Guard News - The National Guard - Year 2016

National Guard engineers partner with other units to build cohesion in Associated Units Pilot Program
July 18, 2016 — FORT CARSON, Colorado — Interoperability and unit cohesion is an important part of the overall successfulness of the Army's mission. In the spirit of increasing cohesiveness, National Guard members...

'Beeline March' to Cambridge: National Guard roots of Army's founding
July 15, 2016 — THE BEELINE MARCH TO CAMBRIDGE: NATIONAL GUARD ROOTS OF THE ARMY’s FOUNDING...

Multi-state Army National Guard helicopters enable European special forces training
July 15, 2016 — ILLESHEIM, Germany- On July 11 a helicopter task force comprised of four UH-60L Black Hawks and Soldiers from the Colorado, Utah and Kansas Army National Guard arrived here to support Special...

Wisconsin Guard medevacs dialysis patients out of area isolated by flooding
July 15, 2016 — MADISON, Wis. - Soldiers from a Wisconsin Army National Guard medevac unit answered the call for help in the aftermath of major flooding in northern Wisconsin this week. The Bad River Band of Lake...

Minnesota Guard member experiences 'new things' as he helps renovate a schoolhouse
July 14, 2016 — KARLOVAC, Croatia – Minnesota National Guard Spc. Jesse Mendiola says he joined for the love of country, service and family. Mendiola, a father of two kids under a year old, is serving in Karlovac...

Becoming a father while deployed
July 13, 2016 — CAMP ARIFJAN, Kuwait — It’s a tale as old as time. Soldiers bidding farewell to their families to serve in a faraway land.To this day, men and women serving in the armed forces face the same reality...

Airman continues family’s Air Force legacy
July 12, 2016 — MCCONNELL AIR FORCE BASE, Kan., July 11, 2016 — Many families share a profession from one generation to the next. Air Force Staff Sgt. Austin Phillips inherited his desire to be an airman from his...

New York Air National Guard hones cold weather skills in Greenland
July 12, 2016 — KANGERLUSSUAQ, GREENLAND -Two hundred New York Air National Guard members are rotating into and out of Greenland this summer to support National Science Foundation research on the ice cap here, while...

Colorado National Guard assists with Cold Springs fire response
July 11, 2016 — DENVER – About 50 Colorado National Guard Soldiers and Airmen are providing aerial wildland firefighting and security capabilities to civil authorities in response to the Cold Springs fire near...

Pennsylvania Air Guard members build clinic and forge bonds in Guatemala
July 8, 2016 — HORSHAM AIR GUARD STATION, Pa. - Nearly 100 members of the Pennsylvania Air National Guard 201st Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operational Repair Squadron Engineer units from here and Fort...

Chief Master Sgt. Bill Dixon says goodbye to Alaska Air Guard after 41 years
July 8, 2016 — EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska – What can transpire in 41 seconds, or in minutes, days, weeks, months? How about in 41 years? Thinking about this in the terms of one man's service to a state and...

Louisiana National Guard honors former adjutant general; called 'legend among legends'
July 8, 2016 — SHREVEPORT, La. – Retired Maj. Gen. Ansel 'Buddy' M. Stroud Jr., former adjutant general of the Louisiana National Guard, was laid to rest Thursday with military honors at the Forest Park Cemetery in...

Governor honors Washington Youth Academy director for leadership of National Guard-related program
July 7, 2016 — OLYMPIA, Wash. - Gov. Jay Inslee honored Washington Youth Academy Director Larry Pierce as well as 21 other state agency managers who have demonstrated outstanding leadership. The 2016 Governor's...

In the air, on the water, underground: 9th Civil Support Team radiation drills push the limits
July 6, 2016 — SAN DIEGO - California's vast terrain includes a 140-mile international border and 840 miles of coastline — that's nearly a thousand miles of potential illegal entry points. Keeping those points...

Alaska Air National Guard saves hiker who toppled 65 feet
July 6, 2016 — JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Airmen with the Alaska Air National Guard's 210th and 212th Rescue Squadrons rescued an injured hiker after he fell approximately 65 feet on Flat Top Mountain...

California Guard assisting with firefighting operations at two sites
July 5, 2016 — SACRAMENTO, Calif. - At the request of the California Governor's Office of Emergency Services, the California National Guard deployed four of its helicopters and aircrews Sunday morning to assist...

Teamwork between National Guard and firefighters helped save countless West Virginia flood victims
July 5, 2016 — CLENDENIN, W.Va. - When the flood waters began rising in West Virginia on the night of June 23, the call went out the Clendenin Fire Department's swift-water rescue unit - one of the best in the...

Congressional staff and NGB members host State Partnership Program gathering
July 1, 2016 — WASHINGTON - National Guard Soldiers and Airmen from 19 states and territories came together to build awareness and understanding of the National Guard Bureau's State Partnership Program among...

Air Force Lt. Gen. Joseph Lengyel confirmed as National Guard Bureau chief
June 30, 2016 — WASHINGTON - Air Force Lt. Gen. Joseph Lengyel was confirmed Wednesday as the 28th chief of the National Guard Bureau by the U.S. Senate. Lengyel, who also will be a member of the Joint Chiefs of...

Secretary of Defense Employer Support Freedom Award recipients named
June 30, 2016 — WASHINGTON - Secretary of Defense Ash Carter announced today the 15 recipients of the 2016 Secretary of Defense Employer Support Freedom Award, the highest honor the DOD gives to employers for support...

New York Guardsmen Earn Danish Military March Ribbon

Kentucky Guard Builds Portable Air Base for Patriot 26

Three Components, One Army: LaNeve Stresses Guard’s Role in Army’s New Priorities

Pennsylvania Guardsmen Demonstrate Drone Innovation Project

Nordhaus, Raines Outline a National Guard Focused on the Future