Guard News - The National Guard

You Can Sleep Uninterrupted...
May 7, 2007 — ANCHORAGE, Alaska - The Alaska National Guard is in the midst of a crisis, a practice crisis. Emergency response is what they do best because they practice.Over 200 hundred National Guard... MORE

Tommy Hill: Enduring role model for all Guard members
May 4, 2007 — ARLINGTON, Va. - Thomas Anthony "Tommy" Hill, the National Guard's longest-serving civilian employee, is a lasting memory to contemporaries and to those he mentored.Now they want to ensure that his... MORE

Oregon National Guard Members Begin Return Home
May 4, 2007 — More than 850 Soldiers are scheduled to return from the largest deployment of Oregon Soldiers since World War II, which encompassed a sixteen month mobilization in Afghanistan.The 41 BCT deployed to... MORE

South Dakota National Guard trains on life-saving skills during humanitarian exercise
April 30, 2007 — LA CALERA, Nicaragua - South Dakota Soldiers conducted a medical evacuation exercise on April 4 in La Calera during the humanitarian assistance exercise known as New Horizons-Nicaragua 2007.The $7.25... MORE

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Claude Weidow, left, administers intravenous fluids to South Dakota Army National Guard Spc. Jared Haak, Huron, with the help of Army Sgt. Doug Magee (center), Springfield, and Spc. Jesse Clay, Huron, during a medical evacuation exercise at the school construction site in La Calera, Nicaragua, during New Horizons-Nicaragua 2007, April 6, 2007. The exercise is a $7.25 million joint U.S. and Nicaraguan military humanitarian and training exercise, providing a new school, a medical clinic with free health and veterinary care, and giving aid and strengthening bonds between the two nations. Weidow is a combat medic for the 99th Expeditionary Medical Squadron, Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., and Haak, Magee and Clay are from the 153rd Engineering Battalion, South Dakota Army National Guard, deployed with the 820th Red Horse Squadron, Nellis AFB, Nev. (U.S. Air Force photo by ) (Released)

Exercise Tests Hurricane-Response Plans in Northeastern U.S.
April 30, 2007 — WASHINGTON - National Guard members today commenced a hurricane emergency preparedness and response exercise involving five states in the northeastern United States, a National Guard Bureau spokesman... MORE

Remembering the Holocaust with a new generation
April 27, 2007 — TUCSON AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Ariz. - The 162nd Fighter Wing here helped a new generation of Americans learn what happens when people stay silent in the face of genocide.The wing hosted more than... MORE

Holocaust survivor Jane Lipski tells her personal story to middle school students during "The Holocaust Remembrance Days" event held at the 162nd Fighter Wing in Tucson, AZ.

Dream comes true for young leukemia patient
April 27, 2007 — TUCSON AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Ariz. - The youngest Air National Guard lieutenant has "the right stuff" when it comes to flying the F-16 Fighting Falcon."Second Lieutenant" Dominic Magne, 6, from... MORE

Maj. Scott Reinhold and Col. Jose Salinas pin second lieutenant rank on Dominic Magne during a commissioning ceremony in the Operations Group lounge.

Disaster strikes Texas border town; Guardmembers working there respond
April 27, 2007 — The placid atmosphere of Eagle Pass, Texas, was torn asunder on April 24 as severe weather moved into the border town, killing seven people, obliterating an elementary school and destroying properties... MORE

Texas National Guard soldiers assist the Department of public safety with security operations after a tornado destroyed parts of Eagle Pass, Texas.

Two Inupiat Eskimo Guardsmen Become a Team in Kuwait
April 26, 2007 — CAMP BUEHRING, Kuwait - Sgt. 1st Class Floyd Ticket rides shotgun while Sgt. Jonathan Weyiouana drives their Humvee down a grayish, dust covered perimeter road on a small military base near the... MORE

Sgt. Jonathan Weyiouana (center) and Sgt. 1st Class Floyd Ticket (right) visit with Spc. Joshua Degeus in a guard tower at a camp near the Kuwait-Iraq border. Ticket and Weyiouana were making the rounds, visiting Soldiers on guard duty. The Soldiers are members of Alaska Army National Guard's Alpha Company, 3rd Battalion, 297th Infantry, and all are from Alaska. Weyiouana, Ticket and Degeus are from respectively, Shishmaref, Buckland and Wasilla.

'From Russia with Love': Russian aircraft transports Air National Guard rescue helicopters to Afghanistan
April 24, 2007 — MOFFETT FEDERAL AIRFIELD, Calif. - Air National Guardsmen here worked with an aircraft April 20-22 that was vastly different from the MC-130P Combat Shadow tankers, HH-60G Pave Hawk rescue helicopters... MORE

129th Rescue Wing personnel load a HH-60G Pave Hawk rescue helicopter on to a Russian Volga-Dnepr AN-124 long-range heavy transport aircraft at Moffett Federal Airfield, Calif. April 20, 2007. The AN-124 transported 129th Rescue Wing deployment cargo to Afghanistan.

