Guard News - The National Guard - May 2017

Deployed units in Kuwait honor law enforcement personnel
May 17, 2017 — CAMP ARIFJAN, KUWAIT — Red and blue police lights illuminated the night sky in front of the Zone 1 chapel here on May 5, kicking off the start of Law Enforcement weekend.Personnel from Operation...

Vermont National Guard Soldiers test medical training
May 17, 2017 — CAMP JOHNSON, Vt. — Vermont Army National Guard Soldiers tested their medical training here at Camp Johnson in Colchester, May 6.Charlie Company (Medical), 186th Brigade Support Battalion, 86th...

Army Guard funeral honor guard members hone advanced skills during two-week training
May 16, 2017 — CORTLANDT MANOR, N.Y. — Some of the rifles fired at Camp Smith Training Site weren't loaded with rounds, but their impact could still stop you.The ceremonial rifles, along with a folded American flag,...

Alaska Air Guard members rescue hiker in Eagle River Valley
May 16, 2017 — JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Airmen with the Alaska Air National Guard's 210th and 212th Rescue Squadrons rescued a distressed individual in the Eagle River Valley on Sunday.According to...

New York National Guard members sandbagging areas around Lake Ontario
May 16, 2017 — NIAGARA FALLS AIR RESERVE STATION, N.Y. — More than 30 Airmen from the New York Air National Guard's 107th Attack Wing here are working throughout Orleans County in response to the rising water levels...

Virgin Islands National Guard Soldiers preparing for Vigilant Guard
May 15, 2017 — ST. THOMAS, Virgin Islands — The Virgin Islands National Guard began the warm-start portion of Vigilant Guard 17-03 here on May 10 with an influx of personnel and equipment moving from St. Croix to...

Puerto Rico National Guard gives scoop on helicopter buckets to its state partners
May 12, 2017 — SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — As part of the State Partnership Program, the Puerto Rico National Guard hosted visitors from the Republic of Honduras and the Dominican Republic on May 3.The visit occurred at...

Unique challenges spurred great training for New York Army National Guard snipers
May 12, 2017 — FORT CHAFFEE, Ark. — Being a sniper, according to New York Army National Guard Sgt. David Peters, is the ultimate challenge for an infantryman."You have to know so much information. You have to...

Colorado National Guard flies flood victims to safety
May 12, 2017 — CENTENNIAL, Colo. — A crew from the Colorado National Guard was there for its neighbors Thursday, when the four Soldiers evacuated residents trapped by high water and debris following flooding in the...

Indiana's 81st Troop Command joins in national disaster exercise
May 11, 2017 — EDINBURGH, Ind. — What would happen to the social order if a massive flood left people in an Indiana community stranded in their homes? What if an earthquake were to decimate the infrastructure of a...

Indiana National Guard unit rehearses with partner Slovakia during Saber Junction 17 exercise
May 11, 2017 — HOHENFELS, Germany — Deep behind enemy lines, as a battle continues between NATO forces and a foreign aggressor, a downed pilot evades capture by opposing forces. Within 24 hours, she is rescued by a...

Ohio's 180th Fighter Wing Airmen participate in water survival training
May 10, 2017 — SWANTON, Ohio — Ejecting from an F-16 Fighting Falcon, descending toward the ocean, plunging hard under the water and coming up to find a parachute pushing them back below the water, battling the...

National Guard chief visits Northern Lightning exercise at Wisconsin's Volk Field
May 10, 2017 — VOLK FIELD, Wis. — Gen. Joseph Lengyel, the chief of the National Guard Bureau and a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, was in Wisconsin May 5 to observe Northern Lightning, an annual joint training...

Two Wyoming Guard members get rescue award for Afghanistan mission
May 10, 2017 — CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Two Wyoming Army National Guard members were awarded the Dustoff Association's Rescue of the Year award in a May 5 ceremony at the Army Aviation Support Facility in Cheyenne. The...

Illinois Army National Guard takes third in Gainey Cup scout contest
May 9, 2017 — FORT BENNING, Ga. — A Scout team with the Illinois Army National Guard's 2nd Squadron, 106th Cavalry Regiment took third place in the Gainey Cup Best Scout Competition on May 4.The intense five-day...

Wyoming National Guard and Tunisia continue to perfect partnership
May 9, 2017 — CHEYENNE, Wyo. — In the early nineties the Department of Defense stood up the National Guard-managed State Partnership Program whose goal was to connect NG units from each state with a partner nation...

Colorado Air National Guard members deploy to Japan
May 9, 2017 — BUCKLEY AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. — Approximately 250 Airmen and six F-16 Fighting Falcons with the Colorado Air National Guard 140th Wing have deployed to Kadena Air Base, Japan, from Buckley Air Force...

New York Airmen in right place to manage serious car crash
May 9, 2017 — NIAGARA FALLS AIR RESERVE STATION, N.Y. — Two Airmen assigned to the 274th Air Support Operations Squadron, New York Air National Guard in Syracuse, were on the scene of a car accident that occurred...

Trans-Pacific disaster exercise Gobi Wolf 2017 concludes in Mongolia
May 9, 2017 — DALANZADGAD, Mongolia — Exercise Gobi Wolf 2017 began May 1 with a ceremony, academic training, a United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs webinar and a reception dinner in...

Firefighting missions boost Wyoming Air Guard pilot's passion for flying
May 8, 2017 — CHEYENNE, Wyo., — Whether he is barrel-rolling 1,000 feet above the horizon or slowly cruising at 120 knots 150 feet above a pine forest, Air Force Lt. Col. Ryan Scofield knows there is no place he...

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