Guard News - The National Guard - Year 2016

Massachusetts Soldiers save New Jersey woman from hot car
July 29, 2016 — JOINT BASE McGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, N.J. – Two mechanics put their skills as Soldiers and civilian firefighters to use rescuing an 87-year-old woman who spent the weekend stuck in a Cadillac in the...

South Carolina Air National Guard deploys to South Korea for Theater Security Package
July 28, 2016 — McENTIRE JOINT NATIONAL GUARD BASE, S.C. - Nearly 300 Swamp Fox Airmen packed their bags and waved goodbye to family and friends July 13, as the South Carolina Air National Guard's 169th Fighter Wing...

ANG's Outstanding Senior NCO of the Year says it's all about putting others first
July 28, 2016 — JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Md. - Senior Master Sgt. Mark E. Farmer was chosen as the Air National Guard's Outstanding Senior Non-Commissioned Officer of the Year, and one of the Air Force's 12 Outstanding...

Michigan National Guard issues climate preparedness and resilience plans
July 28, 2016 — LANSING, Mich.— The Michigan National Guard released unique climate preparedness and resilience plans Wednesday in Lansing. The plans encompass the Camp Grayling Joint Maneuver Training Center in...

New York Army Guard records expert helps National Guard vets prove service
July 27, 2016 — WATERVLIET, N.Y.--If you served in the New York Army National Guard after 1950, Stephen Essex has your number—along with lots of other information about you. Essex, the inactive/active records officer...

New York’s 'Fighting 69th' faces off against opposing force and tests skills
July 27, 2016 — FORT POLK, La. – For once, the infantry were not walking. With the sound of rotor blades echoing in the central Louisiana night, hundreds of Soldiers from the New York Army National Guard's 1st...

Chief Master Sgt. Amy Giaquinto becomes command chief of New York Air National Guard
July 26, 2016 — LATHAM, N.Y. - New York Air National Guard Command Chief Master Sgt. Amy Giaquinto became the first woman to serve as the top enlisted Airman in the 5,800- member New York Air National Guard during a...

Air National Guard units join forces in support of Operation Atlantic Resolve
July 26, 2016 — PAPA AIR BASE, HUNGARY - Members of the 242d Combat Communications Squadron (CBCS), 194th Wing, Washington Air National Guard, Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, joined forces with the 140th Wing...

Pennsylvania National Guard marks 100th anniversary of Mexican border mobilization
July 26, 2016 — MOUNT GRETNA, Pa.–During a steamy summer 100 years ago, Soldiers of the Pennsylvania Army National Guard trained at this site to protect the Mexican border. It would be the first time National Guard...

New Mexico military police give a makeover to Costa Rican school site
July 25, 2016 — CUAJINIQUIL, Costa Rica - Eight hours of team work by the New Mexico National Guard's 1st Platoon, 919th Military Police Company, was all it took to remove one month's worth of jungle growth from the...

Joint Readiness Training Center is making it real for Massachusetts Soldiers
July 22, 2016 — FORT POLK, La. - Nearly 700 Soldiers from the Massachusetts Army National Guard are being put to the test at the Joint Readiness Training Center, or JRTC, July 9-30. "This is truly realistic training...

Military members pitch in to maintain public health
July 22, 2016 — NORWICH, N.Y. - To maintain the safety of military members and patients daily, a team of public health officials inspect food, waste, industrial hygiene and water during the Greater Chenango Cares...

New York Guard Soldier to represent United States in Taekwondo competition
July 21, 2016 — LATHAM, N.Y. – A New York Army National Guard Soldier with the persistence to win has kicked and punched her way into an international Taekwondo completion. Spc. Nashayla Harper, a 42nd Combat...

There’s no place like home
July 20, 2016 — NORWICH, N.Y. - “Community is very important to me, because community is family,” said Senior Master Sgt. Helen “Holly” Crouch, 174th Medical Group medical technician. The words weren’t just an answer...

Task Force Redhawk hones response and recovery skills during Operation Poseidon
July 20, 2016 — GJAKOVA, Kosovo— Mother Nature can be erratic, unforgiving and even deadly.While many may look at this, and natural disasters, as an unmatched threat, Soldiers from the Multinational Battle...

New York medics have double role in joint-readiness training
July 20, 2016 — FORT POLK, La. - Nearly thirty New York Army National Guard medics assigned to Headquarters Co., 1st Battalion, 69th Infantry from New York City have two functions during a three week training...

Combating international crime on agenda as partners tour Florida Guard facility
July 19, 2016 — STARKE, Fla. – Central American partner nations visited Camp Blanding Joint Training Center (CBJTC), and other Florida National Guard (FLNG) facilities, in hopes of strengthening their relationship...

Guard engineers assessing northern Wisconsin flood damage
July 19, 2016 — MADISON, Wis. - Approximately 25 Wisconsin National Guard members reported to state active duty Monday to assist local communities in assessing the extent of the road damage in parts of northwest...

Rhode Island National Guard infantrymen pound ground in Louisiana
July 19, 2016 — FORT POLK, La. - More than 120 Rhode Island Army National Guard infantryman joined more than 5,000 Soldiers deployed to Fort Polk, Louisiana, for a three week exercise at the Army's Joint Readiness...

New York Chinooks pick it up at 5,000-Soldier exercise
July 18, 2016 — FORT POLK, La. – Two-dozen New York Army National Guard aircrew and aviators from Rochester are preparing for a deployment to Afghanistan early in 2017 while also participating in the 27th Infantry...

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