Innovative training enhances unit's ability to protect homeland
April 23, 2007 — COLUMBUS, Ohio - The Ohio National Guard's radical new tool in the effort to protect the homefront, the Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and High-Yield Explosives (CBRNE) Enhanced Response... MORE

Airmen with the Ohio National Guard's Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and High-Yield Explosives (CBRNE) Enhanced Response Force Package, or CERFP, unit practice first aid techniques during a training exercise conducted at Rickenbacker Air National Guard base.

Army Guard reaches 350,000-member goal ahead of schedule
April 23, 2007 — ARLINGTON, Va - The Army National Guard reached its congressionally authorized end strength of 350,000 Citizen-Soldiers on March 30, six months earlier than originally projected, Army Guard officials... MORE

Lt. Gen. Clyde Vaughn, director of the Army National Guard, told Citizen-Soldiers gathered at the Army National Guard Readiness Center in Arlington, Va., on April 18, 2007, that the Army National Guard had reached its congressionally authorized end strength of 350,000 on March 30, six months earlier than projected. The general predicted 356,000 by the end of the year if current recruiting programs remain in place.

Minnesota National Guard improves roadways in Iraq
April 20, 2007 — CAMP ADDER, Iraq - Minnesota Army National Guard Soldiers and Iraqi citizens of Al Batha recently restored 15 kilometers of Al Batha city streets in southern Iraq.The Soldiers of the 1st Brigade... MORE

A Minnesota National Guard Soldier shakes hands with and official from Bakhan, Iraq on the newly constructed bridge to the village surrounded by canals.

DoD Unveils Compensation Program for Frequent Deployments
April 19, 2007 — WASHINGTON - The Defense Department today unveiled a program that will reward administrative leave to servicemembers whose service in combat does not meet the department's goal for the time at home... MORE

'The War Tapes' Offers First-Person Look at Operation Iraqi Freedom
April 19, 2007 — WASHINGTON - When a soldier returns from war, is he the same person he was before deploying?No, he's not, said Robert May, producer of "The War Tapes," a documentary that shows Operation Iraqi Freedom... MORE

Joint Task Forces in New York accustomed to speed, tailored support
April 19, 2007 — JOINT FORCE HEADQUARTERS, NEW YORK NATIONAL GUARD, LATHAM - A record-breaking nor'easter was the backdrop for the alert and mobilization of large numbers of New York National Guard personnel aligned... MORE

Members of the Joint Force HQ-NY Joint Operations Center in Latham, N.Y. conduct planning and coordination for the New York National Guard response to the mid-April Nor'Easter that struck the northeast on April 15, 2007. The New York National Guard provided more than 900 Soldiers across New York City, LI and Westchester in support of the State Emergency Management Office. Missions and support through April 16 include positioning equipment, sandbags and civilian evacuations as New York confronts the unexpected winter storm.

Policy Change Boosts G.I. Bill Eligibility for Some Guard, Reserve Members
April 18, 2007 — WASHINGTON - A recent Defense Department policy change widens the eligibility window for some Reserve-component troops who want to use their Montgomery G.I. Bill education benefits, a senior DoD... MORE

Rescue of School Children Highlights NH Guard Role in Nor'easter
April 18, 2007 — CONCORD - The rescue of 18 children in Nottingham, whose school was surrounded by flood waters, highlighted the NH National Guard's efforts throughout the state to assist first responders during... MORE

Airmen from the NH Air National Guard's 157th Air Refueling Wing assist Jordan Bell and her mother, Bev, into a five ton during a school evacuation at Nottingham Elementary School, April 16.

Deployment Stress on Guard, Reserve Has Lessened, Hall Says
April 17, 2007 — WASHINGTON - The stress of repeated overseas deployments for National Guard and Reserve members has lessened in recent years, the Defense Department's reserve-component chief told a special commission... MORE

Top Official Describes Reserve-Component Mobilization Policy
April 17, 2007 — WASHINGTON - National Guard and Army Reserve soldiers will mobilize and deploy for only one year, despite a new policy that active soldiers will deploy for 15-month tours, a top defense official... MORE

Louisiana Guard, Active Component Airmen Complete Air-to-Air Integration Training

Air National Guard Leaders Host 2025 Wing Leader Fly-In

Colorado Army National Guard Conducts Aviation Training for Wildfire Season

Lt. Gen. Jon Stubbs Highlights Virginia National Guard Excellence at Military Ball

Oregon Air Guard Participates in Sentry Aloha Exercise