Calif. fire destroys homes, including members of the 146th Airlift Wing

Army mission command network upgrading to meet challenges
December 18, 2017 — ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. - "We have a very limited amount of time to do this, so kicking the can down the road is not an option." Those words, emphasized at a recent conference, reveal the impact... MORE

NGB personnel authorized to wear new organizational badge
December 15, 2017 — ARLINGTON, Va. – Those assigned to the National Guard Bureau are authorized wear of a new organizational badge that highlights the history of the NGB. "It's an emblem to build spirit and reinforce... MORE

N.Y. Guard MQ-9 operators deploy to assist Calif. fire fight
December 15, 2017 — SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Nine members of the New York Air National Guard's 174th Attack Wing have been dispatched to California to assist the California Air National Guard's 163rd Attack Wing in flying MQ-9... MORE

N.Y. Air Guard drone operators help Cali.

Airmen aid Puerto Rico town first struck by Hurricane Maria
December 13, 2017 — MUñIZ AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Puerto Rico - On Dec. 9, a pre-dawn assembly of Airmen assigned to the 156th Airlift Wing conducted relief missions in Puerto Rico. Unusual? No, the Puerto Rico Air... MORE

PR Air Wing helps town first hit by Maria

Calif. Guard works with police to help burned-out residents
December 11, 2017 — VENTURA, Calif. – Calm cloaked the anguish as residents of Ventura, California, their homes ravaged by the Thomas Fire, lined up at the Temple Beth Torah parking lot Saturday waiting for the chance to... MORE

Calif. Guard provides aircraft, personnel to fight wildfires
December 8, 2017 — ARLINGTON, Va. - Nearly 1,350 California National Guard personnel have joined in the battle against six large, ferocious wildfires that have consumed more than 137,000 acres. Winds gusts approaching... MORE

Guard troops were training when Japanese struck Pearl Harbor
December 6, 2017 — ARLINGTON, Va. - We recognize Dec. 7 as the anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, and the beginning, for the United States, of a long and hard military struggle against the... MORE

A Hawaii National Guard soldier from the 298th Infantry, Cpl. David M. Akui, captured the first Japanese prisoner of war by American military forces during World War II on Dec. 8, 1941. While on beach patrol that morning, Akui apprehended Ensign Kazuo Sakamaki, a commander of one of the “midget submarines” intended as part of the invasion. Sakamaki went on to become president of Toyota in Brazil.

N.M. National Guard bolstering communications in Puerto Rico
December 5, 2017 — SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Soldiers from the New Mexico National Guard set up a VSAT, a very small aperture terminal satellite, in Vieques, Puerto Rico, to give other Guard members stationed there a... MORE

N.M. Guard bolsters communications in Puerto Rico

Gen. Lengyel pens letter for Guard's 381st anniversary
December 1, 2017 — ARLINGTON, Va. - On December 13, 2017, we celebrate the 381st Birthday of the National Guard. The National Guard has been serving and protecting our fellow citizens since 1636. From "alert and muster"... MORE

National Guard wraps up busy hurricane season
December 1, 2017 — ARLINGTON, Va. – Three back-to-back hurricanes that brought large-scale destruction to the Gulf Coast region, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands kept the National Guard busy during the 2017 hurricane... MORE

Military Firefighters Hone Skills at Northern Strike

Alaska Guard Engineers Rebuild Observation Posts During Annual Training

Nevada National Guard Aerial Firefighters Mark Busy August

Explosive Ordnance Disposal Specialists from Kentucky Air Guard Recognized for Excellence

Maryland Army Guard Cyber Soldiers Lead Certification Exercise