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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...

Alaska Air Guard Rescues Climber Trapped on Cliff
July 28, 2025 — JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Members of the Alaska Air National Guard’s 176th Wing rescued a climber who was trapped and unable to climb down a steep cliff July 27 near Seward.The Alaska...

Washington Guard Brigade Trains at Raven Focus 2025
July 28, 2025 — YAKIMA TRAINING CENTER, Wash., – More than 1,500 Soldiers with the Washington National Guard’s 81st Stryker Brigade Combat Team converged at Yakima Training Center this month for Raven Focus, a...

Colorado National Guard Aircrew Breaks Record for Hoist Rescue
July 25, 2025 — GYPSUM, Colo. – Members of a Colorado Army National Guard Black Hawk aircrew tested their skill and pushed their helicopter’s performance to its limits during a dangerous nighttime rescue that set the...

178th Wing Scores in Top 5% of Total Force in Combat Readiness Inspection
July 24, 2025 — SPRINGFIELD-BECKLEY AIR GUARD STATION, Ohio - The Ohio Air National Guard’s 178th Wing scored in the top 5% of all Air Force wings in a Combat Readiness Inspection completed July 17 at the...

Czech Partners Assist Texas Army Guard During Flood Response Efforts
July 23, 2025 — KERRVILLE, Texas — With just two days’ notice, 16 firefighters and four search dogs from the Czech Republic arrived in the Texas hill country, teaming up with National Guard members to search...

Pennsylvania Guard Completes Confidence Course
July 23, 2025 — FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, Pa.— Soldiers with the Pennsylvania National Guard's 213th Regional Support Group pushed their physical and mental limits when they completed a confidence course July 22.The event...

Operation Healthy Tennessee: Where Readiness Meets Relief
July 22, 2025 — EVENSVILLE, Tenn. - More than 200 service members from the U.S. Air Force, Air National Guard, U.S. Army Reserve, U.S. Navy Reserve and U.S. Air Force Reserve participated in Operation Healthy...

Oregon Guard Brigade Returns After Kosovo Deployment
July 22, 2025 — CLACKAMAS, Ore. - Soldiers from the Oregon Army National Guard's 41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team, or IBCT, returned home July 19 after a successful year-long deployment to Kosovo as part of the...

Nevada Guard Brigade Returning From Middle East Deployment
July 22, 2025 — LAS VEGAS - After 10 months of conducting logistical operations across the Middle East, the Nevada Army National Guard’s 17th Sustainment Brigade is coming back home to the Silver State with its Task...

Wisconsin Air Guard Welcomed Two German Air Force Officers Through Exchange Program
July 22, 2025 — MADISON, Wis. - Two German Air Force officers embedded in June with the Wisconsin Air National Guard’s 115th Fighter Wing at Truax Field, Madison, as part of the Military Reserve Exchange Program, or...

Oregon Air Guard’s Kingsley Field Fire Team Responds to Elk Fire
July 21, 2025 — KINGSLEY FIELD, Ore. — Oregon Air Guard’s Kingsley Field Fire and Emergency Services responded to a request for mutual aid July 8 after receiving a call from the Klamath County Fire Chief asking for...

Arizona, Utah Army Guard Members Win 2025 National Best Warrior Competition
July 21, 2025 — BALTIMORE – After five days of intense competition, Sgt. Michael Fouts and Sgt. Luke Cloward were named the Army National Guard’s 2025 Best Warriors in the Soldier and Noncommissioned Officer...

Nevada Air Guard Wing Assists in Firefighting Efforts
July 18, 2025 — RENO, Nev. – U.S. Northern Command has activated two Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System Aircraft, one from the Nevada Air National Guard’s 152nd Airlift Wing out of Reno, Nevada, and one from the...

Pennsylvania Guard Medics Simulate Chaos in Exercise
July 18, 2025 — FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, Pa. - Soldiers assigned to the Pennsylvania National Guard's 108th Medical Company Area Support, 213th Regional Support Group, are engaged in a comprehensive two-week field...

Nordhaus, Raines see Heroism, Partnerships in Central Texas
July 18, 2025 — KERRVILLE, Texas – Early on July 4, almost 30 inches of rain fell within hours across Central Texas’s Hill Country, surging the Guadalupe River and triggering catastrophic flash flooding.Within hours,...

Pennsylvania Guard Soldiers Train at Live-Fire Shoot House
July 17, 2025 — FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, Pa. – Soldiers from Pennsylvania Army Guard’s B Company, 1st Battalion, 112th Infantry Regiment, 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team conducted training at the live-fire shoot house...

N.Y. Army, Air Guard Partner for Medical Evacuation Exercise
July 17, 2025 — NEWBURGH, N.Y. — New York Army and Air National Guard medical personnel teamed up with their active component Army counterparts from West Point’s Keller Army Community Hospital for a three-day...

West Virginia Air Guard Trains for Complex Trauma Response

Connecticut Guard Strengthens Engineering Skills in Alaska

Montana Guard Chinook Crew Returns From Washington Wildfire Mission

Air Guard Medics Train for Drone Threats at Northern Strike

Montana Guard Chemical Company Tests Readiness at Northern Strike