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Senior 28th ID trainers support Stryker brigade NTC rotation
July 13, 2022 — HARRISBURG, Pa. – Leaders of the 28th Infantry Division used Pennsylvania Army National Guard subject matter experts to help ensure the division’s 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team maximized its... MORE

Brig. Gen. Michael Wegscheider, standing, the 28th Infantry Division's deputy commanding general-maneuver, makes closing remarks during the 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team's final combined arms rehearsal at the National Training Center, Fort Irwin, Calif., July 7, 2022. Wegscheider led a senior trainer team of two dozen planners, logisticians and other specialists who observed the brigade's NTC rotation.

Oklahoma Army Guard Soldiers test their resiliency at NTC
August 2, 2021 — FORT IRWIN, Calif. – Oklahoma Army National Guard Soldiers tested their skills as they fought the heat and mock enemies during a month-long annual training in the desert at the National Training... MORE

Soldiers with the 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Oklahoma Army National Guard, move through the desert during a live-fire exercise at the National Training Center in Fort Irwin, California, July 24, 2021.

MN Army Guard unit 1st to complete NTC rotation amid COVID
August 24, 2020 — FORT IRWIN, Calif. - The Minnesota Army National Guard’s 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 34th Infantry Division, was the first unit to complete rotational training at the Army’s National Training... MORE

Soldiers with the Minnesota National Guard’s 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team prepare for the field during a rotation at the National Training Center at Fort Irwin, California, July 15, 2020. The exercise, directed by U.S. Army Forces Command, serves as the final major training event ahead of the brigade’s 2021 deployment to the Middle East.

Wisconsin Guard endures desert training, COVID adjustments
August 18, 2020 — MADISON, Wis. – A training cycle at Fort Irwin, California’s National Training Center in the Mojave Desert, is never easy. Factor in the COVID-19 pandemic and the difficulty increases... MORE

Members of the Wisconsin Army National Guard’s 1158th Transportation Company at the National Training Center, Fort Irwin, Calif., in early August 2020. The Soldiers supported the Minnesota Army National Guard’s 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, part of the 34th Division.

NYNG aviation Soldiers hone land navigation skills
August 4, 2020 — GUILDERLAND, NY. – New York Army National Guard Soldiers of the 3rd Battalion, 142nd Aviation, prefer to fly when they go someplace, but on July 30, they conducted land navigation training.“Being... MORE

New York Army National Guard Soldiers assigned to 3rd Battalion, 142nd Aviation Regiment, find their way during land navigation training as part of their annual training at the Guilderland Range in Guilderland, New York, July 29, 2020.

National Guard Members Continue LA Wildfire Response

National Guard Bureau Leaders Meet With Guardsmen Supporting 60th Presidential Inauguration

42nd Infantry Division Heads to Warfighter Exercise

National Guard Soldiers Prepare for Funeral Honors Duty

New Jersey Guard Hosts U.S. Northern Command Joint Staff Training