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ESGR is backbone of Guard-employer alliance
August 24, 2018 — ARLINGTON, Va. – As many National Guard members rely on their full-time, civilian jobs for their primary source of income, the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve program continues to build...

Vietnam vet's daughter connects with him through service
August 21, 2018 — WILLOW GROVE, Pa. - In 2004, Staff Sgt. Rachel Kovach joined the Pennsylvania Army National Guard. She had many reasons to join including the call of patriotism and a desire for training, but one of...

Two instructors build intellects, physiques on same campus
August 17, 2018 — McGHEE TYSON AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Tenn. – Two active duty Air Force enlisted professional military education instructors serving at the Air National Guard's training and education center in East...

Army Guard NCO of the Year is a grinding success story
August 7, 2018 — FRANKFORT, Ky. — "Honestly, I did not want to compete. When I was asked about competing for battalion I turned it down and my first sergeant (1st Sgt. Larry Butte) sent me a text saying 'Too bad...

Air Guard’s 2018 Outstanding Airman of the Year is chosen
August 6, 2018 — JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Md. - Staff Sgt. Wilson B. Gardner was selected as the Air National Guard's 2018 Outstanding Airman of the Year, and one of the Air Force's 12 Outstanding Airmen of the Year...

Wash. Air Guard member is second generation serving Airmen
August 2, 2018 — CAMP MURRAY, Wash. - After high school, Staff Sgt. Psalmbrea Noel Doss wanted to move away from Washington State in search of new experiences and a college education. After a year in North Carolina,...

Calif. Army Guard Soldier-professor serves in Afghanistan
August 1, 2018 — KANDAHAR AIRFIELD, Afghanistan - To the Soldiers assigned to Train, Advise and Assist Command-South, Army Maj. Nathan Wall, with the California Army National Guard's 40th Infantry Division, is simply...

Training preps Ky. Air Guard team to recover fallen comrades
July 30, 2018 — FALLS OF ROUGH, Ky. - Members of the Kentucky Air National Guard set up a training site here July 16 to simulate the recovery and repatriation of fallen service members. The 123rd Airlift Wing's...

New Jersey's SWEAT program gets Soldiers back in shape
July 27, 2018 — JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, N.J. - Welcome to SWEAT. It's a two-week New Jersey Army National Guard program that stands for Soldier Wellness Education and Training and it was created to help...

Nevada Air Guard helps round up Canada geese to curb mishaps
July 26, 2018 — RENO, Nev. - Members of the 152nd Airlift Wing of the Nevada Air National Guard participated in the 33rd annual Canada goose round-up June 4-7 with the Nevada Department of Wildlife and the United...

Mounted WWI artillery re-enactors thrill Wyoming audiences
July 25, 2018 — CHEYENNE, Wyo. – As the nation and Wyoming commemorate the 100th anniversary of World War I, it's fitting that a group of Soldiers and horses celebrating the history of U.S. Army field artillery – a...

Guard's 42nd Division went on attack in fierce WWI campaign
July 25, 2018 — SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - The American Expeditionary Force of World War I, led by Gen. John Pershing, wanted to break the four-year-old stalemate of trench warfare when the U.S. entered the fight in...

Explosives expert: Ordnance 'weapons of war, not door stops'
July 25, 2018 — LINCOLN, Neb. - Three explosive ordnance disposal technicians from the 155th Civil Engineer Squadron of the Nebraska Air National Guard responded to a call from the Omaha Police Department's Bomb...

N.Y. Soldiers to commemorate history of the 'Rainbow Division'
July 24, 2018 — TROY, N.Y. - Twenty-five members of the New York Army National Guard's 42nd Infantry Division, which is headquartered in Troy, headed to France on Monday to take part in a week of World War I...

Ohio husband and wife become Citizen-Soldiers together
July 20, 2018 — COLUMBUS, Ohio - Irene and Nate Miller met through mutual friends in their picturesque hometown of Chagrin Falls in northeast Ohio's Geauga County and have been married for four years. They're best...

N.Y. Air Guard pilot takes'final flight' to end 33-year run
July 19, 2018 — STRATTON AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, N.Y.—After a 33-year career that included two years at the U.S. embassy in South Africa, a very cold night on an Antarctic glacier after an unplanned landing, and...

'Time travel' brings Army Guard members home from Mongolia
July 19, 2018 — JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — For Airmen of the 249th Airlift Squadron "Arctic Terns" and Soldiers of the 297th Regional Support Group, the C-17 Globemaster III cargo aircraft they were...

National Guard troops safeguard the All-Star game in D.C.
July 18, 2018 — WASHINGTON – Nationals Park rumbled with thunderous applause and fanatic attendees cheered with excitement as the 2018 MLB All-Star game got underway Tuesday. Attendees not already standing were asked...

ANG Increases tanker reliability with sustainment dock
July 13, 2018 — FAIRCHILD AIR FORCE BASE, Wash. - In hangar 1033, a KC-135 Stratotanker undergoes an isochronal inspection as Airmen of the 141st and 92nd Maintenance Squadrons start the process of dismantling,...

National Guard medics who save child's life receive thanks
July 6, 2018 — OLYMPIA, Wash. - Pvt. Gracie Hilinski, Medical Section, Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 2nd Battalion, 146th Field Artillery Regiment, 81st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, received an Army...

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