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National Guard, French Army Leaders Mark Shared History, Alliance in Ceremony
February 25, 2026 — WASHINGTON – National Guard senior leaders joined French army leaders in a ceremony Feb. 24 marking the longstanding alliance between the U.S. and France and honoring the sacrifices of service members...

Maryland National Guard Hosts 250th Annual Pass in Review
December 11, 2024 — DUNDALK, Md. – The Maryland Army National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 175th Infantry Regiment, commemorated its 250th anniversary with a Pass in Review Dec. 7 at the Dundalk Readiness Center. The historic...

Connecticut World War I Soldier Awarded Purple Heart
May 29, 2024 — GUILFORD, Conn. – A Connecticut National Guard Soldier assigned to Company M, 102nd Infantry Regiment, received the Purple Heart May 24, more than 100 years after he died during World War I.U.S. Army...

National Guard’s Heritage Honored at Storied Army Base
November 7, 2023 — ARLINGTON, Va. – In a hallowed corner of Patton Hall at Northern Virginia’s Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall, a journey through the annals of American military history awaits. An officer’s saber from...

Fort Johnson Renaming Ceremony Hits Home for Jersey Guard
June 15, 2023 — FORT JOHNSON, La. – More than a century ago, as many as 150,000 New Jerseyans raised their right hands and served in the Great War. Just one stood watch with Sgt. William Henry Johnson, namesake of...

Georgia Guardsman Promoted, Family Service Honored
May 22, 2023 — MARIETTA, Ga. - Maj. Alejandro V. Pascual IV was promoted to lieutenant colonel at the Clay National Guard Center May 21 in a ceremony that also honored the Pascual family’s history of military...

Fort Polk to be Renamed for New York Guardsman Henry Johnson
May 18, 2023 — ALBANY, N.Y. - Fort Polk in Louisiana will be renamed for New York National Guard Sgt. Henry Johnson, a World War I hero, during a June 13 ceremony at the post.The Army installation named for...

NYNG Soldiers honor state heroes at Arlington Cemetery
February 17, 2021 — ARLINGTON, Va. – In a letter to his son in 1944, Gen. George S. Patton Jr. said: "To be a successful Soldier, you must know history. … Weapons change, but man who uses them changes not at all."History...

42nd Infantry Division marks 103 years of service
August 13, 2020 — UNDISCLOSED LOCATION – The 42nd Infantry Division was formed in August 1917, supposedly earning its nickname, "the Rainbow Division," after Col. Douglas MacArthur, then chief of staff, said the...

NY National Guard Soldier's WWI story told in digital comic
July 2, 2020 — LATHAM, N.Y. – Sgt. Henry Johnson, the Albany resident whose World War I service in the New York National Guard’s 369th Infantry Regiment was recognized with the Medal of Honor almost a century later,...

NY National Guard repairs World War I Soldier's grave marker
June 5, 2020 — ONEIDA, N.Y – The gravestone of a New York National Guard Soldier who died while storming the Hindenburg Line more than 100 years ago was set right the day after Memorial Day 2020 by present-day...

Hawaii Guard Supports Tropical Cyclone Lala Response

South Carolina Guard Enhances Readiness With Advanced HH-60M Black Hawk

Army National Guard Fast-Tracks Resilient Microgrids with $14.7M APFIT Award

Ohio Guard Boosts Medical Skills While Providing No-Cost Care

Idaho Guard Strengthens Engineering Skills in Canada