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A family affair: Mother, children reunite on deployment
May 12, 2022 — ALI AL SALEM AIR BASE, Kuwait - While it is common for parents to work with their children or extended family in family businesses, it is less common in an institution such as the military.When the...

Idaho Guard combines care for environment, youth education
May 5, 2022 — BOISE, Idaho – More than 180 seventh graders experienced science through a hands-on field trip at the Morley Nelson Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation Area at the Idaho National Guard’s...

Idaho Air National Guard pilot a trailblazer
May 2, 2022 — BOISE, Idaho – Twenty-nine years ago, Defense Secretary Les Aspin made an announcement that would change the future of women in the military. Lt. Col. Jennifer Ovanek, an A-10 Thunderbolt II pilot...

Montana Air Guard wounded warrior shines at Invictus Games
April 27, 2022 — FORT BELVOIR, Va. – When Staff Sgt. Matt Cable was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia, a rare, fast-moving cancer, his chances of survival were 50%. When he developed a blood infection and fell...

Family serves together in Africa with Virginia Army Guard
April 22, 2022 — CAMP SIMBA, Manda Bay, Kenya – For most fathers, an overseas deployment of a child is a mixture of pride and apprehension. When a second child is included, those emotions double. For Staff Sgt. Daniel...

Chaplain for 115th Fighter Wing earns national recognition
April 22, 2022 — MADISON, Wis. – Lt. Col. Derek Wolter, 115th Fighter Wing chaplain, was awarded the 2021 Samuel Stone Award as the Chaplain of the Year for the Air National Guard.The award is named after Chaplain...

Nebraska school principal welcomed home from deployment
April 22, 2022 — FORT CALHOUN, Neb. – Iowa Air National Guard 1st Sgt. Drew Wagner was welcomed home at the elementary school where he is the principal following a six-month deployment overseas.Wagner said that in a...

Vermont Guardsman earns master instructor badge
April 20, 2022 — CAMP JOHNSON, Vt. – Staff Sgt. Andrew Fryburg, chief instructor at the 124th Regimental Training Institute’s modular training battalion, was awarded the master instructor badge April 19.“There are...

Army and Air Guard members compete in fitness contest
April 13, 2022 — CONCORD, N.C. – The National Guard’s All Guard Endurance Team sent more than 40 service members to the Spartan Sprint 5k with over 20 obstacles at a 600-acre farm April 9-10.From California, Maj...

NDNG Soldiers serving at Southwest border rescue migrants
April 11, 2022 — DEL RIO, Texas – North Dakota Army National Guardsmen rescued migrants from drowning while crossing the Rio Grande March 22.Spcs. Luis Alvarado and Gracin Clem, assigned to Joint Task Force North,...

Kentucky Air Guardsmen rescue drowning infant
April 7, 2022 — LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Three Airmen from the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Special Tactics Squadron saved the life of a drowning infant at the Mary T. Meagher Aquatic Center March 15.According to...

Nebraska Guard recognized for protecting whooping crane
March 31, 2022 — LINCOLN, Neb. – For eons, majestic whooping crane, perhaps the best-known endangered species, have migrated in great flocks from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico and back again. A critical stopover in...

California Guard officer honored for space work at Beale AFB
March 25, 2022 — BEALE AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – U.S. Air Force 2nd Lt. Roy Davis of the California Air National Guard’s 234th Intelligence Squadron is the 2021 Space Operations Command Company Grade Officer of the...

Michigan Airman embraces nurse assistant program, service
March 24, 2022 — MIDLAND, Michigan - Senior Airman Tiffany McPherson knows exactly why she joined the Michigan Air National Guard.“I didn’t join to become a stranger,” she says. “I joined to get more involved and to...

Nebraska Soldier recognized for lifesaving actions
March 23, 2022 — SAN DIEGO – Nebraska Army National Guard Sgt. Brittany West was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal by Joint Task Force North’s top leaders March 15 for saving a fellow service member’s life.West —...

Illinois Army National Guard Soldier helps save man’s life
March 21, 2022 — SPRINGFIELD, Illinois – A 19-year-old Illinois Army National Guard Soldier and two other volunteers helped save the life of a man severely injured in a single-vehicle accident on Interstate 55 in...

New York Guard leads world's largest St. Patrick's Day parade
March 18, 2022 — NEW YORK – More than 2 million people lined the streets of mid-town Manhattan to watch the New York Army National Guard’s 69th Infantry lead the city’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade for the 171st time on...

Son follows father, family's lineage of military service
March 17, 2022 — SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – The son of a former South Dakota National Guard Soldier is following in the footsteps of his father by becoming the newest member of the organization he once served. Connor Briest,...

Technology helps 173rd FW runners avoid injury, run faster
March 16, 2022 — KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. – Master Sgt. Justin Lafon stares intently at an image of a skeleton striding along, watching legs, feet and knees working in concert. The knee sweeps forward, rolling the foot...

Illinois Guardsman helps fellow vets battle suicide with song
March 15, 2022 — SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – As a kid, David Allen Stone always wanted to be in the military and serve his country. Enlisting in a post-9/11 era, Stone knew he would be deployed overseas. However, he never...

Retired Texas Air National Guard Pilot Recalls Protecting Air Force One on 9/11

Nebraska Guard Strengthens Disaster Response Readiness

Kentucky Guard Strengthens Skills During Patriot 2026

113th Wing Recognized for Air Defense, Combat Performance

Washington Guard Concludes Extended Wildfire Response