Guard News - The National Guard

A history-making State Partnership Program workshop in an ancient city
May 29, 2007 — DUBROVNIK, Croatia - In 1991 and 1992, artillery shells exploded inside the walls of this beautiful medieval city during a seven-month siege in the heart of modern Europe.The collapse of the former...

Director visits bases where missions are changing
May 25, 2007 — TERRE HAUTE, Ind. - The director of the Air National Guard and his key staff visited two Air National Guard bases May 18-19 that have been affected by results of the 2006 Base Realignment and Closure...

Improved Savannah training center still challenging Airmen
May 25, 2007 — SAVANNAH, Ga. - It was quiet, but they say it never stays quiet here for long. As they stood before a patched cement flight line awaiting Air National Guard A-10 Thunderbolt pilots to arrive for a...

Guard's Lack of Equipment Puts U.S. at Risk, Chief Says
May 24, 2007 — WASHINGTON - Congress must either fund equipment for the National Guard or accept the risks of an under-equipped strategic reserve, the Guard's top officer said today.The Guard has only about half of...

Injured Soldier and newest Guardsmen honored during baseball game
May 23, 2007 — ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - As one Soldier was honored for his sacrifice and military service, 54 future Soldiers were just beginning their careers in the Florida Army National Guard.Sgt. 1st Class Steve...

America Supports You: Guard Soldiers, Families Get Books
May 22, 2007 — INDIANAPOLIS - Indiana citizen-soldiers and their families are enjoying copious reading material thanks to a partnership between bookseller Barnes and Noble, the United Service Organizations and...

Defense Officials to Implement Guard, Reserve Changes
May 17, 2007 — WASHINGTON - Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates has charged his staff to take action on 20 of 23 recommendations made by an independent commission for changes in the reserve components.Gates presented...

9-1-1: Nuclear detonation; Exercise Vigilant Guard tests National Guard's role as first military responder
May 16, 2007 — BUTLERVILLE, Ind. - Even the response to a 10-kiloton nuclear device detonating in an American city starts in the 9-1-1 system.In this nightmare nuclear scenario, the phone lines lead first to a...

Oklahoma Guard Arrives in Azerbaijan for Humanitarian Mission
May 16, 2007 — BAKU, Azerbaijan - Oklahoma Air National Guard members arrived here May 14 to participate in Operation Cherokee Angel, a medical humanitarian mission aimed at improving the health and welfare of the...

National Guardsmen Help Battle Wildfires in Four States
May 16, 2007 — WASHINGTON - National guardsmen in four states are helping to battle wildfires that have burned more than 300,000 acres, Defense Department officials said today.All of the guardsmen are working under...

Stressed to the Seams, Alaska Shield still holds its Northern Edge
May 16, 2007 — ANCHORAGE, Alaska - "You get out of it what you build into it," said Col. Jerry Kidrick, Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations, Joint Forces Headquarters-Alaska National Guard. Kidrick was speaking...

Attaches Survey U.S. Disaster-Response Capabilities
May 15, 2007 — MUSCATATUCK URBAN TRAINING CENTER, Ind. - A handful of attaches got a first-hand look at U.S. military and civilian first responders' ability to respond to a catastrophe at the National Guard's...

Simulated terrorist threat trains military, civilian agencies
May 15, 2007 — SEWARD, Alaska - The first week of the Alaska Shield/Northern Edge 07 exercise culminated here May 11 with a massive interagency effort to secure a ship with a simulated biological threat on...

Chief: National Guard State Partnership Program can help keep a broken promise
May 14, 2007 — DACHAU, Germany - Never again.People said what two Army National Guard divisions found inside Dachau Concentration Camp in April 1945 must happen "never again." The words were carved into memorials...

Vigilant Guard: Voices of experience add to the training
May 14, 2007 — BUTLERVILLE, Ind. - The National Guard exercise Vigilant Guard this month is offering service members some of the most in depth and comprehensive training available in crisis management. But that's...

Mothers wore combat boots and gas masks on their special day
May 14, 2007 — BUTLERVILLE, Ind. - The National Restaurant Association reports that Mother's Day, a 93-year-old American institution, is the most popular day of the year to dine in restaurants in the United States...

Members of Air Guard medical groups unite for Vigilant Guard
May 14, 2007 — BUTLERVILLE, Ind. - The building had collapsed, and victims were trapped and screaming for medical assistance through the smoke and cement dust of a 20-foot-tall rubble pile. Luckily for them, an...

Hands that held weapons now hold hope
May 12, 2007 — BUTLERVILLE, Ind. - As the Vigilant Guard exercise continues to test National Guard members from around the country, Soldiers from the Indiana Army Guard's 2nd Battalion, 293rd Infantry from Fort...

National Guard cleaning up Greensburg
May 10, 2007 — GREENSBURG, Kan. - It's hard to describe the immensity of the destruction in Greensburg, Kan. State and federal officials say 95 percent of the town is destroyed; gone as well are 961 homes, and 136...

Guard Responding to Domestic Crises Nationwide
May 10, 2007 — WASHINGTON - While President Bush toured the site of a deadly tornado in Kansas today, the National Guard continues to demonstrate its readiness as it responds to natural disasters from coast to...

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