Guard News - The National Guard

Ohio Air Guard Enhances Combat Airpower at Checkered Flag
May 29, 2026 — TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. – In a contested environment, air superiority depends on advanced technology as well as the training and experience to use that technology effectively – a focus for the...

Kentucky Guard, Djibouti Military Partner on Cyber, Radio Exchange
July 24, 2025 — DJIBOUTI CITY, Djibouti - In the East Africa region where a single breached network can ripple across borders, Djiboutian soldiers and the Kentucky Army National Guard as well as other U.S. service...

Massachusetts Guard Hosts Regional Cooperation Exercise
June 26, 2025 — JOINT BASE CAPE COD, Mass. — Nearly 250 military personnel from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan (U.N. neutral participant), Uzbekistan, Mongolia and the United States,...

Team Whiteman Demonstrates Readiness During Spirit Vigilance
April 23, 2024 — The 509th and 131st Bomb Wings capped off the most recent iteration of exercise Spirit Vigilance by performing a mass fly-off of 12 B-2 Spirit stealth bombers April 15 at Whiteman AFB...

Pennsylvania Guard Conducts Virtual Winter Storm Exercise
December 22, 2022 — FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, Pa. – Pennsylvania National Guard members from around the commonwealth participated in a winter storm tabletop exercise Dec. 20.The virtual exercise was coordinated by the...

Tennessee Guard joins national cybersecurity exercise
July 20, 2021 — NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Members of the Tennessee National Guard are participating in the nationwide cybersecurity exercise, Cyber Shield, July 10-24 at Joint Force Headquarters in Nashville.The annual...

104th Fighter Wing hones skills during readiness exercise
June 17, 2021 — WESTFIELD, Mass. – The 104th Fighter Wing conducted 24-hour operations during a readiness exercise June 10-13 at Barnes Air National Guard Base. The REX lets Airmen set aside their daily tasks and...

Air National Guard units support Formidable Shield exercise
May 20, 2021 — PRESTWICK, Scotland – U.S. Air National Guard units from Iowa, Maine and Ohio are participating in the multinational missile defense exercise Formidable Shield 2021 in the United Kingdom this week...

Iowa Air Refueling Wing tests emergency response in exercise
May 4, 2021 — SIOUX CITY, Iowa – Members of the 185th Air Refueling Wing Fire Department participated in a mass casualty exercise directed by the Federal Aviation Administration at the Sioux Gateway Airport Brig...

NYNG troops participate in Indiana disaster response drill
May 3, 2021 — MUSCATATUCK, Ind. – Almost 200 New York Army National Guard Soldiers from the 101st Expeditionary Signal Battalion and 204th Engineer Battalion were among 4,200 troops taking part in an exercise...

Hawaiian Raptors fly with RAAF for exercise Pacific Edge 21
April 30, 2021 — JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii – Total Force Airmen from Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam completed a multifaceted, air combat exercise April 22, flying more than 100 sorties alongside partners...

92nd CST fires up Exercise Desert Torch in Vegas
April 22, 2021 — LAS VEGAS – Las Vegas residents had the opportunity to witness a flurry of training activity starting April 20, as the Nevada National Guard’s 92nd Civil Support Team conducted mock emergency HAZMAT...

Northern Thaw exercise concludes at Volk Field
April 15, 2021 — VOLK FIELD, Wis. – Volk Field Combat Readiness Training Center, known for lighting up the skies with the annual Northern Lightning exercise, hosted multiple units from around the country for the...

Louisiana Guard trains with partners on disaster response
April 14, 2021 — NEW ORLEANS – The Louisiana National Guard worked with local and state agencies in an annual disaster response exercise to test and reinforce the capabilities and coordination between government...

145th Airlift Wing prepares for readiness exercise
April 12, 2021 — CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Airmen from the 145th Airlift Wing prepare for a large-scale readiness exercise (LRE) conducted in Gulfport, Mississippi, throughout 2021. The large-scale readiness exercise is a...

Hawaii Air Guard wraps up temporary deployment to Japan
April 9, 2021 — JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii – Dozens of operations, maintenance and support Airmen and a contingent of F-22 Raptors returned home April 4 following almost a month of temporary duty at...

Rescue squadrons train in Idaho exercise
March 30, 2021 — BOISE, Idaho – Members from 11 rescue squadrons flocked to Gowen Field in HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopters to participate in Spud Smoke 21, an exercise focused on weapons employment fundamentals and...

Response teams extract, treat F-22 pilot in joint exercise
November 25, 2020 — JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii – Firefighters, paramedics and medical response Airmen raced to the flight line Nov. 20 in an exercise to extract pilots from fifth-generation aircraft.The...

10th Civil Support Team trains at SeaTac Airport
November 24, 2020 — SEATAC, Wash. – Seattle-Tacoma International Airport is one of the nation's busiest airports and one of the busiest ports of entry into the United States for foreign travelers. Those are solid reasons...

Partnerships, realism key for virtual Cyber Shield 2020
September 9, 2020 — ARLINGTON, Va. — Annual exercises like Cyber Shield 2020 bring an added layer of readiness to National Guard cyber missions, Guard senior leaders recently said during a roundtable discussion. The...

Army National Guard Fast-Tracks Resilient Microgrids with $14.7M APFIT Award

Ohio Guard Boosts Medical Skills While Providing No-Cost Care

Idaho Guard Strengthens Engineering Skills in Canada

Puerto Rico Guard Distributes One Million Gallons of Water in Drought Response

Guardsmen Boost Domestic Response Capabilities in Patriot 26