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NGB Hosts Deployable Defensive Cyber Operations Systems-Modular Master Gunner Course
November 13, 2024 — NEW ORLEANS – The National Guard Bureau hosted the second Deployable Defensive Cyber Operations Systems-Modular (DDS-M) Master Gunner Course at Louisiana National Guard’s Jackson Barracks Oct. 28 to...

Minnesota Air Guard Wing Completes Pacific Deployment
October 29, 2024 — OKINAWA, Japan - The 148th Fighter Wing, Minnesota Air National Guard, deployed to the 18th Wing at Kadena Air Base in Japan from July to October. While deployed with F-16 Fighting Falcons, the...

Maryland Air Guard Leads Emergency Management Exercise
October 15, 2024 — MIDDLE RIVER, Md. - Airmen from the Maryland Air National Guard hosted a chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear response exercise with regional partners at two Maryland National Guard training...

National Guard Helps Hurricane Milton, Helene Victims
October 9, 2024 — ARLINGTON, Va. - Over 11,000 National Guard Soldiers and Airmen were conducting Hurricane Milton and Hurricane Helene relief missions in the Southeast Sunday, helping first responders and victims by...

Army Guard Command Sergeant Major Visits Best Squad Competitors
September 30, 2024 — FORT MOORE, Ga. – Command Sgt. Maj. John T. Raines, the 13th command sergeant major of the Army National Guard, visited Soldiers preparing to compete in the National Best Squad Competition.The Army...

Minnesota Guard Provides Health Care on Indian Reservation
September 17, 2024 — FORT BELKNAP INDIAN RESERVATION, Mont. - Minnesota Air National Guard’s 148th Fighter Wing members participated in an Innovative Readiness Training mission at the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation,...

DC Guard Helps Care for Native Americans in Montana
August 30, 2024 — FORT BELKNAP AGENCY, Mont. – Under the vast Montana sky, where horses and buffalo graze on tall prairie grass, 17 members of the District of Columbia Army National Guard Medical Detachment...

Minnesota Guard, Croatia Partner During Cyber Exercise
August 2, 2024 — POSTOJNA, Slovenia—Five Minnesota National Guard Soldiers participated in the Adriatic Regional Security Cyber Cooperation exercise from June 24 to July 25. Approximately 50 National Guard Soldiers...

Guard, International Partners Train on Cyber Skills in Slovenia
July 17, 2024 — ARLINGTON, Va. – More than 140 National Guard members from six states worked alongside international partners in a cyber training exercise to expand interoperability and track and eliminate cyber...

National Guard Participates in Adriatic Cyber Exercise in Slovenia
July 10, 2024 — POSTOJNA, Slovenia - Approximately 50 National Guard Soldiers and Airmen from six states participated in the Adriatic Regional Security Cyber Cooperation exercise with their armed forces partners from...

Michigan Guard Engineers Train on Wet-Gap Crossing
June 21, 2024 — LITTLE FALLS, Minn. - Michigan National Guard Engineers of the 1437th Multi-Role Bridge Company worked through the night June 11 to unload trucks carrying boats and bridge sections during training on...

80 Years Ago, National Guard Units Played Key Role in D-Day Landings
June 5, 2024 — ARLINGTON, Va. – Their waterlogged footsteps were historic. That thought, however, most likely wasn’t on the Soldiers minds as they stepped ashore from rocking landing craft onto the French coast...

Guard Conducts Explosive Ordnance Disposal Joint Training
June 4, 2024 — CAMP DOUGLAS, Wis. - Explosive Ordnance Disposal technicians from multiple services and countries converged on Volk Field Air National Guard Base May 13 for the 10th annual Audacious Warrior...

Soldier Teaches Sign Language to Deployed Troops
April 22, 2024 — UNDISCLOSED LOCATION - In the heart of the U.S. Central Command area of operations, where the focus is often on mission readiness and combat preparedness, one service member has taken a unique...

Army National Guard Soldiers Train in Funeral Honors Program
March 20, 2024 — VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. - The Virginia Army National Guard Funeral Honors Program hosted 11 Army National Guard Soldiers from nine states and territories for a training course Feb. 26-March 8 at the State...

Southern Strike Joint Combat Exercise Concludes in Mississippi
March 19, 2024 — GULFPORT, Miss. - Military members from all departments of the U.S. armed forces participated in the Southern Strike 2024-1 joint combat exercise at Gulfport Combat Readiness Training Center March...

Minnesota Guard, Norway Train Together
February 29, 2024 — LITTLE FALLS, Minn. - Camp Ripley Training Center hosted the 51st annual Norwegian Reciprocal Troop Exchange between the Minnesota National Guard and the Norwegian Home Guard Rapid Reaction Force and...

State Partnership Directors Share Tips on Adriatic Partnerships
February 28, 2024 — ATLANTIC CITY AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, N.J. - State Partnership Program directors of the state National Guards partnered with the Adriatic charter nations shared best practices during a conference...

Red Bulls to Deploy to the Middle East
February 6, 2024 — EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. - Family and friends of more than 550 Red Bull Soldiers gathered Feb. 1 for a departure ceremony honoring the Minnesota National Guard’s 34th Infantry Division “Red Bulls” and...

Minnesota Guardsmen Put in the Miles on Marathon Team
October 25, 2023 — ST. PAUL, Minn. - “I really didn’t run until I joined the Army when I was 17,” said Army Staff Sgt. Jennifer St. Amand, a recruiter with the Minnesota National Guard’s Recruiting and Retention...

Air Guard Security Forces Strengthen Readiness With Green Berets

Hawaii National Guard Rescues Paramedics During Hurricane Lala

Hawaii Guard Supports Tropical Cyclone Lala Response

South Carolina Guard Enhances Readiness With Advanced HH-60M Black Hawk

Army National Guard Fast-Tracks Resilient Microgrids with $14.7M APFIT Award