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Hawaii Air Guard Cyber Team Honored for Cyber Defense Work
June 17, 2022 — HONOLULU – Three Hawaii National Guard Airmen received achievement medals at Fort DeRussy May 14 for enhancing the Guard’s cyber-response capabilities.The team of cyber analysts and operators was... MORE

U.S. Air Force Capt. Elijah Lincoln, center, is awarded an achievement medal May 14, 2022, at Fort DeRussy, Hawaii, for standing up the Hawaii National Guard’s first Cyber Mission Assurance Team. With him are U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Moses Kaoiwi Jr., Hawaii Army National Guard commander, and U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Glen Hayase.

National Guard Members Conduct Innovative Readiness Training
June 10, 2022 — TAHLEQUAH, Okla. - Oklahoma National Guard Soldiers and Airmen are building homes and treating patients in health clinics in Eastern Oklahoma. They are helping fellow Oklahomans thanks partly to the... MORE

Air National Guard Airman First Class Cabrera, 124th Civilian Engineer Squadron, smooths out gravel as a part of an Innovative Readiness Training mission while building homes for the Cherokee Veterans Housing Initiative in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, June 6, 2022. IRT is a Department of Defense initiative that is a joint environment with National Guard Soldiers and Airmen.

National Guard Supports Armed Forces of Ukraine
June 8, 2022 — ARLINGTON, Va. – Pinned down by a Russian tank and armed with only a failed anti-tank missile, a Ukrainian soldier recently turned to an unlikely source as the most effective weapon available — his... MORE

Volodymyr Zelenskyy, president of Ukraine, U.S. Army Maj. Gen. David Baldwin, adjutant general of the California National Guard, and California Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis watch a demonstration of tactical equipment during a visit to the California Air National Guard’s 129th Rescue Wing at Moffett Air National Guard Base, California, Sept. 2, 2021. The California National Guard and Ukraine have been partners under the Department of Defense National Guard Bureau State Partnership Program since 1993.

Washington National Guard, Malaysia Conduct Joint Exercise
June 6, 2022 — KUANTAN, Malaysia – The eighth annual Bersama Warrior exercise began June 6 with a ceremony presided over by First Admiral Baharudin bin Wan Md Nor, Malaysian Armed Forces Joint Force Headquarters... MORE

Participants in the eighth annual Bersama Warrior exercise pose for a photo during the opening ceremony in Kuantan, Malaysia, June 6, 2022. Bersama Warrior is an annual joint and bilateral exercise sponsored by U.S. Indo-Pacific Command and hosted by the Malaysian Armed Forces.

Guard, Royal Thai Army Take Part in Stryker Leaders' Course
June 2, 2022 — YAKIMA TRAINING CENTER, Wash. – Through 20 years of partnership, the Washington National Guard and the Royal Thai Armed Forces have shared knowledge and best practices on many topics. The latest... MORE

Staff Sgt. Travis Mattoon, Stryker Leaders Course instructor from 1st Battalion, 205th Regional Training Institute, Washington Army National Guard, instructs Royal Thai Army officers on the remote weapons system of a Stryker combat vehicle.

Guard civil support teams conduct WMD training exercise
May 2, 2022 — RAPID CITY, S.D. – National Guard civil support teams from seven states and local, state and federal agencies conducted a regional training exercise throughout western South Dakota April 26-27.The... MORE

U.S. Army Capt. Russ Reed checks the protective equipment of Staff Sgt. Jerico Witte as members of the South Dakota National Guard’s 82nd Civil Support Team and the Rapid City Fire Department conduct annual hazardous material training in Rapid City, S.D., April 29, 2021.

Washington Guard, Thailand celebrate 20-year partnership
March 23, 2022 — CAMP MURRAY, Wash. – The Washington National Guard is celebrating the 20th anniversary of its partnership with the Kingdom of Thailand in the State Partnership Program and resuming in-person... MORE

Brig. Gen. Gent Welsh, commander of the Washington Air National Guard, with members of the Kingdom of Thailand military in Thailand March 1, 2022. The Washington Guard and Thailand have been partners under the State Partnership Program for 20 years.

