Guard News - The National Guard

Whodunit? 137th MPs learn how to crack the case
March 5, 2018 — LAS VEGAS — A kicked-in door. A room with missing jewelry. A handprint on the window. It's only a scenario, but the people piecing these clues together aren't visiting Las Vegas' newest "escape... MORE

Army Guard member mixes military service with love of history
March 1, 2018 — ARLINGTON, Va. – The office of Miranda Summers Lowe is non-descript in its functional ubiquity. It mirrors many other offices along the same narrow, behind-the-scenes corridors of the Smithsonian... MORE

Miranda Summers Lowe, the curator of modern military history at the Smithsonian Institution, sits in front of a section of the World Trade Center on display in the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History.

Colorado National Guard troops take biathlon training
February 27, 2018 — CENTENNIAL, Colo. —Every state has a National Guard and it's not surprising that a state such as Colorado - known for snowy mountaintops and a thriving ski industry - would have a biathlon team. When... MORE

Elk herd tagged for study at Camp Guernsey, Wyoming
February 27, 2018 — CHEYENNE, Wyo. – The Wyoming Military Department's environmental department has partnered with the Wyoming Game and Fish Department to study the elk population at Camp Guernsey Joint Training Center... MORE

Soldiering fitness is key to mission and career success
February 26, 2018 — CAMP ARIFJAN, Kuwait – As the Santa Fe division winds down its effort at forging the trail for future divisions to assume command and control of Task Force Spartan, several key enlisted 35th leaders... MORE

In his third Olympics, New York Soldier embraces new role
February 26, 2018 — FORT MEADE, Md. - Justin Olsen had reached a crossroads in his bobsled career following the 2014 World Cup season. After winning a gold medal in the four-man event in the 2010 Olympics, an injury... MORE

Sgt. Justin Olsen, shown speaking to media at a press event in Baltimore last month, is competing in his third Olympic Games.

Military chaplains serve nonreligious service members
February 21, 2018 — HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Mass. – During basic training, every Airman and Soldier of the Massachusetts National Guard is issued two oblong stainless steel tags on a beaded chain. Imprinted into these... MORE

Deploying couple celebrates Valentine's Day together
February 14, 2018 — CAMP SHELBY, Miss. - Every year, thousands of married Soldiers are deployed around the world, away from their spouses and families. Though some may marry other service members, it is rare for a dual... MORE

Mississippi Army National Guard Spc. Christopher C. Fields, a cavalry scout assigned to Troop B, 1st Battalion, 98th Cavalry Regiment, 155th Armored Brigade Combat Team, and Mississippi Army National Guard Sgt. Chasidy Fields, a human resource specialist assigned to Headquarters Company, 155th Armored Brigade Combat Team pose for a photo at Camp Shelby Joint Force Training Center

Alaskan Guard member debuts in K-300 dogsled race
February 12, 2018 — BETHEL, Alaska — His hands trembled with anticipation, soaked in a mixture of anxiety and excitement. The room was quiet as the mushers of the Kuskokwim 300 waited to pick a bib number that would... MORE

Soldier escorts Gold Star daughter to father-daughter dance
February 9, 2018 — SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - 1st Sgt. Joseph Bierbrodt of Sheridan, Illinois, an Illinois Army National Guard Soldier, escorted Winthrop Harbor, Illinois, kindergartener; Cayleigh Hinton to her first... MORE

1st Sgt. Joseph Bierbrodt of Sheridan, Illinois, with the 933rd Military Police Company, smiles at Cayleigh Hinton just before escorting her into the father-daughter dance at the Our Lady of Humility School in Beach Park, Illinois

Citizen-Warrior: Mass. Guard member teaches next generation
February 1, 2018 — HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Mass. - Standing at the front of a classroom filled with roughly two-dozen eighth-grade students, a man in his late twenties with Kennedy-esque features teaches a lesson on how... MORE

New York's black WWI troops fought to get into the fight
February 1, 2018 — SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - When the African American National Guard Soldiers of New York's 15th Infantry Regiment arrived in France in December 1917, they expected to conduct combat training and enter... MORE

Grueling Iceland race strengthens resolve of Pa. Airman
January 26, 2018 — HORSHAM AIR GUARD STATION, Pa. - “Warrior ethos is the embodiment of the warrior spirit: tough mindedness, tireless motivation, an unceasing vigilance, a willingness to sacrifice one’s life for the... MORE

Pa. Airman competes in Iceland endurance race

Perspective and tenacity lead to successful military career
January 24, 2018 — CAMP ARIFJAN, Kuwait—Maj. Kimberly Scott, logistical planner and acquisition and cross-service agreement manager, 35th Infantry Division, is the consummate trailblazer—she sees her world as an... MORE

Four N.Y. Guard Soldiers will compete in '18 Winter Olympics
January 23, 2018 — LATHAM, N.Y. - Four New York Army National Guard Soldiers will compete in the 2018 Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea, next month. The four New York Citizen-Soldiers are enrolled in the... MORE

Four NY Soldiers going to Winter Olympics

New York Guard Soldiers will compete in biathlon meet
January 19, 2018 — LATHAM, N.Y. - Three New York Army National Guard Soldiers are heading for Vermont next week to compete against 42 Soldiers from six other Eastern states in Eastern regional qualifying meet and... MORE

NY Soldiers will compete in biathlon next week

Spiritual, mental, physical fitness can help G.I. stability
January 17, 2018 — CAMP ARIFJAN, Kuwait – "When you're spiritually and emotionally fit, you'll take care of yourself because you love yourself," said Master Sgt. David Mundy, 35th Infantry Division chaplain assistant... MORE

Young patriot given chance to be a 'Soldier for a day'
January 12, 2018 — NORMAN, Okla. - Since 19-year old Adrian Hinton was a little girl, she had a dream of becoming a member of the armed services. Specifically, she wanted to be a rifleman. During a career fair at the... MORE

Sgt. Heather Davis shows 19-year old Adrian Hinton the ins and outs of an Oklahoma Army National Guard fuel tanker at the Armed Forces Reserve Center in Norman.

N.Y. Air Guard honors former President and Buffalo native
January 10, 2018 — NIAGARA FALLS AIR RESERVE STATION, N.Y. – With temperatures below zero, the 107th Attack Wing here honored the nation’s 13th president with a wreath laying ceremony at his grave at Forest Lawn... MORE

Col. David Warnick, commander of the 107th Mission Support Group, Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station, New York Air National Guard, prepares to lay a wreath on behalf of the president at the grave of Millard Fillmore, the 13th president, Buffalo, N.Y., Jan. 5, 2018.

Georgia National Guard recalls bitter winter of 1973
January 8, 2018 — ATLANTA - With brutally cold temperatures impacting the East Coast and with fresh memories of the snowfall accumulation that covered north Georgia in December, winter weather has been foremost in many... MORE

Air National Guard Leaders Host 2025 Wing Leader Fly-In

Colorado Army National Guard Conducts Aviation Training for Wildfire Season

Lt. Gen. Jon Stubbs Highlights Virginia National Guard Excellence at Military Ball

Oregon Air Guard Participates in Sentry Aloha Exercise

Air Guard Units Join Forces for Aerial Wildfire Suppression Training