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Idaho Guard Conducts Two Rescues in Nine Days
July 10, 2025 — SAWTOOTH RANGE, Idaho - Idaho Army National Guard Soldiers recently conducted two successful search and rescue missions just nine days apart. “Our Citizen-Soldiers stand ready to move out at moment’s...

Guard Soldiers Train with Civilian Experts in Cyber Discovery Exercise
June 23, 2025 — BOISE, Idaho – In an era where threats are just as likely to be identified in cyberspace as on the battlefield, the Idaho National Guard is redefining what it means to protect and defend.Through...

Kosovo Force Mission Aviation Units Conduct Flight Training
June 6, 2025 — CAMP BONDSTEEL, Kosovo – Task Force Aviation, made up of the Idaho and New Jersey Army National Guard, assigned to the NATO-led Kosovo Force mission’s Regional Command-East (RC-E) hosted an...

Idaho Army National Guard, Boise Fire Department Conduct Water Rescue
May 16, 2025 — BOISE, Idaho - The Idaho Army National Guard’s State Aviation Group, working with the Boise Fire Department, assisted in rescuing two rafters May 15 on the Owyhee River in Malheur County, Oregon. Two...

Idaho Army National Guard Hosts Region VI Best Warrior Competition
May 12, 2025 — GOWEN FIELD, Idaho – The Idaho National Guard hosted the Region VI Best Warrior Competition May 4-9 at Gowen Field, challenging participants with six days of physically and mentally demanding events...

Idaho National Guard Trains With Fire Department
April 10, 2025 — BOISE, Idaho – HH-60M Black Hawk helicopter crews trained with the Boise Fire Department’s technical rescue team last month, helping firefighters qualify to conduct hoist operations with the Idaho...

Idaho Army National Guard Soldiers Rescue Injured Hiker
July 30, 2024 — STANLEY, Idaho – The Idaho Army National Guard’s State Aviation Group assisted with the search and rescue of a 44-year-old woman who was injured while hiking near Smokey Peak in Idaho’s Sawtooth...

Idaho Army Guard Helps Rescue Injured Hikers in 2 Missions
July 16, 2024 — BOISE, Idaho - For the second time in five days, the Idaho Army National Guard’s State Aviation Group helped Custer County Search and Rescue officials rescue and transport an injured hiker from...

Idaho Guardsmen Train with Canadian and Polish Allies
May 24, 2024 — BOISE, Idaho—For Soldiers of the 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team, annual training was an international affair. The brigade’s headquarters conducted a command post exercise May 4-18, in which...

General Commissions Son Where He Commissioned Decades Earlier
December 18, 2023 — BOISE, Idaho - Brig. Gen. Ryan Robinson returned to the Idaho State Capitol Dec. 15 to administer the commissioning oath to the Idaho Army National Guard’s newest officer: his son, 2nd Lt. Benjamin...

Army Guard Squad Competes in Army Best Squad Competition
October 13, 2023 — ARLINGTON, Va. – Under the oppressive Georgia heat and humidity, 12 squads from throughout the Army — including a squad representing the Army National Guard — battled it out at Fort Stewart Sept...

Idaho Guardsman Returns to Her High School as a Military Instructor
July 12, 2023 — BOISE, Idaho – When Staff Sgt. Sarah Pak walked the halls of Canyon Ridge High School as a student in 2013; she never imagined her future career would lead her back ten years later as an educator of...

Oregon Army Guard Conducts Tank Gunnery with Moroccan Army
June 15, 2023 — TAN TAN, Morocco - More than two dozen Oregon Army National Guard Soldiers assigned to the 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team’s 3-116th Combined Arms Battalion conducted tank gunnery training with...

Hoist Training Helps Idaho Guardsmen Maintain Readiness
May 1, 2023 — BOISE, Idaho - The training Idaho Army National Guard Citizen-Soldiers complete to be ready to fight and win our nation’s wars also makes them valuable when called upon to support domestic operations...

Idaho 145th Brigade Support Battalion refines field training
July 19, 2022 — BOISE, Idaho – The Idaho National Guard’s 145th Brigade Support Battalion refined its field training at the Orchard Combat Training Center July 9-18, focusing on day and nighttime mission-essential...

Idaho Army National Guard fires precision-guided munitions
May 27, 2022 — BOISE, Idaho – The Idaho Army National Guard’s 1st of the 148th Field Artillery Regiment conducted its first live-fire training and certification using the Army’s modernized M1156 Precision Guidance...

Idaho Army Guard conducts joint medevac, casualty training
May 26, 2022 — BOISE, Idaho – Medics from the Idaho Army National Guard’s Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 1st of the 148th Field Artillery Regiment, conducted air medical evacuation and casualty treatment...

Korean War MIA Soldier identified, laid to rest in Idaho
May 23, 2022 — TWIN FALLS, Idaho – After 72 years, Korean War veteran Pfc. Kenneth LeRoy Bridger was finally laid to rest during a graveside ceremony with full military honors May 21. Bridger was reported missing in...

Idaho Guard combines care for environment, youth education
May 5, 2022 — BOISE, Idaho – More than 180 seventh graders experienced science through a hands-on field trip at the Morley Nelson Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation Area at the Idaho National Guard’s...

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...

Puerto Rico Guard Distributes One Million Gallons of Water in Drought Response

Guardsmen Boost Domestic Response Capabilities in Patriot 26

Washington Guard Strengthens Fiscal Readiness

Kentucky Guard Prepares Incoming Command Teams for Leadership

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