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Former TAGs fill top 3 National Guard positions
August 21, 2020
In a photo dated Dec. 7, 2014, then Army Maj. Gen. Daniel R. Hokanson, formerly the adjutant general of the Oregon National Guard, addresses Airmen with the 142nd Fighter Wing during a demobilization ceremony at Portland Air National Guard Base, Oregon. Hokanson was promoted to general and sworn in as the 29th chief of the National Guard Bureau Aug. 3, 2020. He is joined by two other former adjutants general – Army Lt. Gen. Jon Jensen, director of the Army National Guard, and Air Force Lt. Gen. Michael Loh, director of the Air National Guard – who are all serving in the National Guard’s top three positions.
Whitehead named senior enlisted advisor to CNGB
August 5, 2020
Chief Master Sgt. Tony L. Whitehead was named senior enlisted advisor for the National Guard Bureau by Gen. Daniel Hokanson, chief of the National Guard Bureau, Aug. 3, 2020.
174th MXG hot-pit maintenance key to Northern Strike 20
August 4, 2020
An A-10 Thunderbolt II from the 107th Fighter Squadron, Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Mich., taxis to a hot-pit maintenance area set up by the 174th Maintenance Group Detachment 1 maintenance team during Northern Strike 20 in Alpena, Mich., July 27, 2020. The 174th MXG Det. 1 is a New York Air National Guard unit located in Ft. Drum, New York. The unit has provided maintenance support to Northern Strike since 2012. Northern Strike is the National Guard Bureau’s largest joint, multi-component exercise and takes place at the National All-Domain Warfighting Center in Northern Michigan.
Northern Strike exercise 'on target' for Michigan Army Guard artillery unit
July 28, 2020
Soldiers with the Michigan Army National Guard's B Battery, 1st Battalion, 119th Field Artillery Regiment execute a direct fire mission during exercise Northern Strike at Camp Grayling, Michigan, July 26, 2020.
Wisconsin Guard, Papua New Guinea begin state partnership
July 20, 2020
Soldiers with the 2nd Battalion, 127th Infantry, 32nd Division, deplane at the Dubadura Airstrip south of Buna, New Guinea, Dec. 15, 1942.
Guard Soldiers achieve marksmanship overmatch in Utah
July 17, 2020
Staff Sgt. Wayne “Guido” Gray, California National Guard, engages targets in the Reflexive Fire match July 10, 2020, during the Marksmanship Advisory Council Region Seven Championships at Camp Williams, Bluffdale, Utah. Thirty-four Guard members from California, Colorado, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico and Utah spent three intense days in the mountains of Utah competing. Colorado took home the team championship title.
One man’s journey to the Air National Guard
July 8, 2020
Tech. Sgt. Clayton Smith, a medical resources noncommissioned officer assigned to the Office of the Joint Surgeon at the National Guard Bureau, participates in a phone conference at the Herbert R. Temple Jr. Army National Guard Readiness Center, Arlington Hall Station, Arlington, Va., March 2, 2020. Smith came to the U.S. from Trinidad and Tobago at the age of 26 and enlisted in the Air National Guard to gain real world experience, earning U.S. citizenship along the way.
Idaho Guard members earn Red Card to fight wildland fires
June 29, 2020
About 40 Idaho Citizen-Solders attended the Idaho National Guard's first wildland firefighting training course at Gowen Field, Idaho, June 15-19 and June 22-26, 2020. It was the first time the five-day courses were offered to non-firefighter members of the Guard.
Former Alaska National Guard TAG is NGB inspector general
June 25, 2020
Army Maj. Gen. Laurie Hummel makes remarks during her January 2019 retirement ceremony as the adjutant general of the Alaska National Guard. Hummel came out of retirement to become the National Guard Bureau inspector general in May 2020.
National Guard ready for hurricane season
June 24, 2020
Texas Army National Guard Soldiers rescue Houston residents from floodwaters caused by Hurricane Harvey in 2017. As the 2020 hurricane season ramps up, National Guard members throughout the country stand ready to respond if needed.
National Guard faces pivotal time, CNGB nominee Hokanson says
June 19, 2020
Lt. Gen. Daniel Hokanson, nominated May 4, 2020, to be the next chief of the National Guard Bureau, accompanies Gen. James C. McConville, vice chief of staff of the Army, to Fort Pickett, Virginia, July 19, 2019, to see Soldiers of the Virginia National Guard’s 116th IBCT training in preparation for their Joint Readiness Training Center rotation.
Texas Guard team wins first NGB innovation competition
June 17, 2020
Finalists and panel judges are projected on a screen during the first National Guard Innovation Competition as Charles Crosby, right, a senior analyst with the National Guard Bureau’s Force, Structure and Assessment Directorate, serves as the emcee for the event at the Herbert R. Temple Jr. Army National Guard Readiness Center, Arlington Hall Station, June 12, 2020. A Texas National Guard innovation team won the competition’s top honor for helping develop advanced 3D printer technology.
Ohio Army Guard assists during unrest in Cleveland, Columbus
June 3, 2020
A Soldier with the Ohio National Guard looks on as protesters peacefully demonstrate in Columbus, Ohio. Ohio National Guard members have been activated to support state and local agencies in Columbus and Cleveland in response to incidents of civil unrest in the aftermath of the death of George Floyd. Approximately 30,000 National Guard members in 31 states and Washington, D.C., are on duty protecting lives and property while safeguarding individual rights to demonstrate peacefully.
National Guard force surpasses Hurricane Katrina response
June 2, 2020
Master Sgt. Acie Matthews of the Minnesota National Guard engaged with protesters to show solidarity and request they comply with the state curfew at the grounds of the Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul June 1, 2020.
Massachusetts Air Guard SARC receives SARC of the Year Award
May 28, 2020
Jacquelyn E. Tellier, sexual assault prevention and response program manager of the 102d Intelligence Wing, Massachusetts Air National Guard, was awarded the 2020 Liz Blanc Exceptional Sexual Assault Response Coordinator of the Year Award in May by the Department of Defense.
Guard assists state health officials in COVID-19 mapping
May 27, 2020
Washington Air National Guard Maj. Brian Banke, a chaplain with the Western Air Defense Sector, functions as the training manager for the COVID-19 mapping mission for the Washington National Guard at the Washington State Department of Health (DOH) offices in Tumwater, Washington, May 15, 2020. The Washington National Guard is supporting the DOH to prevent the spread of the coronavirus as Washington prepares to move to reopening parts of the state.
NGB chief promotes first Guard director of space operations
May 20, 2020
U.S. Air Force Gen. Joseph L. Lengyel, chief, National Guard Bureau, promotes U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Gregory T. White, director of space operations, National Guard Bureau, to major general May 20, 2020, at Buckley Air Force Base, Aurora, Colorado.
Va. Army Guard members set up mobile food distribution site
May 14, 2020
Guard's COVID-19 response is largest since Hurricane Katrina
May 12, 2020
Nearly 47,000 National Guard Soldiers and Airmen are activated in all 50 states, three territories and the District of Columbia supporting COVID-19 response efforts. That is the Guard's largest response since Hurricane Katrina in 2005, when more than 51,000 Guard members responded.
Virginia Army Guard members distribute food, positivity
May 8, 2020
Spc. Tyree Carpenter, a combat engineer with the Virginia Army National Guard’s D Company, 229th Brigade Engineer Battalion, packages food for distribution as part of his unit’s COVID-19 response effort in Fredericksburg, Virginia, May 1, 2020. Carpenter and about 30 other Soldiers with 229th BEB were augmenting civilian personnel at an area food bank.