Guard News - The National Guard

U.S. Remains on Guard in Response to Terror Threat
August 10, 2006 — WASHINGTON - American officials are on guard in light of arrests made in Great Britain overnight in connection with a terror plot targeting trans-Atlantic commercial flights, senior Defense Department... MORE

Bush: Terror Plot to Bomb Planes Reminder U.S. at War
August 10, 2006 — WASHINGTON - The overnight arrests of 21 suspected terrorists by British authorities is a stark reminder that the United States is still at war with "Islamic fascists" who are intent on destroying... MORE

America Supports You: Group Helps Troops Trade Helmets for Hardhats
August 9, 2006 — WASHINGTON - Transitioning from the military into the civilian work force can be as simple as trading one type of headgear for another through "Helmets to Hardhats."Helmets to Hardhats helps people... MORE

Shane Anderson of Seattle registered with Helmets to Hardhats as he was preparing to transition from the Army back into the civilian work force. The organization helped him secure an apprenticeship with the International Union of Elevator Contractors Local 19.

Guard Border Mission 'Right Way to Do Business,' Chief Says
August 9, 2006 — WASHINGTON - The National Guard's mission at the southwestern U.S. border is a balance of shared responsibility between the federal and state governments that is already improving border security and... MORE

Program to help bridge gap between civilian and military pay
August 9, 2006 — WASHINGTON - The Reserve Income Replacement Program (RIRP), part of the 2006 National Defense Authorization Act, authorizes the Secretary of Defense to pay income replacement to eligible,... MORE

Ohio Air National Guard Selects New Chief of Staff
August 9, 2006 — COLUMBUS, Ohio - Brig. Gen. (Select) Robert Boggs, vice wing commander of the 121st Air Refueling Wing, has been selected as the new chief of staff for the Ohio Air National Guard and promoted to the... MORE

121st Air Refueling Wing Vice Wing Commander Col Robert L. Boggs being pinned as Brigadier General by the Ohio National Guard Adjutant General Major General Gregory L. Wayt and the Assistant Adjutant for Air, Major General A.J. Feucht at a pinning ceremony at Rickenbacker Air National Guard base on 31 July 2006.

Texas National Guard conducting relief operations
August 8, 2006 — CAMP MABRY, Austin, Texas - After nearly a week of rain, Vinton and Socorro, two small communities near El Paso, Texas, finally received a reprieve last night.Nearly 100 Texas National Guard Soldiers... MORE

A Texas National Guard Soldier helps a resident of Vinton, Texas, with some belongings after rising water swamped homes in the small west Texas town.

Air Guard pilots train in escape, evasion
August 8, 2006 — IDAHO CITY, Idaho (AFPN) - A-10 Thunderbolt II pilots from the Idaho Air National Guard's 190th Fighter Squadron ascended the mountains here Aug. 6 for a refresher on escaping the enemy and evading... MORE

Lt. Col. Gus Kohntopp applies camouflage face paint to avoid being spotted by the enemy during the Idaho Air National Guard's combat survival training exercise near Idaho City, Idaho, on Aug. 6.

Special Forces Soldiers reflect on fallen Ohio Guard comrade
August 8, 2006 — GREEN, Ohio - In the early evening June 16, a group of about a dozen Soldiers from B Company, 2nd Battalion, 19th Special Forces Group, immaculately clad in full military dress uniform, nestled... MORE

Air National Guard Medical Service tackles critical surge capacity shortfall
August 7, 2006 — SNOWBIRD, Utah - The Air National Guard Medical Service is filling a critical need that many Americans may not even be aware exists.It’s called “surge capacity” or “surge capability,” and it’s the... MORE

An Airman tests equipment than can help identify potentially hazardous substances during Readiness Frontiers 2006 at the Snowbird Ski & Summer Resort in Utah on July 31, 2006.

Texas Army Guard aviators set for Iraq deployment
August 7, 2006 — FORT HOOD, Texas - The long slow months of combat training in the sweltering Texas summer heat has come to an end for the Soldiers of the 36th Combat Aviation Brigade as they prepared to embark on the... MORE

Col. Vernon A. Sevier Jr. (left), of Houston, commander of the 36th CAB, and Command Sgt. Maj. Bradley Brandt (right) of Round Rock, Texas, case the brigade's colors for deployment to Iraq during an official send-off ceremony at the Leo Buckley Stadium in Killeen, Texas, July 30.

