Guard News - The National Guard

Guard family gets Extreme dream home
December 19, 2007 — ARLINGTON, Va. - Spc. Michael Lucas received an extra-special homecoming during his mid-tour leave from Iraq recently when he and his family discovered they had been selected for a total-home...

Washington National Guard goes door-to-door, shore-to-shore in December storms
December 18, 2007 — TACOMA, Wash. - The National Guard conducts phone alerts regularly to make sure they can contact unit members in case of an emergency, but they usually don't call the day after drill weekend.But...

Air Guard Recruiters Press on Through Major Changes
December 17, 2007 — ARLINGTON, Va. - Tech. Sgt. Dianna Bowen understands and embraces the challenges of recruiting people into a transforming Air National Guard.Bowen became one of the Air Guard's top recruiters in the...

NY National Guard marks National Guard Birthday
December 14, 2007 — The New York National Guard celebrated the 371st Birthday of the United State's force of Citizen Soldier Thursday, Dec. 13, with a traditional military cake-cutting ceremony.Major General Joseph...

Congratulating the National Guard on its 371st Birthday
December 14, 2007 — I congratulate the National Guard on its 371st birthday. These devoted citizen-soldiers are tremendous partners in helping to secure the homeland. The men and women of the National Guard have enabled...

Deployed units celebrate 371st birthday
December 14, 2007 — CAMP VICTORY, Iraq - The National Guard turned 371 on Dec. 13, and the occasion was not forgotten at Camp Victory, Iraq. At the Al-Faw Palace a ceremony was held to commemorate the event.The event...

Guardmembers respond to Midwest ice storms
December 13, 2007 — ARLINGTON, Va. - More than 140 National Guard members in the Midwest responded to a band of deadly, mid-December storms that stretched from eastern Texas to the Ohio Valley and into northern New York...

Former National Guard Bureau chief, Lt. Gen. Emmett Walker, Jr. dies
December 13, 2007 — ARLINGTON, Va. - Lt. Gen. Emmett (Mickey) H. Walker, Jr., a Silver Star recipient who served as the chief of the National Guard Bureau for four years in the early 1980s, died on Dec. 11 after a...

National Guard learns lessons from a city under fire
December 12, 2007 — HAIFA, Israel - Studying how to respond to sustained terrorist attacks against a U.S. city, National Guard leaders visited Haifa, which in late summer 2006 was an Israeli city under fire.LTG H Steven...

National Guard to help Afghan agriculture
December 11, 2007 — ARLINGTON, Va. - Give a man a fish, feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.Such is the philosophy behind the Army National Guard's use of an all-Soldier team of...

Operation Deep Freeze main season underway
December 11, 2007 — McMURDO STATION, Antarctica (AFPN) - Active duty, Guard and Reserve Airmen from McChord Air Force Base, Wash., and the New York Air National Guard's 109th Airlift Wing, combined efforts to support the...

Five Guard brigades alerted for 2009 deployments
December 5, 2007 — WASHINGTON - Defense officials announced today the deployment of five National Guard brigade combat teams to begin in summer 2009.These units will replace units that have not yet deployed. Pentagon...

Oregon National Guard rescues hundreds, provides ongoing support
December 5, 2007 — The Oregon National Guard mobilized the 125th Special Tactics Squadron Dec. 3 to assist first responders in the rescue of citizens of Vernonia. By the time the mission was completed, between 200 and...

Governor tours coastal towns damaged by widespread flooding
December 4, 2007 — SALEM, Ore. - Oregon Gov. Theodore R. Kulongoski and other state officials visited coastal towns in the northwest part of the state hit hard by widespread flooding.They arrived in Vernonia, Ore., via...

Massachusetts Guard Welcomes Fifth‑Generation Fighter

Alabama Guard Helps De-Escalate Metro Station Confrontation

Alaska Guard Rescues Pilots From Two Plane Crashes

Retired Texas Air National Guard Pilot Recalls Protecting Air Force One on 9/11

Nebraska Guard Strengthens Disaster Response Readiness