Guard News - The National Guard

Multi-State Air Guard Units Train at CHOP North 2026
April 24, 2026 — VOLK FIELD AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Wis. – More than 50 U.S. Airmen and 13 units from the Air National Guard Region V participated in exercise Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear, or CBRN,...

Georgia's 165th Airlift Wing Hosts Response Exercise TOXIC PEACH 2025
May 6, 2025 — SAVANNAH, Ga. — About 150 joint service military members, including Airmen and Soldiers from more than 36 different units and seven major commands, recently conducted exercise Toxic Peach. The April...

Maryland Air Guard Leads Emergency Management Exercise
October 15, 2024 — MIDDLE RIVER, Md. - Airmen from the Maryland Air National Guard hosted a chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear response exercise with regional partners at two Maryland National Guard training...

NY Guardsmen Help 10th Mountain Division Soldiers Test CBRN Skills
November 20, 2023 — LATHAM, N.Y. – Ten Soldiers from the 10th Mountain Division’s Dismounted Chemical Reconnaissance Team refined their skills alongside 16 Airmen and Soldiers from the New York National Guard’s 2nd Civil...

188th Wing Hosts Emergency Management Course
May 30, 2023 — EBBING AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Ark. - The 188th Wing hosted the Air National Guard’s Specialized Personnel and Equipment for Austere Reconnaissance and Surveillance (SPEARS) course at the Fort...

167th Airlift Wing Completes All-Hazards Training
May 19, 2023 — MARTINSBURG, W.Va. - Emergency responders at the 167th Airlift Wing participated in an all-hazards training course May 1-5 to prepare for real-world incidents.The hybrid CAMR program, short for...

Airmen Go Off Grid for Terror Threat Training
May 19, 2023 — EASTOVER, S.C. - Air National Guard units from South Carolina, Alabama, the District of Columbia and Tennessee participated in Emergency Management Battlefield Expeditionary Response training, also...

130th Airlift Wing practices ACE during Flare 2023
April 3, 2023 — CHARLESTON, W.Va. - More than 400 members of the 130th Airlift Wing conducted a weeklong Fly Away Readiness Exercise at the Combat Readiness Training Center in Gulfport, Mississippi.FLARE is a...

84th CST Responds to Real-World Threat at Wyoming Air Base
November 8, 2022 — CHEYENNE, Wyo. – The 84th Civil Support Team and first responders of the 153rd Airlift Wing, Wyoming Air National Guard, responded to a potential threat involving white powder at the Air Guard base...

New York, New Jersey Guard Practice CBRN Response
October 12, 2022 — FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, Pa. – Six hundred New York and New Jersey National Guard Soldiers and Airmen honed their skills to respond to a terror attack or weapon of mass destruction incident Sept. 8-14 at...

Wyoming Guard Civil Support Team Returns from Tunisia Training
August 1, 2022 — BIZERTE, Tunisia – While training in Tunisia last month, the Wyoming National Guard’s 84th Civil Support Team witnessed their Tunisian counterparts spring to action to support civilian authorities.The...

North Dakota ANG regional training site hosts CBRN training
March 17, 2022 — FARGO, N.D. – Chief Master Sgt. Kristi Erickson, the 119th Civil Engineer Squadron emergency management superintendent, hosted 10 emergency management members from units across the country to test...

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...

California National Guard trains for CRE mission
April 29, 2021 — MUSCATATUCK URBAN TRAINING CENTER, Ind. – Soldiers of the California Army National Guard, 216th Engineer Movement Augmentation Company, trained for search and rescue operations as part of the...

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