Guard News - The National Guard

National Guard is Marksmanship Champ for 10th Straight Year
March 19, 2025 — FORT BENNING, Ga. – The Alabama National Guard’s Alabama Alpha team outscored 45 other teams to claim the 2025 U.S. Army Small Arms Championships held March 9-15 at Fort Benning.After firing more than...

Guard Marksmanship Center to Host Rifle, Pistol Championships
March 13, 2025 — CAMP JOSEPH T. ROBINSON, Ark. - The National Guard Marksmanship Training Center will conduct the 2025 WPW/AFSAM Rifle and Pistol Championships at Camp Joseph T. Robinson in North Little Rock to test...

56th SBCT Welcomes Competition, Marksmanship at Pistol Match
March 11, 2025 — GRAFENWOEHR, Germany – The 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team welcomed 100 firers to a pistol competition featuring a 30-yard slow fire and an excellence-in-competition match March 9.U.S. Soldiers...

Nebraska, Michigan, Iowa Guard Excel at Sniper Championship
December 16, 2024 — BARLING, Ark. — Thirty-three two-person sniper teams showcased their precision and tactical expertise during the 54th Winston P. Wilson Sniper Championship and the 34th Armed Forces Skill at Arms...

Alabama Guard Hosts All Guard Marksmanship Team Tryouts
September 18, 2024 — ANNISTON, Ala. – Eighteen National Guardsmen from across the country competed in the All Guard Marksmanship Team tryouts hosted by the Alabama National Guard’s Lethality Group at Fort McClellan...

National Guard Rifle Team Clinches Dogs of War Trophy
August 12, 2024 — CAMP PERRY, Ohio - The All National Guard six-person marksman team won the National Trophy, also known as the Dogs of War Trophy, at the National Matches in August. It was only the third time the...

Champions Repeat at NH National Guard Marksmanship Match
June 13, 2024 — FORT DEVENS, Mass. - Team El Salvador and Mountain Company Commander Capt. Robert Matzelle defended their titles in the 2024 New Hampshire National Guard Combat Marksmanship Match June 6-8. The...

Missouri Airmen, Soldiers Showcase Sharpshooting Skills
March 26, 2024 — NEOSHO, Mo. - Nine Airmen from the 139th Airlift Wing earned the Schützenschnur, or German Armed Forces Marksmanship Badge, during the adjutant general’s annual marksmanship competition at Camp...

National Guard Wins 2024 U.S. Army Small Arms Championship
March 26, 2024 — FORT MOORE, Ga. – Staff Sgt. John Jordan, representing the South Carolina National Guard, secured the title of 2024 All Army Champion at the U.S. Army Small Arms Championships at Fort Moore, Georgia,...

Virginia Guard, Tajikistan Police Train on Marksmanship
October 16, 2023 — DUSHANBE, Tajikistan - Three Virginia National Guard Soldiers participated in a marksmanship exchange with female members of the Tajik National Police Sept. 5-9. The exchange supported the Department...

NH Guard Prevails at Regional Marksmanship Championships
August 25, 2023 — JERICHO, Vt. - New Hampshire National Guard shooting squads won gold and silver for a second straight year at a regional match at Camp Ethan Allen Training Site Aug. 18-20. The Marksmanship Advisory...

National Guard Excels in U.S. Army Small Arms Championship
May 2, 2023 — FORT BENNING, Ga. - Army and Air National Guardsmen from across the country dominated the 2023 U.S. Army “All Army” Small Arms Championships.The week-long competition in March brought together 260...

Army Guard, Air Force Compete in Marksmanship in Kenya
August 26, 2022 — CAMP SIMBA, Kenya – Fifty-two Army National Guard and U.S. Air Force members assigned to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa participated in a joint-force combined arms marksmanship competition...

Alabama Guardsmen take top honors in CNGB Postal Matches
May 27, 2021 — HAMPTON, N.C. – National Guardsmen from across the nation competed in the 2021 Chief, National Guard Bureau (CNGB) Postal Matches-Phase III at Camp Butner Training Center May 17-21.Alabama Army...

Alaska National Guardsmen compete in marksmanship
May 19, 2021 — JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – The Alaska National Guard hosted its annual marksmanship competition sponsored by Maj. Gen. Torrence Saxe, the adjutant general of the Alaska National Guard,...

Guardsmen excel in All Army Marksmanship Championships
March 23, 2021 — FORT BENNING, Ga. - Army and Air National Guardsmen from across the country traveled to Fort Benning to participate in the 2021 U.S. Army "All Army" Small Arms Championships March 14-20. The week-long...

Guard Soldiers achieve marksmanship overmatch in Utah
July 17, 2020 — LEHI, Utah – At 800 meters from the target, the Soldiers started running. The sun beat down on their shoulders as their boots pounded along the winding dirt road, kicking up dust. Each Soldier carried...

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