Guard News - The National Guard

Connecticut Air Guard Unit Tests Battle Management System
March 21, 2024 — NIANTIC, Conn. - Airmen from the 103rd Air Control Squadron, Connecticut Air National Guard, mounted their vehicles early March 5 and braved rainstorms to convoy from their home station in Orange to... MORE

Connecticut Air National Guard Master Sgt. Jonathan Wolff, an expeditionary warfighting communications Airman assigned to the 103rd Air Control Squadron, or 103rd ACS, cranks the handle of an antenna mast, part of the Tactical Operations Center - Light, or TOC-L, at Camp Nett, Niantic, Connecticut, March 5, 2024. Airmen from the 103rd ACS are testing the TOC-L system for the U.S. Air Force.

Joint Guard Team Prepares for State Partnership Mission
March 20, 2024 — PEASE AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, N.H. - Between bouts of misty showers and freezing rain on the flight line at Pease Air National Guard Base, the belly of a C-17 Globemaster III from the 167th Airlift... MORE

Spcs. Timothy Momaney and Cameron Lagace, mechanics with the 238th Medevac Company, begin the blade folding process on top of a HH-60M Black Hawk at Pease Air National Guard Base, New Hampshire, March 13, 2024. The team spent three days folding the aircraft blades, palletizing gear, completing a joint inspection and loading the equipment onto a C-17 for transport to Exercise Granite Falco in Cabo Verde.

National Guard Conducts Arctic Training with Canada
March 4, 2024 — RESOLUTE BAY, Nunavut, Canada - Members of the Vermont, New Hampshire, Virginia and Alaska National Guard and active-duty members of the Army, Navy and Marine Corps are participating in an Arctic... MORE

U.S. Army and Canadian Soldiers observe and secure the insertion area after disembarking from an LC-130 Hercules skiplane of the 109th Airlift Wing, New York Air National Guard, on frozen oceanic Arctic ice near Cornwallis Island, Nunavut, Canada, March 15, 2023. U.S. and Canadian Soldiers and U.S. Airmen are participating in Guerrier Nordique 24 to get experience operating tactically in the high Arctic.

Michigan National Guard Soldiers Return from Overseas Deployment
February 12, 2024 — LANSING, Mich. - For almost a year, dedicated Michigan National Guard members set aside their civilian lives and careers to support U.S. national security. Feb. 8 marked the homecoming of 84... MORE

Sgt. 1st Class Jeff Stainsby, A Battery, 182nd Field Artillery, Michigan National Guard, holds his daughter, Clair, for the first time at the unit’s welcome home ceremony in Detroit, Mich, Feb. 8, 2024.

New Hampshire Guard, Partner Cabo Verde Facilitate Book Exchange
January 22, 2024 — BOW, N.H. - New Hampshire National Guard members collected 33 boxes of donated books from Bow High School Jan. 17 to deliver as early as next month to Pedro Gomes High School in Cabo Verde.“They... MORE

Spc. Olivia Palmiter, international support specialist with Joint Force Headquarters, New Hampshire Army National Guard, helps load donated books into a cargo van Jan. 17, 2024, at Bow High School in Bow, New Hampshire. New Hampshire Guardsmen collected 33 boxes of donated books to be delivered to students at Pedro Gomes High School in Cabo Verde as early as next month.

New Hampshire Guard Member Helps Man with Dementia
January 19, 2024 — NEWINGTON, N.H. - A New Hampshire Guardsman with the 157th Air Refueling Wing was driving down a dark and winding back road along the Piscataqua River on her way to the gym at 5:30 a.m. Jan. 3 when... MORE

Tech. Sgt. Yvonne Bartoszak, a member of the Traffic Management Office with the 157th Logistics Readiness Squadron, poses in front of the New Hampshire flag Jan. 17, 2024, at Pease Air National Guard Base, New Hampshire. Bartoszak helped an elderly man with dementia in Newington Jan. 3.

