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Arizona Guard Sends Aviation Assets to Help Fight Cal Wildfires
August 2, 2024 — PHOENIX, Ariz. – In response to the ongoing wildfire crisis impacting the state of California, two UH-60 aircraft with water buckets and 13 personnel from the Arizona National Guard are deploying to...

Gen. Hokanson Pens Farewell Letter to the Force
August 2, 2024 — ARLINGTON, Va. - Today is my last day as the 29th Chief of the National Guard Bureau. At midnight tonight, I will relinquish my responsibilities. As I look back at the past four years, I am grateful...

Wisconsin Airmen Train on Agile Combat Employment Concepts
August 1, 2024 — MILWAUKEE, Wis – As part of the agile combat employment exercise, 128th Air Refueling Wing Airmen performed training to improve and learn different parts of their job functions to become...

Alaska Airmen Test Modern Warfare Skills at SPEARS Course
August 1, 2024 — FORT SMITH, Ark. – The 168th Civil Engineers Emergency Management team took part in the Air National Guard’s specialized personnel and equipment for the Austere Reconnaissance and Surveillance...

Idaho Army National Guard Soldiers Rescue Injured Hiker
July 30, 2024 — STANLEY, Idaho – The Idaho Army National Guard’s State Aviation Group assisted with the search and rescue of a 44-year-old woman who was injured while hiking near Smokey Peak in Idaho’s Sawtooth...

Virginia Guard Soldiers Conduct Training at Camp Dodge
July 29, 2024 — CAMP DODGE, Iowa – Virginia National Guard Soldiers assigned to the Danville-based 429th Brigade Support Battalion, 116th Infantry Brigade Combat Team conducted annual training June 16-28, at the...

Outstanding Guard Airmen Recognized During Focus on the Force
July 29, 2024 — Joint Base Andrews, MD – Four exemplary Guardsmen were celebrated as Outstanding Airmen of the Year at a ceremony July 26th.Maj. Gen. Duke A. Pirak, acting director of the Air National Guard, and...

NASA Apollo, Artemis Missions Cross Paths at Colorado Guard Site
July 26, 2024 — GYPSUM, Colo. - The Colorado National Guard’s High-Altitude Army National Guard Aviation Training Site hosted Charlie Duke, one of only 12 NASA astronauts to have walked on the moon, July 8.HAATS,...

South Carolina Air Guard Showcases ACE Concepts
July 26, 2024 — ST. CROIX, U.S. Virgin Islands - The South Carolina Air National Guard’s 169th Fighter Wing conducted Exercise Caribbean Fox at St. Croix July 16-24, focusing on mastering Agile Combat Employment...

Florida Army Guard Makes Major Training Exercise Possible
July 25, 2024 — CAMP SHELBY, Miss. - Close to 5,000 Florida Army National Guard Soldiers reported to Camp Shelby, Mississippi, for the eXportable Combat Training Capability exercise in July.The xCTC is a significant...

Pennsylvania Guard’s 213th RSG Trains on Heavy Vehicles
July 25, 2024 — FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, Pa. - Soldiers with the 213th Regional Support Group, Pennsylvania National Guard, trained on the proper care, maintenance and hazards of driving and operating large military...

Indiana National Guard Conducts Intensive Mortar Training
July 24, 2024 — FORT WAYNE, Ind. - Members of Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 293rd Infantry Regiment of the Indiana National Guard, completed a critical segment of their annual training this week, focusing on...

Oregon National Guard Trains for Peacekeeping Deployments
July 22, 2024 — FORT JOHNSON, La. - As night fell on the Joint Readiness Training Center July 20, Task Force Guardian, comprised of Oregon Army National Guard Soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 186th Infantry Regiment,...

Medical Training Brings New Opportunities to Blackfeet Tribe
July 22, 2024 — BROWNING, Mont. – U.S. service members from more than 50 units across the country are in Montana for Blackfeet Tribal Health - Operation Walking Shield, an Innovative Readiness Training medical...

Alaska Air Guard Helps Rescue Plane Accident Victims
July 22, 2024 — JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska - Alaska Air National Guard members of the 176th Wing and the National Park Service and Talkeetna Air Taxi rescued nine plane crash victims July 12 at the...

‘Remember Why You Serve,’ Top Enlisted Guard Leader Says in South Dakota
July 19, 2024 — RAPID CITY, S.D. - Senior Enlisted Advisor Tony Whitehead, senior enlisted advisor to the chief of the National Guard Bureau, toured facilities and met with Soldiers and Airmen of the South Dakota...

New York National Guard Assists with Tornado Recovery Effort
July 19, 2024 — ROME, N.Y. - Dozens of New York National Guard members spent three days cleaning up debris caused by a tornado that hit the city the evening of July 16.The 174th Attack Wing based at Hancock Field Air...

Pennsylvania Maintainers Conduct Two-Week Training Exercise
July 19, 2024 — JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - Pennsylvania Air National Guardsmen with the 258th Air Traffic Control Squadron’s Deployable Instrument Landing System Team completed a two-week annual training exercise June 16.The...

Weapons of Mass Destruction Exercise Tests Interoperability
July 18, 2024 — LIHUE, Hawaii – Members of the 33rd Weapons of Mass Destruction-Civil Support Team tested interoperability during a weapons of mass destruction exercise with the Kaua’i Emergency Management Agency,...

Air National Guard Helps Battle California Fires from the Air
July 17, 2024 — At the request of the National Interagency Fire Center, U.S. Northern Command deployed two C-130 aircraft equipped with Modular Airborne Fire Fighting Systems (MAFFS) from California and Colorado for wildland firefighting operations from Channel Islands Air National Guard Station in Port Hueneme, Calif., over multiple fires in California. Two additional aircraft will also be activated later this week from Nevada and Wyoming...

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