Guard News - The National Guard - Year 2012

Guard Soldiers share, discuss capabilities with active duty counterparts
January 31, 2012 — FORT HOOD, Texas - When disaster strikes, first responders and military support units must work quickly and decisively to contain the incident. This requires coordinated efforts and effective...

Kuwait: Washington Guard member has unusual twist in career
January 31, 2012 — CAMP ARIFJAN, Kuwait - Army Maj. Jonathan Steinbach, an aviator with the Washington National Guard's 1st Battalion, 168th General Support Aviation Regiment assigned to 3rd Army, U.S. Army Central...

North Dakota National Guard Biathletes Win Regional Competition
January 31, 2012 — GRAND RAPIDS, Minn. - The North Dakota National Guard biathlon team entered this weekend's regional competition with a bit of pessimism. A few of the team's top biathletes couldn't attend, and two...

Some Soldiers need to decide whether to reenlist now, officials said
January 31, 2012 — WASHINGTON - Some Soldiers will need to make a reenlistment decision by Jan. 31, or they won't get to stay in the Army."If your expiration of term of service is in fiscal year 2012, you have to...

IRR Affiliation Program offers support network to Soldiers, families
January 30, 2012 — ARLINGTON, Va. - In order to support Individual Ready Reserve Soldiers, the U.S. Army Reserve, the U.S. Army Human Resources Command and the Army National Guard have initiated the IRR Affiliation...

National Guard Bureau Homeland Security Institute hosts unique joint Homeland Protection Course with MIT
January 30, 2012 — LEXINGTON, Mass. - The National Guard Bureau Homeland Security Institute, in cooperation with Massachusetts Institute of Technology Lincoln Laboratory, recently hosted a first-of-its-kind, joint...

New Hampshire Air Guard on display at El Salvador air show
January 30, 2012 — ILOPANGO, El Salvador - As aircraft buzzed overhead and an announcer's voice echoed, Airman 1st Class Joy DeWitt, a life support equipment specialist with the New Hampshire Air National Guard's 157th...

PA, IL National Guard among Army's top environmental performers
January 30, 2012 — Today the Army announced the winners of the Fiscal Year 2011 Secretary of the Army Environmental Awards Program.The Pennsylvania Army National Guard won the cultural resources management category,...

New Hampshire Guard fosters deeper connection with El Salvador
January 30, 2012 — SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador - The New Hampshire National Guard delivered 36 retrofitted computers to a school and women's shelter in El Salvador this past weekend as part of its long-standing...

Air Guard sponsors teen summits this summer
January 28, 2012 — MOFFETT FEDERAL AIRFIELD, Calif. - The Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard has received funding for three AFR/ANG Teen Leadership Summits this year.Guard members can support the program by...

Master Resilience Training effective according to study
January 25, 2012 — FORT MEADE, Md. - The Master Resilience Training aspect of Comprehensive Soldier Fitness is working well. That's the conclusion of an Army report, released last month, covering a 15-month period of...

Wisconsin Air Guard Airmen hone skills under Florida sun
January 25, 2012 — MADISON, Wis. - About 150 Airmen from the Madison-based 115th Fighter Wing returned to the white snow of Wisconsin from the white sands of Key West, Fla., following a joint training exercise with the...

Family Readiness Groups serve vital role during deployments
January 24, 2012 — CAMP BUEHRING, Kuwait - To keep pace with the high tempo of deployments, training exercises and operations, National Guard units prepare extensively to ensure all tasks and duties will be completed...

Airmen take lessons-learned in Guard Youth Challenge Academy, thrive
January 24, 2012 — SOUTHWEST ASIA - Life offers many challenges - some more difficult than others. Senior Airman Ephesians Bagorio, and Airman 1st Class Kameron Combis, both from the 332nd Expeditionary Communication...

Former PA Guard adjutant general, three others nominated for top Defense Department posts
January 24, 2012 — WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama on Monday announced he willnominate four people to fill key Defense Department posts - including theformer adjutant general of the Pennsylvania National Guard as...

Kentucky wins Army-wide award for best OPSEC program
January 24, 2012 — FRANKFORT, Ky. - It is official. The Kentucky Army National Guard has the bragging rights to a world class operational security program. Don't believe it? Just ask the United States Army!Kentucky's...

Guard members participate in Army Warrior Games training at Ft. Bliss
January 24, 2012 — FORT BLISS, Texas - Inhale...exhale, the sound of breathing in a small quiet room, then a sudden pop, as the pellet is shot from an air rifle into the target in a room filled with Soldiers taking...

Guard members among U.S. personnel getting unique cultural experience
January 24, 2012 — CAMP ITAMI, Japan - Many times when a U.S. Soldier hears the word "exercise" he or she may often think of a broad range of training possibilities that may include use of advanced weaponry,...

National Guard SPP included in seminar on 'Arab Spring' phenomenon
January 23, 2012 — GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany - The potential rippling effects on regions caused by revolutions in North Africa and the Middle East lead discussions here at a Department of Defense-sponsored...

Guam Guard's first adjutant general dies
January 23, 2012 — GUAM - Leaving a historic legacy on Guam, Air Force Brig. Gen. Robert H. Neitz, the first adjutant general for the Guam National Guard, died Dec. 21 in Virginia. He was 83.Neitz was appointed as the...

Florida Guard Chaplains Host First Changing of the Stole Ceremony

Oklahoma Guard Strengthens Critical Capabilities During Exercise Thunderstruck

Oregon Guard Uses New Hoist Technology in Rescue

Chief of National Guard Bureau visits Purdue to discuss national security, military education

Alaska Guard Rescues Injured Mountain Biker