Guard News - The National Guard - Nov 2014

Historic New York 369th Infantry Regiment index cards available online
November 13, 2014 — SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - Armanie Rallis, a box maker from St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, living at 2229 5th Avenue, was 20 when he joined Battery G of the 369th Coast Artillery Regiment in October...

Pennsylvania National Guard medics win Army Best Medic competition
November 13, 2014 — FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, Pa. – Two Soldiers assigned to the Pennsylvania National Guard’s Medical Battalion Training Site located here placed first in the Army-wide 2014 Command Sgt. Maj. Jack L. Clark...

Utah Air National Guard base will be renamed for war hero Roland R. Wright
November 12, 2014 — SALT LAKE CITY - The Utah Air National Guard base located on the east side of Salt Lake City International Airport will be renamed the Roland R. Wright Air National Guard Base November 18 in honor of...

D.C. National Guard members help support massive Veterans Day 'Concert for Valor'
November 12, 2014 — WASHINGTON - Living true to the National Guard motto "Always Ready, Always There," nearly 200 District of Columbia National Guard members volunteered to support the Veterans Day "Concert for Valor"...

Texas Airmen join forces with Kentucky Air Guard in Senegal; establish airlift squadron for Ebola response
November 10, 2014 — DAKAR, Senegal - More than 35 Airmen and two Air Force C-130 Hercules aircraft from Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, arrived here recently to establish the 787th Air Expeditionary Squadron and fly...

Historians' corner - Berlin Wall's 1989 destruction helped usher in National Guard's State Partnership Program
November 7, 2014 — ARLINGTON, Va. - The Western world reeled from shock and surprise on Nov. 9,1989, when communist East Germany, known as the German Democratic Republic (GDR) announced that it would allow free movement...

New York Guard public affairs Soldiers help tell story in Japan
November 7, 2014 — CAMP HIGASHI-CHITOSE, Japan - Four New York Army National Guard Public Affairs Soldiers plugged into a joint public affairs effort here to collect stories, photos and video from a joint U.S.-Japan...

Southern Strike 15 in Mississippi enhancing combat effectiveness for 51 units from 23 states
November 6, 2014 — GULFPORT AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Miss. - Military units and federal agencies from across the United States have converged on south Mississippi to develop their personnel and enhance combat...

Nominations open for 2015 Secretary of Defense Employer Support Freedom Award
November 6, 2014 — WASHINGTON - Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve(ESGR), a Department of Defense office, is now accepting nominations for the 2015Secretary of Defense Employer Support Freedom Award. The Freedom...

New Jersey Air National Guard officer trumps cancer
November 5, 2014 — ATLANTIC CITY AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, N.J. - Lt. Col. John Fogarty felt unwell for nearly a year."I told my wife, 'There's something wrong, but I don't know what it is,'" the senior New Jersey Air...

Pennsylvania National Guard breaks ground for new aviation maintenance instruction building
November 4, 2014 — FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, Pa. - Maj. Gen. Wesley Craig, adjutant general of Pennsylvania, representatives from the Pennsylvania National Guard, elected officials, and members of Senate Builders and Leidos...

Commentary: An Airman who waited too long to obtain crucial documents
November 4, 2014 — McGHEE TYSON AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Tenn. - I learned these past months that having "advanced medical directives" and other documents make a family emergency more manageable. It is one less issue to...

New York Guard's 24th Civil Support Team hones skills at water supply site
November 4, 2014 — EAST FARMINGDALE, N.Y. - Last Monday started like any other in this Long Island town. Then a local business owner noticed unusual vehicle traffic around the Suffolk County Water Authority pumping...

Joining Community Forces taps National Guard’s nationwide presence to help all service members
November 3, 2014 — KINGWOOD, West Va. - The National Guard's unique presence in almost every ZIP Code makes it uniquelysuited to expand and sustain a White House initiative to honor military serviceby supporting those...

National Guard agreement with Agriculture Department will assist family outreach
November 3, 2014 — CAMP DAWSON, W. Va. – The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) and the National Guard Bureau (NGB) signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) today...

Defense Department celebrates Military Family Month in November
November 3, 2014 — WASHINGTON - November in America traditionally is a month of thankfulness, and the Defense Department chose this month to recognize those who support the nation's armed forces but who don't wear the...

113th Wing Recognized for Air Defense, Combat Performance

Washington Guard Concludes Extended Wildfire Response

Hawaii Guard Sustains Recovery Efforts, Mobilizes for Hurricane Lowell

New York Guardsmen Earn Danish Military March Ribbon

Kentucky Guard Builds Portable Air Base for Patriot 26