Guard News - The National Guard

Tennessee Air National Guard provides imagery analysis to support hurricane relief
September 18, 2017 — NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Several members of the 118th Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Group based at Joint Base Berry Field in Nashville, Tennessee, are providing support for relief efforts...

Virgin Islands National Guard assists police with traffic patrol
September 16, 2017 — ST. THOMAS, Virgin Islands - The Virgin Islands National Guard and Virgin Islands Police Department worked side by side to help deal with traffic control on St. Thomas and St. John, after both islands...

Florida Guard members keep Hurricane Irma relief supplies flowing
September 15, 2017 — ORLANDO, Fla. - Guard members from around the state secure and manage the Auxiliary Staging Area for truckers rushing to deliver supplies for Hurricane Irma relief in Orlando, Sept. 13, 2017. An...

Troops behind the scenes help send Guard aid to Florida
September 15, 2017 — VOLK FIELD, Wis. — With the help of approximately 45 Wisconsin National Guard Airmen, three C-17 Globemaster and seven C-135 Stratolifter military aircraft, more than 600 members of the Wisconsin Army...

Florida Guard members run Hurricane Irma shelter like hospital
September 14, 2017 — PALM COAST, Fla. - When disaster strikes, first responders jump into action at a moment's notice. When Hurricane Irma sent hundreds into special-needs shelters, moments weren't long enough. "We had 15...

South Carolina Army Guard brigade conducts numerous high-water rescues
September 13, 2017 — CHARLESTON, S.C. – The Headquarters and Headquarters Company (HHC), 218th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade (MEB), South Carolina Army National Guard was the command and control cell of the Southern...

Pennsylvania Army Guard joins nearly 20,000 Citizen-Soldiers and -Airmen on Irma duty
September 13, 2017 — FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, Pa. – More than 40 Pennsylvania National Guard members and four CH-47 Chinook helicopters are currently assisting with the response to Hurricane Irma. The Pennsylvania contingent...

South Carolina Citizen-Soldier answers the call for third year
September 12, 2017 — COLUMBIA, S.C. - South Carolina was very fortunate to be spared a direct strike from Hurricane Irma, but as the storm continued a path northward after inundating Florida, the state experienced high...

Wisconsin National Guard among latest units to supplement Irma aid
September 12, 2017 — MADISON, Wis. - As the nation marked the 16th anniversary of the terror attacks in New York City, the Pentagon and Shanksville, Pennsylvania, more than 2,500 Wisconsin National Guard troops began...

New York sends Guard helicopters to Florida for Irma tasks
September 11, 2017 — LATHAM, N.Y.- The National Guard response to Hurricane Irma continued Monday as 10 New York Army National Guard UH-60 helicopters and 55 Soldiers left for Jacksonville, Florida. The aircraft came from...

Joint effort moves personnel, cargo to Virgin Island storm victims
September 11, 2017 — ST. CROIX, Virgin Islands - In a joint effort, Soldiers and Airmen – with the help of U.S. Navy helicopters and crew - moved personnel and tremendous amounts of cargo from St. Croix to St. Thomas and...

Florida REDHORSE Airmen ready for post-hurricane action
September 11, 2017 — SEBRING, Fla. - Airmen from the 202nd REDHORSE have bedded down at the county fairgrounds here. The 202nd is a highly mobile,world-wide deployable response force that operates in battle and natural...

Airmen wed during Hurricane Irma prior to rescue operations
September 10, 2017 — ORLANDO, Fla.– Hurricane Irma’s storm-force winds couldn’t prevent two people from pledging their love for each other. Surrounded by Soldiers and Airmen from the Florida National Guard’s Chemical...

Florida Air Guard staffing special-needs shelter; other Guard units pitching in elsewhere
September 10, 2017 — STARKE, Fla. - National Guard members in Florida, Georgia Puerto Rico, South Carolina and the Virgin Islands have opened more than 35 shelters and more than 11,000 Soldiers and Airmen are currently...

New York Air National Guard Rescue Wing assists with St. Maarten evacuations
September 10, 2017 — SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO - Members of the New York Air National Guard's 106th Rescue Wing assist in the evacuation of stranded American citizens from Princess Juliana International Airport in St...

Air Guard pararescuemen hunker down in Miami in preparation for rescue missions
September 10, 2017 — HURLBURT FIELD, Fla. - Taking a proactive approach to supporting the aftermath of Hurricane Irma, the 129th Rescue Wing from Moffett Air National Guard Base, Calif., combined with other search and...

Colorado National Guard sending special communications facility and crew to South
September 10, 2017 — CENTENNIAL, Colo. – A special communications section of the Colorado Air National Guard will be staging in Mississippi to assist civilian authorities in areas battered by Hurricane Irma, which is...

Kentucky Air Guardsmen evacuate hundreds from St. Maarten following Hurricane Irma
September 9, 2017 — LOUISVILLE, Ky. — For the second time in two weeks, special operators and aircrews from the Kentucky Air National Guard have deployed to support hurricane rescue operations, evacuating more than 170...

As Irma looms, some Guard members hopscotch from storm to storm
September 9, 2017 — ARLINGTON, Va. - National Guard members across the United States returned home earlier this week for a quick recovery and then redeployed in support of the Caribbean areas hammered by Hurricane Harvey...

As Irma bears down on U.S., Guard members deploy throughout affected region
September 8, 2017 — COLUMBIA, S.C. – As the now-Category 4 Hurricane Irma bears down on Florida with an expected weekend landfall, the South Carolina National Guard is escalating efforts to respond to the effects from...

Nordhaus, Raines Outline a National Guard Focused on the Future

Alaska Air National Guard Rescues Four From Plane Crash

Modular Airborne System Delivers One Million Gallons of Fire Retardant

Air Guard Security Forces Strengthen Readiness With Green Berets

Hawaii National Guard Rescues Paramedics During Hurricane Lala