New Hampshire Army Guard Pilot Injured in Iraq Returns to Cockpit
January 12, 2024 — CONCORD, N.H. - After receiving intel of a potential Iranian attack on Al Asad Air Base in western Iraq, Capt. Brendan Meehan began calling units from the operations tent, warning them to seek... MORE

Capt. Brendan Meehan poses for a photo at the New Hampshire Army Aviation Support Facility in Concord, New Hampshire. Meehan was injured during an Iranian missile strike Jan. 8, 2020, in Al Asad Air Base, Iraq. After about two years of extensive treatment, the pilot is now flying again and commanding a unit.

First Lady Welcomes National Guard Families to White House
December 1, 2023 — WASHINGTON - For the second straight year, first lady Jill Biden welcomed National Guardsmen, spouses and children to the White House to discuss their challenges and how best to support them.The first... MORE

First lady Jill Biden welcomes National Guard senior leaders and family members for a roundtable discussion on support for National Guard children in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington Nov. 27, 2023. Attendees, including Guard children, and adjutants general, also joined the first lady’s presentation of the 2023 White House “Magic, Wonder & Joy” holiday theme and decorations.

Partnership Enables Key Training for New Hampshire Guard
October 31, 2023 — MANCHESTER, N.H. - Amid the chaotic buzz of the Catholic Medical Center Emergency Department, an Airman from the 157th Medical Group kept pace with the nurses and paramedics bustling from room to... MORE

Heather Day-Lewis, an emergency department technician at Catholic Medical Center, and Master Sgt. John McDowell, an aerospace medicine technician with the 157th Medical Group, work a shift together Oct. 10, 2023 in the Emergency Department at CMC in Manchester, New Hampshire. McDowell was the first medic to pilot a new partnership between the New Hampshire Air National Guard and CMC that allows Airmen to hone their skills with patients in the hospital setting.

New England CERFP Graded Perfect in Evaluation
August 30, 2023 — JOINT BASE CAPE COD, Mass. - Simulated victims screamed for medics on the scorching pavement at Joint Base Cape Cod in Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts, while Soldiers and Airmen responded during a... MORE

Senior Airman Cassandra Wachowiak, an aerospace medic with the 157th Medical Group, interacts with a patient during a radiological response training exercise Aug. 15, 2023, at Joint Base Cape Cod, Massachusetts. The 157th MDG was tested on its response to a radiological disaster and received a perfect score.

NH Guard Prevails at Regional Marksmanship Championships
August 25, 2023 — JERICHO, Vt. - New Hampshire National Guard shooting squads won gold and silver for a second straight year at a regional match at Camp Ethan Allen Training Site Aug. 18-20. The Marksmanship Advisory... MORE

New York Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Adam Crist, a human resources specialist with 2nd Squadron, 101st Cavalry Regiment, engages a target during the Marksmanship Advisory Council (MAC) Regional Championship on Camp Ethan Allen Training Site, Vermont, Aug. 20, 2023.

Maine, NH, Rhode Island Guardsmen Train on Domestic Response
August 24, 2023 — JOINT BASE CAPE COD, Massachusetts - Soldiers and Airmen from the Maine, New Hampshire and Rhode Island National Guard conducted a training and evaluation exercise of the New England CERFP Aug... MORE

A search and extraction team conducts a debriefing with an instructor following their casualty search. Approximately 180 Soldiers and Airmen from Maine, Rhode Island, and New Hampshire came together at Joint Base Cap Cod, Massachusetts, Aug. 12-18, 2023, for an external evaluation of the New England CERFP, a regional National Guard response team that assists first responders during large-scale emergencies.

New Hampshire National Guard Hosts Trilateral SPP Exchange
July 17, 2023 — CONCORD, NH – The New Hampshire Army National Guard hosted Salvadoran and Cabo Verdean visitors for a State Partnership Program exchange from July 9-11 in Concord. Military guests, seven from El... MORE

From left, Lt. Col. Domingos Correia, Cabo Verdean national director of defense, and New Hampshire Army National Guard interpreter, Pfc. Stefane Godoes de Souza of 197th Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, meet with Guardsmen at the Army Aviation Support Facility on July 11, 2023, in Concord, New Hampshire.

