Guard News - The National Guard

National Guard chief observes troops amid hurricane damage and wildfires
September 21, 2017 — WASHINGTON — As Army and Air National Guard troops worked in the hardest-hit areas of Florida, so too did Guard members work amid a raging fire in Oregon, as observed by a National Guard Bureau team... MORE

Oregon Army National Guard aviators douse fires across the state
September 20, 2017 — SALEM, Ore. - Oregon Army National Guard Soldiers of Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 168th Aviation Regiment, answered the call to help their state following Governor Kate Brown's emergency declaration... MORE

South Carolina Citizen-Soldier answers the call for third year
September 12, 2017 — COLUMBIA, S.C. - South Carolina was very fortunate to be spared a direct strike from Hurricane Irma, but as the storm continued a path northward after inundating Florida, the state experienced high... MORE

S.C. Guard member answers the call for third year

Gen. Lengyel addresses Suicide Prevention Month with Army and Air National Guard members
September 12, 2017 — This is a letter from General Joseph L. Lengyel to the troops, in recognition of Suicide Prevention Month. WASHINGTON, D.C. - Thank you for everything you do in support of our communities, States,... MORE

Suicide prevention letter from Gen. Lengyel

Airmen wed during Hurricane Irma prior to rescue operations
September 10, 2017 — ORLANDO, Fla.– Hurricane Irma’s storm-force winds couldn’t prevent two people from pledging their love for each other. Surrounded by Soldiers and Airmen from the Florida National Guard’s Chemical... MORE

Senior Airman Lauren Durham and Michael Davis exchanged vows at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando before heading out on search and recovery missions

Citizen-Warrior: Tennessee Army Guard member hones analyst skills in military, civilian careers
September 1, 2017 — CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - Staff Sgt. Krystle Parks, an intelligence analyst with the Tennessee Army National Guard's 230th Sustainment Brigade, recently supported exercise Saber Guardian, a large-scale,... MORE

Intel analyst is Citizen-Warrior for September, 2017

Operation Potomac gives North Carolina Guard members a view of U.S. government
August 23, 2017 — WASHINGTON - The military, including the North Carolina National Guard (NCNG), is one of many smaller pieces that make up the government of the United States of America. Recently, a group of 17 NCNG... MORE

3 pilots are teammates in the Guard but opponents in the sky
August 22, 2017 — OKLAHOMA CITY – It's common for Guard members to grow up in a unit and stay there for most of their career. This uniqueness brings a plethora of opportunities for connections to be made on the... MORE

Guard colleagues but civilian competitors

New York City said goodbye to National Guard with massive parade in August 1917
August 22, 2017 — NEW YORK - Before they walked down the gangplank onto French soil in April 1918; 25,000 New York National Guard Soldiers walked down Fifth Avenue in August 1917 so New York City could say goodbye. On... MORE

Massive 1917 parade for New York Guard member

Army Guard vocalist makes the rounds in National Capital Region
August 16, 2017 — ARLINGTON, Va. – Army Maj. Edgar I. Quinones-Marin, a program analyst at the National Guard Bureau, never expected to be the go-to Soldier to sing patriotic songs at events and ceremonies in the... MORE

Son of fallen Virginia National Guard officer enlists on parents' 20th anniversary
August 15, 2017 — RICHMOND, Va. – Twenty years after his parents got married and 10 years after losing his father in an Iraq helicopter shoot down, Pvt. Paul David Kelly, 19, raised his right hand and enlisted into the... MORE

Identical twins serve together in Air National Guard
August 11, 2017 — MANSFIELD, Ohio - Raven Hull, a personnel specialist at the 179th Airlift Wing here, and Lakota Hull, a medical administrator also at the 179th, are identical twins serving in the Air National Guard... MORE

Lakota Hull, left, and Raven Hull, twins pose for photo

100 years ago: Entire National Guard drafted for World War I
August 3, 2017 — ARLINGTON, Va. - On this date 100 years ago, August 5, 1917, the entire National Guard was drafted into U.S. Army service for World War I. This represented the culmination of several steps declared by... MORE

