Guard News - The National Guard

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... MORE

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... MORE

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... MORE

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... MORE

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... 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

National Guard’s digital air-ground range fully certified
March 14, 2022 — BOISE, Idaho – The Idaho Army National Guard completed its Government Acceptance Test on its Digital Air Ground Integration Range — the only National Guard-run DAGIR — March 5-11 at the Orchard Combat... MORE

Idaho National Guard trains for joint combat rescue missions
March 11, 2022 — BOISE, Idaho – Idaho Army and Air National Guard aviation units conducted combat search and rescue training together March 9 throughout Idaho’s Owyhee Mountains.“Any opportunity to integrate the Army... MORE

Idaho National Guard unit deploys to Africa
February 28, 2022 — GOWEN FIELD, Idaho – The Idaho Army National Guard Aviation Group deployed a small unit to the AFRICOM area of responsibility to support Operation Enduring Freedom Feb. 23. The unit, which is based at... MORE

124th Medical Group trains with Idaho Army Guard aviators
February 7, 2022 — BOISE, Idaho – Members from the 124th Medical Group trained with Idaho Army National Guard Soldiers on medical evacuations during their unit training assembly Feb. 4-5.The Airmen who participated in... MORE

Daughter commissions into Idaho Guard as her father retires
February 3, 2022 — BOISE, Idaho – 2nd Lt. Marah Sharpe’s father has served in the Idaho Army National Guard for longer than she’s been alive. But despite commissioning into the organization Jan. 28, she will only have... MORE

Idaho Army National Guard completes UH-60M transition
January 18, 2022 — BOISE, Idaho – With the arrival of its final two new UH-60M Black Hawks Jan. 17, the Idaho Army National Guard’s 1-183rd Assault Helicopter Battalion has completely modernized its fleet of A/L models... MORE

Idaho National Guard participates in smart weapon training
August 2, 2021 — BOISE, Idaho – The Idaho Army National Guard’s 1st Battalion of the 148th Field Artillery Regiment spent two weeks at Camp Guernsey, Wyoming, in July for its first M1156 Precision Guidance Kit new... MORE

Singapore Peace Vanguard trains at Idaho Army Guard facility
July 30, 2021 — BOISE, Idaho – The Republic of Singapore Air Force’s Peace Vanguard detachment completed AH-64 Apache aerial gunnery throughout July at the Idaho Army National Guard’s Orchard Combat Training... MORE

From the ground to the sky: Idaho’s joint fire exercise
May 24, 2021 — BOISE, Idaho – Idaho Citizen-Soldiers and -Airmen trained together May 18-19 to support a joint fire exercise that combined live mortars from the ground with close air support from above. Included... MORE

Idaho, West Virginia Guardsmen shine at Ranger competition
April 23, 2021 — BOISE, Idaho – Idaho Army National Guardsman Capt. John Bomsta and his teammate, Sgt. 1st Class Nathan Smith from the West Virginia Army National Guard, were the top National Guard team and 10th out... MORE

Idaho National Guard member finds purpose in serving tribes
March 16, 2021 — BOISE, Idaho – Born in the Dominican Republic, Pfc. Heily Groberg traveled far to be a U.S. citizen and then an Idahoan. Once here, however, she did not have to go far to help make a difference in her... MORE

Idaho Guard opens high-tech range for comprehensive training
March 9, 2021 — BOISE, Idaho - The Idaho Army National Guard celebrated the opening of its Digital Air Ground Integrated Range March 4 at the Orchard Combat Training Center with a ribbon-cutting ceremony.“This fully... MORE

Idaho senior enlisted leader is a horseman and a Guardsman
September 30, 2020 — BOISE, Idaho – Chief Master Sgt. Harold Bongiovi sees a lot of similarities between working with horses and working with the Soldiers and Airmen he oversees as the Idaho National Guard’s senior... MORE

High school student follows father into Idaho National Guard
September 3, 2020 — BOISE, Idaho – Idaho Army National Guard Pvt. Ashlynn Amoruso grew up wanting to be a surgeon. Over the summer, she took a big step toward accomplishing that goal by completing basic combat training... MORE

Vermont Army Aviation Soldiers Ready for Overseas Mission

Illinois Guard Diversity Leader Fosters Inclusive Culture

Air Guard Updates 148th Fighter Wing F-16s with Radar Pods

172nd Airlift Wing Conducts Readiness Exercise

National Guard Leaders Join Multi-state Arctic Event