Guard News - The National Guard

Institute fosters community support of military
January 4, 2011 — BETHESDA, Md. - An Indiana-based organization is working to build community support of servicemembers and their families throughout the state in the hope of serving as a model for the rest of the... MORE

New Year, new medical mission for Air National Guard
January 4, 2011 — JOINT BASE ANDREWS NAVAL AIR FACILITY WASHINGTON - Specialized medical personnel from the Air National Guard will begin flying Critical Care Air Transport Team missions from Ramstein Air Base, Germany... MORE

Wisconsin Guard Agribusiness Team eyes year of growth
January 4, 2011 — MADISON, Wisc. - A unique Wisconsin National Guard unit, authorized in July and just weeks away from its first training event, is putting the finishing touches on a training plan that will ultimately... MORE

Sgt. Jason Stevens, a horticulturist with the California Army National Guard's 40th Infantry Division Agribusiness Development Team, gathers a soil sample from a field alongside the main road in Marawara, Afghanistan, on Nov. 23, 2009. The ADT stopped in Marawara to meet with local farmers about their crop output and farming in the area, as well as to gather soil samples to learn how crop production might be increased in the area.

Senior Wisconsin Guard leaders visit deployed troops
January 4, 2011 — IRAQ - Wisconsin Army National Guard senior leaders found that 2010 was a busy, productive and successful year for Wisconsin Guard units deployed in Iraq.Brig. Gen. Mark Anderson, commander of the... MORE

Napolitano visits Afghanistan, focuses on border security
January 3, 2011 — WASHINGTON - Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano paid a New Year's visit to Afghanistan, where she focused heavily on efforts to shore up security along the Afghan-Pakistan border to disrupt... MORE

Janet Napolitano, secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, tells the 131st National Guard Association National Conference meeting in Nashville, Tenn., on Sept. 13, 2009, that the National Guard is essential to homeland security.

Oklahoma Army National Guard expands resiliency training
January 3, 2011 — The Oklahoma Army National Guard is giving resiliency training to as many Citizen-Soldiers as possible in preparation for an upcoming deployment to Afghanistan.Members of the 45th Infantry Brigade... MORE

Facilities transfer marks continued progress
January 3, 2011 — CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE ADDER, Iraq - Representatives from the Government of Iraq and the Iraqi Air Force met with leaders from the 224th Special Troops Battalion, 224th Sustainment Brigade, 103rd... MORE

Army Lt. Col. Nicole Balliet, Contingency Operating Base Adder garrison commander with the 224th Special Troops Battalion, 224th Sustainment Brigade, 103rd Sustainment Command (Expeditionary), met with Brig. Gen. Hakeem Aboud, commander of Ali Air Base, and Mr. Hassan Hammoudeh, Government of Iraq commander of logistics, to sign documents and to turn over several facilities to the GoI Dec. 23 at COB Adder, Iraq.

National Guardmember steps into war zone a second time
January 3, 2011 — JOINT BASE BALAD, Iraq - Iowa National Guardsmen Army Spc. Renata Hadzic, who is currently deployed to Iraq, already knows a great deal about war. Images flirting across her mind’s eye tell part of... MORE

Iowa National Guardsmen Army Spc. Renata Hadzic works on a Mine Resistant Ambush Protected combat vehicle during her deployment to Iraq. Hadzic lived in the war-torn country of Bosnia until she moved to Idaho.

Ohio Airmen Provide Free Readiness Training Health Care

New York Air Guard Ends Greenland Science Support Season

Maryland Airmen Test Cyber Skills in Virginia Exercise

Alaska Guard Joins Polar Dagger Special Ops Exercise

Alabama Air Guard Showcases Communications Capabilities