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National Guard Marksmanship Training Center Hosts Annual Sniper Marksmanship Competitions
December 14, 2023 — BARLING, Ark. – Thirty-three, two-person teams of military snipers from around the world competed in the 53rd Winston P. Wilson Sniper Championship (National Guard) and the 33rd Armed Forces Skill at...

Anniversary of ‘Sandy River Rescue Mission’ Befits National Guard Birthday
December 13, 2023 — WASHINGTON - On the National Guard’s 387th birthday, another milestone anniversary represents the impact the Guard has in more than 2,600 communities across the country.Twenty years ago, on the...

Georgia Guard Field Artillery Unit Conducts Deployment Ceremony
December 13, 2023 — FORT STEWART, Ga. – The Savannah-based 1st Battalion, 118th Field Artillery Regiment “cased” their unit colors in Fort Stewart Dec. 12 in a symbolic ceremony before mobilizing overseas.The 1-118th...

Oregon Guard's 173rd Fighter Wing Trains in Chemical Gear
December 12, 2023 — KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - Seventy-five Kingsley Airmen completed hands-on, chemical gear training at the 173rd Fighter Wing Dec. 3 as the Air Force ramps up readiness across the entire force.“A group of...

Arkansas Guardsmen Return from Southwest Asia Deployment
December 11, 2023 — LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Central Arkansas families are smiling a little brighter this holiday season after more than 350 Arkansas National Guardsmen returned Dec. 9 from a nine-month deployment to...

Wisconsin Guard Security Forces Conduct Augmentee Training
December 8, 2023 — MILWAUKEE - The Wisconsin Air National Guard’s 128th Air Refueling Wing Security Forces Squadron geared up for its annual augmentee training, reinforcing its readiness. After years of program...

National Guard Members Showcase Innovation
December 8, 2023 — ARLINGTON, Va. - The 2023 National Guard Bureau Innovation Challenge showcased the inventive prowess of Guard members nationwide Dec. 7 at the Herbert R. Temple Jr. Army National Guard Readiness...

175th Wing Fire Department Helps Rescue Man from Frigid Water
December 8, 2023 — BOWLEYS QUARTERS, Md. - Maryland Air National Guard firefighters teamed up with the Baltimore County Fire Department to rescue a man who fell into frigid water near Martin State Air National Guard...

Alabama Air Guard's 187th Fighter Wing Receives F-35 Jets
December 8, 2023 — DANNELLY FIELD, Ala. - The 187th Fighter Wing received three F-35 Lightning II fighter jets at Dannelly Field Dec. 5, becoming the third Air National Guard unit to transition to the fifth-generation...

Ohio Guard Marks 75th Anniversary of Military Desegregation
December 7, 2023 — RICKENBACKER AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Ohio - The 121st Air Refueling Wing celebrated the 75th anniversary of desegregation in the U.S. military Dec. 2 and paid tribute to Sgt. Thomas Newton, a...

Maryland Air National Guard Demonstrates Readiness
December 6, 2023 — MIDDLE RIVER, Md. - The Maryland Air National Guard conducted a sweeping operational readiness exercise involving the full spectrum of missions and personnel across Martin State Air National Guard...

Hokanson at Reagan National Defense Forum: National Guard Part of the Fabric of America
December 4, 2023 — SIMI VALLEY, Calif. – When he returned from a tour in Iraq as the commander of the Oregon National Guard’s 41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team in 2009, then-Army Col. Daniel Hokanson saw how the unit’s...

Red Arrow Veteran Awarded Purple Heart Medal Posthumously
December 4, 2023 — APPLETON, Wis. - One hundred and five years after the horrific battle that caused his wounds, a Wisconsin National Guard veteran received his Purple Heart medal at a ceremony Nov. 11 at Outagamie...

Georgia National Guardsmen Return from Overseas Mission
December 4, 2023 — MARIETTA, Ga. - More than 80 Soldiers of the Georgia National Guard’s 201st Regional Support Group Forward returned home Dec. 1 after a nearly year-long deployment to Europe. Soldiers and family...

Metals Technology Airmen Keep Aircraft in the Air
December 1, 2023 — PORTLAND AIR GUARD STATION, Ore. - Tucked away on base is the unassuming metals technology shop. The exterior gives no clue to the mission-critical work performed behind those walls.Metals technology...

New York Guard Soldiers Support Trees for Troops
November 30, 2023 — BALLSTON SPA, N.Y. – Ten Army National Guard Soldiers from New York’s Recruiting and Retention Battalion volunteered to help send 131 Christmas trees from a Saratoga County tree farm to military...

Alaska Air National Guard Rescues Injured Skier
November 29, 2023 — JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska - Alaska Air National Guard members of the 176th Wing rescued an injured skier Nov. 16 near Arctic Valley about eight miles northeast of downtown Anchorage.The...

Exercise Sharpens Virginia Guard Unit’s Expeditionary Skills
November 28, 2023 — VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. – Virginia National Guard Airmen assigned to the 203rd Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operational Repair Squadron Engineers, 192nd Mission Support Group, 192nd Wing, trained on...

South Carolina Guard Airman Receives Bronze Star Medal
November 27, 2023 — MCENTIRE JOINT NATIONAL GUARD BASE, S.C. - Master Sgt. Christopher Vine with the 245th Air Traffic Control Squadron was recently awarded the Bronze Star Medal for his achievements while deployed to...

Minnesota Air Guard Security Forces Train on High-Tech Drone
November 27, 2023 — CAMP RIPLEY, Minn. - The 133rd Security Forces Squadron became the first National Guard unit to certify on the Skydio X2D drone in November.“The strategic plan for the Air Force going forward is to...

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