Guard News - The National Guard - Year 2015

Leadership course provides Airmen pathways to success
August 31, 2015 — JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Md. - Calling the experience “very eye-opening,” Airman 1st Class Madison Harrison came away from the recent three-day Enlisted Leadership Symposium at Camp Dawson, West Virginia,... MORE

Louisiana National Guard better, stronger 10 years after Katrina
August 28, 2015 — NEW ORLEANS – Ten years ago, Hurricane Katrina devastated southeastern Louisiana.Three weekslater, Hurricane Rita did the same in southwestern Louisiana. The LouisianaNational Guard played a crucial... MORE

Texas-based Engineer Brigades embrace Army Total Force Policy to complete a 17-mile road construction project
August 28, 2015 — BROWNWOOD, Texas – Army Engineers from across Texas came together during a 25-day roadway construction project spanning 17 miles along the perimeter of the Camp Bowie Training Center in Brownwood,... MORE

Illinois National Guard conducts major earthquake drill with local and international partners
August 28, 2015 — SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - The Illinois National Guard conducted a week-long, multi-agency exercise dubbed Prairie Assurance Aug. 24 to 28. The exercise trained elements of a task force of personnel from the... MORE

Guard members reflect on Hurricane Katrina and the Guard’s ‘finest hour’
August 28, 2015 — ARLINGTON, Va. – When Hurricane Katrina battered New Orleans and the Gulf Coast in August 2005, Stacey Besselman—the spouse of a Soldier assigned to the Louisiana Army National Guard’s 256th Infantry... MORE

The Arkansas National Guard remembers its Katrina role
August 28, 2015 — LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - The Arkansas National Guard began its association with the Hurricane Katrina disaster several days before the storm made landfall on Aug. 29, 2005.Before the storm hit, during the... MORE

New York National Guard member honored for heroism in her own neighborhood
August 28, 2015 — FARMINGDALE, N.Y.— Staff Sgt. Marlana Watson was spending a quiet night at her Syracuse home playing video games when the New York Army National Guard medic and Afghan War veteran, heard gunshots... MORE

Fire update: National Guard response to Western blazes increases
August 27, 2015 — ARLINGTON, Va. - More than 2,000 National Guard members are assisting state and local authorities in battling wildfires across five states in the Western U.S., more than double the number of Guard... MORE

South Dakota Guard members discuss disaster management with South American partner nation Suriname
August 27, 2015 — PARAMARIBO, Suriname – Members of the South Dakota National Guard spent two days in Suriname, their South American partner nation, Aug. 19-20, to take part in a subject matter expert exchange focusing... MORE

Senior Colombian army engineer visits South Carolina Army Guard Best Engineer Competition
August 26, 2015 — COLUMBIA, S.C. - The South Carolina Army National Guard recently hosted one of the Colombian Army’s top military engineers who observed the South Carolina Army Guard’s first Best Engineer Competition... MORE

Oregon Army Guard member set to receive Soldier’s Medal for actions on a Paris-bound train
August 26, 2015 — ARLINGTON, Va. - Spc. Aleksander R. Skarlatos, one of three American friends who subdued a heavily armed gunman on a Paris-bound train, will be awarded the Soldiers Medal - the United States Army's... MORE

Oregon Army Guard member stops armed attacker on French train
August 25, 2015 — ARLINGTON, Va. - An Oregon Army National Guard member has been nominated to receive the Soldiers’ Medal for actions taken to subdue an armed attacker who had opened fire while on a train from... MORE

Air Force extends SAPR services to AF civilians
August 25, 2015 — WASHINGTON - The Air Force released a policy memo yesterday allowing Air Force civilian employees who are victims of sexual assault to file restricted and unrestricted reports with their... MORE

South Carolina Army National Guard partners with law enforcement for active-shooter training
August 24, 2015 — SUMTER, S.C. - South Carolina Army National Guard Soldiers in the 351st Headquarters Support Company partnered with the Sumter County Sheriff’s Department to train in reacting to an active-shooter... MORE

Mississippi Army National Guard members take their mechanical skills to the Sinai
August 24, 2015 — NORTH CAMP, SINAI - Two Soldiers from the 1108th Theater Aviation Sustainment Maintenance Group Task Force 17, based out of Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, took on a mission at North Camp, Sinai, Egypt, to... MORE

Examining lessons from Hurricane Katrina 10 years later
August 21, 2015 — ARLINGTON, Va. - Hurricane Katrina, energized over the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico in late August 2005, warranted an unprecedented response by the National Guard.Even as it dissipated upon... MORE

On the California fire lines, meet Pulaski and McLeod tools of the trade
August 21, 2015 — LAKEPORT, Calif. - Each morning during this fire season, Soldiers from the California National Guard’s Task Force Charlie shake hands with Dr. Pulaski and Dr. McLeod before heading into the Northern... MORE

Post-shooting, Air National Guard officer lives life of resilience
August 20, 2015 — PEORIA, Ill. - First Lt. Allison Schore heard two shots ring out inside the restaurant. Two unmistakable gunshots. Then three more.“I knew instantly what that noise was,” she said. “There was a band... MORE

Alaska Air National Guard rescuers save injured hiker and hunter
August 20, 2015 — JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Alaska Air National Guard rescuers have had a busy week.Rescuers are credited with saving two men – a hunter and a hiker - in different incidents that started... MORE

Army National Guard recruiters accept the 90-day challenge
August 19, 2015 — ARLINGTON, Va. – Earlier this year a challenge was issued to Army National Guard recruiters across the country: enlist nine new recruits in 90 days.It was not going to be easy when considering the... MORE