Guard News - The National Guard

Wyoming recruiters turn to innovation to seek out new enlistees
April 28, 2017 — CHEYENNE, Wyo. — When you think of recruiters, a few images come to mind. Top on the list is an image of a staff sergeant or technical sergeant visiting a school during lunch or an assembly and...

Colorado National Guard mentors future cyber-warriors
April 28, 2017 — DENVER — Colorado Army National Guard information technology Soldiers mentored a student Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps cyber team for the U.S. Air Force Association 2017 CyberPatriot National...

New York National Guard exercises its emergency-response command skills as part of Ardent Sentry 17
April 28, 2017 — TROY, N.Y. — The New York National Guard tested its emergency-response planning skills in Ardent Sentry 17, a national-level emergency response staff exercise that took place at locations throughout...

New York Air Guard pararescue team wrapping up mid-Atlantic rescue of injured seamen
April 27, 2017 — WESTHAMPTON BEACH, N.Y. — New York Air National Guard pararescuemen, who conducted a night parachute jump into the Atlantic Ocean 1,300 miles east of Cape Cod, to save the lives of two badly injured...

Colorado National Guard trains and partners in the mountains of Slovenia
April 27, 2017 — POKLJUKA, Slovenia — Colorado National Guard Citizen-Soldiers and Citizen-Airmen participated in the 10th anniversary NATO Non-Commissioned Officer Winter Camp in the mountains of Slovenia from March...

Service members unite to provide assistance to isolated village in Alaska
April 27, 2017 — OLD HARBOR, Alaska — Alaska National Guard members from the 207th Engineer Utility Detachment teamed up with service members from across the Department of Defense to participate in an Innovative...

National Guard more relevant and ready for new threats, chief testifies
April 27, 2017 — WASHINGTON, D.C. — Given the uncertain nature of the world today, the National Guard motto "Always Ready, Always There" is even more important than in the past, Air Force Gen. Joseph L. Lengyel told...

Exercise Cyber Shield 2017 gets underway in Utah
April 26, 2017 — CAMP W.G. WILLIAMS, Utah — Exercise Cyber Shield 2017 got underway this week at this military facility.The exercise is an Army National Guard defensive cyberspace operations exercise with...

Belize leaders visit Louisiana Youth Challenge Programs
April 26, 2017 — PINEVILLE, La. — The Louisiana National Guard welcomed delegates from Belize to tour the state's Youth Challenge Programs, April 10-12. Belize is working on plans to establish a program for at-risk...

Virginia and Maryland National Guard units among those participating in Kuwait exercise
April 25, 2017 — KUWAIT - Soldiers of Task Force Spartan, including the Virginia and Maryland Army National Guard's 29th Infantry Division and its subordinate units, participated in Eagle Resolve 2017 - a joint,...

New York Air National Guard pararescuemen aiding seamen on stricken ship in Mid-Atlantic
April 25, 2017 — WESTHAMPTON BEACH, N.Y. — Seven New York Air National Guard pararescuemen are on board a cargo ship in the mid-Atlantic today, providing medical treatment for two injured crewmen after a five-hour...

Indiana National Guard's Charlie Med team readies for any health situation
April 25, 2017 — EDINBURGH, Ind. — C Company, 113th Brigade Sustainment Battalion, 76th Infantry Brigade Combat Team from the Indiana Army National Guard, otherwise known as "Charlie Med", was able to treat almost...

Wildland firefighters and aviators conclude annual training in Boise
April 25, 2017 — BOISE, Idaho — Joint wildland fire training can rack up impressive statistics: 121 sorties. 124 flight hours. 373,900 gallons of water dropped. Firefighting aircrew members and personnel from four...

New York Guard was born in World War I as the National Guard went to war
April 24, 2017 — NEW YORK — In the summer of 1917, as the New York National Guard mobilized to head "over there" to France to fight World War I, New York Gov. Charles S. Whiteman was looking for armed men to fight on...

Ted, the therapy dog, helping support Wisconsin's military kids
April 24, 2017 — MADISON, Wis. — When Cindy Brosig first started using her G.I. Bill to earn her master's degree in nursing, she thought animal therapy was just a way for people to bring dogs to the hospital for...

Big training for wildland firefighting yields big results
April 24, 2017 — BOISE, Idaho — Pride, spirit of cooperation, camaraderie, loyalty, and courage; all of these virtues are found in the men and women who support the MAFFS mission, a U.S. Forest Service aerial...

Indiana's 'Nighthawks' spring into Joint Readiness Training Center
April 21, 2017 — EDINBURGH, Ind. — Indiana National Guard Soldiers with the 76th Infantry Brigade Combat Team conducted their final training exercise at Camp Atterbury, Indiana, before heading to their Joint Readiness...

National Guard, Reserve gather for annual aerial firefighting training
April 21, 2017 — BOISE — One by one, C-130 tail flashes adorned with vibrant orange numbers arrived Wednesday on the flight line here at the Idaho Air National Guard Base.Each orange number represents one of the eight...

Moulage artists make a drill realistic as Homeland Response Force readies in Spokane
April 21, 2017 — CAMP MURRAY, WA - A man screams out in pain as he applies pressure to a wound on his head. Another wanders aimlessly about trying to get assistance from a Soldier wearing a chemical suit. A woman...

Unique trainer modernizing face of helicopter simulator flying in Iowa
April 20, 2017 — JOHNSTON, Iowa — Black Hawk pilots and crewmembers with the Iowa Army National Guard have been given an opportunity to train on a first-of-its-kind flight simulator at the Camp Dodge Joint Maneuver...

Retired Texas Air National Guard Pilot Recalls Protecting Air Force One on 9/11

Nebraska Guard Strengthens Disaster Response Readiness

Kentucky Guard Strengthens Skills During Patriot 2026

113th Wing Recognized for Air Defense, Combat Performance

Washington Guard Concludes Extended Wildfire Response