Guard News - The National Guard

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

'Dear Dorie' letters tell the story of World War II love
January 5, 2018 — NIAGARA FALLS AIR RESERVE STATION, N.Y.— The skies above Europe during World War II are cold and deadly but set the stage for a love story that spans more than two years. Nine months of that is spent... MORE

Vet, 92, receives WWII recognition 70 years after the fact
January 4, 2018 — NORTH LAS VEGAS – More than seven decades after participating in some of the most harrowing battles of World War II, William Grant Jr.'s heroic and meritorious Army service was recognized with his... MORE

Vet, 92, receives Bronze Star 70 years late

Citizen-Warrior: Idaho Guard member keeps patients healthy in air, on ground
January 1, 2018 — BOISE, Idaho - As an undergraduate student, Army Capt. Derek Derkacs, an aeromedical physician assistant with the Idaho Army National Guard's 1st Battalion, 183d Aviation Regiment, was studying to... MORE

Idaho physicians assistant keeps Soldiers healthy

Joint Colorado Guard team trains to perform in hot zones
December 29, 2017 — CENTENNIAL, Colo. - The Colorado National Guard's Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Enhanced Response Force Package is a joint Army National Guard and Air National Guard team that... MORE

Colorado National Guard takes mountain unit to new heights
December 29, 2017 — CENTENNIAL, Colo. - The 1st Battalion, 157th Infantry Regiment (Mountain), Colorado Army National Guard is one of only three mountain infantry battalions in the U.S. Army. Through a new partnership... MORE

Colorado Guard mountain training reaches new heights

From Senegal to citizenship: One Conn. Soldier's story
December 28, 2017 — BRIDGEPORT, Conn. - He enlisted in April 2017, looking forward to accomplishing his training, returning to Connecticut as a qualified Wheeled Vehicle Mechanic assigned to Alpha Company, 192nd Engineer... MORE

From Senegal to citizenship, one Guardsman's story

Christmas Eve road march honors deployed service members
December 27, 2017 — GLENS FALLS, N.Y. — New York National Guard Soldiers, Airmen, families and community supporters made up more than 1,200 marchers here Dec. 24 as part of a Christmas Eve Road March to remember the... MORE

North Carolina Soldier finds his match in love and kidney
December 26, 2017 — RALEIGH, N.C. - In 2001, when Sgt. 1st Class Martcello "Martello" Houston was fresh out of basic training and attending school to become a human resources specialist, he met another young Soldier... MORE

Youth ChalleNGe Academy leads to Idaho Airman’s service
December 21, 2017 — BOISE, Idaho — The road that leads someone to serve in the Idaho Air National Guard isn't always the most traditional route. Airman 1st Class Cody Gilbert, an aircraft armament systems specialist with... MORE

N.Y. Air National Guard will track Santa on Christmas Eve
December 20, 2017 — ROME, N.Y – New York Air National Guard members and Royal Canadian Air Force personnel from the Eastern Air Defense Sector will play a key role Christmas Eve as the North American Aerospace Defense... MORE

N.Y. Airman returns from hurricane support with furry friend
December 19, 2017 — STRATTON AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, N.Y. - When Staff Sgt. John Cox, an air transportation specialist assigned to the 109th Airlift Wing, deployed to Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, Oct. 9, he assumed he would... MORE

N.Y. Airman deploys dog from Puerto Rico

In 1917, N.Y. Guard Soldiers celebrated pre-march Christmas
December 15, 2017 — LATHAM, N.Y. - In December of 1917 the National Guard Soldiers of the 42nd Division were all in France, waiting for training in the trench warfare that marked World War I in Europe. The division's... MORE

Guard medics get on-the-job training with Wisconsin Badgers
December 14, 2017 — MADISON, Wis. — From 1861 until the end of the Civil War in 1865, more than 70,000 Wisconsin troops trained at Camp Randall here in Madison. Today, Wisconsin National Guard Soldiers continue to train... MORE

Wisconsin medics learn about athletic injuries

Iowa Air Guard’s 132nd Security Forces Squadron Conducts Annual Training in Hawaii

Wisconsin Air Guard’s 115th Fighter Wing Partners With UW Health for Medical Airmen Training

Connecticut Army Guard Partners With Coast Guard to Dislodge Beached Buoy

Minnesota Guard Among First to Field Army’s Newest M250 Automatic Rifle

Soldier’s Medal Awarded to Georgia Guardsman Who Pulled Driver From Burning SUV