Guard News - The National Guard

Guard Your Health app helps Soldiers prepare for physical fitness test
September 28, 2017 — ARLINGTON, Va. - It's time for Soldiers to get the Army Physical Fitness Test (APFT) scores they're capable of achieving. Guard Your Health, a comprehensive health and wellness campaign exclusively... MORE

Colorado Soldier takes 'service before self' to utmost; donates bone marrow
September 27, 2017 — CENTENNIAL, Colo. - Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, "The only gift is a portion of thyself." Colorado Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Atosha McGregor, training non-commissioned officer for Headquarters... MORE

Ohio National Guard Soldier uses school project to combat suicide
September 27, 2017 — COLUMBUS, Ohio — During his career with the Ohio National Guard, Capt. Michael Barnes has had many opportunities to lead fellow Soldiers through a deployment as well as numerous training exercises... MORE

Colorado Army National Guard deploys mountain infantry element to Slovenia for Triglav Star Exercise
September 27, 2017 — CENTENNIAL, Colorado – The Colorado Army National Guard's 1st Battalion, 157th Infantry (Mountain) deployed nearly 100 Soldiers to Slovenia, to participate in a multi-national overseas deployment... MORE

CONG Soldiers train along side Slovenian partners

Savannah's Airmen keeping hurricane relief supplies flowing to the Caribbean
September 27, 2017 — SAVANNAH, Ga. - Air National Guard Airmen with the 165th Air Terminal Operations Center at Savannah Air National Guard Base were operating around the clock this week to send disaster relief to Puerto... MORE

Savannah Airmen moving relief supplies around the clock

Virginia National Guard sends troops to Virgin Islands
September 25, 2017 — BLACKSTONE, Va. — The first group of Virginia National Guard Soldiers assigned to the Staunton-based 116th Infantry Brigade Combat Team departed Sunday for the U.S Virgin Islands from Blackstone Army... MORE

Va. Guard prepares for hurricane aid to VI

Idaho National Guard builds bridges with Royal Cambodian Armed Forces
September 25, 2017 — BOISE, Idaho - A team of subject matter experts and senior leaders from the Idaho National Guard were in Cambodia from Sept. 9 -17 working and learning with members of the Royal Cambodian Armed... MORE

Idaho Guard engages with partners in Royal Cambodian Forces

Missouri Army National Guard to support Virgin Islands relief effort
September 25, 2017 — JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – The Missouri Army National Guard has sent helicopters and crews to the Virgin Islands to assist with hurricane response efforts. Gov. Eric Greitens, the state's... MORE

Members of the Missouri Army National Guard board a C-17 Globemaster III prior to being transported from Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., to the Virgin Islands, Sept. 24, 2017. Elements of the Missouri National Guard have been activated to support hurricane relief efforts.

Air National Guard team processes those affected by Hurricane Maria
September 25, 2017 — SAVANNAH AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Ga. — Waves of first responders and their families shuffled through a 165th Airlift Wing reception center here this weekend as part of Hurricane Maria relief... MORE

Georgia Air wing helps people evacuated from storm

Utah Airmen restore communications in Virgin Islands
September 23, 2017 — ST. THOMAS, U.S. Virgin Islands - Six Airmen assigned to the Joint Incident Site Communications Capability team of the 151st Air Refueling Wing in Salt Lake City, Utah, deployed to the U.S. Virgin... MORE

Chief Master Sgt. Don Johnnson and Staff Sgt. Tony Baca, Joint Incident Site Communication Capability team members with the 151st Air Refueling Wing Communications Flight in Salt Lake City, Utah, set up a SWE-DISH CCT120 satellite dish outside the Leonard B. Francis Armory in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, Sept. 20, 2017. The Sept. 7 deployment of the Utah JISCC helped re-establish critical military and emergency civil service communications within areas of the U.S. Virgin Islands severely impacted by Hurricanes Irma and Maria. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Paul Gorman)

Guard asset supports critical communications during recent natural disasters
September 22, 2017 — ARLINGTON, Va. – After communication infrastructures in hurricane-affected areas of the Gulf Coast and American territories in the Caribbean were decimated, a decade-old National Guard asset that... MORE

Air communications unit enroute to hurricanes

Developing chaplain leaders gain inside knowledge at conference
September 22, 2017 — ARLINGTON, Va. - Chaplains are known for their care and understanding of the Guard members they are entrusted with, but who takes care of them? The answers emerged at a recent conference held in... MORE

Mississippi National Guard joins forces with state narcotics officials in huge pot bust
September 22, 2017 — JACKSON, Miss. - The Mississippi National Guard played a vital role in what has been called the largest marijuana bust in recent memory by Mississippi state law enforcement officers. In August, the... MORE

Miss. Guard helps in huge marijuana seizure

National Guard chief observes troops amid hurricane damage and wildfires
September 21, 2017 — WASHINGTON — As Army and Air National Guard troops worked in the hardest-hit areas of Florida, so too did Guard members work amid a raging fire in Oregon, as observed by a National Guard Bureau team... MORE

Kentucky Air Guardsmen deploy to Caribbean for Hurricane Maria relief operations
September 21, 2017 — LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Seven Special Tactics Airmen from the Kentucky Air National Guard departed here Wednesday for the Caribbean, where they will open airfields so humanitarian aid can be delivered and... MORE

Kentucky Airmen prepare for Caribbean hurricane assistance

Oregon Army National Guard aviators douse fires across the state
September 20, 2017 — SALEM, Ore. - Oregon Army National Guard Soldiers of Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 168th Aviation Regiment, answered the call to help their state following Governor Kate Brown's emergency declaration... MORE

National Guard assets plan relief efforts as Hurricane Maria slams Puerto Rico
September 20, 2017 — ARLINGTON, Va. - Hurricane Maria made landfall Wednesday over Puerto Rico as a Category 4 storm, with winds of 150 mph, weather officials said. With Maria following a similar path as Hurricane Irma,... MORE

With Hurricane Maria on the way, Virgin Islands Guard chaplain reinforces resilience
September 19, 2017 — ST. THOMAS, U.S. Virgin Islands - The U.S. Virgin Islands was devastated 13 days ago by Hurricane Irma, and while the community and the Virgin Islands National Guard brace themselves for the potential... MORE

Virgin Islands chaplain promotes resilience

91st Cyber Brigade activated as Army National Guard’s first cyber brigade
September 19, 2017 — FORT BELVOIR, Va. — The Virginia National Guard activated the Bowling Green-based 91st Cyber Brigade as the Army National Guard's first cyber brigade at a Sunday ceremony at Fort Belvoir. The new... MORE

Air National Guard members provide critical contingency response
September 18, 2017 — ST. THOMAS, U.S. Virgin Islands - Air National Guard units from three U.S. states combined assets, manpower and expertise to provide critical control of military airlift to the heavily battered island... MORE

Pennsylvania Guard Medical Unit Gains Vital Experience During Field Exercise

California Air National Guard Hosts Reaper Smoke 2025

Louisiana Guard, Active Component Airmen Complete Air-to-Air Integration Training

Air National Guard Leaders Host 2025 Wing Leader Fly-In

Colorado Army National Guard Conducts Aviation Training for Wildfire Season