Guard News - The National Guard - Feb 2016

Guard units in Kuwait train for chemical attacks and more
February 12, 2016 — CAMP ARIFJAN, Kuwait – A line of up-armored trucks rumbled onto the airfield. The vehicles surrounded a landed CH-47 Chinook helicopter. Dozens of Soldiers in full protective gear and protective masks...

Pennsylvania Guard's Lithuanian partners visit Fort Indiantown Gap training facilities
February 12, 2016 — FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, Pa. - Representatives from Lithuania's Army Training Center visited the installation during early February 2016 to get an in-depth look at the operation of some of the training...

Vermont Soldiers conduct biathlon exercise during mountain skills training
February 11, 2016 — JERICHO, Vt. - Gliding quickly across the snow, a skier pushes off with his poles, tossing snow behind him. The skier is followed by another and then another; all of them wear Army uniforms. The...

Chilean forces compete in Texas Guard Best Warrior Competition
February 9, 2016 — BASTROP, Texas – Troops from the Chilean Marine Corps and Chilean Army reinforced their continuing partnership with the Texas Army and Air National Guard during the state's Best Warrior Competition...

New video series will help Soldiers get and stay in shape
February 9, 2016 — ARLINGTON, Va. - Guard Your Health recently launched its #WarriorReady Workout video series to help Soldiers amp up their PT routine and stay mission ready. The 15-second videos show Soldiers how to...

Experience in Liberia and Afghanistan makes New York Army National Guard doctor a better hometown physician
February 9, 2016 — COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. - Ebola and malaria aren't diseases doctors working in the hometown of the Baseball Hall of Fame expect to deal with. But Dr. William LeCates, a kidney specialist and medical...

New York National Guard works with state officials to monitor wild turkey populations at training site
February 8, 2016 — CORTLANDT MANOR, N.Y. - There's nothing new about setting up an ambush at Camp Smith Training Site, the New York National Guards training facility here. Troops have been conducting tactical training...

Ending military segregation took an executive order from President Harry Truman
February 5, 2016 — TRENTON, N.J. - Revolution is both a process and an event. The process for the desegregating the military can be seen in the successes of the Tuskegee Airmen, the 78th Tank Battalion – the first...

184th Wing's Jayhawks contribute their expertise to massive deployment
February 4, 2016 — WICHITA, Kan. - "The Air Expeditionary Force deployments are the reason that we wear the uniform," said Lt. Col. Brock Sissel, commander, 184th Civil Engineer Squadron. "It is a great opportunity for...

Bronze Star for Valor awarded to two New York Air National Guard Airmen killed in Afghanistan
February 4, 2016 — NEWBURGH, N.Y. - Two Airmen from the New York Air National Guard's 105th Airlift Wing have been posthumously awarded the Bronze Star Medal with "V" device for saving the lives of other Airmen at the...

Most Michigan National Guard members return home from Flint water assistance
February 3, 2016 — LANSING, Mich. - With the signing of Executive Order 2016-02 on Jan. 12, 2016, Gov. Rick Snyder called the Michigan National Guard to state active duty in Genesee County to help residents deal with a...

Senior aviator in Utah takes final AH-64 Apache helicopter flight
February 2, 2016 — DRAPER, Utah - The final AH-64 Apache helicopter flight for a Utah National Guard Army aviator who is recognized as the senior Apache aviator in the world to achieve more than 10,000 flying hours in...

Leaders from National Guard and AFRICOM discuss State Partnership Program
February 1, 2016 — RALEIGH, N.C. - Senior leaders from United States Africa Command (AFRICOM) and subordinate command United States Army Africa (USARAF) joined the National Guard, hosted by the North Carolina National...

Jordanian military hosted by Colorado Guard counterparts
February 1, 2016 — DENVER – As snowflakes fell in the bustling metro area, a unique group of warriors gathered Jan. 8 at the Counterterrorism Education Learning Lab in downtown Denver. "As a global community, working...

South Dakota Guard, Suriname military conduct strategic planning
February 1, 2016 — PARAMARIBO, Suriname - Three members of the South Dakota National Guard visited the Republic of Suriname, South Dakota's State Partnership Program nation, in the capital city of Paramaribo to...

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