Guard News - The National Guard

Missouri Guard course focuses on creating well-rounded, physically fit Soldiers
January 11, 2012 — FORT LEONARD WOOD, Mo. - Following the active Army component, the Missouri National Guard is pushing its Soldiers to be more all-around physically fit as opposed to simply being able to pass the Army... MORE

Missouri Army National Guard 1st Lt. Adam Von Allmen, center, conducts a high-kick drill as part of the 140th Regiment Missouri Regional Training Institute's Unit Fitness Coordinator Course at Fort Leonard Wood on Dec. 14, 2011.

Wisconsin's first Armed Forces Reserve Center opens
January 11, 2012 — MADISON, Wisc. - Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch and senior military officials cut the ribbon Saturday for a new $24 million building on Madison's east side, replacing old armories, saving money, and... MORE

Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch, with Wisconsin military leadership, cuts the ribbon at the Armed Forces Reserve Center's opening ceremony on Madison's east side on Jan. 7, 2012. The AFRC will house approximately 800 service members from the Wisconsin Army and Air National Guard, as well as the Army, Navy and Marine Corps Reserves.

41 years: Florida Air Guard's last Vietnam veteran retires
January 11, 2012 — ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. - The last Vietnam veteran in the Florida Air National Guard is retiring and ending a more than 40 year military career.State Command Chief Master Sgt. Charles Wisniewski, who... MORE

lorida Air National Guard Command Chief Master Sgt. Charles Wisniewski salutes during his retirement ceremony at the Florida National Guard Headquarters in St. Augustine, Fla., Jan. 6, 2012. Wisniewski, the last member of the Florida Air National Guard to have served in the Vietnam conflict, had more than 40 years of military service during his career.

McKinley: Guard and Reserves well-positioned for new defense strategy
January 10, 2012 — JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - The Rotary Club of Jacksonville hosted AirForce Gen. Craig R. McKinley, chief of the National Guard Bureau, on Mondayat the Omni Hotel here, where McKinley spoke about the current... MORE

Air Force Gen. Craig R. McKinley, chief of the National Guard Bureau, speaks to members of the Rotary Club of Jacksonville, Fla., Jan. 9, 2012, at the Omni Hotel in Downtown Jacksonville. McKinley spoke at the group's weekly meeting about the role of the National Guard and Reserve.

Missouri Guard's attack battalion transitions to Longbow Apache
January 10, 2012 — WHITEMAN AIR FORCE BASE, Mo. - The Missouri National Guard's1-135th Attack Reconnaissance Battalion held a roll-out ceremony thatofficially transitioned the battalion to a AH-64D Apache Longbow... MORE

Army Maj. Gen. Stephen L. Danner, adjutant general of the Missouri National Guard, receives an Apache model from David Koopersmith, vice president of Boeing's Attack Helicopter Program, on Jan. 8, 2012.

National Guard assists Alaska community buried in snow
January 10, 2012 — CAMP DENALI, Alaska - Alaska National Guard members arrived inCordova Sunday afternoon to help the citizens in this small Alaska town digout from a series of winter storms.Termed Operation Deep Dig,... MORE

Alaska National Guard members clear a building roof in Cordova on Jan. 9, 2012. There are currently 57 National Guard members assisting citizens in this small Alaska town dig out from a series of winter storms.

Alaska National Guard responding to Alaska community buried in snow
January 9, 2012 — CAMP DENALI, Alaska - The Alaska National Guard is responding to personnel and equipment requests for support in Cordova after weeks of record snowfall have left the city covered in more than 18 feet... MORE

Personnel in the Alaska National Guard's Joint Operation Center work to resource a request from the State Emergency Operation Center to send more than 50 Guard members, supplies and equipment to Cordova on Jan. 7, 2012.

Chicago Army National Guard Soldier prevents robbery
January 9, 2012 — CHICAGO - Quick actions by a 21-year old Illinois Army National Guard Soldier during the weekend thwarted an attempted robbery and resulted in three teenagers being arrested by Chicago Police.Army... MORE

Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Jaime L. Witt.

Deadline nears for employer support award nominations
January 6, 2012 — WASHINGTON - Members of the National Guard and reserves have just 10 more days to nominate their employers for the Defense Department's highest award recognizing employers who have gone the extra mile... MORE

Changes in AER include family dental assistance, spouse scholarships
January 5, 2012 — WASHINGTON - New categories of assistance and new scholarship opportunities are now available through Army Emergency Relief.Included among the new categories of assistance to Soldiers are family... MORE

Army Capt. Martha Mitchell, a dentist at the U.S. Army Garison-Stuttgart Dental Clinic, examines 7-year-old Parker Weedon's teeth during a visit to his second-grade classroom at Robinson Barracks Elementary School. Assistance for family dental care up to $4,000 per case is now available through Army Emergency Relief under new guidelines that expand eligible categories.

