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lowa Airmen Take Training to New Heights
July 1, 2025 — JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – More than 75 Airmen from the Iowa Air National Guard’s 132d Logistics Readiness Squadron, 132d Communications Squadron and 132d Wing Staff traveled to Joint...

West Virginia Guard Continues Flood Cleanup Efforts
July 1, 2025 — WHEELING, W. Va. – The West Virginia National Guard continues to work with local, state and volunteer partners on flood recovery operations in the severely damaged communities of Marion and Ohio...

Missouri Airmen Provide Airlift in Central American Exercise
June 30, 2025 — ST. JOSEPH, Mo. – The Missouri Air National Guard’s 139th Airlift Wing completed its first-ever support of CENTAM GUARDIAN 2025, a multinational exercise hosted by U.S. Southern Command and the...

Washington Guard Improves Park Through Innovative Readiness Training
June 30, 2025 — ORTING, Wash. – Washington Army National Guard members are making improvements to a community park while also receiving valuable training that can support domestic and overseas missions.“I believe...

State Partnership Program Enables Global, Shared ‘Peace through Strength’
June 27, 2025 — WASHINGTON, D.C. – For more than 30 years, the National Guard has helped bolster the capabilities of foreign militaries, effectively broadening the pool of partners who are willing and able to...

California Army Guard Members Reflect on LA Federal Protective Mission
June 27, 2025 — JOINT FORCES TRAINING BASE ALAMITOS, Calif. – For many California Army National Guard Soldiers on duty in the Los Angeles area as part of the federal protective mission securing federal buildings and...

Missouri Guard Airmen Play Critical Role in Iran Nuclear Strike Mission
June 27, 2025 — WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a major display of strategic airpower, the Missouri National Guard’s 131st Bomb Wing played a pivotal role in the U.S. military operation targeting three nuclear weapons...

Massachusetts Guard Hosts Regional Cooperation Exercise
June 26, 2025 — JOINT BASE CAPE COD, Mass. — Nearly 250 military personnel from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan (U.N. neutral participant), Uzbekistan, Mongolia and the United States,...

California Army Guard Cavalry Unit Takes on Federal Protection Mission
June 26, 2025 — JOINT FORCES TRAINING BASE ALAMITOS, Calif. – For the Soldiers of Troop A, 1st Squadron, 18th Cavalry Regiment, California Army National Guard, the past few years have been busy. “In 2018, we started...

New York Guard Trains for Disaster Response
June 25, 2025 — NIAGARA FALLS AIR RESERVE STATION, N.Y. – One hundred New York National Guard Soldiers and Airmen from across the state participated in Operation Buffalo Falls, a Homeland Response Force (HRF)...

Guard Soldiers Train with Civilian Experts in Cyber Discovery Exercise
June 23, 2025 — BOISE, Idaho – In an era where threats are just as likely to be identified in cyberspace as on the battlefield, the Idaho National Guard is redefining what it means to protect and defend.Through...

Alaska Guard Works to Contain Fires
June 23, 2025 — BEAR CREEK, Alaska – Alaska National Guard service members were activated on June 20 to support local, state and federal efforts to contain fires threatening Alaska Interior communities. Col. Christen...

Air Guard Engineers Build Roads, Skills in Assateague Island Project
June 23, 2025 — ASSATEAGUE ISLAND NATIONAL SEASHORE, Va. - Air National Guard civil engineers from across the country are rotating through Assateague Island in support of a months-long deployment for training, where...

Maine Army Guard Engineers Build Communities, Readiness
June 20, 2025 — CAMP CHAMBERLAIN, Maine - Engineers with the Maine Army National Guard are hard at work this spring, conducting critical training to keep their skills sharp and simultaneously providing a valuable and...

Iowa Army Guard Soldiers Train at Tigerland
June 20, 2025 — FORT POLK, La. – More than 4,000 Soldiers from the Iowa Army National Guard trained throughout June at Fort Polk, undergoing one of the Army’s most demanding combat training events in preparation for...

Idaho Guard Engineers Aid Redwood Park Restoration
June 20, 2025 — CRESCENT CITY, Calif. - Golden light filters through the dense canopy of California’s redwoods, casting long beams across the forest floor. The sound of birdsong and rustling leaves blend with the...

Oregon Army Guard Helps Design Future Medevac Technology
June 18, 2025 — SALEM, Ore. - The future of Army flight medicine has been driving across the country in a shipping container for the past year.The Future Medical Evacuation (medevac) Cabin Technical Demonstrator...

Alaska Air National Guard Rescues Five Distressed Boaters
June 18, 2025 — JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska - Alaska Air National Guard’s 176th Wing members rescued five distressed boaters stuck in sea ice June 16 about 10 miles east of Deering on the Kotzebue...

W.Va. Guard Deploys Troops in Aftermath of Deadly Flooding
June 18, 2025 — CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Gov. Patrick Morrissey mobilized Soldiers and Airmen of the West Virginia National Guard after severe flash flooding in West Virginia’s Ohio and Marion counties that began June 14...

Colorado Army Guard’s Drone Warfare Cell Reshapes Warfighting
June 17, 2025 — WATKINS, Colo. - As the battlespace continues to evolve, so too must the tools and training of those who fight within it. Among the quiet forces reshaping U.S. warfighting readiness is a specialized...

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

Kentucky Guard Prepares Incoming Command Teams for Leadership

New PSYWAR Course Strengthens Guard Capabilities