Guard News - The National Guard

151st Infantry Regiment adapts training to COVID-19 pandemic
August 5, 2020 — EDINBURGH, Ind. – Verbal commands echoed across the rolling hills of Camp Atterbury.SECTION!FOUR ROUNDS FIRE FOR EFFECT!AT MY COMMAND!GUN TWO UP!GUN THREE UP!GUN ONE UP!GUN FOUR UP!HANG IT!FIRE!These... MORE

226th engineers use annual training as opportunity to build
July 29, 2020 — TOPEKA, Kan. – Soldiers with 2nd Platoon, Detachment 1, 226th Engineer Company out of Pittsburg used their skills during annual training to complete several construction projects at Forbes Field Air... MORE

NY Guard logistics Soldiers hone airdrop resupply skills
July 29, 2020 — FORT DRUM, N.Y. — The 27th Infantry Brigade Combat Team needs food, fuel and ammunition to fight, which generally flow into the 427th Brigade Support Battalion, the logistics backbone of the brigade... MORE

NY National Guard combat engineers practice explosive skills
July 23, 2020 — FORT DRUM, New York – Fresh from duty assisting New York in tackling COVID-19, New York Army National Guard combat engineers hit the ranges to practice clearing the battlefield of any other obstacles... MORE

NY aircrews take WVNG troops to new heights for jump training
July 20, 2020 — CAMP DAWSON, West Virginia – Two New York Army National Guard CH-47F Chinook helicopters crewed by nine Soldiers took 15 West Virginia Army National Guard Special Forces members to new heights to... MORE

122nd Fighter Wing returns to drill amid COVID-19
July 17, 2020 — FORT WAYNE AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Ind. – The 122nd Fighter Wing recently returned to regularly scheduled drill after a base-wide response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Blacksnakes priority was to... MORE

NY National Guard explores Whiteface Mountain for training
July 15, 2020 — LAKE PLACID, N.Y. – New York Army National Guard Soldiers spent July 6 with forest rangers and conservation officials flying over Whiteface Mountain scouting for places to train to simulate conditions... MORE

Indiana National Guard conducts search-and-rescue training
June 30, 2020 — INDIANAPOLIS – Indiana National Guard Soldiers and Airmen brought together their respective aircraft to hone their search-and-rescue skills during a training exercise June 18.The exercise over Miami... MORE

West Virginia field artillery unit resumes normal training
June 23, 2020 — KINGWOOD, W.Va. – The West Virginia National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 201st Field Artillery Regiment (1-201st FA BN), became the first major unit to resume normal training cycles during the COVID-19... MORE

California, Nevada Guard fly MAFFS training missions
June 19, 2020 — SACRAMENTO, Calif. – California and Nevada Air National Guards brought out their heavy assets June 15-19 to prepare for each state’s annual enemies – wildfires.C-130 Hercules aircraft from both states... MORE

Guam National Guard, ROTC train together despite COVID-19
June 18, 2020 — BARRIGADA, Guam – They emerge from the 6-foot-high sword grass one by one, carrying carbine paintball guns and wearing different uniforms. Command Sgt. Maj. Celso Leonen, commandant of the Guam... MORE

Pandemic won't slow Soldier training for overseas deployment
June 17, 2020 — CAMP SMITH TRAINING SITE, N.Y. – Preparing for an overseas deployment is always tough and demanding, according to New York Army National Guard Maj. Jason Cossey, the commander of the 466th Area... MORE

Michigan Guard engineers balance COVID-19 risk, readiness
June 16, 2020 — MARQUETTE, Mich. – Michigan National Guard Lt. Col. Lucas Lanczy anticipated this. On June 5, six days into his unit’s annual training, Lanczy, commander of the 107th Engineer Battalion based in... MORE

Fort Indiantown Gap scaling up operations
June 12, 2020 — FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, Pa. – Now that Pennsylvania has begun a phased reopening from the COVID-19 crisis, Fort Indiantown Gap has begun gradually increasing operations.The installation never completely... MORE

HIANG combat comm Airmen adjust and resume training
June 12, 2020 — JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii – Oahu residents with the 291st and 292nd Combat Communications Squadrons (CBCS) experienced an unconventional drill weekend June 6-7, training at JBPH-H instead... MORE

Idaho National Guard firefighters train for real emergencies
June 8, 2020 — GOWEN FIELD, Idaho – Firefighters from the 124th Civil Engineer Squadron conducted a series of live-burn, vehicle extrication and classroom exercises in Boise June 6-7. Senior Master Sgt. Josh... MORE

Camp Umatilla helps make home for burrowing owls
June 4, 2020 — UMATILLA, Ore. – In 2008 Don Gillis, the natural resource manager at the Umatilla Chemical Depot, noticed a decline in the nesting areas for the burrowing owls on Camp Umatilla. The decline was due to... MORE

Oregon Airmen use technology to complete training, mission
May 20, 2020 — PORTLAND AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Ore. – Nearly two months into the stay-at-home order issued by Gov. Kate Brown, people throughout the region are well into their “new normal” with childcare, remote... MORE

First Army and partnered units train on through pandemic
May 15, 2020 — ROCK ISLAND, Ill. – The COVID-19 pandemic changed the ways First Army Soldiers conducted their mission of training and preparing National Guard and Army Reserve units for mobilization, deployment and... MORE

TEC-U to launch on-demand video training for ANG
May 14, 2020 — I.G. BROWN TRAINING AND EDUCATION CENTER, Tenn. – From the Force, the first initiative for TEC University, officially launches May 22, allowing Airmen to share best practices and receive training from... MORE

NY National Guard distributes over 52 million meals in New York City

NCNG engineers respond to Hurricane Isaias

Hard work pays off for 167th Airlift Wing Airman

California National Guard's cyber team adjusts to COVID-19

NY National Guard trains to be 'eye in sky' for 27th Brigade