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Oregon’s 173rd Fighter Wing Honors Native American Heritage
November 15, 2022 — KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. – The 173rd Fighter Wing welcomed members of the Klamath Tribes and others of American Indian descent to a ceremony during Native American heritage month.Local members of the... MORE

Army Guard Makes it to Final Round of Army Best Squad Competition
October 11, 2022 — ARLINGTON, Va. – Five Army National Guard members were among four teams selected for the final round of the U.S. Army’s inaugural Best Squad Competition.The Best Squad Competition, formerly the U.S... MORE

Oregon National Guard Supports Wildland Firefighting
September 26, 2022 — JOSEPH, Ore. - Oregon National Guard members assisted firefighters battling the Double Creek Fire by staffing road closure points around the fire’s perimeter.The fire in the Wallowa-Whitman National... MORE

Idaho Guard Soldiers Conduct Intense Pre-deployment Training
September 20, 2022 — BOISE, Idaho – More than 600 Idaho Army National Guard Soldiers, joined by Soldiers from the Montana, Oregon, Ohio and South Carolina National Guard, have been training in Texas since mobilizing in... MORE

Oregon National Guard Responds to Rum Creek Fire
September 6, 2022 — MEDFORD, Ore. – The Oregon National Guard has helped support firefighting efforts at the Rum Creek Fire that has burned approximately 17,000 acres in Josephine County. Fifty-one Guard members have... MORE

Michigan Guard unit Trains in Tunisia at African Lion 22
August 29, 2022 — BEN GHILOUF, Tunisia – Southern Tunisia features a vast desert, poisonous scorpions, large camel spiders and multiple species of snakes. Fierce sandstorms and extreme heat are the norms during the... MORE

New York Air Guard Airmen Train with Brazilian Counterparts
August 26, 2022 — CAMPO GRANDE, Brazil - One hundred New York National Guard Airmen, including 80 from the 106th Rescue Wing, are participating in exercises with their Brazilian Air Force counterparts through Aug... MORE

Tennessee Hosts Army National Guard Best Warrior Competition
July 25, 2022 — SMYRNA, Tenn. – The Army National Guard will find its best warriors this week in the 2022 Army National Guard’s Best Warrior Competition. Fourteen Soldiers will battle it out to see who will earn the... MORE

National Guard Demonstrates Capabilities During African Lion
July 7, 2022 — TAN-TAN, Morocco – As the multinational training exercise African Lion ’22 ended, leaders from the Idaho National Guard and other U.S. states joined partner nations in Morocco June 30 to observe... MORE

Guard Uses Cost-Effective Mobile Teams to Increase Training
July 1, 2022 — CAMP RILEA, Ore. – A team of 16 trainers from the National Guard’s Warrior Training Center at Fort Benning, Georgia, traveled to Camp Rilea, Oregon, in June to train 266 Soldiers from across the... MORE

Idaho National Guard Participates in African Lion Exercise
June 27, 2022 — TAN-TAN, Morocco – Idaho Army National Guard Soldiers with the 1st Battalion of the 148th Field Artillery Regiment and their counterparts from California, Oregon, Texas, Utah and Wisconsin are... MORE

Oregon Air, Army National Guard Train on CERFP Response
June 22, 2022 — CAMP UMATILLA, Ore. – The Oregon National Guard CERFP task force trained at Camp Umatilla June 12-14 to maintain standards for emergency management.The task force, comprised of Oregon Army and Air... MORE

National Guard Soldiers, Airmen Train on Cybersecurity
June 21, 2022 — BOISE, Idaho – The Idaho Army National Guard hosted Guard members from seven states June 4-18 for a regional cyber exercise that included assessing the security of a dozen Idaho agencies. Cyber... MORE

Idaho Guard’s 2-116th CAB Trains for Deployment to Mideast
June 9, 2022 — BOISE, Idaho – The Idaho Army National Guard’s 2nd of the 116th Combined Arms Battalion conducted annual training to prepare for deployment later this year to support Operation Spartan Shield. The... MORE

New Air National Guard Exercise Tests Agility in Michigan
June 7, 2022 — ALPENA, Mich. – Air National Guard Airmen and aircraft from around the country are conducting the first Air National Guard Readiness Exercise Program event, Agile Rage 22. This exercise is hosted by... MORE

Idaho Army National Guard Soldiers train for deployment
April 4, 2022 — BOISE, Idaho – The 2nd of the 116th Combined Arms Battalion conducted an extended drill March 2–April 1 at the Orchard Combat Training Center to build team proficiency before deploying in support of... MORE

Oregon Guard supports Bangladesh Tiger Lightning 22 exercise
March 30, 2022 — GAZIPUR, Bangladesh – In the hot March sun at the Bangladesh Institute of Peace Support Operations Training, U.S. military service members partnered with their Bangladeshi counterparts to participate... MORE

Oregon Guard winds down hospital support mission
March 15, 2022 — ACROSS OREGON – With declining infection rates from the COVID-19 omicron variant and the indoor mask mandate ending, Soldiers and Airmen from the Oregon National Guard wrapped up their mobilization to... MORE

Hundreds of Oregon Guardsmen help overwhelmed hospitals
February 16, 2022 — MEDFORD, Ore. – Oregon National Guardsmen are assisting more than 40 hospitals across the state struggling with heavy patient loads and short staffing caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.Guardsmen handle... MORE

142nd Wing mobilizes to support Portland hospitals
January 24, 2022 — PORTLAND, Ore. – The Oregon Air National Guard’s 142nd Wing mobilized almost 200 Airmen to support state hospitals during a surge in COVID-19 hospitalizations across Oregon.During the second week of... MORE

Deployed 28th ID Soldiers Participate in Exercise Juniper Oak

Northern Strike Builds Readiness, Challenges Visiting Units

Kansas Air Guard Joins Aeromedical Evacuation Training

105th Airlift Wing Wins 2nd Straight Meritorious Unit Award

Hokanson: Army Guard Aviation is big, Widespread, Capable