Guard News - The National Guard - Year 2013

Challenges call for creativity, hard choices, efficiency, boldness, Winnefeld tells Reserve chiefs
September 10, 2013 — ARLINGTON, Va. - The vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff called on National Guard and reserve service component leaders to be creative, make hard - sometimes bold - choices and improve...

Winnefeld: State Partnership Program one of nation's best foreign policy bargains
September 10, 2013 — ARLINGTON, Va. - The National Guard State Partnership Program is "one of the best foreign policy bargains our nation has," the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said here last week.The...

Joint Alaska Air and Army National Guard effort saves crash victim
September 10, 2013 — CAMP DENALI, Alaska - Guardian Angels from the 212th Rescue Squadron of the Alaska Air National Guard, along with Soldiers from the 1-207th Aviation Regiment of the Alaska Army National Guard,...

Maryland National Guard Soldiers 'de-slime' during training
September 10, 2013 — GLEN ARM, Md. - A specialized Maryland Army National Guard chemical unit honed its skills during a Sept. 8 training exercise at Gunpowder Military Reservation near Glen Arm, Md.Soldiers from the 231st...

Vietnam veteran retires after 42 years of service
September 10, 2013 — BETHANY BEACH, Del. - Delaware National Guard members witnessed history Saturday as they gathered along with family and friends to honor the retirement of Army Master Sgt. Richard Hitchens, the last...

National Guard 9/11 experiences part of Tribute Center web exhibit
September 10, 2013 — NEW YORK - The ground zero experiences of five New York National Guard Soldiers are featured in a new online exhibit of the 9/11 Tribute Center.The Tribute Center released the exhibit, "The National...

Air National Guard director pays visits to Illiniois wings
September 9, 2013 — PEORIA, Ill. - Lt. Gen. Stanley E. Clarke III visited the three operational wings of the Illinois Air National Guard located throughout the state during a two-day visit that began Sept. 7.Clarke, the...

California Air Guard members help re-do Latvian high school
September 6, 2013 — ALUKSNE, Latvia - Forty members of the 163rd Reconnaissance Wing Civil Engineering Squadron (CES) deployed to Latvia in August to refurbish a high school in the town of Aluksne about 13 miles from...

Forest Service ends Air National Guard firefighting activation for now
September 5, 2013 — BOISE, Idaho - The U.S. Forest Service, through the National Interagency Fire Center here, has decided to end current military C-130 Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System operations as of the end of...

Finances affect service members' readiness, official says
September 5, 2013 — WASHINGTON - Financial readiness in service members' lives has a direct effect on mission readiness, the director of the Defense Department's office of family policy, children and youth said in a...

Illinois and Wisconsin Soldiers volunteer to dig for infant's remains
September 4, 2013 — ZION, Ill. - The Army values were on display Aug. 25 when Citizen-Soldiers from the Wisconsin and Illinois National Guard volunteered their time to search for the remains of a murdered five-month-old...

Hawaii National Guard air defense experts share with Philippine air force partners
September 4, 2013 — MANILA, Philippines - Air defense experts from the Hawaii Air National Guard recently traveled to Col. Jesus Villamor Air Base, Pasay City, Philippines, to conduct an Air Defense, Command and Control...

Delaware National Guard senior leaders visit Republic of Trinidad and Tobago
September 4, 2013 — PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - Senior leaders from the Delaware National Guard visited the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago; Delaware’s state partner. The visit was a goodwill mission, building and growing...

Hagel emphasizes department's resolve in suicide prevention
September 3, 2013 — WASHINGTON - As the nation observes Suicide Prevention Month, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel issued a message to the men and women of the Defense Department today, emphasizing the department's...

Hurricane Katrina, eight years later: Former Guard chief reflects on the Guard's "finest hour"
August 29, 2013 — ARLINGTON, Va. - Aug. 29 marks the eight-year anniversary of what has been described by the former chief of the National Guard Bureau who oversaw the Guard's response to the disaster as the "finest...

Pa. Guard begins planning for exercise Vigilant Guard, Lithuanian counterparts scheduled to participate
August 29, 2013 — FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, Pa. - The Pennsylvania National Guard has been preparing to take part in Vigilant Guard, a training exercise that sees Guard members working alongside state, local and federal...

Last aircraft departs as N.D. Air National Guard ends flying mission, transitions to intelligence mission
August 28, 2013 — FARGO, N.D. - The North Dakota Air National Guard's last C-21A Learjet aircraft has left the base. The last of eight C-21s flown by the 119th Wing-better known as the Happy Hooligans- took off just...

DC National Guard provides support during 50th anniversary of 'March on Washington'
August 27, 2013 — WASHINGTON - Thousands of marchers from throughout the country descended on the National Mall to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the famous Civil Rights March on Washington, where Dr. Martin...

Calif. National Guard members battle Northern California wildfires
August 27, 2013 — SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Nearly a dozen aircraft and crews from the California Air and Army National Guard are battling wildfires across Northern California.California Army Guard helicopter crews and...

Texas Army National Guard doctor closes file on his last Operation Lone Star mission
August 27, 2013 — LAREDO, Texas - He sat behind a teacher's desk with chairs and tables stacked on the right side of the classroom like an incomplete level on a game of "Tetris." "I go by Skip," he said with a fast...

Retired Texas Air National Guard Pilot Recalls Protecting Air Force One on 9/11

Nebraska Guard Strengthens Disaster Response Readiness

Kentucky Guard Strengthens Skills During Patriot 2026

113th Wing Recognized for Air Defense, Combat Performance

Washington Guard Concludes Extended Wildfire Response