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Sexual assault prevention training continues virtually amid COVID-19
September 21, 2020 — ARLINGTON, Va. – The National Guard Bureau’s Sexual Assault and Prevention Response office is holding its annual training for sexual assault response and victim advocate coordinators Sept. 21-23... MORE

The National Guard Bureau’s Sexual Assault and Prevention Response office will hold its annual training for sexual assault response and victim advocate coordinators in a virtual environment Sept. 21-23, 2020.

NGB chief touts Soldiers and Airmen at virtual Guard event
September 4, 2020 — ARLINGTON, Va. – In a year filled with unprecedented challenges, the National Guard’s mission is as relevant as ever, the chief of the National Guard Bureau told virtual attendees at the 142nd General... MORE

Gen. Daniel Hokanson, chief of the National Guard Bureau, tells virtual attendees at the 142nd General Conference of the National Guard Association of the United States, Aug. 29, 2020, how four Airmen from the District of Columbia Air National Guard’s 113th Wing saved a jogger's life while on duty during civil disturbances in June. The Airmen, in still image on right, are Chief Master Sgt. Mark Nicholas, Tech. Sgt. Emmanuel Morales, Staff Sgt. Jacen Vaughan and Maj. Telisha Johnson.

Esper praises outgoing NGB chief, welcomes incoming chief
August 3, 2020 — JOINT BASE MYER-HENDERSON HALL, Va. – The past few years, some 450,000 National Guard members have responded to unprecedented crises both home and abroad, ranging from devastating hurricanes,... MORE

Defense Secretary Dr. Mark T. Esper presides as Army Lt. Gen. Daniel R. Hokanson, director of the Army National Guard, is promoted to general and takes over as 29th National Guard Bureau chief during ceremonies at Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall, Va., Aug. 3, 2020. Hokanson succeeds Air Force Gen. Joseph L. Lengyel, who has served as NGB chief since August 2016.

National Guard faces pivotal time, CNGB nominee Hokanson says
June 19, 2020 — WASHINGTON – Today is an important and pivotal time in the history of the National Guard, the nominee to be the next chief of the National Guard Bureau told the Senate Armed Services Committee... MORE

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.

National Guard Youth ChalleNGe Program transforms young lives
February 12, 2015 — WASHINGTON - Courage. That's what Trevon Dorsey-Mabry, 18, told Army Gen. Frank Grass, the chief of the National Guard Bureau, it took for him to embrace the second chance he found through the... MORE

Army Gen. Frank Grass, chief, National Guard Bureau, joins other National Guard leaders, including former chiefs, and civilian appointed and elected leaders for an evening with cadets from the Capital Guardian Youth ChalleNGe Academy, Washington, D.C., Feb. 10, 2015. More than 130,000 young people have received a second chance thanks to the National Guard's Youth ChalleNGe Program, which has 35 academies in 27 states, D.C. and Puerto Rico.

Hawaii Air Guard, Marines Host Hazmat-Combat Training in Toxic Swell 25

Iowa Air Guard’s 132nd Civil Engineer Squadron Participates in Exercise Toxic Swell 25

New York Guard's Harlem Hellfighters Honored by Congress

Alaska Air Guard 168th Medics Train for Real-World Combat Casualty Care

Kentucky Air Guard Flexes Maritime Skill in Caribbean for Emerald Warrior