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Iowa, New Jersey Guard Chaplains Make History Together
October 24, 2022 — JOHNSTON, Iowa – Two National Guard chaplains have become the first women to serve as state chaplains in their states and the country. Lt. Col. Martha Kester will serve the Iowa National Guard, while...

Cal Guard Pilot and Meteorologist Keeps her eye on the sky
October 21, 2022 — SACRAMENTO, Calif. - You can look to the horizon or check your local newscast for the weather, but now when you check the sky, you might see your local meteorologist flying high.U.S. Army 2nd Lt...

Arkansas Guardsman Takes Care of Medical Group
October 20, 2022 — FORT SMITH, Ark. – As a teenager, Ché Kinnard liked art. In college, he became more interested in the medical career field, and this passion took off when he joined the Air National Guard in...

New York National Guard Honors Revolutionary War Minuteman
October 20, 2022 — SCHUYLERVILLE, N.Y. - New York Army National Guard Soldiers memorialized a Revolutionary War Soldier killed 245 years ago during the Battle of Saratoga and buried on the battlefield.A nine-Soldier...

Deployed Massachusetts Guardsman Wins Innovation Competition
October 17, 2022 — TAMPA, Fla. – Massachusetts Army National Guard Sgt. Mickey Reeve won first place out of five finalists in the inaugural Innovation Oasis competition at Central Command Oct. 14 for developing a...

Virginia National Guard Father, Daughter Deploy to Kosovo
October 13, 2022 — CAMP BONDSTEEL, Kosovo - The military journeys of Virginia Army National Guard Command Sgt. Maj. Joseph R. Viera and his daughter, Staff Sgt. Kayla M. Jaeger, came full circle when they both deployed...

Utah Honor Guard Provides Funeral Honors for WWII Airman
October 13, 2022 — BLUFFDALE, Utah – Almost 3,000 U.S. aviation service members were killed in air combat during World War II. Among that group was Army Air Corps Sgt. Elvin L. Phillips from Salt Lake City, a B-24...

New York Guard Honors Former President Chester Arthur
October 5, 2022 — MENANDS, N.Y. – The New York Army National Guard recognized the 21st president of the United States, Chester Arthur, during a rainy ceremony at his grave in Albany Rural Cemetery Oct. 5, the 193rd...

Puerto Rico Air National Guard Major Helps Save a Life
September 30, 2022 — MUÑIZ AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Puerto Rico - Puerto Rico Air National Guard Maj. Jesuan Aviles, the wing plans officer with the 156th Wing, helped save the life of a cyclist while on leave in Fort...

New Hampshire Airman Wins 140-mile Ultramarathon in Africa
September 27, 2022 — PEASE AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, N.H. - The morning of Sept. 13, a bus of endurance athletes from around the globe left Nairobi, Kenya, and rumbled hundreds of miles into the vast wilderness of East...

NY 106th Rescue Wing Airmen Played Role in Thai Cave Rescue
September 23, 2022 — NEW YORK – Wearing shorts and a T-shirt, with stubble on his chin, Tech. Sgt. Jamie Brisbin, a pararescueman now assigned to the New York Air National Guard’s 106th Rescue Wing, remembers arriving in...

Hawaii Army Guardsman Helps Break Down Language Barrier
September 15, 2022 — JAKARTA, Indonesia – In packed conference rooms, dozens of U.S. service members engage with counterparts from the Indonesian armed forces at Exercise Gema Bhakti 2022. The discussions are broad, from...

New Hampshire Airman Helps Save a Life in Boating Accident
September 12, 2022 — PEASE AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, N.H. - On a gorgeous July day in Pelham, Senior Airman Amy Granfield, a public health technician with the 157th Medical Group, was enjoying her day off wake surfing on...

Two Colorado National Guard Members Serve as Sisters in Arms
September 2, 2022 — AURORA, Colo. – Two sisters have come together in a unique unit where they are not only sisters but sisters in arms.Serving in separate branches, U.S. Army Spc. Jessica Lee and U.S. Air Force Senior...

Body of Korean War Soldier Comes Home
August 31, 2022 — ANNVILLE, Pa. – The body of Pfc. Donald M. Born, a U.S. Soldier from Lancaster who went missing in action during the Korean War, was laid to rest 72 years later Aug. 30 under the care of Pennsylvania...

Connecticut National Guardswoman Trains in Denmark
August 23, 2022 — MIDDLETOWN, Conn. - Training opportunities in the Connecticut National Guard are ever-present. Sometimes, it comes down to having a conversation and asking the right questions. For Capt. Shaneka...

Kentucky National Guard Soldier Perseveres to Become a First
August 15, 2022 — FRANKFORT, Ky – It is a rare occasion when a new Soldier, fresh from basic training, shows up to his unit Ranger and Airborne qualified. It is so rare; it has never before been done in the Kentucky...

Florida Guardsman Achieves First at Air Force Weapons School
August 5, 2022 — JACKSONVILLE AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Fla. – Weapons Patch. A distinction earned only after graduating from the U.S. Air Force’s Weapons School, one of the most academically rigorous schoolhouses in...

Washington Guard Member Makes History at Sapper Leader Course
July 25, 2022 — CAMP MURRAY, Wash. – Spc. Lillyanne Clarke didn’t let second-guessing stop her from making history.As a 19-year-old female combat engineer with the 898th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 81st Stryker...

Florida Air Guardsman Named top First Sergeant
July 21, 2022 — JACKSONVILLE AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Fla. – “To the HORSE,” a chant unifying nearly 200 202nd Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operational Repair Squadron Engineers (RED HORSE), can now be rephrased,...

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