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Kentucky Guard’s 2/147th Bravo Co. Trains in Michigan
July 26, 2022 — GRAYLING, Mich. - Fifty-six Kentucky National Guard Soldiers from Bravo Co. 2/147th and two medics from Headquarters and Headquarters Company loaded five UH-60 helicopters in Frankfort, Kentucky, July...

Michigan National Guard, Latvia Celebrate Partnership
July 18, 2022 — LANSING, Mich. - For nearly 30 years, the Michigan National Guard and the National Armed Forces of Latvia have collaborated under the Department of Defense National Guard Bureau State Partnership...

Historic Highway Landing Advances Agile Combat Employment
June 30, 2022 — ALGER COUNTY, Michigan – Air National Guard A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft, Air Force Special Operations Command MC-12W, C-145A and U-28A aircraft, and a C-146A aircraft from the Air Force Reserves...

Three Nations, One Goal: Continued Freedom
June 24, 2022 — VILNIUS, Lithuania – Three Baltic nations are laser-focused on one goal: defending their independence and territorial integrity.The chief of the National Guard Bureau heard the same message in visits...

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...

Idaho Air National Guard Airmen Begin Agile Rage Exercise
June 6, 2022 — ALPENA, Mich. – Airmen from the 124th Fighter Wing, Boise, Idaho, and eight A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft from the 190th Fighter Squadron arrived at the Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center to...

Pennsylvania Army National Guard Supports Defender Europe 22
June 3, 2022 — FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, Pa. – About 250 Pennsylvania Army National Guard Soldiers deployed to Lithuania in May to support Defender Europe 22 and NATO exercise Flaming Thunder. The Soldiers, assigned to...

National Guard strengthens NATO readiness in Europe
June 1, 2022 — ARLINGTON, Va. – More than 20,000 service members from over 20 countries supporting NATO, including the National Guard, showcased their integrated military capabilities during large-scale exercises...

Active, Guard and Reserve Soldiers attend vehicle recovery course
May 20, 2022 — AUGUSTA, Mich. – Soldiers assigned to all three components of the Army attended a wheeled vehicle recovery course at Fort Custer Training Center in May. The Regional Training Site-Maintenance (RTS-M)...

Ukrainian emigrant serves in Michigan Army National Guard
May 17, 2022 — AUGUSTA, Mich. – People join the military for various reasons, ranging from educational benefits to a desire to travel. One Michigan Army National Guard Soldier, who emigrated from Ukraine, joined to...

Minnesota Guard Soldier, NCO are regional Best Warriors
May 17, 2022 — CAMP RIPLEY, Minn. – Twelve noncommissioned officers and Soldiers from Illinois, Iowa, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin competed in the Region IV Best Warrior Competition at Camp...

Michigan Guard Conducts Public Affairs Workshop With Latvia, Liberia
May 12, 2022 — LANSING, Mich. – More than 25 public affairs specialists from the Michigan National Guard, Latvian National Armed Forces, and the Armed Forces of Liberia teamed up April 12-22 to hold a virtual...

Michigan National Guard Team Saves a Life While Mentoring Liberian Partners
May 3, 2022 — MONROVIA, Liberia – The man was dead. “He completely flatlined for a little over two minutes,” said U.S. Army Capt. Matthew Gomberg, a battalion physician assistant assigned to Headquarters and...

National Guard members pitch innovation
May 2, 2022 — SELFRIDGE AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Mich. – On March 14, through Academia, Industry, Military, Hybrid Innovations (AIM-HI), the Michigan Air National Guard and the Kelly Johnson Joint All-Domain...

MING hosts annual joint professional development training
April 26, 2022 — ALPENA, Mich. – The Michigan National Guard hosted its sixth annual joint professional development training April 20-22 at the Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center.Supported by personnel from all...

Michigan’s Upper Peninsula gears up for Northern Exposure
April 13, 2022 — LANSING, Mich. – The Michigan National Guard is participating in exercise Northern Exposure, bringing together partners in a record 12 counties to train to respond to natural disasters and other...

Hokanson: State Partnership Program critical to national security
April 12, 2022 — DENVER – A three-decade security cooperation program with almost half the world’s nations is critical to America’s national security, the National Guard’s most senior general said last week.Army Gen...

Alaska National Guard hosts Arctic Interest Council
April 1, 2022 — JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – When delegates of the National Guard Arctic Interest Council representing six states visited the arctic city of Kotzebue March 29, they witnessed a...

Common goals strengthen Michigan National Guard-Latvia-Liberia relationship
March 29, 2022 — MONROVIA, Liberia – Situated 700 miles south of Africa’s Sahara Desert and 435 miles north of the equator, Monrovia rarely dips below 70 degrees Fahrenheit. It’s a sub-Saharan beachside paradise...

Michigan Guard, partners practice cyberattack response
March 29, 2022 — GRAYLING, Mich. – The Michigan National Guard worked with law enforcement and industry partners to respond jointly to cyberattacks in a Cyber Strike exercise at the National All Domain Warfighting...

Massachusetts Guard Welcomes Fifth‑Generation Fighter

Alabama Guard Helps De-Escalate Metro Station Confrontation

Alaska Guard Rescues Pilots From Two Plane Crashes

Retired Texas Air National Guard Pilot Recalls Protecting Air Force One on 9/11

Nebraska Guard Strengthens Disaster Response Readiness