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New York, Connecticut Soldiers are Regional Best Warriors
May 20, 2024 — CAMP SMITH TRAINING SITE, N.Y. – New York and Connecticut National Guard Soldiers took the top slots in the regional Best Warrior Competition that concluded in lower Manhattan May 16.New York Army...

Connecticut Guard Deploys Cloud-Based Radar/Radio Connection
May 17, 2024 — SAVANNAH, Ga. - Airmen from the 103rd Air Control Squadron, Connecticut Air National Guard, became the first National Guard unit to deploy and execute a cloud-based radar and radio connection of the...

New York Air Guard Transports Special Operations Forces
May 15, 2024 — STRATTON AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, N.Y. - Forty-six Airmen from the New York Air National Guard’s 109th Airlift Wing participated in Arctic Edge 24, a U.S. Northern Command-led homeland defense...

Kentucky Guard Airlifts Materials for Arctic Circle Housing
May 15, 2024 — JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska - More than 20 Kentucky Air National Guard Airmen deployed to Alaska in April to airlift 15 tons of homebuilding materials to the North Slope of Alaska to...

Pennsylvania Guard Prepares to Train Ukrainian Forces
May 15, 2024 — FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, Pa. – Col. Stuart James, the First Army Senior Regular Army Advisor to the Pennsylvania National Guard, instructed the Headquarters and Headquarters Company of the 56th Stryker...

National Guard Expands Pilot Child Care Program
May 14, 2024 — WASHINGTON – Army Guardsmen in 20 states now can access drill weekend child care after the National Guard’s most senior leader signed an agreement with public partners expanding a pilot program at a...

California Air Guard Rescues Man at Sea on Cruise Ship
May 13, 2024 — MOFFETT AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Calif. - The Air Force Rescue Coordination Center activated the California Air National Guard’s 129th Rescue Wing to airlift a man on a cruise ship to a hospital May...

Oklahoma National Guard Helps with Sulphur Tornado Relief
May 13, 2024 — SULPHUR, Okla. - Members of the Oklahoma Army National Guard are helping Sulphur residents recover from a devastating tornado that tore through the town on April 27.“I’m helping the people in...

Maryland, Virginia Guardsmen Are Regional Best Warriors
May 13, 2024 — EDGEWOOD, Md. – After four days of competition, Spc. Carter Cooper and Staff Sgt. Alexander Wilkinson-Johnson were named the National Guard Bureau’s Region II Best Warriors for 2024 in the Soldier of...

West Virginia’s 167th Wing Conducts Readiness Exercise
May 10, 2024 — MARTINSBURG, W.Va. - The 167th Airlift Wing completed a four-day Readiness Exercise Validation, Sentry Unicorn 2024, at Shepherd Field April 21.Held in tandem with the West Virginia National Guard’s...

New York Army Guard Hosts Regional Best Warrior Competition
May 10, 2024 — NEW YORK - The Northeast region Best Warrior Competition, hosted by the New York Army National Guard May 13-17, will be held at locations across the state.The 16 Soldiers from New York, New Jersey and...

Alaska Guard Helps Provide Free Health Care to Kodiak Residents
May 10, 2024 — KODIAK, Alaska - Alaska National Guardsmen from the 176th Wing and the 207th Aviation Troop Command based out of Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson began Kodiak Arctic Care ‘24 on May 6, flying equipment...

Wisconsin Soldier, Arkansas Team Win Small Arms Championship
May 10, 2024 — NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Wisconsin National Guard Sgt. 1st Class Brandon Swanson won the title of 53rd Winston P. Wilson Small Arms Champion at the 2024 Winston P. Wilson Rifle and Pistol Matches at...

Air National Guard Chaplains Convene for Annual Symposium
May 9, 2024 — JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Md. - Air National Guard chaplains and religious affairs Airmen from around the country convened at Joint Base Andrews April 30 to May 2 for the 2024 Air National Guard Chaplain...

Wisconsin National Guard Airmen hone combat lifesaving skills
May 9, 2024 — CAMP DOUGLAS, Wis. - Wisconsin Air National Guard 115th Fighter Wing Airmen engaged in the Tactical Combat Casualty Care - Combat Life Savers Course April 18 at Volk Field Air National Guard...

Oklahoma Guardsmen Face New Adversary in Best Warrior Competition
May 9, 2024 — OKLAHOMA CITY - Guardsmen faced an emerging and rapidly growing threat in Oklahoma’s 2024 Best Warrior Competition.Participants were given 20 minutes to enter a heavily wooded area and camouflage...

Indiana National Guardsmen, Marines Train to Save Lives
May 9, 2024 — LAWRENCE, Ind. -” This is Flintlock requesting a 9-line medevac.”So begins the training for Marines to call for a medical evacuation, training to help save lives.Approximately 120 Marines with the...

South Carolina Guard Hosts Joint Medical Training
May 8, 2024 — MCENTIRE JOINT NATIONAL GUARD BASE, S.C. - The 169th Medical Group hosted the skill-based joint medical training initiative MEDFLAG 2024 May 2-3.This event, created out of necessity during the...

New Hampshire Airmen Train in Medical Center Emergency Room
May 8, 2024 — PEASE AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, N.H. – Staff Sgt. During a recent training opportunity, Dustin Allison, an aerospace medic with the 157th Medical Group, was a part of the buzz in the Catholic Medical...

Alaska Air Guard’s 168th Wing Refuels Red Flag Exercise
May 8, 2024 — EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska - Red Flag-Alaska 24-1, a Pacific Air Forces-led exercise, ramped up operations at Eielson Air Force Base, enabling Italian Air Forces and the U.S. Marine Corps and Navy...

Hawaii Guard Sustains Recovery Efforts, Mobilizes for Hurricane Lowell

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