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Idaho Guard sends wildland firefighting crew to northern Idaho
August 9, 2021
Idaho National Guard Soldiers and Airmen are helping fight wildfires in northern Idaho. The newly assigned crewmembers of Task Force Timber Shield left Boise Aug. 4, 2021, to help the Idaho Department of Lands contain more than 15 significant wildland fires.
National Guard well-equipped to handle West Coast wildfires
August 2, 2021
An Air National Guard C-130 drops retardant on the Beckwourth Complex Fire July 9, 2021, near Frenchman Lake in Northern California.
Challenge accepted: from Youth ChalleNGe to Soldier
July 28, 2021
Idaho Army National Guard Pfc. Riley Ward directs candidates at the Idaho Youth ChalleNGe Academy in Pierce, Idaho, July 21, 2021.
Idaho Guardsmen step in to help care for ailing WWII veteran
June 30, 2021
124th Security Forces Squadron defenders stepped in to help care for ailing retired Capt. William Brand, 96, who was a P-47 Thunderbolt pilot with the Eighth Air Force in Okinawa, Japan, during World War II. Brand lives in Hailey, Idaho, but regularly travels to Gowen Field in Boise to stay at on-base lodging when he has appointments at the Boise VA Medical Center.
National Guard, partners to conduct ORCA 21 CBRNE exercise
May 14, 2021
Members of the Michigan National Guard’s 51st Civil Support Team run through decontamination procedures during Northern Exposure 21, March 16, 2021, at Mount Pleasant, Michigan. Northern Exposure 21 was integrated with another exercise known as Rising Waters 2021. This year's scenario was catastrophic flooding leading to chemical contamination, which was followed by a possible WMD situation.
Siblings serve in Idaho Guard as Citizen-Soldier, Airman
April 9, 2021
Maj. Christopher Lavelle and his younger sister, Master Sgt. Kerry Lavelle, are known on Gowen Field as “the Lavelles.” They have served on base as full-time technicians for several years and as traditional Guardsmen in the Idaho National Guard for nearly 20 years.
Army Occupational Health nurse improves health program
March 22, 2021
Idaho, California, Oregon, Nevada CST units train together
February 16, 2021
Staff Sgt. Mohamed Musa, from the Oregon National Guard 102nd CST, dons HAZMAT gear during the BAYEX 2021 exercise with CST units from Oregon, Nevada and California in Northern California Feb. 1-5, 2021. The exercise tested the ability to respond to training scenarios in the San Francisco Bay Area involving weapons of mass destruction emergencies.
Idaho National Guard sends 300 to support inauguration
January 16, 2021
The Idaho National Guard sent more than 300 Soldiers and Airmen to Washington, D.C., Jan. 15, 2021, to assist D.C. and federal agencies with the presidential inauguration. These Guardsmen will augment the D.C. National Guard and serve in support of the U.S. Secret Service, the lead federal agency responsible for coordinating the event.
Idaho National Guard assists with COVID-19 response again
December 23, 2020
The Idaho National Guard has partnered with agencies and organizations across Idaho as the battle against COVID-19 continues. Gov. Brad Little has activated 250 members of the Idaho National Guard as COVID-19 cases elevated throughout the state.
28th Infantry Division completes warfighter exercise
November 17, 2020
Lt. Col. Dorothy Watkins, left, a military information support operations officer, confers with OF-3 Aleksas Paulauskas, her Lithuanian Land Forces counterpart, during a two-week warfighter exercise Nov. 7, 2020, at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania.
Idaho National Guard Soldier spent 309 days as a POW
September 18, 2020
Sgt. Ray Servatius, far right, spent 309 days as a prisoner of war in 1953 during the Korean conflict. The Idaho National Guard Soldier was captured after his plane was shot down.
Former Marine Reservists enlist in Idaho National Guard
September 14, 2020
More than three-dozen former Marine Reservists enlisted into the Idaho Army National Guard Sept. 13, 2020, at Gowen Field, Boise, Idaho. Idaho’s newest Citizen-Soldiers all served at Gowen Field in Company C, 4th Tank Battalion, which was deactivated in August as the Marines look to divest its armor battalions.
Idaho Guard uses electric bike at Gowen Field
September 2, 2020
Idaho National Guard Staff Sgt. Daniel Walters, chief dispatcher of ground transportation with the 124th Logistics Readiness Squadron, drives an Elf Solo electric bicycle, Aug. 13, 2020, Gowen Field, Boise, Idaho. The solar-powered bike was purchased to make small deliveries at Gowen Field.
124th ASOS hosts resiliency training competition
August 28, 2020
The Idaho National Guard's 124th Air Support Operations Squadron hosted a resiliency day competition for members of the 124th Fighter Wing and other local organizations July 31, 2020, in Emmett, Idaho. The event included a four-person, 12-mile relay, with resiliency training throughout.
124th ASOS ascends new heights during rescue training
August 19, 2020
Special warfare tactical air control party Airmen from the 124th Air Support Operations Squadron along with two A-10 Thunderbolt II’s from the 190th Fighter Squadron conduct cliffside search and rescue training with members of the Idaho Mountain Search and Rescue team and the Navy’s Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron Four from North Island Naval Air Station, California, in McCall, Idaho, Aug. 13, 2020.
Idaho Guard members earn Red Card to fight wildland fires
June 29, 2020
About 40 Idaho Citizen-Solders attended the Idaho National Guard's first wildland firefighting training course at Gowen Field, Idaho, June 15-19 and June 22-26, 2020. It was the first time the five-day courses were offered to non-firefighter members of the Guard.
Idaho National Guard helps staff food banks
April 7, 2020
Senior Airman Nicholas Christy from the 124th Fighter Wing, Idaho National Guard, and the other Airmen are helping out at Idaho food banks by unloading food from trucks, sorting the food into carts and helping load the donated food into people's cars April 3, 2020.