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Minnesota Guardsman Uses Training to Save Life
July 30, 2026 — ISANTI, Minn. – What began as an ordinary day at a construction site this spring quickly turned into a lifesaving effort for U.S. Army Spc. Ryan Boecker, an infantryman assigned to the Minnesota...

Air Guardsmen Strengthen Emergency Response in Exercise Serow Samurai
July 27, 2026 — MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan – Emergency management Airmen from five Air National Guard units completed Exercise Serow Samurai, a seven-day deployment for training at Misawa Air Base, Japan, focused on...

National Guard Supports Wildfire Suppression Efforts From the Midwest to West Coast
July 24, 2026 — ARLINGTON, Va. – National Guard units from across the country are supporting wildfire suppression operations in multiple states, providing aerial firefighting aircraft, helicopters and personnel to...

Minnesota Guard, Croatia Celebrate 30 Years of Partnership
July 20, 2026 — SLUNJ, Croatia – Minnesota and Croatia celebrated the 30th anniversary of their partnership through the Department of War National Guard Bureau State Partnership Program, or SPP, during Exercise...

Minnesota Guard Strengthens Partnership with Croatia
July 16, 2026 — SAINT PAUL, Minn. – Sixty-six Minnesota National Guard Soldiers and Airmen trained in five locations simultaneously in Croatia as part of Exercise Combat Power 26, a multinational exercise that...

National Guard, Adriatic Partners Strengthen Cyber Defense Skills
June 15, 2026 — ZAGREB, Croatia – More than 100 cyber professionals from seven European nations and seven U.S. National Guard state partners participated in Combined Adriatic Cyber Endeavor, or CACE, 2026, a...

Air Guard Defenders Enhance Skills During Ranger Exercise
June 4, 2026 — FORT BENNING, Ga. – Air National Guard Security Forces defenders enhanced air base ground defense tactics, techniques and procedures under austere, constrained field conditions during the U.S. Army’s...

Minnesota Guard, Croatia Partners Participate in Best Warrior Competition
April 22, 2026 — LITTLE FALLS, Minn. – Twenty-seven Minnesota Guard members, along with Canadian and Croatian soldiers, tested their skills April 15-18 during harsh weather conditions in the 2026 Minnesota Best...

Minnesota Guard Strengthens Partnership, Trains in Norway’s Arctic Environment
March 5, 2026 — TRØNDELAG, Norway – One hundred Soldiers and Airmen from the Minnesota National Guard traveled to Norway for the 53rd Norwegian Reciprocal Troop Exchange, or NOREX, an annual exchange that strengthens...

Minnesota Guard Among First to Field Army’s Newest M250 Automatic Rifle
September 25, 2025 — CAMP RIPLEY, Minn. - The Minnesota National Guard’s 34th Infantry Division is among the first Guard units to field the Army’s newest automatic rifle, the M250, during a New Equipment Training, or NET,...

National Guard, State Partnership Collaboration at Cyber Shield 2025
June 16, 2025 — VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. – Once a year, the National Guard invites cybersecurity professionals worldwide to attend a cumulative event known as Cyber Shield, where they can compete, learn and challenge...

Minnesota Guard Soldier Competes on the All-Army Softball Team
May 27, 2025 — SAINT PAUL, Minn. – As a veteran with nearly two decades of service, Army 1st Sgt. Steven Cox has had plenty of experience, but his latest achievement took him to a different kind of field – a...

Minnesota Guard Joins Wildfire Experts for Training
April 28, 2025 — CAMP RIPLEY, Minn. – Minnesota National Guard helicopter crews joined wildfire experts from the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources and the Camp Ripley Environmental Team to participate in joint...

Emergency Response Exercise Readies Minnesota Guard
April 14, 2025 — CAMP RIPLEY, Minn. – Teams from the Minnesota National Guard Joint Operations Center (JOC) conducted an exercise last week at the Camp Ripley Training Center as part of the U.S. Army NORTHCOM Joint...

Minnesota National Guard Soldier Scouting the Path to Excellence
April 10, 2025 — DULUTH, Minn. – As one of the newest members of the Minnesota National Guard, Spc. Uriel Rosario represents the future of the force — a generation of service members prepared to meet new challenges...

Michigan Guard Team Competes at Biathlon Championship
March 20, 2025 — LANSING, Mich. - The Michigan National Guard Biathlon Team competed at the Chief National Guard Bureau Biathlon Championship at Mount Itasca, Minnesota, from Feb. 28-March 5. The annual event brings...

109th Airlift Wing Lands LC-130 Hercules on Fresh Water Ice
March 10, 2025 — INUVIK, Canada - Airmen from the New York Air National Guard’s 109th Airlift Wing have landed an LC-130 Hercules on freshwater ice for the first time in the wing’s history during Operation...

Air National Guard Medics Keep Airmen in the Fight
February 21, 2025 — CAMP RIPLEY, Minn. - When 70 Airmen from 37 Air National Guard wings participated in a Cold Weather Operations Course, three aerospace medical technicians, or medics, and a physician assistant...

Minnesota National Guard, Norway Strengthen Training Ties
February 20, 2025 — STJØRDAL, Norway - The Minnesota National Guard and the Heimevernet, the Norwegian Home Guard, joined forces for the 52nd Annual Norwegian Reciprocal Troop Exchange Feb. 5-19, continuing a tradition...

Air National Guard Conducts Arctic Training in Minnesota
February 11, 2025 — CAMP RIPLEY, Minn. - Seventy Air National Guard Airmen trained and conducted mission-essential tasks in extreme cold during the Air National Guard’s Cold Weather Operations Course at Camp Ripley...

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