Overseas Operations News - The National Guard

Mississippi Guard aviation maintainers complete Kuwait mission
November 30, 2015 — CAMP ARIFJAN, Kuwait – It took much collaboration and many different moving parts that had to fall into place, but as the Gulfport, Mississippi-based 1108th Theater Aviation Sustainment Maintenance Group (TASMG) begins to wrap up its deployment, it will be able to add one more accolade... MORE

Staff Sgt. Frank Schatzman, of the 1108th Theater Aviation Sustainment Maintenance Group (TASMG), replaces safety wire on APX-123 coaxial connectors during a preventative maintenance inspection at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait on Sept. 29, 2015. The Mississippi Army National Guard aviation maintenance unit successfully completed a Phase Maintenance Inspection Cycle-1 (PMI) at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, on Sept. 28 and successfully returned the completed aircraft to the 1/137th General Support Aviation Battalion (GSAB) at Camp Buehring, Kuwait, two weeks later.

National Guard Bureau leaders visit troops in Kosovo
November 27, 2015 — CAMP BONDSTEEL, Kosovo - U.S. Service members supporting NATO's peacekeeping mission in Kosovo... MORE

U.S. Army Gen. Frank J. Grass, chief of the National Guard Bureau, introduces himself to an audience of more than 200 reserve-component Service members during a town hall event at Camp Bondsteel, Kosovo, Nov. 24, 2015.

Arizona National Guard helps keep NATO flights aloft
November 13, 2015 — Arizona Airmen and tankers are flying with NATO E-3A Sentry aircraft and aircrews this month to fine tune the in-flight skills needed to pass fuel from KC-135 Stratotankers to the relatively large surveillance aircraft... MORE

Staff Sgt. Kevin Gimenez, a KC-135 Stratotanker boom operator assigned to the Arizona Air National Guard, prepares to refuel a NATO E-3A Sentry over northern Germany during a training mission, Nov. 10, 2015. Airmen from the 161st Air Refueling Wing based in Phoenix are supporting aircrew training operations Nov. 9-20 at NATO Air Base Geilenkirchen, Germany.

Pennsylvania National Guard provides key support at international exercise
November 5, 2015 — About 20 Pennsylvania Army National Guard Soldiers, assigned to the 213th Regional Support Group, or RSG, are taking part in Exercise Trident Juncture 15, working as a vital asset in the exercise's tactical operations center... MORE

Staff Sgt. Nicole Brittain, the noncommissioned officer in charge of the Pennsylvania Army National Guard's 213th Regional Support Group's personnel division, works on a personnel report at Exercise Trident Juncture 15, near Zaragoza, Spain, Nov. 3, 2015.

56th SBCT Medics Execute Mass Casualty Wargame Exercise

Alaska Guard Deploys to Eastern Europe to Support NATO Allies

Pennsylvania National Guard Soldiers Deploying to Kuwait

Illinois Guard Unit to Support U.S. Army Europe and Africa

Kentucky National Guard Military Police to Deploy Overseas