Guard News - The National Guard - Year 2012

Texas Guard members connect with Uganda airmen, children
April 23, 2012 — SINGO, Uganda - The road four Texas Army National Guard Soldiers took to the Singo Training Center each day of their deployment here opened up an opportunity for them that they won't soon...

Utah Guard members provide aid to Moroccan villagers during African Lion 2012
April 23, 2012 — AGADIR, Morocco - Soldiers from the Utah State Medical Command, Utah Army National Guard, worked alongside Moroccan military medical personnel April 13, providing medical aid for as many people as...

Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve announces award semifinalists
April 20, 2012 — ARLINGTON, Va. - Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve, a Department of Defense agency, announced today that 133 employers have been selected as semifinalists for the 2012 Secretary of Defense...

Kentucky Air Guard to support, participate in Thunder Over Louisville
April 20, 2012 — LOUISVILLE, Ky. - The Kentucky Air National Guard's 123rd Airlift Wing is scheduled to support the 2012 Thunder Over Louisville Air Show April 21, providing logistic and maintenance support for...

Wyoming Guard supports Utah during major earthquake exercise
April 20, 2012 — CHEYENNE, Wyo. - Members of the Wyoming National Guard supported their neighbors in Utah recently as they helped them train and prepare for potential natural disasters, specifically those that could...

Defense Department honors Guard member, DOD personnel for combating sexual assault
April 19, 2012 — WASHINGTON - The Defense Department Wednesday honored the men and women who are on the front lines of the battle against the crime of sexual assault, including Colorado Army National Guard Maj. Alisa...

HONDURAS: Missouri Army Guard members begin Beyond the Horizon exercise
April 19, 2012 — NACO, Honduras - Missouri Army Guard members, U.S. Army South personnel, and the Honduran military kicked off the Beyond the Horizon Honduras 2012 exercise Monday in a ceremony at a remote forward...

Maryland Army Guard unveils newest helicopter in its arsenal
April 19, 2012 — CAMP FRETTERD, Md. - The Maryland Army National Guard unveiled Wednesday its first of four UH-72A Lakota helicopters - which will replace the older OH-58A Kiowa as their premier aircraft for civil...

Alaska Guard, active-duty service members, Reservists serve rural communities
April 18, 2012 — NOME, Alaska - Blanketed with ice and snow on the Bering Sea coast, most villages here are isolated by miles of open landscape and accessible only by snowmobile and air transportation.However, 285...

Arizona Air Guard members cream of the crop in Air Guard culinary
April 18, 2012 — TUCSON, Ariz. - For only the third time in 18 years, the men and women of the 162nd Force Support Squadron who feed nearly 800 Airmen every training weekend at Tucson International Airport will bring...

North Carolina Guard member dedicates 100-mile run to fallen comrades
April 18, 2012 — CAMP ARIFJAN, Kuwait - As the hot sun began to rise above the horizon here on the first day of April here, a 10-mile road race was about to begin. At that same moment, on the other side of base, a...

Wyoming Air Guard unit conducts annual MAFFS training
April 18, 2012 — CHEYENNE, Wyo. - Select C-130 Hercules cargo plane crews with the Wyoming Air National Guard's 153rd Airlift Wing began preparing for their mission to fight fires from the air with a new training...

Ohio Air Guard members win Air Transportation awards
April 17, 2012 — MANSFIELD, Ohio - Recently, two members of the Ohio Air National Guard's 179th Airlift Wing were selected for the Air National Guard's Transportation Senior Noncommissioned and Noncommissioned Officer...

Panetta, Dempsey announce initiatives to stop sexual assault
April 17, 2012 — WASHINGTON - The Pentagon's top civilian and military leaders took their campaign to stop sexual assault in the military to Capitol Hill Monday, where they announced new initiatives to combat the...

Oregon Guard participate in Shanti-Doot exercise in Bangladesh
April 16, 2012 — DHAKA, Bangladesh - Two Oregon Army National Guard Soldiers participated in Exercise Shanti Doot 3, a multi-national training exercise here, from March 4 to 21.Army Staff Sgts. Tyson Pardun and Darrin...

Mongolia-Alaska Guard exchange info during Arctic Care
April 16, 2012 — NOME, Alaska - Four medical military representatives from Mongolia visited the village of Golovin, Alaska, April 15 to see U.S. military medical professionals provide care to underserved Alaska...

Air Guard units close chapters, begin anew
April 16, 2012 — STARKE, Fla. - In the span of a few moments one Florida Air National Guard unit became part of the past, and another became the way of the future.On April 12, the Florida Air Guard's Weather Readiness...

Army Guard top enlisted leader makes time to visit deployed Soldiers
April 16, 2012 — FORWARD OPERATING BASE PASAB, Afghanistan - Far off the beaten path in the mountains of southern Afghanistan is typically not the place you would expect to find Army Command Sgt. Maj. Richard J...

Kenyan native gives back to new home through service in National Guard
April 16, 2012 — KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Army Pvt. Paul Baiywo has only been in the United States for about five years, but this Kenyan native has made the decision to serve in the Missouri Army National Guard as a means...

Wisconsin Airman hits the ground running for marathon team try-out
April 16, 2012 — MADISON, Wis. - In 2010, Airman 1st Class Robert Miles ran only the second marathon of his life – he won.Now, nearly two years and six marathons later, he's 26.2 miles away from a chance at making the...

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