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Louisiana Guard Conducts Disaster Response Training
December 11, 2024 — PERRY, Ga. – The Louisiana National Guard Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and High-Yield Explosive Enhanced Response Force Package conducted a training exercise in Georgia culminating in a...

Guard Members Bring Unique Capabilities to Cybersecurity
December 4, 2024 — ARLINGTON, Va. – The National Guard brings unique capabilities to the cyber domain and has helped develop new applications that allow greater network connectivity while maintaining cybersecurity,...

National Guard Senior Enlisted Advisor Looks to Next Generation
November 6, 2024 — ARLINGTON, Va. - Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chief of the National Guard Bureau Tony L. Whitehead didn’t think twice in August 2020 before accepting his appointment as the Guard’s senior...

National Guard Bureau Hosts 3rd Annual Cybersecurity Awareness Panel
October 21, 2024 — ARLINGTON, Va. – Everybody plays a role in cybersecurity, National Guard and Department of Defense officials emphasized during a panel discussion on cybersecurity Oct. 16 at the Herbert R. Temple Army...

National Guard Bureau Chief Names Senior Enlisted Advisor
October 18, 2024 — ARLINGTON, Va. – Army Command Sgt. Maj. John Raines is the National Guard Bureau’s next senior enlisted advisor, Air Force Gen. Steven Nordhaus, chief, National Guard Bureau, announced Oct...

Air Force Lt. Gen. Steven Nordhaus Confirmed as NGB Chief
September 25, 2024 — WASHINGTON – The Senate Tuesday confirmed Air Force Lt. Gen. Steven Nordhaus as the 30th chief of the National Guard Bureau. Nordhaus, who will also be a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, will be...

National Guard Uses Partnerships to Build Interoperability
August 28, 2024 — FORT RILEY, Kansas – The 35th Infantry Division conducted a combined command post exercise with the 1st Infantry Division at the Mission Training Center at Fort Riley Aug. 9-23. Key components to a...

Acting National Guard Bureau Chief: 'This is What We’re Built For'
August 25, 2024 — DETROIT — In a time of global uncertainty, the National Guard’s top officer, serving in an acting capacity, shared a message of strength and stability to attendees of the 146th National Guard...

Military Leaders Urge Congress to Pass Timely 2025 Defense Budget
June 20, 2024 — WASHINGTON - The 2025 Defense Department budget request prioritizes maintaining operational readiness, taking care of people and continuing to build a joint force that is lethal, resilient,...

Guard General Retires After Final Watch at Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
June 11, 2024 — ARLINGTON, Va. – Row after row of white marble headstones stand neatly amid the meticulously maintained grounds of Arlington National Cemetery —almost in formation. Each bears the name of one of about...

After 80th D-Day Commemoration, Hokanson Looks to Future
June 8, 2024 — OMAHA BEACH, NORMANDY, France — After honoring the 80th anniversary of the Allies’ D-Day invasion and subsequent liberation of Europe, the National Guard’s top general looked forward Friday, focused...

National Guard Ready for Potential Record-Breaking Wildfire, Hurricane Season
May 31, 2024 — ARLINGTON, Va. — With 2024 projected as one of the hottest years on record, climate scientists have noted a heightened risk of hurricanes and wildfires, but National Guard officials said the Guard is...

In Thailand, Hokanson Sees Enduring Partners in Name and Practice
May 21, 2024 — BANGKOK –The National Guard’s top officer visited with Washington Guardsmen and Royal Thai Armed Forces troops training together May 7-9. The Washington National Guard has worked closely with Thailand...

National Guard Expands Pilot Child Care Program
May 14, 2024 — WASHINGTON – Army Guardsmen in 20 states now can access drill weekend child care after the National Guard’s most senior leader signed an agreement with public partners expanding a pilot program at a...

Guard Bureau Chief Promotes Partnerships at Defense Services Asia Exhibition
May 12, 2024 — KUALA LUMPUR – Alliances and partnerships underscored the National Guard Bureau chief’s participation in one of Asia’s largest defense and homeland security events on May 6.Army Gen. Daniel Hokanson,...

Guard Leaders Stress NCOs Role in State Partnership Program
May 3, 2024 — LAS VEGAS – Developing NCOs has long been a strategy in the U.S. military to build capability and maintain readiness by providing the education and training required to operate in complex...

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...

Army Guard Elevates Disaster Response with UAS Training
April 18, 2024 — REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. – In preparation for the direst of days on the homeland front, a dozen Citizen-Soldiers recently enhanced their technical acumen on unmanned aviation systems after completing a...

Guard Employs AI to Battle Wildfires, Improve Disaster Response
April 8, 2024 — ARLINGTON, Va. - Inside the bustling confines of an operations center, National Guard members quickly assemble information from multiple sources, piecing together the “big picture” from ground and air...

National Guard-led Space Exercise Helps Build Programs for NATO Partners
April 8, 2024 — RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany – About 50 members of the Air National Guard and Romanian and Polish Armed Forces focused on space as a warfighting domain during exercise Vulcan Guard Bolt 6 at NATO’s...

Oklahoma Guard Strengthens Critical Capabilities During Exercise Thunderstruck

Oregon Guard Uses New Hoist Technology in Rescue

Chief of National Guard Bureau visits Purdue to discuss national security, military education

Alaska Guard Rescues Injured Mountain Biker

Massachusetts Guard Welcomes Fifth‑Generation Fighter