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Canadian Armed Forces Awards Kansas ANG Unit With Top Honors
October 3, 2024 — SALINA, Kansas – A Kansas Air National Guard unit received one of Canada’s highest military honors for their help in restoring a specialized capability that was all but lost.Top-level Canadian Armed...

World War II POW Guardsman Returned Home for Burial
October 2, 2024 — CHICAGO - Illinois Army National Guard Pfc. Harry Jerele of Berkeley, Illinois, is finally home, nearly 84 years after Company B, 192nd Tank Battalion, based in Maywood, was activated for federal...

Missouri Guard Airman Aids Ailing Firefighter on Plane
September 26, 2024 — ST. JOSEPH, Mo. - On Sept. 2, while returning from a fire assignment in Oregon, Ben Wagner experienced a terrifying health scare midflight. Wagner, a U.S. Forest Service assistant fire management...

Ohio Guard Soldiers Try Cutting-edge Virtual Reality Training
September 19, 2024 — OSCODA, Mich. – A few members of the Ohio Army National Guard’s 323rd Military Police Company tested the Just in Time Multi-Mission Airmen/Warfighters virtual-reality training program during Exercise...

New York National Guard Officer Earns Sapper Tab
September 19, 2024 — SYRACUSE, N.Y. - When 25-year-old New York Army National Guard 1st Lt. Rebeka Eaton sets out to do something, she makes sure it gets done right.“I’m a very determined individual,” Eaton says.That...

NY National Guard Honors World War II Soldier Posthumously
September 17, 2024 — LATHAM, N.Y. - Maj. Gen. Ray Shields, the adjutant general of New York, honored a World War II Soldier 80 years to the day after he was killed in combat.Shields presented the New York State...

Washington Guardsmen Shine at Mechanic of Year Competition
September 12, 2024 — CAMP MURRAY, Wash. - Vehicle maintenance often happens in a shop, in the field or on the side of a road, but never in front of an audience and never for any recognition.Staff Sgts. Ian Wilding, Delta...

Kentucky Airman Earns Navy Commendation for EOD Excellence
September 11, 2024 — LOUISVILLE, Ky. - A Kentucky Air National Guard Airman recently earned the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal for outstanding performance while attending the U.S. Navy’s explosive ordnance...

Florida Guardsman Honored for Rescuing Family
August 28, 2024 — PANAMA CITY, Fla. - When faced with uncertainty, people respond in various ways — some flee, while others confront the challenge head-on. U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Victoria Truppo, a personnel...

New York Air Guard NCO Sings for Thousands at Yankee Stadium
August 27, 2024 — NEW YORK - New York Air National Guard Senior Master Sgt. Mayra Winnie belted out “God Bless America” in front of 41,996 people.Winnie, the personal and development superintendent for the New York Air...

Colorado Soldier Supplies Space Information to New York Guard
August 15, 2024 — FORT DRUM, N.Y. - When leaders and staff of the New York Army National Guard’s 42nd Infantry Division, currently conducting command post exercises at Fort Drum, need to know how space assets can...

New York Sergeant is Army Guard’s Best Warrior Soldier
August 14, 2024 — JERICHO, Vt. - New York Army National Guard Sgt. Peter Fillion, a part-time architect and graduate student, is one of two Best Warriors in the 325,000-Soldier Army National Guard.Fillion, an...

Massachusetts Guard, Art Commission Unveil ‘Every Flag a Story’ Exhibit
August 13, 2024 — HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Mass. - The Massachusetts National Guard, in partnership with the State House Art Commission, proudly unveiled the “Every Flag a Story” exhibit during a ceremony in Memorial...

NY Guard Soldier Designs Korea, Vietnam Commemorative Medals
August 12, 2024 — LATHAM, N.Y. - New York Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Lauren Hicks turned her love for art into state commemorative medals designed to honor New Yorkers’ service in the Korean and Vietnam wars.Hicks,...

North Dakota Guardsman Rescues Woman from Sinking Car
August 1, 2024 — DEVILS LAKE, N.D. – U.S. Army 2nd Lt. David Hooge, 231st Quartermaster Platoon, North Dakota National Guard, rescued a woman from a sinking car July 29.While driving south of Devils Lake, Hooge...

Tennessee Airman, Space Force Brother Reunite in Germany
July 25, 2024 — RHEINLAND-PFALZ, Germany - No matter where you go or how long you’re there, home has a way of finding you. For two brothers serving their nation in different parts of the globe, home found them in...

104th Fighter Wing Donates F-15C to New England Air Museum
July 23, 2024 — BARNES AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Mass. – The 104th Fighter Wing donated an F-15 Eagle to the New England Air Museum July 22 as the wing prepares for the conversion to the F35A Lightning II. Col...

Michigan National Guard Soldier Earns Ranger Tab
July 22, 2024 — LANSING, Mich. - Joining the Army is tough; you’re immediately off to basic and individual training, facing drill sergeants, and learning the basics of soldiering. Going straight to Ranger School...

Minnesota Air Guardsman Closing Out 42-year Career
July 18, 2024 — DULUTH, Minn. - In May 1982, Joan Jett’s ‘I Love Rock ‘n’ Roll’ was No. 1 on the radio, and Master Sgt. Tom Krob enlisted at the 148th Fighter Wing, Minnesota Air National Guard, as an aircraft fuel...

Twins Exchange Command at Wyoming National Guard
July 10, 2024 — CHEYENNE, Wyo. - After 35 months in the position, Command Sgt. Maj. Edmundo Herrera passed the guidon to his twin brother, Edwardo Herrera, who will now serve as the new command sergeant major of the...

Washington Guard Strengthens Fiscal Readiness

Kentucky Guard Prepares Incoming Command Teams for Leadership

New PSYWAR Course Strengthens Guard Capabilities

Idaho Guard Strengthens Wildland Firefighting Capabilities

West Virginia Air Guard Trains for Complex Trauma Response