Washington Guard helps out at veterans’ homes, prisons
March 16, 2022 — PORT ORCHARD, Wash. – While restrictions begin to ease following the latest surge of the COVID-19 omicron variant, the Washington National Guard continues to support people in need. A Washington... MORE

Air Force Capt. Geneva Hoskins-Dorsey, 194th Medical Group, Washington Air National Guard, poses for a photo at the Veterans Home in Port Orchard, Washington, March 9, 2022. Hoskins-Dorsey was the officer in charge of the Port Orchard facility as members of her team helped veterans' home employees by answering resident call lights and non-clinical requests and performing COVID screenings.

Washington National Guard members help hospitals
January 24, 2022 — CAMP MURRAY, Wash. – About 100 Washington National Guard members were activated Jan. 21 to help alleviate staffing shortages and offer COVID-19 testing at eight hospitals across the state.The rapid... MORE

Staff Sgt. Melinda Grounds, a medic with the 141st Medical Group and a registered nurse in Idaho, goes through a questionnaire with a visitor to the mass vaccination site at the Clark County Fairgrounds in Ridgefield, Wash., Jan. 28, 2021. About 100 Washington National Guard members were activated Jan. 21, 2022, to assist at hospitals across the state..

Washington National Guardsmen prepare to deploy to Poland
January 13, 2022 — JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. – Just as the Washington National Guard welcomed home nearly 100 members of the 81st Stryker Brigade Combat Team after a nine-month deployment to Ukraine, 100 members... MORE

Lt. Col. Matt Braddock, commander of the 2nd Battalion, 146th Field Artillery Regiment, talks with his Soldiers before they depart Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., Jan. 5, 2022. More than 100 Guard members are deploying to Poland in support of the NATO-enhanced Forward Presence mission.

Washington National Guard members respond to flooding
January 12, 2022 — CENTRALIA, Wash. – Following heavy rain, high winds and record snowfall, the Washington National Guard activated members to support flood response operations in Lewis County.The Jan. 7 mobilization... MORE

Members of the Washington National Guard respond to flooding Jan. 7, 2022, in Lewis County, Wash. The Guard members filled sandbags and provided other support.

Washington Guard accomplished many missions in 2021
December 23, 2021 — CAMP MURRAY, Wash. – For the employees of the Washington Military Department, 2021 picked up right where 2020 left off, with hopes that we were advancing toward a post-pandemic future.Less than a week... MORE

Washington National Guard Sgt. Nathan Smart, a member of B Company, 1st Battalion, 168th General Support Aviation, observes the water drop zone during water bucket training June 6, 2021, at Joint-Base Lewis McChord.

Year in Review: National Guard delivered at home and abroad
December 22, 2021 — ARLINGTON, Va. – When a series of tornadoes slashed across parts of eight Midwest states late in the evening of Dec. 10, Spc. Zach Neisz sprang into action. He grabbed an ax, flashlight and medical... MORE

New Jersey National Guard Soldiers and Airmen from 1st Battalion, 114th Infantry Regiment, 508th Military Police Company, 108th Wing, and 177th Fighter Wing, arrive near the U.S. Capitol Jan. 12, 2021. National Guard Soldiers and Airmen from every state, territory and the District of Columbia traveled to Washington to support federal and district authorities for the 59th Presidential Inauguration.