Civil War-era cannonballs demolished at National Guard's Fort Indiantown Gap
August 3, 2017 — FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, Pa.- Civilian authorities called upon the U.S. Army and the Pennsylvania National Guard this month to assist with the demolition here of hundreds of Civil War-era cannonballs... MORE

Old cannonballs destroyed at Ft. Indiantown Gap, PA

Guard Soldiers from around country trade old jobs for rocket launchers in Wyoming
August 2, 2017 — CAMP GUERNSEY JOINT TRAINING CENTER, Wyo. – The Wyoming Army National Guard's heritage is steeped in field artillery excellence, and if a Guard member wants to learn how to be a "Red Leg," the Cowboy... MORE

Citizen-Warrior: Indiana Army Guard member blends firefighting, military into life of service
August 1, 2017 — INDIANAPOLIS — At the Indianapolis Fire Department's Station 15, located in the southeast part of the city, is a man who has dedicated his life to serving his community and country for almost 30... MORE

Tom Farrington, a firefighter with the Indianapolis Fire Department and a member of the Indiana Army National Guard, stands in front of one of the department’s ladder trucks. Farrington said the skills he uses as a firefighter easily translate over to the military side, just as his military skills benefit him as a firefighter.

Airmen, Soldiers train in Patriot North 2017 Exercise at Fort McCoy, Wis.
July 26, 2017 — FORT McCOY, Wis. - During the second half of July, Fort McCoy's Young Air Assault Strip on South Post and other post training areas were in use for the Patriot North 2017 Exercise — a joint agency... MORE

Soldiers with the 1st Battalion, 376th Aviation Regiment, 63rd Theater Aviation Brigade of the Nebraska Army National Guard move cargo with a Chinook helicopter July 21, 2017, during operations during the Patriot North 2017 Exercise at the Young Air Assault Trip at Fort McCoy, Wis. Patriot North is a training exercise designed for civilian emergency management and responders to work with military entities in the same manner that they would during disasters.

North Carolina Soldier bridges the language gap in Romania
July 25, 2017 — CINCU, Romania - Exercise Saber Guardian 17 was a U.S. European Command training event that took place in July, in Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria and involved more than 25,000 service members from... MORE

Spc. Gizela Lupescu of the North Carolina National Guard served as battalion translator in her native country, Romania.

Scoutmaster planned military support for the 2017 Scout Jamboree
July 24, 2017 — GLEN JEAN, W.Va. - Described by his peers as an "easy to work with, West Virginia kinda guy," Lt. Col. Larry Boggs goes above and beyond to contribute to his community, state and the U.S. Army. Boggs... MORE

Lt. Col. Larry Boggs, plans and integrations officer for the West Virginia National Guard, monitors operations for the 2017 National Jamboree July 21, 2017, at the Glen Jean Armory in Glen Jean, W. Va. Boggs, who is also a scoutmaster, was a prime planner for the event which draws 30,000 Scouts.

South Carolina Chaplain Corps ready to assist Soldiers and their families
July 24, 2017 — COLUMBIA, S.C. - For more than 240 years, the U.S. Army Chaplain Corps has attended to the faith and spiritual needs of American Soldiers and their families. Chaplains fulfill a multitude of duties -... MORE

Chaplain (Maj.) Brandon Candee, 1-151st Attack Reconnaissance Battalion chaplain, conducted chapel services July 9, 2017, during annual training at Fort Stewart, Georgia. The sermon focused on the fear of change and how to overcome those fears in preparation for deployment for Soldiers with the 1-151st ARB.

Maine Army Guard Engineers Build Communities, Readiness

Iowa Army Guard Soldiers Train at Tigerland

Idaho Guard Engineers Aid Redwood Park Restoration

Oregon Army Guard Helps Design Future Medevac Technology

Alaska Air National Guard Rescues Five Distressed Boaters