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Montana Guard Rescues Hiker from Old Scraggy Peak
August 12, 2025 — ZORTMAN, Mont. - Montana National Guard’s 1-189th General Support Aviation Battalion members rescued a hiker Aug. 9 from Old Scraggy Peak in the Little Rockies.A man fell off a cliff north of Zortman...

Massachusetts Air Guard Enhances Skills With Critical Infrastructure Upgrade
August 12, 2025 — OTIS AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Mass. - The Massachusetts Air National Guard’s 212th Engineering Installation Squadron, or EIS, completed a critical infrastructure upgrade at Otis Air National Guard...

North Carolina Guard Hosts Operation Tobacco Road Cyber Exercise
August 11, 2025 — RALEIGH, N.C. - Leaders of the North Carolina National Guard invited hazard mitigation, cyber and information technology experts for Operation Tobacco Road, an exercise held July 21-25 at the North...

Colorado Guard Assists Rio Blanco County With Aerial Wildfire Suppression
August 8, 2025 — CENTENNIAL, Colo. – Under executive authority, two Colorado Army National Guard helicopters and aircrews are supporting wildfire suppression efforts in Rio Blanco County, Colorado.Gov. Jared Polis has...

New Mexico Guard Soldiers Help Rescue Eight From Flooded Home
August 8, 2025 — RUIDOSO, N.M. - The New Mexico National Guard swiftly responded to a devastating flooding event July 8 in Ruidoso, with two teams of two Guard members performing nine total rescues.Senior Master Sgt...

AI, Drones Help Pennsylvania Guard Soldiers Speed Up Artillery Missions
August 8, 2025 — FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, Pa. – Soldiers with the Pennsylvania National Guard’s 1-109th Infantry Regiment are using artificial intelligence and unmanned aerial system technology to make one particular...

Army Guard Soldiers Graduate from Officer Candidate School
August 8, 2025 — JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. -- Forty-seven officer candidates were pushed past their limits during Officer Candidate School, or OCS, Phase III 2025 at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash.From acquiring...

Ohio National Guard Graduates First Non-Kinetic Crew Commander Course Class
August 7, 2025 — MANSFIELD LAHM ANGB, Ohio- Airmen of the Ohio Air National Guard, 179th Cyber Operations Group, have graduated their first class of the newly created Non-Kinetic Crew Commander Course, or NKCC,...

SMA Weimer Stresses Readiness, Unity in Puerto Rico Guard Visit
August 7, 2025 — FORT BUCHANAN, Puerto Rico – Sgt. Maj. of the Army Michael R. Weimer visited the Puerto Rico Army National Guard headquarters at Fort Buchanan on Aug. 4 to meet with senior leaders, engage with...

Arkansas National Guard Bolsters Disaster Response Plan
August 6, 2025 — NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - The Arkansas National Guard is working closely with its state and federal partners to intensify preparations for a high-magnitude earthquake from the New Madrid Seismic Zone,...

New Hampshire Air Guard Engineers Hone Prime BEEF Skills
August 5, 2025 — FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, Pa. - A rhythm of water filtration systems, generators and heavy equipment roared through the Air National Guard regional training site at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania,...

N.Y. Army Guard Finance Soldiers Sharpen Skills During Diamond Saber Exercise
August 5, 2025 — JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, N.J. - One hundred and fifty members of the New York Army National Guard’s 27th Battalion spent July 12 to 26 sharpening their field finance skills during exercise...

West Virginia Guard Airman Awarded Distinguished Flying Cross
August 5, 2025 — CHARLESTON, W. Va. – U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Keith McGraw, a member of the 130th Airlift Wing Security Forces Squadron, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross with Combat Device during a...

Alabama Air Guard Completes Water Survival Training
August 4, 2025 — SUMPTER SMITH JOINT NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Alabama — Operating a military aircraft and being a U.S. Air Force aircrew member doesn’t just mean knowing what to do inside the cockpit or inside the boom...

Nebraska Air Guard Squadron Conducts Deployment Training in Alaska
August 4, 2025 — JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska - In the dense woodlands of Alaska, far from the familiarity of their home station, Airmen from the Nebraska National Guard’s 155th Security Forces Squadron...

Alaska Air Guard Powers Global Air Refueling in Pacific Exercise
August 4, 2025 — EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska – Exercising at speed and scale and providing operational readiness to U.S. and allied partners, the 168th Wing of the Alaska Air National Guard will execute global...

Cyber Officers Join Oklahoma Guard Through Direct Commissioning Program
August 1, 2025 — OKLAHOMA CITY - The Oklahoma National Guard welcomed two new officers into its ranks on Wednesday during a direct commissioning ceremony at the Armed Forces Reserve Center in Norman, Oklahoma.Capt...

Wisconsin National Guard Showcases Guard Mission at AirVenture
July 30, 2025 — OSHKOSH, Wis. - Wisconsin National Guard Soldiers and Airmen offered more than 690,000 guests from 80 countries a first-hand look at the mission of the National Guard during the Experimental Aircraft...

Alaska Guard Hosts Symposium for Search and Rescue Partners
July 30, 2025 — JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska - Alaska Army National Guard aviators assigned to G Company, 2-211th General Support Aviation Battalion, hosted mission partners for a multi-agency hoist...

Alabama Guard Conducts Convoy During Operation Patriot Press
July 29, 2025 — ANNISTON, Ala. — Soldiers from the Alabama Army National Guard recently completed a multi-state convoy operation, delivering critical cargo and showcasing military logistics excellence during...

Pennsylvania Guardsmen Demonstrate Drone Innovation Project

Nordhaus, Raines Outline a National Guard Focused on the Future

Alaska Air National Guard Rescues Four From Plane Crash

Modular Airborne System Delivers One Million Gallons of Fire Retardant

Air Guard Security Forces Strengthen Readiness With Green Berets