Guard News - The National Guard - Year 2016

Colorado Air Guard members flew in Hungary with Operation Atlantic Resolve
August 11, 2016 — PAPA AIR BASE, Hungary - From July 15-Aug. 5, eight F-16s and approximately 200 Airmen from the 140th Wing and the 120th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron, Colorado Air National Guard, were deployed to...

Air Guard units provide critical communications link for Northern Strike exercise
August 11, 2016 — GRAYLING, Mich. - Squadrons of Airmen from Illinois and Utah are providing the communications backbone for Northern Strike 2016. The 264th Combat Communications Squadron from Peoria, Illinois, is...

Leapfest 2016 features parachutists from around the globe
August 10, 2016 — CRANSTON, R.I. - Leapfest, the largest, longest-running, international static line parachute training event and competition in the world took place on Aug. 6 on the University of Rhode Island's...

Alaska Air Guard members rescue four plane crash survivors
August 10, 2016 — JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Airmen with the Alaska Air National Guard's 210th, 211th and 212th Rescue Squadrons rescued four individuals Monday after their float-plane crashed during...

Texas Guard engineers poised to make history on Middle East deployment
August 10, 2016 — GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas – A group of 135 Texas Army National Soldiers of the 176th Engineer Brigade headquarters boarded a flight in late July and set off on a historic mission to the Middle East to...

Oregon National Guard medic heals hearts and minds
August 9, 2016 — CINCU, Romania, Aug. 8, 2016 — Army combat medics live by a creed of trust. Those who have proven their skills under fire and put their lives before others receive the nickname "Doc." From the time...

Delaware National Guard visiting partners in Trinidad and Tobago
August 9, 2016 — PIARCO, Trinidad and Tobago - Approximately 40 Soldiers and Airmen from the Delaware National Guard are in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago the week of August 7 – 13 to work with the Trinidad and...

Army National Guard Director Timothy Kadavy sees his vision come to life
August 9, 2016 — CINCU, Romania - As Exercise Saber Guardian kicked off at the Romanian Land Forces Combat Training Center in Cincu, Romania, on July 27, eyes from around the world turned their attention towhat the...

Marine enlists into Illinois Army National Guard
August 8, 2016 — SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Sgt. Joshua Isom, of Chicago, was sworn into the Illinois Army National Guard Aug. 3 at Camp Lincoln in Springfield to become the first Marine to Guard Program enlistment. The...

Vermont and Massachusetts National Guards conduct live-fire exercise of Picatinny howitzers
August 5, 2016 — Picatinny Arsenal Public Affairs...

Oregon National Guard dedicates solar array in Pendleton
August 5, 2016 — PENDLETON, Oregon - U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden and Oregon Sen. Bill Hansell joined the Oregon Military Department in dedicating the new 150-kilowatt solar panel array at the Oregon Army National Guard's Army...

Indiana National Guard sponsors environmental event to track bat sounds
August 4, 2016 — EDINBURGH, Ind.- The Indiana National Guard's Environmental Management Branch staff coordinated, hosted and participated in an acoustic techniques and analysis training delivered by some of the...

Gen. Joseph Lengyel becomes 28th chief of National Guard Bureau
August 3, 2016 — WASHINGTON —Citizen-warriors and the entire National Guard family are vital to the security of the United States, Defense Secretary Ash Carter said at the National Guard Bureau...

New York Guard team catches unusual ride to work for Vigilant Guard exercise
August 3, 2016 — STRATTON AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, N.Y. - A 5 a.m. commute in a 50,000 pound Army helicopter isn't a normal morning commute for most people, but for the National Guard members of the 2nd Civil Support...

Aerial and ground Guard forces mobilize to fight Western blazes
August 3, 2016 — SACRAMENTO, Calif. – At the request of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE), the California National Guard has mobilized about 390 Soldiers to train as ground...

Outstanding Airman of Year is driven to support her Air National Guard teammates
August 2, 2016 — JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Md. - Supporting her Air National Guard team is what drives Staff Sgt. Jennifer D. Masters, the Air National Guard's Outstanding Airman of the Year. Staff Sgt. Masters, assigned...

New Jersey air group brings more than 1,300 years of experience to Air Force exercise
August 1, 2016 — NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. - Members of the 177th Fighter Wing deployed on temporary duty to this air base to take part in Red Flag 16-3, the U.S. Air Force's premier air to air combat exercise,...

Missouri Guard unit completes National Training Center rotation
August 1, 2016 — FORT IRWIN, Calif. – Soldiers assigned to the 548th Transportation Company, 311th Brigade Support Battalion, Missouri National Guard, headquartered in Trenton, Missouri, recently spent two weeks at...

Texas Air Guard inspection technician is on a journey of recovery
July 29, 2016 — JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO, Texas - This past spring marked a milestone of sorts for Master Sgt. Charles Ramirez, a nondestructive inspection technician with the Texas Air National Guard. Ramirez is...

New York troops train, teach logistics lessons in Louisiana heat
July 29, 2016 — FORT POLK, La. -- Despite the threat of indirect fire, attack by opposing forces, and the Louisiana heat, the New York Army National Guard mechanics of Company E, 427th Brigade Support Battalion have...

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