Guard News - The National Guard

Idaho Guard Strengthens Engineering Skills in Canada
August 31, 2026 — COLD LAKE, Alberta – Airmen from the Idaho Air National Guard’s 124th Civil Engineer Squadron traveled to Canada Aug. 15-29 as a deployment for training to complete infrastructure projects alongside...

Louisiana Guard Hosts Interrogation Competition
May 14, 2026 — PINEVILLE, La. – Twenty-three Human Intelligence, or HUMINT, Collector teams from the United States, Australia and Canada competed in the fifth annual Tranquil Storm interrogation competition at the...

Minnesota Guard, Croatia Partners Participate in Best Warrior Competition
April 22, 2026 — LITTLE FALLS, Minn. – Twenty-seven Minnesota Guard members, along with Canadian and Croatian soldiers, tested their skills April 15-18 during harsh weather conditions in the 2026 Minnesota Best...

NY Wing to Participate in Canadian Arctic Training Exercise
February 11, 2025 — SCOTIA, N.Y. – Fifty-nine Airmen and two LC-130 Hercules aircraft from the New York Air National Guard’s 109th Airlift Wing will participate in a joint military exercise in the Northwest Territories...

Croatia, Canada Join Minnesota Best Warrior Competition
April 6, 2023 — LITTLE FALLS, Minn. - Minnesota National Guard Soldiers and Croatian and Canadian Armed Forces competed to find this year’s best Noncommissioned Officer and Soldier during Minnesota’s 2023 Best...

National Guard, Canada Conduct Tactical Arctic Insertion
March 20, 2023 — RESOLUTE BAY, NUNAVUT, Canada - Thirty-seven U.S. and Canadian Soldiers were tactically inserted by an LC-130 Hercules on Arctic Ocean ice just east of Little Cornwallis Island in Nunavut, Canada,...

NY Air Guard Aeromed Technicians Train with Canada in Arctic
March 6, 2023 — NUNAVUT, Canada - New York Air Guard medical technicians who normally transport patients on aircraft like C-130s are learning to do the same on the much smaller Canadian CC-138 “Twin Otter” in a...

New York Air Guard Supports Canadian Forces’ Arctic Exercise
March 1, 2023 — RESOLUTE, Nunavut, Canada - The New York Air National Guard’s 109th Airlift Wing and 105th Airlift Wing are partnering with the Vermont Army National Guard and Canadian Armed Forces to support...

Pennsylvania Air Guard Joins Operation Noble Defender
November 15, 2022 — CORAOPOLIS, Pa. – The Pennsylvania Air National Guard’s 171st Air Refueling Wing participated in the North American Aerospace Defense Command’s Operation Noble Defender off the U.S. northeast coast...

Minnesota National Guard, Canada test readiness
March 25, 2022 — CAMP RIPLEY, Minn. - Army Reservists of the Canadian 38 Brigade Group conducted annual training on Camp Ripley March 11-21, including an air assault/squad movement exercise with a Minnesota National...

Vermont Guard participates in Canadian extreme cold exercise
March 18, 2022 — COLCHESTER, Vt. – Vermont Army National Guard Soldiers trekked into the Canadian wilderness for “Guerrier Nordique,” a combined, two-week extreme cold-weather exercise.Maj. Matthew Heffner and his...

NY Air Guard helps resupply northernmost Canadian outpost
October 9, 2019 — STRATTON AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Scotia, N.Y. – The New York Air National Guard’s 109th Airlift Wing delivered more than 100,000 pounds of cargo to the most northern permanently inhabited place in...

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