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Wyoming Guard Aviators Sharpen Wildfire Response Skills in Training
April 25, 2025
— CAMP GUERNSEY, Wyo. – Wyoming Army National Guard aviators, in coordination with local and state firefighting agencies, conducted annual interagency bucket drop training April 16 at Camp Guernsey...
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Army Establishes New Fitness Test of Record to Strengthen Readiness and Lethality
April 22, 2025
— WASHINGTON – The U.S. Army announced Monday the establishment of the Army Fitness Test (AFT) as the official physical fitness test of record for all Soldiers, replacing the Army Combat Fitness...
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70 Years Ago: Operation Minuteman Demonstrates Effectiveness of National Guard
April 21, 2025
— ATLANTA, Ga. – In April 1955, the National Guard’s 400,000-strong force responded to an unprecedented activation exercise. Operation Minuteman, which was conceived by Maj. Gen. Edgar Erickson, chief...
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Raines Visits Saipan, Focuses on Troop Support, Readiness
April 8, 2025
— SAIPAN, Northern Mariana Islands – The National Guard serves in nearly every ZIP code—from the southern U.S. border to remote islands in the western Pacific. For some Guard members, geographic...
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Oklahoma Army National Guard Enhances Artillery Readiness
March 12, 2025
— OKLAHOMA CITY - Oklahoma Army National Guard Soldiers demonstrated their ability to rapidly mass troops and equipment during live-fire artillery training at Fort Sill March 7-9.The Soldiers, assigned...
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Virginia Guard Takes Holistic Approach to Health, Readiness
May 10, 2024
— RICHMOND, Va. – While the Virginia National Guard has long had dedicated personnel ready to respond to a Soldier or Airman in crisis, a new team of specialists focuses on prevention to help maintain...
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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...
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139th Airlift Wing Tested in Large-scale Readiness Exercise
June 15, 2023
— ST. JOSEPH, Mo. - The 139th Airlift Wing conducted a large-scale readiness exercise June 8-11 at Rosecrans Air National Guard Base.Fourteen Inspectors from Air Mobility Command’s Inspector General...
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Psychological Health Directors Discuss Readiness Impacts
May 2, 2023
— ARLINGTON, Va. - More than 75 Air National Guard directors of psychological health focused on best practices, trends and changes to psychological health needs for Guard Airmen at a workshop April...
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Driving Simulator Boosts Readiness for Connecticut Guard
April 12, 2023
— EAST GRANBY, Conn. - The Connecticut National Guard’s 103rd Airlift Wing at Bradley Air National Guard Base is using computer-generated imagery to enhance readiness.In 2021, the wing used innovation...
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Georgia Army Guard Hones Readiness at XCTC Exercise
June 24, 2022
— FORT STEWART, Ga. – Georgia Army National Guard Soldiers assigned to the 177th Brigade Engineer Battalion familiarized themselves with M2 and M249 machine guns and M4A1 carbines during an Exportable...
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National Guard’s top general stresses individual, unit readiness
March 4, 2022
— LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Individual and small-unit readiness remain critical priorities, the National Guard’s top officer told a gathering of senior Army Guard leaders from across the nation this...
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WVNG medical unit ensures Soldier readiness, COVID response
June 10, 2021
— CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The second floor of the U.S. Army Reserve building may seem at first glance like an unassuming office space.Within that space, however, resides a unit that plays a crucial role in...
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111th Med Group vaccinates wingmen, achieves top readiness
May 20, 2021
— HORSHAM, Pa. – The 111th Medical Group has administered more than 900 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine to Airmen and Defense Department civilians on base from Jan. 27 to May 20 while maintaining its top...
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