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Hawaii Air National Guard Hosts Sentry Aloha Joint Exercise
June 17, 2024 — JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii - The Hawaii Air National Guard’s 154th Wing concluded the latest iteration of its ongoing fighter exercise, Sentry Aloha 24-2, June 12 at Joint Base Pearl...

National Guard, US Army North, FEMA Train for Hurricane Response
June 17, 2024 — JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO – FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas – More than 150 military and civilian partners joined U.S. Army North in person and virtually for a Hurricane Rehearsal of Concept (ROC) Drill June...

Cal Air Guard F-15 Pilots Train with Marine Corps F-35 Pilots
June 17, 2024 — FRESNO, Calif. - California Air National Guard’s 144th Fighter Wing and its 194th Fighter Squadron teamed up with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 211 out of Yuma, Arizona, June 7-9 to conduct fighter...

Tennessee Guard Rescues Hiker in Great Smoky Mountains Park
June 14, 2024 — LOUISVILLE, Tenn. – A Tennessee Army National Guard flight crew rescued a hiker who was having a medical emergency in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park June 12.Shortly after 7 p.m., the...

Champions Repeat at NH National Guard Marksmanship Match
June 13, 2024 — FORT DEVENS, Mass. - Team El Salvador and Mountain Company Commander Capt. Robert Matzelle defended their titles in the 2024 New Hampshire National Guard Combat Marksmanship Match June 6-8. The...

West Virginia Air National Guard Wing Conducts ’Super Drill’
June 13, 2024 — MARTINSBURG, W.Va. - The 167th Airlift Wing conducted an annual extended drill June 6-9 at Shepherd Field.In contrast to the standard two-day drill weekend, the four-day assembly is known as “super...

Idaho Medical Airmen Train in Field to Boost Readiness
June 13, 2024 — MOUNTAIN HOME, Idaho - Airmen from the Idaho Air National Guard’s 124th Medical Group trained in a field environment near Little Camas Reservoir in Elmore County June 5-8 to prepare for future...

Alaska Air National Guard rescues 6 plane crash victims
June 13, 2024 — JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska - Alaska Air National Guard rescue personnel of the 176th Wing rescued six plane crash victims June 10 near Port Alsworth, about 160 miles southwest of...

Wisconsin Guard Black Hawk Unit Conducts Mass Casualty Exercise
June 12, 2024 — SUMMIT, Wis. - The Wisconsin Army National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter, carrying a medevac crew and notional patients from its base in West Bend, circled the helipad site before landing at...

NC Guard Unit Tests NextGen Squad Weapons
June 11, 2024 — FORT LIBERTY, N.C. – Soldiers assigned to the 30th Armored Brigade Combat Team conducted the qualification table of the Integrated Training Weapons Strategy using the newly fielded Next Generation...

Georgia 48th Infantry Brigade Combat Team Conducts Annual Training
June 11, 2024 — FORT STEWART, Ga. - For the Soldiers of the Georgia Army National Guard’s 48th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, the early June movement to Fort Stewart for annual training was a different experience. In...

Former Colorado TAG Retires as Air National Guard Director
June 11, 2024 — DENVER - U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Michael A. Loh, director, Air National Guard, bid farewell to his distinguished career with a symbolic final flight, known as the ‘Fini Flight’, aboard an F-16...

Idaho National Guard Opens Child Care Center
June 10, 2024 — BOISE, Idaho - Members of the Idaho National Guard held a ribbon-cutting ceremony Saturday to celebrate the grand opening of the first child care center at Gowen Field.The Child and Youth Center is...

After 80th D-Day Commemoration, Hokanson Looks to Future
June 8, 2024 — OMAHA BEACH, NORMANDY, France — After honoring the 80th anniversary of the Allies’ D-Day invasion and subsequent liberation of Europe, the National Guard’s top general looked forward Friday, focused...

106th Rescue Wing Conducts Comprehensive Rescue Training
June 7, 2024 — WESTHAMPTON BEACH, N.Y. - New York Air National Guard members assigned to the 106th Rescue Wing participated in a combat search and rescue exercise May 4.The exercise at Francis S. Gabreski Air...

Oregon Air Guard Security Forces Squadron Trains in Hawai'i
June 7, 2024 — OAHU, Hawai'i - Is spending two weeks in Hawai'i shooting machine guns on a military range on anyone's bucket list? Twenty-eight 173rd Security Forces Squadron defenders did just that in early May for...

Alaska Air Guard Rescue Triad Conducts Water Rescue Training
June 6, 2024 — WHITTIER, Alaska - Alaska Air National Guardsmen from the 176th Wing’s 210th, 211th and 212th Rescue Squadrons conducted water rescue operations training in the Prince William Sound near Whittier May...

Wisconsin National Guard Brigade Begins Major Training Exercise
June 6, 2024 — FORT JOHNSON, La. – More than 5,000 Soldiers from across the United States, along with support elements from Canada, have arrived at the Joint Readiness Training Center for a month-long training...

Idaho National Guard, German JTACs Train Together
June 5, 2024 — JUNIPER BUTTE RANGE, Idaho - In 2015, an enlisted Idaho Air National Guardsman and a German Army lieutenant attended the same Joint Terminal Attack Controller Qualification Course and began a...

Tennessee National Guard Rescues 2 Injured Hikers
June 4, 2024 — LOUISVILLE, Tenn. – Tennessee Army National Guard flight crews rescued two hikers suffering medical emergencies in separate air evacuation missions in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park area May...

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