Washington Guard helped defend US after Pearl Harbor attack
December 1, 2021 — CAMP MURRAY, Wash. – As the sun rose Dec. 7, 1941, U.S. military personnel stationed at Pearl Harbor Naval Base were starting their Sunday routines. Unknown to them, more than 350 Imperial Japanese... MORE

A Guardsman stands watch in Hawthorne, California, in 1942. (Archive Photo)

US, Malaysia conclude exercise interrupted by pandemic
November 23, 2021 — JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. – In March 2020, members of the Washington National Guard were deep into the Bersama Warrior staff exercise with their counterparts in the Malaysian Armed Forces in... MORE

Washington Army National Guard Lt. Cols. Scott Fieldman and Reena Emme work virtually with their counterparts from the Malaysian Armed Forces during Exercise Bersama Warrior '21 from Joint Base Lewis McChord, Washington, Nov. 14, 2021.

After mission ends, Guardsmen find work at food bank
November 19, 2021 — SEDRO-WOOLLEY, Wash. – Members of the Washington National Guard are now permanent employees at a food bank after offering a helping hand during the COVID-19 pandemic."Seeing the fear that some of them... MORE

Spc. Hunter Clatterbuck, a chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear specialist with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 898th Brigade Engineer Battalion, drives the Helping Hands food bank delivery truck Nov. 9, 2021, in Sedro-Woolley, Wash. The food bank hired some Washington National Guard members after their mission there came to an end.

10th CST attends exercise based on real radioactive incident
November 5, 2021 — SEATTLE – A real-world emergency was the basis of a recent exercise that tested the Washington National Guard’s 10th Civil Support Team and its ability to detect and respond to a foreign... MORE

Washington National Guard Staff Sgt. Justin Belz and Sgt. Walter Fleming, survey team members with the 10th Civil Support Team, analyze a substance during a multi-agency hazardous material exercise in Discovery Park, Seattle, Wash., Nov. 3, 2021.

Guardsman strengthens relationships at Yudh Abhyas 21
November 2, 2021 — CAMP MURRAY, Wash. – Building partnerships with foreign allies is critical to the success of the U.S. military. That is why Maj. Sameer Puri, chief information officer for the Washington Army National... MORE

Maj. Sameer Puri, Washington National Guard, briefs Col. Yash Patel and Col. Mudit Mahajan of the Indian Army about cyber support in Yudh Abhyas Command Post Exercise at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Oct. 20, 2021. Yudh Abhyas is an annual bilateral training exercise to improve the interoperability of the Indian and U.S. Army.

Guard Soldiers teach Polish military active threat response
October 27, 2021 — KIELCE, Poland – U.S. Army National Guard Soldiers from NATO's Battle Group Poland helped train Polish Land Forces Civil-Military Cooperation soldiers to identify and neutralize active threats at the... MORE

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Dyllon Vetsch, assigned to 107th Support Maintenance Company, Wisconsin National Guard, clears a room with a Polish Land Forces soldier assigned to the Polish Land Force's Civil-Military Cooperation unit at the Military Training Centre for Foreign Operations in Kielce, Poland, Oct. 22, 2021. The multinational training event created shared understanding of police active threat response tactics, enhancing NATO capabilities and the U.S.-Polish partnership.

National Guard aids Afghan evacuees in Operation Allies Welcome
October 8, 2021 — ARLINGTON, Va. - National Guard Soldiers and Airmen from throughout the nation continue to support Operation Allies Welcome, assisting Afghans as they safely resettle in the United States.Operation... MORE

U.S. Army Cpl. Sean Jackett, left, and Spc. Zackary Jensen, Wisconsin Army National Guard linguists, create signs in Dari and Pashto, Aug. 25, 2021, to place in a welcome area for Afghan people arriving at Volk Field Combat Readiness Training Center near Camp Douglas, Wisconsin.

Lt. Gen. Jon Stubbs Highlights Virginia National Guard Excellence at Military Ball

Oregon Air Guard Participates in Sentry Aloha Exercise

Air Guard Units Join Forces for Aerial Wildfire Suppression Training

Forging Partnerships: The National Guard in the Indo-Pacific

Kentucky Guard MEDEVAC Prepares for Deployment to Europe