New Hampshire Guard Crew Rescues Three from Vermont Flooding
July 14, 2023 — BERLIN, Vt. – A New Hampshire Army Guard Black Hawk crew from Charlie Company, 3rd Battalion, 238th Aviation Regiment, rescued three people whose home was surrounded by high water from the flooding on... MORE

One of three people are rescued from their residence by a NHARNG Black Hawk crew July 11 in Berlin, Vermont.

National Guard, Canada Conduct Tactical Arctic Insertion
March 20, 2023 — RESOLUTE BAY, NUNAVUT, Canada - Thirty-seven U.S. and Canadian Soldiers were tactically inserted by an LC-130 Hercules on Arctic Ocean ice just east of Little Cornwallis Island in Nunavut, Canada,... MORE

Kentucky Civil Response Team Hosts Multi-agency Exercise
March 17, 2023 — LOUISVILLE, Ky. – If there ever were an incident at the Churchill Downs Racetrack requiring the specially trained chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) unit of the National Guard,... MORE

An officer with Louisville Metro Police's Hazardous Incident Response Team gets out of his hazardous material suit after working a simulated scenario with the help of Sgt. 1st Class Daniel Dormbrusch, 12th CST, New Hampshire National Guard, during a training event at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky., March 13, 2023. National Guard CSTs from eight states participated in the one-day exercise.

Vermont Guard Soldier Thrives in Canadian Arctic Exercise
March 15, 2023 — RESOLUTE, Nunavut - U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Shane Yuknis first came to Resolute in 2019 while participating in Guerrier Nordique.This is his second visit to the northernmost location for the... MORE

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Shane Yuknis, cavalry scout for B Troop, 172nd Cavalry Squadron (MTN), 86th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (MTN), Vermont Army National Guard, before tactical insertion training at the airfield in Resolute, Nunavut, Canada, March 14, 2023.

New Hampshire National Guard Revives Biathlon Program
March 10, 2023 — ARLINGTON, Va. – Four years ago, when Tom Echelberger, a former high school and college cross-country skier, was working in a New Hampshire ski shop, he never dreamed he would have a full-time job... MORE

Members of the New Hampshire National Guard’s biathlon team pose for a photo after winning third place in the 2023 Chief of the National Guard Bureau’s Biathlon Championships at the Camp Ethan Allen Training Site in Jericho, Vt., Feb. 22. From left, U.S. Army Spc. Jimmy Small, U.S. Army 2nd Lt. Bryce Murdick, U.S. Army Spc. Tom Echelberger, U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Christopher Parent, U.S. Army Maj. Rob Burnham, U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Jacob Englehardt, U.S. Army Capt. Pamela Donley.

State Partnership Program a Difference Maker in Africa, U.S. military leaders say
March 7, 2023 — ROME – Africa is fertile ground for external influence, and senior U.S. military leaders underscored the value of partnerships to building security capacity on the continent during the 2023 African... MORE

U.S. Army and Air Force medical professionals with the Vermont National Guard are working for the next two weeks at the Thies Regional Hospital, and two smaller medical centers in and around Thies, Senegal.

Vermont Army Guard Leads Training Exercise in Arctic Circle
February 27, 2023 — COLCHESTER, Vt. – The Vermont Army National Guard will participate in the winter training exercise Guerrier Nordique in Resolute Bay, Nunavut, Canada, March 4-20.The Vermont Soldiers will work with... MORE

An advance team of Soldiers and Airmen arrive in the Arctic to prepare for Guerrier Nordique. The Artctic Circle exercise in March 2023 will include Soldiers from the Vermont, Utah, Connecticut and New Hampshire National Guard, the New York Air National Guard, the National Guard Bureau, the 11th Airborne Division, and the 34th and 35th Canadian Brigade Group in Quebec province.

Soldier Teaches Sign Language to Deployed Troops

California Air Guard 146th Maintenance Group Learns New Skill

Virginia Guard CST, State Police Team Up for Training Exercise

Louisiana National Guard Engineers Prepare for Deployment

168th Wing Enables Fighter Support over Pacific for Agile Reaper