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Pennsylvania Guard Medical Training Sites Consolidate, Aligning Training Efforts
May 23, 2025 — FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, Pa. — In a significant step toward streamlining Army medical training operations and enhancing readiness, the Medical Simulation Training Center (MSTC) here has consolidated under...

Nordhaus to Senate: ‘National Guard Delivers Incredible Value to America’
May 23, 2025 — WASHINGTON —Appearing before the Senate Appropriations Committee Subcommittee on Defense Thursday, the National Guard Bureau’s senior leader emphasized the Guard’s value to America.Air Force Gen...

Alaska Air Guard's 168th Wing Helps Deliver Connectivity to Remote Alaska
May 23, 2025 — SHISHMAREF, Alaska — In the icy expanse of Northwest Alaska under the biting chill of Arctic winter conditions, a team of communications specialists from the Alaska Air National Guard's 168th Wing and...

Puerto Rico Air Guard Hosts Emergency Management Deployment for Training
May 22, 2025 — SALINAS, Puerto Rico - The Puerto Rico Air National Guard’s 156th Civil Engineer Squadron recently hosted 14 Air National Guard units for an emergency management Deployment for Training. Air Guard...

New Hampshire Guard Medical Readiness Detachment Leads Arctic Mission
May 22, 2025 — KOTZEBUE, Alaska — The New Hampshire Army National Guard Medical Readiness Detachment led a groundbreaking joint-service humanitarian mission, Operation Arctic Care 2025, this spring to deliver...

Alaska Army Guard Aviators Rescue Four Stranded Boaters
May 22, 2025 — JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Alaska Army National Guard aviators with A Company, 1-168th General Support Aviation Battalion, operating a UH-60L Black Hawk helicopter out of Bethel,...

California Air Guard Prepares Airmen for Cyber Defense
May 22, 2025 — MARCH AIR RESERVE BASE, Calif. — In the dynamic cyber age, the California Air Guard’s 163rd Attack Wing equips Airmen with skills and knowledge to adapt to emerging cyber threats. This cultivation of...

Army Guard Soldiers Train for Kosovo Deployment
May 20, 2025 — FORT CAVAZOS, Texas – More than 500 Army National Guard Soldiers under Task Force Tiger are conducting a culminating training event at Fort Cavazos in preparation for an upcoming deployment to support...

Alaska Air Guard’s 168th Wing Sharpens Readiness with CBRN Training
May 20, 2025 — EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska – During the May drill weekend, the Alaska Air National Guard’s 168th Wing Operations Group took another step in reinforcing mission readiness through comprehensive...

Air National Guard Drone Training Bridges Gap for First Responders
May 20, 2025 — OTIS AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Mass. – The Emergency Management Office at the 102nd Intelligence Wing facilitated Drone Awareness and Threat Picture (DATP) training May 2 on Otis Air National Guard...

Massachusetts Air Guard’s 102nd Mission Support Group Conducts Readiness Training
May 19, 2025 — OTIS AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Mass. – The Massachusetts Air National Guard’s 102nd Civil Engineer Squadron (102nd CES), in coordination with squadrons across the 102nd Mission Support Group (102nd...

New Hampshire Army National Guard Hosts 2025 Cyber Yankee Training Exercise
May 19, 2025 — PEMBROKE, N.H. – The New Hampshire National Guard hosted more than 300 participants from the military, government, private industry, and state partnership countries for a two-week cyber defense...

Army National Guard Honors Secretary of Defense Freedom Award Recipients
May 19, 2025 — ARLINGTON, Va. – The Army National Guard hosted its annual Twilight Tattoo Reception May 15 at Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall, recognizing the dedication of its Soldiers and the vital support of their...

Maryland Air Guard Conducts Combat Search and Rescue Training in Wisconsin
May 16, 2025 — VOLK FIELD, Wis. - Nearly 50 Airmen and six A-10C Thunderbolt II aircraft assigned to the Maryland National Guard’s 175th Wing deployed to Volk Field Air National Guard Base’s Combat Readiness...

Missouri Airmen Go Analog in Cyber Attack Simulation
May 16, 2025 — ST. JOSEPH, Mo. - The Missouri Air National Guard’s 139th Operations Group completed Operations Goes Dark, a four-day exercise held May 12-15 designed to simulate the effects of a cyber attack.During...

Idaho Army National Guard, Boise Fire Department Conduct Water Rescue
May 16, 2025 — BOISE, Idaho - The Idaho Army National Guard’s State Aviation Group, working with the Boise Fire Department, assisted in rescuing two rafters May 15 on the Owyhee River in Malheur County, Oregon. Two...

Pennsylvania Guard Aviation Partners with Coast Guard
May 14, 2025 — FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, Pa. – U.S. Soldiers with the Pennsylvania National Guard’s 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade crewed a CH-47 Chinook helicopter to assist the U.S. Coast Guard by...

Arizona National Guard’s Task Force SAFE Strengthens Border Security
May 13, 2025 — NOGALES, Ariz. — In an effort to disrupt the flow of illegal drugs into the United States, Arizona National Guard members with Task Force SAFE — Stopping Arizona’s Fentanyl Epidemic — support U.S...

Idaho Guard Airmen Push Limits in Joint Field Training
May 13, 2025 — IDAHO CITY, IDAHO – The sounds of rotor blades thumped overhead as the rotor wash of a UH-60 Black Hawk kicked up rocks and debris that slammed into the Airmen waiting during a simulated live...

Pennsylvania Guard Competes in Governor’s Twenty Marksmanship Competition
May 13, 2025 — FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, Pa. – More than 100 Pennsylvania National Guard Soldiers and Airmen competed in the annual Governor’s Twenty marksmanship competition here May 9-10.The event, in which 103 service...

New York Guardsmen Earn Danish Military March Ribbon

Kentucky Guard Builds Portable Air Base for Patriot 26

Three Components, One Army: LaNeve Stresses Guard’s Role in Army’s New Priorities

Pennsylvania Guardsmen Demonstrate Drone Innovation Project

Nordhaus, Raines Outline a National Guard Focused on the Future