Guard News - The National Guard

"You are the best among us," McCain tells Guard
August 29, 2007 — SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - "America must make a new and lasting commitment to the National Guard," U.S. Sen. John McCain said here Aug. 27."The actions of Citizen-Soldiers and -Airmen since the Sept. 11,...

Air Guard stunt pilot dives into Air Force Week New England
August 29, 2007 — OTIS AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Mass. - When it was parked on the flight line, the 330 horsepower, carbon-fiber Air National Guard stunt plane, with its colorful paint scheme, drew looks from passersby...

Blum: Imagine a fully equipped National Guard
August 27, 2007 — SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Domestic equipment shortages remain the barrier to even greater excellence from a transformed National Guard, the chief of the National Guard Bureau said here Aug. 25."We know...

Casey: National Guard vital in long war
August 27, 2007 — SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - The National Guard is making a vital contribution to current wars and will continue to be integral as we enter a period of persistent conflict, the chief of staff of the Army...

Missouri Guard celebrates Operation Alaskan Road's completion
August 22, 2007 — ANNETTE ISLAND, Alaska - Missouri National Guard members, military leaders, legislators and local residents celebrated the transfer of a 14.3-mile road to the Metlakatla Indian Community on Aug. 6...

Blum: Nation's Guardmembers at peak of excellence
August 22, 2007 — BOSTON, Ma. - As the chief of the National Guard Bureau bragged about today's Citizen-Soldiers and Airmen to sports commentators at Fenway Park, a 91-year-old World War II veteran sitting in the...

Maine Air Guard peddles Air Force Week from town to town
August 21, 2007 — PORTLAND, Maine - After pedaling their 18 bicycles along 170 miles of Maine roads, Maine Air National Guard Cycle Team members, dressed in red, white and blue cycling outfits, coasted to the end of...

Boston proclamation party gets Air Force Week rolling
August 20, 2007 — BOSTON (AFPN) - More than 300 people crowded outside of historic Faneuil Hall here Aug. 17 to celebrate the start of Air Force Week New England.The crowd was entertained by the U.S. Air Force Honor...

Suicide seen as major threat to National Guard Soldiers
August 20, 2007 — ARLINGTON, Va. - In terms of a threat to Army National Guard Soldiers, it easily rivals rounds from a concealed sniper, the devastation of an improvised explosive device or a blast from rocket...

Walter Reed patients take break at National Guard Bureau Picnic
August 20, 2007 — WOODBRIDGE, Va. - For one day at least, barbecue and baseball replaced recovery and rehabilitation on the schedule for 27 National Guard Wounded Warrior Program Soldiers from Walter Reed Army Medical...

Texas National Guard ready for Hurricane Dean strike
August 20, 2007 — ARLINGTON, Va. - About 4,700 National Guard Soldiers and Airmen, most of them from Texas, were making final preparations Monday for a rapid response should Hurricane Dean strike the Texas coast later...

Air Force Week New England takes flight with Guard hosts
August 20, 2007 — PORTSMOUTH, N.H. - Had it not been for some special access, Lori Safford and her sons, Benjamin, 11, and Samuel, 9, who both suffer from muscular dystrophy, and daughter Libya, 8, would not have...

Air Guard members help "Hidden Heroes" cause
August 17, 2007 — MORNINGSIDE, Md. - Air National Guard members have raised more than $5,000 thanks to a recent "Hidden Heroes" benefit. The money is for military families who are attempting to stay as close as...

Army Guard's Soldier, NCO of the year prove their mettle
August 17, 2007 — The rules dictated that just one Army National Guard noncommissioned officer and just one Soldier would emerge as the winners from two grueling days of competition here...

ARPC announces fiscal 2008 ANG promotions to lieutenant colonel, major
August 17, 2007 — DENVER, Co. - The Air Reserve Personnel Center here announced today the fiscal 2008 Air National Guard Line and Nonline Lieutenant Colonel and Major Promotion Selection Boards results that selected...

Maryland National Guard Officer Award Medal for Valor
August 17, 2007 — BALTIMORE, Md. - The Maryland National Guard today announced that one of its members has been awarded the Maryland Medal for Valor for heroic actions at the scene of a traffic accident on June 9.Maj...

Employer Support Recognized by Reserve-Component Soldiers
August 16, 2007 — WASHINGTON (Army News Service) - Challenged by the loss of employees, civilian employers of National Guard and Reserve Soldiers endure sacrifice in a time of war that only a Soldier could...

New Tricare health program that could have big impact for traditional Guard
August 15, 2007 — ARLINGTON, Va. - A revamped and less complicated TRICARE Reserve Select health care program is set to launch on Oct. 1, providing National Guard Soldiers and Airmen a new option for insuring...

Top Air Guard members became DC VIPs
August 13, 2007 — ARLINGTON, Va. - The Air National Guard's top six enlisted Airmen of the year were centers of a lot of attention and praise and received many rewards when the Air Guard's command chief master sergeant...

Mississippi airlift wing used in Utah miner rescue
August 13, 2007 — JACKSON, Miss. - It was a routine day at the 172nd Airlift Wing in Jackson, Miss., until the phone rang around 1:50 pm. The call was an emergency airlift request to transport equipment to the stranded...

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