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Hokanson: ESGR ‘empowers everything we do’
November 21, 2022 — ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Throughout the past 50 years, the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve program has provided a conduit between reserve component service members and their employers.The National...

National Guard Chief Visits New York’s 106th Rescue Wing
November 9, 2022 — WESTHAMPTON BEACH, N.Y. – The National Guard’s top officer, Army Gen. Daniel Hokanson, chief of the National Guard Bureau, spent Nov. 5 at Gabreski Air National Guard Base with 106th Rescue Wing...

Hokanson: Maintaining Joint Force Competitive Edge Requires Rapid Modernization, Innovation
November 3, 2022 — TUCSON, Ariz. – Modernization is a central priority for the Joint Force to preserve its competitive edge, the National Guard’s most senior general recently told Air Force reserve component...

Hokanson: High-Altitude Army National Guard Aviation Training Site 'Incredible Capability'
November 2, 2022 — GYPSUM, Colo. – Look up in the sky in and around Eagle County and you’re likely to see military helicopters in flight. They may be flying as part of a training exercise or for a lifesaving...

Whitehead: Relationships the ‘Magic Ingredient’ in NCO Development in Europe
September 12, 2022 — MONS, Belgium – Standing in a city twice liberated from enemy occupation in the last century, the two senior enlisted military leaders of Moldova and Ukraine conversed in Russian — a common language...

Hokanson: Individual Readiness Makes National Guard Always Ready, Always There
August 29, 2022 — COLUMBUS, Ohio – The physical and mental readiness of each Guard member enables the National Guard to keep its promise to America to stand Always Ready, Always There, the component’s most senior...

Fort Pickett Hosts Guard Chief for Weapons Qualification
August 26, 2022 — FORT PICKETT, Va. – Gen. Daniel Hokanson, chief of the National Guard Bureau, completed a weapons qualification course for the M17 pistol and M4 carbine at Fort Pickett Aug. 1.Hokanson experienced the...

National Guard Chief Thanks Guardsmen at tip of Strategic Space and Missile Defense Spear
August 23, 2022 — HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – The Defense Department’s space and missile defense capabilities serve as critical deterrents amid a rapidly changing domain and looming threats.The U.S. Army Space and Missile...

Lessons Learned at JRTC Will Last a Lifetime, National Guard Chief Says
July 28, 2022 — FORT POLK, La. – In oppressive heat with humidity thicker than a wool blanket, Army National Guard Soldiers are training to build combat readiness and capacity. The theme at the Joint Training...

Long-term Relationships Drive State Partnership Program Success
July 26, 2022 — PRAGUE, Czech Republic – When Daryl Bohac came here in 1998, he didn’t just help advance a young partnership between the Czech Republic and the Nebraska National Guard – he returned to his ancestral...

In Central Europe, Guard Chief Sees Enduring Partnerships and Growth
July 26, 2022 — VIENNA, Austria – In the heart of Europe, as a new security cooperation partnership takes its first steps, another prepares to celebrate its 30th anniversary.Here in Austria, Army Gen. Daniel Hokanson...

National Guard Chief Stresses Readiness as key to Homeland Defense
July 15, 2022 — COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – The chief of the National Guard Bureau emphasized the Guard’s readiness to support overseas operations is also a key element in homeland defense and emergency response...

Three Nations, One Goal: Continued Freedom
June 24, 2022 — VILNIUS, Lithuania – Three Baltic nations are laser-focused on one goal: defending their independence and territorial integrity.The chief of the National Guard Bureau heard the same message in visits...

ESGR: A 50-year Bridge Between Employers, National Guard, Reserves
June 22, 2022 — WASHINGTON – With the end of conscription looming in the United States, leaders knew the nation would rely more often on the National Guard and Reserves.They knew moving from a strategic to an...

National Guard Coordinates Transport of German Satellite
June 22, 2022 — ARLINGTON, Va. – A rocket carrier is barely recognizable from a distance on a typically foggy June morning at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California. Its payload, the German Ministry of Defense’s...

National Guard Bureau Chief Visits 325th Weapons Squadron
June 15, 2022 — ARLINGTON, Va. – Army Gen. Daniel Hokanson, chief of the National Guard Bureau, visited students, instructors and support personnel from the 325th Weapons Squadron taking part in graduation week at...

Continued Investments Make Guard Effective, Chief Says
June 7, 2022 — ARLINGTON, Va. – The chief of the National Guard Bureau told senators June 7 that continued investments in the National Guard mean it will be able to effectively support the Joint Force while quickly...

Land at Your own Risk: Air Guardsmen Honored for Valor During Operation Allies Refuge
June 4, 2022 — NEWBURGH, N.Y. – Flying into a “hornet’s nest” is how one of the crew members of Reach 824 described the scene as their C-17 Globemaster military transport aircraft approached Hamid Karzai...

Recent events, past decades have transformed Guard, chief says
May 24, 2022 — ARLINGTON, Va. – The past 20 years have proven the National Guard has transformed from a strategic reserve to an operational force, the chief of the National Guard Bureau told lawmakers...

Chief of National Guard Bureau visits New Hampshire troops
May 5, 2022 — NEWINGTON, N.H. – Army Gen. Daniel Hokanson, chief of the National Guard Bureau, and Senior Enlisted Advisor Tony Whitehead visited the Granite State to meet with Guard leaders and discuss strategic...

New York Guardsmen Earn Danish Military March Ribbon

Kentucky Guard Builds Portable Air Base for Patriot 26

Three Components, One Army: LaNeve Stresses Guard’s Role in Army’s New Priorities

Pennsylvania Guardsmen Demonstrate Drone Innovation Project

Nordhaus, Raines Outline a National Guard Focused on the Future