Guard News - The National Guard - Year 2016

Youth Challenge participants offered 'day of service' to mark anniversary
November 22, 2016 — LOS ALAMITOS, Calif. - For 24 years, Youth ChalleNGe cadets have made their mark across the nation with their Service to Community component during the residential phase of the program. This year,...

California Guard MPs entertain and inform young visitors
November 21, 2016 — SHERMAN OAKS, Calif. — They were training for a riot. Hundreds of California Army National Guard military police, with dozens of tactical vehicles, were mobilizing for a mock civil disturbance during...

Azerbaijan ambassador visits Oklahoma; looks to strengthen partnerships
November 18, 2016 — OKLAHOMA CITY – Ambassador of the Republic of Azerbaijan to the United States, Elin Suleymanov, and his team made their way through the Oklahoma City metro area this week, visiting with top Oklahoma...

South Carolina National Guard strengthens State Partnership Program while fighting wildfires
November 18, 2016 — PICKENS, SOUTH CAROLINA - As the South Carolina National Guard continued to support firefighting efforts in Pickens County, an experienced pilot and subject matter expert with the Colombian Air Force...

Operation Santa Claus begins in tiny Alaska villages
November 18, 2016 — TOGIAK, Alaska - In a rare daytime appearance, Santa and about 50 of his elves - including Alaska Gov. Bill Walker and First Lady Donna Walker - came early this year to visit Christmas cheer upon the...

New York Army National Guard Aviation Soldiers tackle Warfighter at Fort Indiantown Gap
November 16, 2016 — FT. INDIANTOWN GAP, Pa. – Two hundred New York Army National Guard aviation Soldiers of the 42nd Combat Aviation Brigade are honing their staff skills here in a high-stress, fast-paced command post...

Counseling, family bond help Airman cope with post-traumatic stress
November 15, 2016 — WHITEMAN AIR FORCE BASE, Mo. - A 30-year career, multiple deployments and two months of intense training could not prepare recently retired Senior Master Sgt. Bob Weber for what he would experience...

Air National Guard unit rescues U.S. Navy contractor over Pacific Ocean
November 15, 2016 — MOFFETT FEDERAL AIRFIELD, Calif. - Late Saturday night, the California Air National Guard's 129th Rescue Wing (RQW) completed its 1,013th save since 1977, conducting a long-distance rescue mission...

National Guard part of pilot program aimed to link Service members with local resources
November 14, 2016 — ARLINGTON, Va. – The National Guard is taking part in a three-year pilot program designed to increase access to financial advisors, mental health providers, education and other opportunities for...

South Carolina National Guard fights wildfires in Pickens County
November 11, 2016 — PICKENS, S.C. – The South Carolina National Guard responded to a request for support to contain wildfires affecting Pickens County, South Carolina Nov. 10, 2016, by providing helicopters equipped with...

Georgia National Guard announces State Partnership with Argentina
November 10, 2016 — CLAY NATIONAL GUARD CENTER, Ga. - The Georgia National Guard has been selected as the U.S. partner for the Republic of Argentina as part of the Department of Defense State Partnership Program (SPP)...

Partnership benefits National Guard, Israel’s Home Front Command
November 10, 2016 — HADERA, Israel – A half-dozen people wearing head-to-toe suits designed to protect them from a nerve agent cluster around a gurney in the Hillel Yaffe Medical Center Emergency Room, hastily washing...

Oregon's 173rd Fighter Wing conducts historic aircraft transfer with Israel
November 9, 2016 — REHOVOT, Israel - Eight F-15s from the 173rd Fighter Wing, Oregon Air National Guard, touched down recently at Tel Nof Israeli air base in Rehovot, Israel, in the first-ever active ramp-to-ramp...

German controllers train with counterparts in New Jersey Air National Guard
November 8, 2016 — EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP, N.J. - German armed forces Joint Terminal Attack Controllers (JTAC) made a second visit to the 227th Air Support Operations Squadron (ASOS) this year to train with their U.S. Air...

Air National Guard director visits South Dakota's 114th Fighter Wing
November 7, 2016 — JOE FOSS FIELD, S.D. - Lt. Gen. L. Scott Rice, Director of the Air National Guard, met with Airmen from the 114th Fighter Wing about current issues and the direction of the ANG during a Sunday visit...

West Virginia Airman beats cancer; completes 22nd marathon
November 7, 2016 — MARTINSBURG, W. Va. – Senior Master Sgt. Todd Kirkwood, avionics superintendent for the 167th Airlift Wing, was diagnosed with cancer the day after Thanksgiving last year. The diagnosis came as a...

Alaska maintenance Airman quietly excels at finding and fixing fuel leaks
November 4, 2016 — EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska — Saving hundreds of thousands of dollars is something that not many people claim, and not talking about it is something even more unique, but not for Staff Sgt. Julia...

Native American Airman from 108th Wing is recognized
November 2, 2016 — JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, N.J. - Staff Sgt. Thereasa Barker-Figueroa, a 108th Wing Airman, was recognized by the Society of American Indian Government Employees, as one of six service members...

Illinois National Guard Soldier retires after 41 years
October 31, 2016 — SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Sgt. Maj. Diane S. Rogers, of Girard, Illinois, did not envision of serving for 41 years in the Illinois Army National Guard when she enlisted as a senior in high school. "I had no...

Colorado National Guard Soldiers, World War II veterans mark return of 10th Mountain Division to Colorado
October 28, 2016 — CENTENNIAL, Colo. – The 1st Battalion, 157th Infantry Regiment (Mountain), Colorado Army National Guard, will become part of the historic 10th Mountain Division during a ceremony at Camp Hale,...

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