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National Guard paving the way in talent management
September 3, 2019 — DENVER – In his first trip as the Army's chief of staff, Gen. James McConville touted the work of National Guard Soldiers, adding the Army plans to take advantage of the skillsets many...

Pa. special warfare Airmen practice combat skills with Army
August 29, 2019 — BOISE, Idaho – Special warfare Airmen with the 148th Air Support Operations Squadron, Pennsylvania Air National Guard, headed west this summer to Idaho’s Orchard Combat Training Center near Boise to...

N.Y. National Guard leader recognizes small-town veterans
August 29, 2019 — HOOSICK FALLS, N.Y. – Sixty-six years after serving as an Airman 1st Class in the Korean War, Hoosick Fall’s resident Merton Houghton got to do something he’d never done before: shake the hand of a...

Alabama Guard member saves Soldier's life during training
August 28, 2019 — CAMP SHELBY, Miss. — It was late and Spc. Micah Turnbull, senior combat medic for B Company, 1-167th Infantry Battalion, began his assessment on yet another heat exhaustion patient in the scorching...

106th Rescue Wing gives tour to Scout troop after tragedy
August 27, 2019 — WESTHAMPTON BEACH, N.Y. – Members of Boy Scout Troop 161 were welcomed last Friday to the 106th Rescue Wing's base in a show of support after the loss of one of their scouts, Andrew McMorris,...

Indiana sisters support Task Force Spartan
August 27, 2019 — GARY, Ind. – Two 38th Infantry Division Citizen-Soldiers, sisters from Gary, Indiana, wake up most mornings to face 110-plus degree heat in the Kuwaiti desert ready to serve in support of Task...

Multiple Guard units sharpen combat skills at Fort Pickett
August 27, 2019 — FORT PICKETT, Va. – Virginia and Kentucky National Guard Soldiers assigned to the 116th Infantry Brigade Combat Team and enabler units from Guard units in Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana,...

Massachusetts Airman always wondered how things worked
August 23, 2019 — OTIS AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Mass. – As a child living in Hong Kong, young Wing Ng had an interest in how things worked. This became evident when his father came home with a toy airplane as a...

Conference: Inspectors general live 'to teach and train'
August 21, 2019 — ARLINGTON, Va. – Embracing the motto “to teach and train,” over 100 inspectors general from the 50 states, three territories, and District of Columbia met at the 2019 National Guard Bureau Inspectors...

Maine National Guard combined heat and power - four years later
August 20, 2019 — WASHINGTON, D.C. – A Maine National Guard project came online four years ago, and the Combined Heat and Power (CHP) system provides energy resilience and enhances Army readiness to directly support...

Children of Idaho National Guardsmen 'survived' summer camp
August 20, 2019 — McCALL, Idaho – After a week away from their parents, 115 children of Idaho Army and Air National Guard members not only survived the “Survivor”-themed summer camp, they thrived. The event-filled...

Kansan is named Air National Guard's outstanding Airman
August 19, 2019 — JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Md. – Airman 1st Class Kaleigh M. Bevan, a cyberwarfare operator from the 184th Intelligence Wing, Kansas Air National Guard, was selected as the Air National Guard’s 2019...

Indiana National Guard trains with federal drug agents
August 16, 2019 — CAMP ATTERBURY, Ind. – The Indiana National Guard Counterdrug Task Force and special agents from the Drug Enforcement Administration Chicago Field Division teamed up for a five day tactical exercise...

Colorado hosts discussion on Arctic opportunities for Guard
August 16, 2019 — CENTENNIAL, Colo. – Only a month before a dome of extreme heat caused massive melting of Greenland's ice sheet, the Department of Defense released its 2019 Arctic Strategy. The strategy calls for...

Oklahoma Airman saves woman from wrecked vehicle
August 15, 2019 — TULSA, Okla. – If someone looks up the definition of hero in the dictionary, there are several explanations, such as a legendary figure with great strength or ability, a principal character in a...

Wash. Guard unit in Afghanistan tells Soldiers' stories
August 15, 2019 — AFGHANISTAN – Messaging is key to winning the hearts and minds of those in the Middle East, as well as ensuring people back home stay informed about what's happening overseas. On May 30, the 122nd...

Idaho educators get an up-close view of military life
August 13, 2019 — GOWEN FIELD, Idaho – The Idaho Military Division collaborated with the Idaho State Department of Education on Aug. 9 to host Educator Day at Gowen Field. Idaho educators spent the day learning how...

N.Y. Guard rotor Soldiers part of Rhode Island's 'Leapfest'
August 9, 2019 — SOUTH KINGSTON, R.I. – Military paratroopers competing in the Rhode Island National Guard’s annual “Leapfest” competition got to the 1,500-foot starting altitude of their jump thanks to 10 Soldiers...

N.C. Guard commemorates 75th anniversary of WWII battle
August 9, 2019 — RALEIGH, N.C. – On Tuesday, Gov. Roy Cooper presented to the North Carolina National Guard a proclamation commemorating the World War II Battle of Mortain which occurred Aug. 7-13 1944. On Aug. 7,...

Oregon Youth ChalleNGe graduate becomes prosecutor
August 8, 2019 — BEND, Ore. – Three weeks after their induction into the Oregon National Guard’s Youth ChalleNGe Program (OYCP), 160 cadets, having just finished their ‘red stage’ training, sit anxiously in several...

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