Guard News - The National Guard

Be careful when choosing higher education programs
December 4, 2012 — MADISON, Wis. - Soldiers looking to take advantage of their education benefits and pursue higher education are bombarded by marketing from traditional and online schools – and fighting through the... MORE

Education Services Officer Capt. Dustin Cebula discusses education benefits and the role of the Wisconsin Army National Guard's Education Services Office during an interview on Nov. 28, 2012.

From New York streets to Afghan skies, FDNY crew saves lives
December 3, 2012 — CAMP BASTION, Afghanistan - Four New York City firefighters, four airmen, four friends, one team, one HH-60 Pave Hawk, one crew deployed together with the 26th Expeditionary Rescue Squadron to Camp... MORE

From left, Capt. Shaun Cullen, Capt. Tripp Zanetis, Tech. Sgt. Jim Denniston and Tech. Sgt. Erick Pound are all members of the 101st Rescue Squadron, New York Air National Guard, currently assigned to the 26th Expeditionary Rescue Squadron, take turns teasing each other.

Mississippi Soldiers foster productive farming patch in Afghanistan
December 3, 2012 — SHAR-E-SAFA, Afghanistan - When they arrived at the farm in September, the Mescal detachment of the Mississippi National Guard Agricultural Development Team 4 knew they had their work cut out for... MORE

Mississippi National Guard member Staff Sgt. Dean Fennell shows Afghan farmers how to maintain a rotor-tiller at a demonstration farm in Shahr-e Safa, Afghanistan, Nov. 13, 2012.

Air National Guard chaplain feels the chill of Antarctic deployment
December 3, 2012 — MCMURDO STATION, Antarctica - As the cool winter air begins to roll into Sioux City this season, Capt. William Vit, an Air National Guard chaplain with the 185th Air Refueling Wing, Sioux City, Iowa,... MORE

Chaplain Capt. William Vit of Sioux City, Iowa, stands at the geographic South Pole. His Antarctic deployment is coming to end.

Transportation missions in Africa boost Soldier morale
December 3, 2012 — CAMP LEMONNIER, Djibouti - Soldiers from Task Force Longrifles have been tasked with a mission known simply as "The Border Run." The mission is vital to fellow Soldiers currently conducting force... MORE

Soldiers from the 2/138th Field Artillery Regiment met at the border of Djibouti and Ethiopia to exchange supplies for the troops deployed to Camp Gilbert, Ethiopia.

District of Columbia National Guard Honors Legacy of Service

Idaho National Guard Gets 1st HH-60M Black Hawk Helicopter

Hundreds of Louisiana Guardsmen Joined Florida Storm Response

Alaska National Guard Joins Flood Response in Kotzebue

New York Air Guard Wing Welcomes New, High-Tech Helicopters