Kansas National Guard combat medic covers Africa
January 5, 2012 — CAMP LEMONNIER, Djibouti - "I wanted to make my dad proud."The pen struck the parchment leaving her signature - Michelle C. Lawrence - above her father's, she recalled.Weeks later on her 17th... MORE

Army Spc. Michelle Lawrence, 35th Military Police Company combat medic currently serving as a unit public affairs representative for the 1st Battalion 161st Field Artillery, Kansas Army National Guard, adjusts her camera settings at Camp Lemonnier, June 30, 2011. Lawrence is a combat medic, but was designated as a unit public affairs representative for the 1-161 FA BN shortly after deploying to Africa. She calls Dighton, Kan., home.

Rules restrict political activity by DOD personnel
January 5, 2012 — WASHINGTON - With election activity steadily picking up, defense officials are in the process of issuing regular election-year guidance to remind military and Defense Department civilians that they're... MORE

The National Guard's contribution: 300,000-plus Iraq deployments
January 4, 2012 — ARLINGTON, Va. - On Dec. 18, 2011, when the final U.S. troops crossed the Iraqi border into Kuwait, the National Guard had deployed more than 250,000 Guard members in support of the war.Already... MORE

Citizen-Soldiers with the Kentucky National Guard's 223rd Military Police Company conduct a briefing at Camp Liberty, Iraq, before an escort mission in 2008 in front of their vehicles. (Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Jim Greenhill)

Health concerns prompt Exchanges to remove dietary supplements
January 4, 2012 — WASHINGTON - The Department of Defense has implemented a temporarymoratorium on the sales of products containing DMAA within militaryfacilities.The moratorium will remain in effect pending further... MORE

The dos and don'ts of the political season
January 4, 2012 — VANCE AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. - With the presidential primarieslurking around the corner, there are a few things service members mustremember during this upcoming political season.When you joined the... MORE

Adjutant general: "This is an historic moment for the National Guard"
January 3, 2012 — ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. - Florida National Guardsman and chief of the National Guard Bureau Air Force Gen. Craig McKinley will officially join the Joint Chiefs of Staff.President Barack Obama signed a... MORE

N.Y. Guard Counterdrug Task Force helps keep 100 schools drug-free
January 3, 2012 — SCOTIA, N.Y. - Throughout 2011, more than 100 communities acrossNew York State welcomed Soldiers and Airmen of the New York National Guard,not to hear about their overseas wartime experiences, but to... MORE

Nevada Guard trains with police in New Year's Eve exercise
January 3, 2012 — LAS VEGAS - Army Sgt. Dale Peterman didn't pop champagne this NewYear's Eve. He didn't kiss his wife at midnight or watch "Dick Clark's NewYear's Rockin' Eve."Peterman was a few blocks from Las Vegas... MORE

Nevada Army National Guard Spc. Ashlee Wolf stands guard on New
Year's Eve here for Vigilant Sentinel, a three-day training exercise where Nevada Guard members work in association with Las Vegas Metro Police.

National Guard's senior officer elevated to Joint Chiefs of Staff
December 30, 2011 — WASHINGTON - The chief of the National Guard Bureau is a statutory member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.With the stroke of a pen, the same month the nation's oldest military institution celebrated its... MORE

National Guard on-duty for New Year's Eve
December 30, 2011 — NEW YORK, N.Y. - The 280 members of the New York National Guard's Joint Task Force Empire Shield will be on duty New Years Eve assisting police in security missions here.National Guard members also... MORE

New York Army National Guard Spc. Melvin Seally, assigned to Joint Task Force Empire Shield, the New York National Guard's full-time security force in New York City, patrols Pennsylvania Station with police officers on Christmas Eve. The members of Joint Task Force Empire Shield will be on duty New Years Eve supporting civilian police agencies.

Iowa Air Guard’s 132nd Security Forces Squadron Conducts Annual Training in Hawaii

Wisconsin Air Guard’s 115th Fighter Wing Partners With UW Health for Medical Airmen Training

Connecticut Army Guard Partners With Coast Guard to Dislodge Beached Buoy

Minnesota Guard Among First to Field Army’s Newest M250 Automatic Rifle

Soldier’s Medal Awarded to Georgia Guardsman Who Pulled Driver From Burning SUV