Blum: Army Guard enjoying big recruiting successes
August 7, 2006 — WASHINGTON - The Army National Guard is experiencing its biggest and longest-running recruiting success since the end of the draft, the chief of the National Guard Bureau told Pentagon reporters in... MORE

Texas troops deploy to England for joint training exercise
August 7, 2006 — BOVINGTON, England - Britain's historic Salisbury Plain has witnessed many wars that were waged on its vast salt grass covered rolling hills over many centuries.But recently American and British... MORE

Soldiers of the 56th Brigade, 36th Infantry Division, Texas Army National Guard, prepare to enter and clear a building during a field training exercise with the British Territorial Army in the Salisbury Plain training area located in southern England.

Guard presence making a difference, president claims
August 4, 2006 — MISSION, Texas - The National Guard exceeded President George Bush's requirement to have up to 6,000 troops on the U.S. border with Mexico by Aug. 1, the president said here on Aug. 3."Last May, I... MORE

President George Bush talks about Operation Jump Start at Anzalduas County Park in Mission, Texas, on Aug. 3, 2006. National Guard Soldiers participating in the operation attended the address.

Abandoned state hospital reborn as Guard training center
August 2, 2006 — MUSCATATUCK, Ind. - An abandoned mental hospital that might be a good setting for a B-grade horror movie is actually a unique Indiana National Guard asset that leaders say has world-class... MORE

Indiana Army National Guard Soldiers take cover from a rooftop sniper during an early-morning, XCTC 2006 training exercise at the Muscatatuck Urban Training Center in Indiana in late July.

Short film highlighting Army Guard to play in theaters nationally
August 1, 2006 — ARLINGTON, Va. - A two-minute film highlighting the missions of the Army National Guard will appear in 2,000 movie theaters nationwide from Aug. 4 to Sept. 7.The short, entitled "Citizen-Soldier,"... MORE

204th SFS trains sharpshooter teams
August 1, 2006 — FORT BLISS, Texas - The word sniper brings many things to mind, such as Marines, Army scouts or even Tom Berenger as Thomas Beckett in the Hollywood movie. One thing it might not bring to mind is the... MORE

Air Force sharpshooters Tech. Sgt. Robert Johnson (left) and Senior Airman Jose Felix, both with the Texas Air National Guard's 204th Security Forces Squadron, based at Biggs Army Airfield, lay waiting as part of a recent demonstration for Maj. Gen. Charles G. Rodriguez, Adjutant General of Texas.

Ohio National Guard Celebrates Birthday
July 31, 2006 — COLUMBUS, Ohio - The Ohio National Guard celebrated its 218th birthday July 25.The ONG traces its roots back to that date in 1788, when Arthur St. Clair, governor of the Northwest Territory, signed... MORE

Brig. Gen. Matthew L. Kambic, Ohio's assistant adjutant general for Army, talks about the history of the Ohio Army National Guard July 25, during the organization's 218th birthday celebration.

Guard troops, commanders test exportable training system
July 28, 2006 — CAMP ATTERBURY, Ind. – The badly injured pilot of a downed helicopter screamed for help. Thick black smoke billowed from the aircraft's tail. A foreign officer lay wounded under a skid. Insurgents... MORE

Members of the Indiana Army National Guard's 1st Battalion, 293rd Infantry, 76th Infantry Brigade Combat Team guard the perimeter after a simulated helicopter crash during XCTC 2006 at Camp Atterbury, Ind., in July.

Guard boosts Border Patrol presence at border hotspot
July 27, 2006 — NOGALES, Ariz. - Seven suspected illegal immigrants were on their knees, guarded by Border Patrol agents, a few hundred feet from the fence that delineates the United States border with Mexico. The... MORE

An Arizona National Guard Soldier stands watch on the U.S. border with Mexico at Nogales, Ariz., in July, looking over the Mexican city also named Nogales. The Citizen-Soldier is a member of Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 158th Infantry, 29th Infantry Brigade Combat Team participating in Operation Jump Start, the National Guard's assistance to the U.S. Border Patrol.

NGB Leaders Visit ’Top-notch’ Guardsmen in New Hampshire

Massachusetts Guard Civil Support Team Put to the Test

Alaska Air Guard, Coast Guard Rescue Pilot at Iliamna Lake

Idaho National Guard Trains with US, Indian Special Forces

New York Army National Guard Aviators Help Control Wildfire