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Virginia Guard Completes Equipment Movement in Africa
January 8, 2026
Virginia National Guard Soldiers assigned to the Powhatan-based 180th Engineer Support Company, 276th Engineer Battalion, 329th Regional Support Group, load a Caterpillar D6K Dozer onto a West Virginia Air National Guard C-130J Super Hercules while supporting Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa, Dec. 3, 2025.
Washington Guard, Thailand Participate in Aviation Exchange
January 6, 2026
Capt. Taylor Payne, Army Aviation Support Facility 2 commander and State Partnership Program aviation liaison, receives a coin from his Royal Thai Army counterpart during the closing ceremonies following an Aviation Subject Matter Expert Exchange in Lop Buri, Thailand, Dec. 12, 2025.
Washington Guard Participates in Stryker Exchange with Thai Partners
January 6, 2026
Washington Guard members and Royal Thai Army members pose for a group photo during the Stryker Maintainer and Maintenance Manager Subject Matter Expert Exchange in Chon Buri Province, Thailand, Dec. 1–19, 2025.
Illinois Guard’s 725th Transportation Company Kept European Command Fueled
December 23, 2025
Multiple Illinois Army National Guard 725th Transportation Company Soldiers were awarded military medals ranging from Meritorious Service Medals to Army Achievement Medals during the unit’s Welcome Home ceremony, Dec. 13, 2025, at Harlem High School in Machesney Park, Ill.
Michigan National Guard Hosts Sierra Leone to Strengthen New Partnership
December 19, 2025
Sgt. 1st Class Michael Engel, Warrant Officer 1 Courtney Topper, Warrant Officer 1 Jacob Shumway, Warrant Officer 1 Alex G. Sama, chief of logistics for the Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces, and Maj. Edward K. John pose for a photo during a Department of War National Guard Bureau's State Partnership Program engagement in Michigan, December 2024.
Kentucky Guard Instructors Train Florida Guard Members Overseas
December 19, 2025
U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class David Hughes instructs Soldiers how to properly connect the cables between the pod and launcher during a military occupational specialty transition course at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, Oct. 31-Nov. 16, 2025.
Guam and Hawaii Guards Strengthen Ties at Philippine Reservist Convention
December 17, 2025
Leaders from the Guam and Hawaii National Guards stand alongside Reserve Commanders from the Armed Forces of the Philippines during the 2nd ARRAPI National Convention in Makati City, Dec. 8, 2025.
Connecticut Airmen Conclude High-Tempo Deployment in East Africa
December 10, 2025
U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the 75th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron maneuver an excavator onto a C-130H Hercules aircraft at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Nov. 3, 2025.
Fiji Military Forces and Nevada Army Guard Conduct Multinational Training
December 10, 2025
Lt. Lakoenavuli, Fiji Royal Military Forces, company commander, briefs the "culminating raid" during Exercise Cartwheel, Nov. 6, 2025.
California Guard Enters State Partnership Program with Mexico's Secretariat of National Defense
December 8, 2025
U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Matthew P. Beevers and Maj. Gen. Javier Sandoval Duenas, deputy chief of military doctrine of the National Defense Joint Headquarters Staff, or EMCDN, sign a letter of intent formalizing the agreement for Mexico to join the Department of War National Guard Bureau's State Partnership Program with the California National Guard.