Guard News - The National Guard

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... MORE

Wisconsin Guard, civilian partners practice crisis response
May 16, 2022 — MADISON, Wis. – Airmen and Soldiers of the Wisconsin Chemical Biological Radiological Nuclear Enhanced Response Force Package practiced crisis response procedures with civilian and military partners... MORE

Wisconsin National Guard wraps up nursing care support
April 29, 2022 — LA CROSSE, Wis. – After more than three months, Wisconsin National Guard members’ mission to help as nursing assistants at state health care facilities is winding down.Senior Wisconsin National Guard... MORE

Wisconsin Guard develops partnership with Papua New Guinea
April 27, 2022 — PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea – The fledgling partnership between Papua New Guinea and the Wisconsin National Guard has already proven to be rich in opportunities for initiatives in COVID-19... MORE

Groundbreaking Wisconsin National Guard leader retiring
March 22, 2022 — MADISON, Wis. – A 36-year military career filled with firsts will end when Brig. Gen. Joane Mathews — the first female Native American general officer in the Army National Guard — retires from her... MORE

Wisconsin squad leader training focuses on diversity, people
March 17, 2022 — VOLK FIELD, Wis. – Squad leaders and noncommissioned officers from units throughout the Wisconsin Army National Guard came together March 13 for an inaugural squad leader training event provided by... MORE

Wisconsin National Guard CST trains with first responders
March 16, 2022 — MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin National Guard’s 54th Civil Support Team (CST) completed a collective lanes training exercise last week in Madison and DeForest organized by evaluators from U.S. Army... MORE

Wisconsin Guard highlights 2-year COVID response mission
March 14, 2022 — MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Military Affairs took a few minutes March 10 to commemorate its two-year effort supporting the state’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.“It’s not ‘mission... MORE

Papua New Guinea military leaders visit Wisconsin Guard
February 15, 2022 — MADISON, Wis. – Despite the many disruptions and plans canceled because of COVID-19, in-person exchanges between the Wisconsin National Guard and the Papua New Guinea Defense Force remain on track as... MORE

More Wisconsin Guard members work as nursing assistants
February 4, 2022 — MADISON, Wis. – Approximately 70 Wisconsin National Guard members completed a two-week certified nursing assistant (CNA) training course at Madison College and were assigned to health care facilities... MORE

Wisconsin Guard conducts ‘Winter Strike’ forward observation
February 2, 2022 — GRAYLING, Mich. – Round after round hits the impact zone at Camp Grayling Joint Maneuver Training Center. Some rounds — air bursts with white phosphorous — detonate seconds before impacting the frigid... MORE

Wisconsin Guard medical unit returns from Mideast deployment
January 31, 2022 — FORT HOOD, Texas - More than 50 members of the Wisconsin Army National Guard’s 135th Medical Company returned to Fort Hood from a deployment to multiple locations in the Middle East, where they... MORE

Wisconsin Guard trains in cold at Michigan’s Winter Strike
January 25, 2022 — GRAYLING, Michigan – The maintenance bay, blanketed by overnight snowfall, buzzed with the sounds of motors idling and voices as Soldiers outside crunched through six inches of fresh snow.The... MORE

Minnesota National Guard fills gap amid COVID-19 surge
January 18, 2022 — COTTAGE GROVE, Minn. – The Minnesota National Guard is supporting new COVID-19 community testing sites in Cottage Grove, Anoka and North Branch.The Minnesota National Guard now has approximately 200... MORE

Wisconsin Guard aids hospitals, nursing homes with COVID
January 14, 2022 — MADISON, Wisconsin – Wisconsin National Guard members will train as certified nursing assistants to support hospitals and nursing homes facing a surge in COVID-19 cases, Gov. Tony Evers announced Jan... MORE

Challenge Academy prepares at-risk teens for new challenges
January 6, 2022 — FORT McCOY, Wis. – “I now see myself successful, instead of a failure.”That is how Cadet Chloe Halbrooks of Walworth described the impact the Wisconsin National Guard Challenge Academy has made on her... MORE

Wisconsin National Guard supports COVID testing, vaccination
December 20, 2021 — MADISON, Wis. – More than 20 months into the COVID-19 pandemic, the Wisconsin National Guard continues to fulfill a variety of roles for the state.Approximately 500 Citizen-Soldiers and -Airmen are... MORE

VNG cyber protection battalion completes TF Echo mission
December 17, 2021 — FORT GEORGE G. MEADE, Md. – The Virginia National Guard’s 123rd Cyber Protection Battalion, 91st Cyber Brigade, ended its support for Task Force Echo with a transition of authority ceremony Dec... MORE

176th Cyber Protection Team completes mobilization
December 10, 2021 — FORT MEADE, Md. – Wisconsin Army National Guard Soldiers from Detachment 1, 176th Cyber Protection Team, have ended a yearlong mobilization to Fort Meade for cyberspace operations.The mobilization was... MORE

Planning conferences for Northern Strike 22 completed
November 29, 2021 — CAMP GRAYLING, Mich. – Since 2012, Michigan’s Northern Strike (NS) exercise series has grown into one of the largest multi-domain, joint readiness producing exercises for the National Guard and other... MORE

New York National Guard honors Korean War MIA

Idaho Army National Guard fires precision-guided munitions

Alabama National Guard, Romania strengthen SPP ties

Pennsylvania National Guard aviators find lost hikers

Arizona National Guard delivers for Operation Patriot Press