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Tennessee Guard Sustains D.C. Safe and Beautiful Mission
September 9, 2025 — WASHINGTON – Soldiers and Airmen from the Tennessee National Guard are delivering essential sustainment support to Task Force Volunteer during the D.C. Safe and Beautiful mission in ensuring Guard...

Oregon Guard Members Train for Sniper Competition
September 8, 2025 — RAYMOND REES NATIONAL GUARD TRAINING CENTER, Ore. – The crack of precision rifles echoed across the high desert as Oregon's best sniper teams gathered for an unprecedented competition designed to...

Supply Hub Launches for Guard D.C. Safe and Beautiful Mission
September 8, 2025 — WASHINGTON – A new logistics center is supporting National Guard members on duty in Washington as part of the D.C. Safe and Beautiful mission.Logistics Support Area Lincoln, or LSA, located on Joint...

Oregon Guard Welcomes Home its 41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team From Kosovo
September 8, 2025 — SALEM, Ore. - The Oregon National Guard welcomed home the 41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team, or IBCT, in a demobilization ceremony Sept. 6 at the Salem Armory Auditorium.The 41st IBCT returned in July...

New Hampshire Air Guard to Spearhead KC-46A Modernization with New Test Force
September 8, 2025 — PEASE AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, N.H. – The Air National Guard Air Force Reserve Command Test Center, or AATC, established its first-ever KC-46A Combined Test Force during a ribbon-cutting Sept. 5.The...

Hawaii Air Guard, Marines Host Hazmat-Combat Training in Toxic Swell 25
September 5, 2025 — BELLOWS AIR FORCE STATION, Hawaii - The Hawaii Air National Guard, in partnership with the U.S. Marine Corps, wrapped up the Toxic Swell 25 contamination response deployment training exercise with an...

Iowa Air Guard’s 132nd Civil Engineer Squadron Participates in Exercise Toxic Swell 25
September 4, 2025 — MARINE CORPS TRAINING AREA BELLOWS, Hawaii - Airmen from the Iowa Air National Guard’s 132nd Civil Engineer Squadron traveled to Oahu, Hawaii, in August to participate in Exercise Toxic Swell 25, a...

New York Guard's Harlem Hellfighters Honored by Congress
September 4, 2025 — WASHINGTON - Black New York National Guard Soldiers, known as “hellfighters” by their German enemies 100 years ago, were recognized with Congress’ highest honor during a Sept. 3 ceremony at the U.S...

Alaska Air Guard 168th Medics Train for Real-World Combat Casualty Care
September 4, 2025 — FORT WAINWRIGHT, Alaska – Airmen from the Alaska Air National Guard’s 168th Wing Medical Group recently engaged in an advanced, rigorous combat-casualty-care exercise, designed to sharpen their skills...

Kentucky Air Guard Flexes Maritime Skill in Caribbean for Emerald Warrior
September 4, 2025 — CHRISTIANSTED, U.S. Virgin Islands - A squadron of special tactics Airmen from the Kentucky Air National Guard completed a grueling five-day exercise Aug. 30, testing their ability to perform a broad...

Pennsylvania Air Guard Guides Skies at Exercise Resolute Force Pacific 2025
September 3, 2025 — JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - Four Airmen from the Pennsylvania Air National Guard’s 258th Combat Airfield Operations Squadron, based in Johnstown, recently traveled thousands of miles to take control of the skies...

Montana Army Guard Executes Multi-Agency Rescue in Beartooth Mountains
September 3, 2025 — HELENA, Mont. — The Montana Army National Guard recently completed a high-altitude search and rescue mission to recover a missing 71-year-old hiker in the Stillwater Plateau region of the Beartooth...

Guard Members, Partners Render Life-Saving Aid to D.C. Citizens in Multiple Incidents
September 2, 2025 — WASHINGTON – Since their activation on Aug. 11, Joint Task Force–District of Columbia National Guard members have partnered with local authorities across the city, responding to life-threatening...

Aguon Selected as the Army Guard’s Ninth Command Chief Warrant Officer
September 2, 2025 — WASHINGTON — Chief Warrant Officer 5 Bernard Aguon, who has served as the State Command Chief Warrant Officer, or CCWO, for the District of Columbia National Guard since 2024, has been selected as the...

Guard Members From Six States, D.C. on Duty in Washington in Support of Local, Fed Authorities
August 29, 2025 — WASHINGTON – More than 2,000 National Guard Soldiers and Airmen from six states and the District of Columbia are on duty in Washington as part of Joint Task Force – District of Columbia in support of...

Alaska Air Guard Conducts Multiple Hoist Rescues of Stranded Rafters on Kichatna River
August 29, 2025 — JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Alaska Air National Guard members with the 176th Wing rescued three rafters Aug. 28 after their raft flipped over on the Kichatna River.The Alaska Rescue...

Searcy Leaves Legacy of Advocacy for Warrant Officers in Army Guard
August 28, 2025 — MILWAUKEE, Wis. — Chief Warrant Officer 5 Brian Searcy, the eighth command chief warrant officer of the Army National Guard, will retire later this year after more than three decades of service.Searcy...

Georgia Guard Company Leads in Electromagnetic Warfare Modernization
August 27, 2025 — DAHLONEGA, Ga. - The Georgia Army National Guard’s 111th Electromagnetic Warfare Company, based in Forest Park, Georgia, is rapidly establishing itself as a leader in the Army’s modernization efforts...

Massachusetts, New York Guard Members Compete in Historic Logan-Duffy Rifle Competition
August 27, 2025 — DEVENS, Mass. – Soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 182nd Infantry Regiment, Massachusetts Army National Guard, and the 1st Battalion, 69th Infantry Regiment, New York Army National Guard, participated...

Alaska Air Guard Rescues Individual With Facial Laceration Near Knik Glacier
August 27, 2025 — JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Alaska Air National Guard members with the 176th Wing rescued an individual with a facial laceration Aug. 25, about 40 miles northeast of Anchorage in the...

Ohio Guard Boosts Medical Skills While Providing No-Cost Care

Idaho Guard Strengthens Engineering Skills in Canada

Puerto Rico Guard Distributes One Million Gallons of Water in Drought Response

Guardsmen Boost Domestic Response Capabilities in Patriot 26

Washington Guard Strengthens Fiscal Readiness