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Virginia Guard Red Dragons Earn Their Spurs in Kenya
September 12, 2022 — CAMP SIMBA, Kenya – Virginia National Guard Soldiers assigned to Bravo Troop, 2nd Squadron, 183rd Cavalry Regiment, Task Force Red Dragon, Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, held a spur ride...

Kentucky National Guard Shares Knowledge with Partner Djibouti
September 9, 2022 — DJIBOUTI CITY, Djibouti – Although the early-morning sun was still low in the sky, temperatures were already hovering near 100 degrees as a small group of Kentucky National Guard signal leaders made...

New York Army National Guard Troops Deploy to Africa
September 9, 2022 — FORT BLISS, Texas - A thousand New York Army National Guard Soldiers completed two months of training at Fort Bliss and are heading to assignments in the Horn of Africa for 10 months.Known as Task...

Nebraska National Guard, Rwanda Build on SPP Partnership
July 11, 2022 — KIGALI, Rwanda – When the Nebraska National Guard and the Rwanda Defence Force formed their partnership in December 2019, both sides expressed interest in working closely together to build...

Common goals strengthen Michigan National Guard-Latvia-Liberia relationship
March 29, 2022 — MONROVIA, Liberia – Situated 700 miles south of Africa’s Sahara Desert and 435 miles north of the equator, Monrovia rarely dips below 70 degrees Fahrenheit. It’s a sub-Saharan beachside paradise...

National Guard chief returns from African regional security talks in Rome
February 7, 2022 — ROME – The National Guard Bureau’s chief, Army Gen. Daniel Hokanson, a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, joined the 2022 African Chiefs of Defense Conference here last week for a series of...

Kentucky Guard engineers conduct Djibouti SPP training
September 8, 2021 — CAMP LEMONNIER, Djibouti – Kentucky National Guard engineers with the 577th Sapper Company and 123rd Airlift Wing traveled more than 15,000 miles to train with the Djiboutian military demining company...

SD Guard Soldiers perform key mission in East Africa
April 29, 2021 — CAMP LEMONNIER, Djibouti – South Dakota National Guard Soldiers assigned to the 196th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade (MEB) are deployed to Camp Lemonnier as the core staff for Combined Joint Task...

Wisconsin National Guard team delivers while deployed
July 1, 2020 — MADISON, Wis. – In the parlance of their trade, the Wisconsin Army National Guard’s 1967th Contingency Contracting Team (CCT) is delivering the goods. “Thus far, the mission has been nothing short of...

Alaska Guard maintenance Airmen critical to Africa deployment
June 18, 2020 — JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – An eagle swallowing a dragonfly whole is what it looks like when an HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter is loaded into the cargo hold of a C-17 Globemaster III...

Retired Texas Air National Guard Pilot Recalls Protecting Air Force One on 9/11

Nebraska Guard Strengthens Disaster Response Readiness

Kentucky Guard Strengthens Skills During Patriot 2026

113th Wing Recognized for Air Defense, Combat Performance

Washington Guard Concludes Extended Wildfire Response