Guard News - The National Guard

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,... MORE

Vermont Guard Soldier Thrives in Canadian Arctic Exercise
March 15, 2023 — RESOLUTE, Nunavut - U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Shane Yuknis first came to Resolute in 2019 while participating in Guerrier Nordique.This is his second visit to the northernmost location for the... MORE

Vermont Army Guard Leads Training Exercise in Arctic Circle
February 27, 2023 — COLCHESTER, Vt. – The Vermont Army National Guard will participate in the winter training exercise Guerrier Nordique in Resolute Bay, Nunavut, Canada, March 4-20.The Vermont Soldiers will work with... MORE

Searcy is Army Guard’s 8th Command Chief Warrant Officer
January 20, 2023 — ARLINGTON, Va. – The eighth command chief warrant officer of the Army National Guard took the reins of the position in an informal ceremony this month at the Herbert R. Temple Army National Guard... MORE

Utah Honor Guard Provides Funeral Honors for WWII Airman
October 13, 2022 — BLUFFDALE, Utah – Almost 3,000 U.S. aviation service members were killed in air combat during World War II. Among that group was Army Air Corps Sgt. Elvin L. Phillips from Salt Lake City, a B-24... MORE

Utah National Guard Displays Readiness During Exercise
August 16, 2022 — CAMP WILLIAMS, Utah – Service members with the Utah National Guard’s Region VIII Homeland Response Force displayed efficiency and effectiveness during a readiness validation exercise Aug. 3-7. During... MORE

Utah Guard's Homeland Response Force Demonstrates Readiness
August 4, 2022 — CAMP WILLIAMS, Utah – The Utah National Guard’s Region VIII Homeland Response Force is conducting its 2022 readiness validation exercise at Camp Williams, Utah Aug. 3-7.“This year’s evaluation... MORE

Tennessee Hosts Army National Guard Best Warrior Competition
July 25, 2022 — SMYRNA, Tenn. – The Army National Guard will find its best warriors this week in the 2022 Army National Guard’s Best Warrior Competition. Fourteen Soldiers will battle it out to see who will earn the... MORE

Utah Guard Opens Special Operations Live-Fire Shoot House
July 12, 2022 — CAMP WILLIAMS, Utah – The Utah National Guard held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for its new Special Operations Forces Live-Fire Shoot House at Camp Williams July 11.As part of the ceremony, Soldiers... MORE

National Guard Demonstrates Capabilities During African Lion
July 7, 2022 — TAN-TAN, Morocco – As the multinational training exercise African Lion ’22 ended, leaders from the Idaho National Guard and other U.S. states joined partner nations in Morocco June 30 to observe... MORE

Idaho National Guard Participates in African Lion Exercise
June 27, 2022 — TAN-TAN, Morocco – Idaho Army National Guard Soldiers with the 1st Battalion of the 148th Field Artillery Regiment and their counterparts from California, Oregon, Texas, Utah and Wisconsin are... MORE

Utah National Guard Joins African Lion Exercise in Morocco
June 24, 2022 — AGADIR, Morocco – Soldiers and Airmen from the Utah National Guard began arriving in Morocco June 14 to participate in African Lion 2022.African Lion is U.S. Africa Command’s largest, premier, joint,... MORE

Utah Field Artillery Brigade Leads XCTC Exercise in Idaho
June 15, 2022 — ORCHARD COMBAT TRAINING CENTER, Idaho – The Utah National Guard’s 65th Field Artillery Brigade, “America’s Thunder,” is participating in Western Strike 22, a large-scale, multistate field artillery... MORE

National Guard Members Conduct Innovative Readiness Training
June 10, 2022 — TAHLEQUAH, Okla. - Oklahoma National Guard Soldiers and Airmen are building homes and treating patients in health clinics in Eastern Oklahoma. They are helping fellow Oklahomans thanks partly to the... MORE

Utah National Guardsman is Regional Soldier of the Year
June 3, 2022 — GUAM – Seven states and the territory of Guam sent their strongest, fittest and most capable Soldiers to compete in the Region VII Best Warrior Competition on Guam, May 23-26. The competition crowned... MORE

Army and Air Guard members compete in fitness contest
April 13, 2022 — CONCORD, N.C. – The National Guard’s All Guard Endurance Team sent more than 40 service members to the Spartan Sprint 5k with over 20 obstacles at a 600-acre farm April 9-10.From California, Maj... MORE

Utah National Guard supports hospitals facing COVID surge
February 15, 2022 — ST. GEORGE, Utah – For the first time since the beginning of the pandemic, Utah National Guard members are providing direct hospital support in non-medical roles. Service members are transporting... MORE

National Guard Olympians ready for 2022 Beijing Games
January 31, 2022 — ARLINGTON, Va. – When the XXIV Olympic Winter Games begin the first week of February, several National Guard members will be among the hundreds of athletes and coaches representing Team USA in... MORE

Utah National Guard Soldiers to compete in the 2022 Olympics
January 26, 2022 — DRAPER, Utah – Two Utah National Guard Soldiers are going to China on the 2022 U.S. Olympic Nordic Combined Team.Spc. Jasper Good of Steamboat Springs, Colorado, and Spc. Benjamin Loomis of Eau... MORE

Utah National Guard to provide humanitarian aid to Nepal
August 26, 2021 — SALT LAKE CITY, Utah – To help reduce human suffering and assist with Nepal's COVID-19 response, members of the Utah Air National Guard's 151st Air Refueling Wing, in coordination with U.S... MORE

Whitehead: “Guardsmen in the Pacific Crucial to Homeland Defense”

New York Guard Participates in Exercise Guerrier Nordique

New York Army Guard Officer Candidates to Train in Albania

176th Wing Rescues Snowmachiners Stranded in Ravine

Lithuanian Air Force Commander Visits 193rd Special Ops Wing