Guard News - The National Guard

Greensburg Tornado Changes Life of Kansas Guard Soldier
May 10, 2007 — Greensburg, Kan. - It had taken almost two days of work by a dozen people to clear the debris of what was once a garage away from the pickup truck buried underneath. To the joy of onlookers, Rodney A... MORE

Laura and Rodney Prosser with their daughter Heidi, 11, and son Keith, 13, sit in front of what remains of their Greensburg, Kan., home after it was destroyed by a category F5E tornado, May 4, 2007.

From citizen to disaster relief workers, National Guard members transform quickly to help town of Greensburg
May 10, 2007 — GREENSBURG, Kan. - The phone rang at 1:45 a.m. and minutes later National Guardmembers from all over Kansas picked up their bags, walked out the door and made the transformation from everyday citizen... MORE

Indiana's vigilant medical crew provides care for the caregivers
May 10, 2007 — BUTLERVILLE, Ind. - A day before one of the National Guard's largest homeland defense training exercises got underway, Indiana National Guard medics were busy preparing here on May 9 to ensure... MORE

An aeromedical air crew member from the 121st Medical Company, District of Columbia Army National Guard, prepares a UH-1H helicopter at the Muscatatuck Urban Training Center, Butlerville, Ind., to provide medical support for the National Guard training exercise Vigilant Guard.

Missouri National Guard Citizen-Soldiers help flooded areas
May 9, 2007 — More than 100 Citizen-Soldiers of the Missouri National Guard are assisting, or ready to assist, communities in flood response efforts. Forty Soldiers have been working overnight in Craig, helping to... MORE

Northern Edge Combined Training Exercise
May 9, 2007 — Fairbanks, Alaska - Today in Fairbanks exercise officials conducted the most involved scenario of the two week training effort to refine and evaluate coordination between local state and federal... MORE

National Guard Responds to Kansas Tornado
May 7, 2007 — WASHINGTON - More than 300 members of the Kansas National Guard have been activated in response to a powerful tornado that almost destroyed the town of Greensburg, Kan., May 4.Guard members are... MORE

Guard Responds to Tornado Disaster
May 7, 2007 — Within four hours of the deadly tornado that struck Greensburg on May 5 under the cloak of darkness, Kansas National Guardmembers were called to duty to bring relief to their devastated... MORE

You Can Sleep Uninterrupted...
May 7, 2007 — ANCHORAGE, Alaska - The Alaska National Guard is in the midst of a crisis, a practice crisis. Emergency response is what they do best because they practice.Over 200 hundred National Guard... MORE

Tommy Hill: Enduring role model for all Guard members
May 4, 2007 — ARLINGTON, Va. - Thomas Anthony "Tommy" Hill, the National Guard's longest-serving civilian employee, is a lasting memory to contemporaries and to those he mentored.Now they want to ensure that his... MORE

Oregon National Guard Members Begin Return Home
May 4, 2007 — More than 850 Soldiers are scheduled to return from the largest deployment of Oregon Soldiers since World War II, which encompassed a sixteen month mobilization in Afghanistan.The 41 BCT deployed to... MORE

D.C. Air Guard Makes Improvements at Capital Guardian Youth ChalleNGe Academy

Maine Guard Airmen Exercise Rapid-Response Communications Skills

Louisiana Guard Hosts International Interrogation Competition to Build Readiness

Air Reserve Component Test Center Marks Milestone With F-35 Test Force at Eglin AFB

Texas Guard Members Bolster Border Patrol Efforts along Rio Grande