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Minnesota Guard father, daughter serve together
October 12, 2021 — FORT RILEY, Kan. – For many, joining a military unit is like becoming part of a family. That figurative idea became very literal for Spc. Emma Brown when she found out her first duty assignment would...

Innovation nothing new to Fabrication Flight Arctic Guardian
October 7, 2021 — JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – Before he ever put on a uniform, Alaska Air National Guard Airman 1st Class Shawn McDermott, an aircraft metals technician with the 176th Maintenance Squadron...

Titan of Air Force history honored in Pennsylvania hometown
October 7, 2021 — BOYERTOWN, Pa. - Pennsylvania’s prominence in U.S. Army history and its role in today’s force is well known - from watershed events at Valley Forge and Gettysburg to being the home of the U.S. Army...

Operation Allies Welcome cultivates multicultural calling
October 5, 2021 — JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, N. J. - It would be easy to overlook Air Force Staff Sgt. Sharon Queenie, inconspicuous in her OCP uniform, N-95 mask and orange safety vest, blending in with nearly...

New York National Guard Airman helps deliver Afghan baby
October 4, 2021 — JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, N.J. – The woman’s foot pressed into the top of the Airman’s collarbone where it connected at her right shoulder.In the Airman’s other hand was a cell phone hoisted...

Face of Defense: Leading the D.C. National Guard
October 4, 2021 — WASHINGTON – Flying fascinated Air Force Maj. Gen. Sherrie McCandless when she was a child, so it was no big surprise that in 1991 she joined the military after college to pursue her dream of being a...

Sword fighting as 'strategy in blink of an eye'
September 30, 2021 — ARLINGTON, Va. – The metallic clash and clang of two swords striking each other echoed throughout the small room. Tension and anticipation filled the air as the opponents moved swiftly back and forth,...

Virginia National Guard officer assumes post in Colombia
September 27, 2021 — RICHMOND, Va. – A Virginia National Guard officer has taken up a unique post in South America after graduating from the Spanish-immersive Command and General Staff College course at the Western...

Tennessee National Guardsman revives pedestrian with CPR
September 27, 2021 — LAREDO, Texas – On Sept. 20, Tennessee Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Christopher Hurley rushed to resuscitate a person on the Gateway to the Americas port of entry bridge.While conducting...

Soldier aids crash victims on drive home
September 13, 2021 — ST. PAUL, Minn. - She was driving south of Interstate 35E just south of St. Paul on a Friday afternoon when out of the corner of her eye, something caught her attention. She looked over and saw that a...

Airman uses deployment training to resuscitate drowning child
September 13, 2021 — HAMPTON, Va. – Situations can change in an instant. We’ve all heard that. But for Master Sgt. Keona Newsom, a commander’s support staff noncommissioned officer in charge with the 192nd Operations...

91st Cyber Brigade Soldiers earn Ranger tab
September 10, 2021 — BOWLING GREEN, Va. – Two Virginia National Guard Soldiers assigned to the 91st Cyber Brigade recently proved cyber Soldiers' worth beyond the keyboard by completing the U.S. Army Ranger School and...

Aunt, nephew reunite during Middle East deployment
September 10, 2021 — JORDAN - Being deployed is often full of firsts. For many, it is their first time in a new country, experiencing a different culture, and being away from family for an extended time. But the first...

RED HORSE Ready! 111th squadron always set to ‘saddle up’
September 8, 2021 — HORSHAM, Pa. – With the shift in mission at the 111th Attack Wing from A-10 Thunderbolt II to the remotely piloted MQ-9 Reaper, there are those in the community who are sometimes surprised that the...

Refugee is now a Vermont National Guard officer
September 3, 2021 — CAMP JOHNSON, Vt. – The road to becoming an officer in the Vermont National Guard began in 2016 for 2nd Lt. Abdimaik Hashi when he enlisted in the Minnesota Army National Guard.As a 19K armor...

Coming to America: A Moldovan story
September 2, 2021 — RANDALLSTOWN, Md. - The path to U.S. citizenship can be lengthy for many foreign nationals. For one Maryland Army National Guard Soldier, the process took 12 years.U.S. Army Capt. Fiodor Strikovski, a...

Alaska National Guard Soldier reflects on her 9/11 experience
August 30, 2021 — JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – September 11 marks not only the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks that day in 2001, but it also comes on the cusp of the United States pulling out of...

From Afghan interpreter to service in the National Guard
August 25, 2021 — SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – When Fahim Masoud was born in Kabul, Afghanistan, in 1988, the country was at war with the Soviet Union. Fast forward 17 years, Masoud graduated from high school and faced one of...

Focus on the Force Week 2021 celebrates ANG’s outstanding Airmen of the year
August 20, 2021 — ARLINGTON, Va. –The Air National Guard's Outstanding Airmen of the Year honorees were recognized during Focus on the Force Week Aug. 16-20, in the National Capital Region. This year's OAY honorees...

Father, son reflect on shared service
August 20, 2021 — SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. – Tech. Sgt. David LaPierre has been serving in the U.S. Armed Forces for more than ten years, seven of which have been alongside an important figure in his life: his son. “It...

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