Guard News - The National Guard - Year 2018

Colo. Guard helicopter crews return from the Spring Fire
July 13, 2018 — CENTENNIAL, Colo. – The Spring Fire incident commander has released the Colorado National Guard helicopter and helibase support crews, who had been supporting fire response efforts in Colorado's...

Saving lives through Tactical Combat Casualty Care
July 13, 2018 — KABUL, Afghanistan - U.S. and NATO service members assigned to Hamid Karzai International Airport's Role 2 hospital recently sacrificed their spare time to train Force Protection service members in...

Guard taking steps to defeat ongoing enemy: sexual assault
July 12, 2018 — ARLINGTON, Va. – Recognizing sexual assault as a serious threat to military professionalism and readiness, the chief of the National Guard Bureau re-emphasized the National Guard's commitment to...

Guard Soldiers educate tomorrow’s cyber-security experts
July 12, 2018 — SEATAC, Wash. - A Soldier opens his laptop, and the attack begins. Spc. Sunia Laulile, Alpha Company, 156th Information Operations Battalion, 56th Theater Information Operations Group, types...

Civil engineers complete deployment readiness training
July 11, 2018 — MARCH AIR RESERVE BASE, Calif. – Eighty-four members of the 137th Special Operations Civil Engineering Squadron (137th SOCES) participated in deployment readiness training June 25-30 at March Air...

S.C. Guard and Colombia discuss emergency management ops
July 11, 2018 — WEST COLUMBIA, South Carolina – A team of senior officers from the Colombian Army met June 29 with South Carolina Army National Guard leadership and experts from the South Carolina Emergency...

Communication proves the key to relationships and training
July 10, 2018 — BOLESLAWIEC, Poland – The South Carolina state flag proudly waves overhead in front of a four-story barracks building housing two Army National Guard units from opposite ends of South Carolina. Both...

N.C. Air National Guard security forces visit Botswana
July 10, 2018 — RALEIGH, N.C. - Three members of North Carolina Air National Guard's 145th Airlift Wing Security Forces travelled to Botswana, Africa, in late June, to work side-by-side with their Botswana Defense...

Army Guard Soldiers to see changes in Tuition Assistance program
July 6, 2018 — ARLINGTON, Va. – Changes to the Army National Guard’s Tuition Assistance program are set to go into effect Aug. 5, allowing Army Guard members immediate access to benefits after they complete basic...

National Guard medics who save child's life receive thanks
July 6, 2018 — OLYMPIA, Wash. - Pvt. Gracie Hilinski, Medical Section, Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 2nd Battalion, 146th Field Artillery Regiment, 81st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, received an Army...

Nevada Air National Guard joins firefighting effort
July 6, 2018 — RENO, Nev. - The National Interagency Fire Center has requested one C-130 aircraft and aircrew from the 152nd Airlift Wing, Nevada Air National Guard, to aid firefighting efforts in Colorado.The...

Colo. National Guard supporting Spring Fire response
July 5, 2018 — CENTENNIAL, Colo. – Colorado National Guard members are on duty assisting the Spring Fire incident commander with traffic control points in Costilla County beginning July 1, 2018.With the addition of...

First combat training capability enhances relationships
July 3, 2018 — FORT DRUM, N.Y. - Approximately 3,500 Soldiers from the 86th Infantry Brigade Combat Team of the National Guard and the 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry) partnered together to complete their...

National Guard pilots support medevac mission in Germany
July 3, 2018 — GRAFENWOEHR, Germany - A UH-72A Lakota hovers over the landing zone lowering its flight medic down about 100 feet to an open field. Once clear, he rushes to an ambulance to link up with the...

Army Guard regional training institutes crucial to growth
June 29, 2018 — ARLINGTON, Va. – Ensuring Soldiers receive the training they need is one of the key components of maintaining unit readiness and the Army National Guard's regional training institutes are often an...

Fighting Father Duffy remembered fondly in New York City
June 29, 2018 — NEW YORK – Cardinal Timothy Dolan, the archbishop of New York, joined the National Guard's top chaplain in Times Square on Wednesday, to salute the Army's most famous chaplain: New York National Guard...

Partnerships help boost Jordan security amid serious threats
June 28, 2018 — CENTENNIAL, Colo. - Jordan News Agency (Petra) reported earlier this month that Jordan's Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Lt. Gen. Mahmoud Freihat said to Jordanian army officers: "We have to...

National Guard getting disaster communications system
June 28, 2018 — ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. - June marks the start of the 2018 Atlantic hurricane season, and U.S. states and territories are keeping an eye to the sky as they continue to rebuild in the wake of last...

Retired Michigan Guard member has unique view of Latvia bond
June 28, 2018 — ĀDAŽI, Latvia – On the morning of June 9, 2018, members of the 82d Airborne Division staged a parachute drop at Ādaži Military Base, Latvia, as part of exercise Saber Strike 2018. Observing from the...

Soldiers train to detect, defend against electronic warfare
June 27, 2018 — CAMP GRAYLING, Mich. - Knowing your location and the location of the enemy is paramount on the battlefield, and with the advent of satellites and GPS, U.S. Soldiers can pinpoint their exact position...

113th Wing Recognized for Air Defense, Combat Performance

Washington Guard Concludes Extended Wildfire Response

Hawaii Guard Sustains Recovery Efforts, Mobilizes for Hurricane Lowell

New York Guardsmen Earn Danish Military March Ribbon

Kentucky Guard Builds Portable Air Base for Patriot 26