Guard News - The National Guard

New York Air Guard receives C-5M Super Galaxy for final refurbishment
September 30, 2010 — NEWBURGH, N.Y., - The U.S. Air Force's first production C-5M Super Galaxy, a modernized version of the legacy C-5A airlifters flown by the New York Air National Guard's 105th Airlift Wing here at...

Colorado Guard trains for deployment with Slovenians
September 30, 2010 — LJUBLJANA, Slovenia, - Eleven Colorado Army National Guard Soldiers will pair up with 90 Slovenian soldiers and deploy to Afghanistan this October to form an Operational Mentor and Liaison Team. Their...

Georgia Air Guard attends England's air tattoo
September 30, 2010 — SAVANNAH, Ga., - The 165th Airlift Wing of the Georgia Air National Guard represented the state and the Air National Guard at the 2010 Royal International Air Tattoo, held at Royal Air Force Base...

Idaho Guardsmen develop intelligence collection skills
September 30, 2010 — CAMP SHELBY, Miss., - About 60 Idaho National Guard members from the 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team's Company Intelligence Support Teams are taking part in an intensive eight-day Military...

National Guard launches mobile education lab
September 30, 2010 — WASHINGTON, - As part of the president's "Educate to Innovate" initiative, which has goals to improve participation and performance of students in science, technology, engineering and math programs,...

VA extends coverage for Gulf War veterans
September 30, 2010 — WASHINGTON, - Veterans of the first Gulf War as well as current operations in Iraq and Afghanistan now have a smoother path toward receiving health-care benefits and disability compensation for nine...

Washington Guard, Thailand hone emergency response capacity
September 30, 2010 — BANGKOK, Thailand, - Members of the Washington National Guard's State Partnership Program joined personnel from the ports of Bangkok and Laem Chabang, Thailand for full-scale exercises on Sept...

Air Force finds 'Best Practices" in New York Air Guard unit
September 29, 2010 — NEWBURGH, N.Y., - The Air Force Chief of Staff recognized excellence in the New York Air National Guard Sep. 22, when the 105th Airlift Wing's maintenance flight received an Air Force Best Practice...

Florida Guardsman takes on joint-service security mission at Gulf port
September 29, 2010 — CAMP PATRIOT, Kuwait, - "I didn't think I'd see water," said 1st Lt. Shawn Britton after completing officer training at Florida Southern College and joining the Army National Guard in Lakeland, Fla...

Kentucky Guard holds security reins at equestrian event
September 29, 2010 — LEXINGTON, Ky., - Kentucky National Guard members wearing thoroughbred shoulder patches are blending in here at the 2010 World Equestrian Games. The patch is worn by member of the 138th Fires Brigade,...

Air Force uniform phaseout dates draw near
September 29, 2010 — WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio - With many phaseout and mandatory wear dates approaching, the look of Air Force uniforms will change slightly over the next year. Here are a few dates to...

Florida Guardsman wears Americal patch in Afghanistan
September 28, 2010 — BAGRAM AIR FIELD, Afghanistan, - William Pegler is on his second deployment. He is spending seven months in the dry, dusty climate of Bagram, a mission tens of thousands of enlisted soldiers have...

Georgia Guardsman pulls double duty as math professor
September 28, 2010 — CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE ADDER, Iraq, - Spc. Doug Lane, an intelligence analyst with the Georgia National Guard's Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 110th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion,...

Iowa ADT discovers complexity of Kunar agriculture at demo farm
September 28, 2010 — KUNAR PROVINCE, Afghanistan, - The Iowa National Guard's 734th Agri-Business Development Team got some lessons in the complexity of Afghanistan's agriculture and governance when its members paid a...

South Dakota DOIM connects Kabul base cluster
September 28, 2010 — CAMP PHOENIX, Afghanistan, - Whether it is simply fixing communication wires or ensuring personnel stationed in the Kabul Base Cluster (KBC) have internet to communicate with friends and family back...

Vermont's Delta company finally sees a few familiar faces
September 27, 2010 — AFGHANISTAN, - At a kulat in Forward Operating Base Gardez, home to the battalion headquarters of the 3rd Battalion of the 172nd Infantry Regiment, a wooden sign hangs engraved with a play on the old...

Idaho wing readies for Hawgsmoke 2010
September 27, 2010 — BOISE, Idaho, - After almost two years of preparation, the final details are being worked out as the Idaho Air National Guard prepares to host the pilots and maintainers of A-10 Thunderbolt II...

Patriot Academy holds second graduation ceremony
September 27, 2010 — BUTLERVILLE, Ind., - Tracie Collier could not make herself stop crying. Every time that the proud mother from Nicholasville, Ky., thought about her son, Pvt. Caleb Collier, receiving his high school...

DoD launches Absentee Voting Week
September 27, 2010 — WASHINGTON, - The Department of Defense today announced Absentee Voting Week, Sept. 27 to Oct. 4, to help servicemembers and civilians serving outside their home states make their votes count. With...

Grass nominated for deputy slot at Northcom
September 24, 2010 — WASHINGTON, - Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates announced today that the President has nominated Army Maj. Gen. Frank J. Grass for appointment to the grade of lieutenant general and assignment as...

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