Guard News - The National Guard - Year 2018

Alaska Army Guardsmen train in Mongolia to save lives
June 18, 2018 — FIVE HILLS TRAINING AREA, Mongolia - The typical adult human body contains five liters of blood. Responsible for transporting oxygen and nutrients to the cells and removing waste on its return trip...

Idaho National Guard snipers get in and out, unseen
June 15, 2018 — ORCHARD COMBAT TRAINING CENTER, Idaho – Hidden beneath twigs and weeds, three snipers’ stomachs are flat on the ground, dirt and grime on their faces. It’s a 90-degree day. A drip of sweat rolls down...

S.D. Guard builds road during Golden Coyote exercise
June 15, 2018 — WIND CAVE NATIONAL PARK, S.D. – Members of the South Dakota National Guard’s 842nd Engineer Company are participating in the Golden Coyote training exercise by building a road at Wind Cave National...

Idaho Guard engineers train with Reserve counterparts
June 14, 2018 — BOISE, Idaho - Soldiers from the Idaho Army National Guard's 116th Brigade Engineer Battalion and the Army Reserve's 321st Engineer Battalion conducted a live-fire M58 Mine Clearing Line Charge...

Everything to know about your military retirement choices
June 14, 2018 — WASHINGTON - Let's chat retirement for a quick minute. You took the Blended Retirement System training last year, right? Probably because your boss told you to get it done so she could report 100...

N.Y. Guard Civil Support Team gets wet to prep for missions
June 13, 2018 — BROOKLYN, N.Y. - Once a year, members of the New York National Guard's 24th Civil Support Team jump out of a perfectly good helicopter and into the waters of Gravesend Bay off the southern tip of...

Latvia dedicates 'Michigan Ave.' to honor state partnership
June 13, 2018 — ĀDAŽI, Latvia – U.S. and Latvian dignitaries, including Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder, attended the unveiling of "Michigan Avenue," a main roadway at Ādaži Military Base, Latvia, on June 12. Latvian...

All eyes on laptops as specialists train at Cyber Yankee
June 12, 2018 — JOINT BASE CAPE COD, Mass. - More than 400 eyes stare at a sea of laptops in a hallway of rooms here. These eyes belong to the participants of Cyber Yankee 2018, an exercise between multiple National...

A wash and dry keeps Soldiers' spirits high at Saber Strike
June 12, 2018 — OLESNO, Poland - During Saber Strike 18 there will be 18,000 service members from 19 countries participating in this year's multinational exercise. Military forces from around the globe will conduct...

Ohio National Guard builds partnerships at Platinum Wolf
June 12, 2018 — SOUTH BASE, Serbia - Nearly 45 members of the Ohio National Guard's 838th Military Police Company arrived in the Republic of Serbia on June 10 to participate in exercise Platinum Wolf. The two-week,...

Florida National Guard fights opioid epidemic on many fronts
June 11, 2018 — SAINT AUGUSTINE, Fla. - As the opioid crisis rages throughout the nation, the Florida National Guard Counterdrug Program (FLNG-CDP) is leading the fight in communities across our state. One of the...

West Virginia National Guard teams up for extraction drill
June 11, 2018 — CHARLESTON, W. Va. - West Virginia National Guard (WVNG) Soldiers joined the Charleston Fire Department (CFD) search and extraction team June 8 at a Charleston Area Medical Center (CAMC) property in...

Kentucky Army Guard trains in Lithuania during Saber Strike
June 11, 2018 — KAZLA RUBA, Lithuania – Known as "Morgan's Men," the Soldiers in the Kentucky Army National Guard's 1st Battalion, 623rd Field Artillery Regiment can trace their unit's lineage to an American Civil...

National Guard NCOs share knowledge with Afghan counterparts
June 11, 2018 — KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - The Army commonly refers to the U.S. Army Non-commissioned Officer Corps as the backbone of the Army because the Army expects them to lead and train younger Soldiers and...

Hawaii National Guard engineers build shelters for evacuees
June 11, 2018 — PAHOA, Hawaii – Since June 7, engineers of the Hawaii Army National Guard have been constructing a community of emergency "micro-shelter" housing units in Pahoa, Hawaii, for residents displaced by the...

Female S.D. Air Guard members exchange ideas with Suriname
June 8, 2018 — SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - Four members of the 114th Fighter Wing travelled to Suriname for the Women in the Military Conference in Paramaribo, SR, May 14-19. The conference allowed for the exchange of ideas...

Kentucky Airmen responded to Pueblo crisis 50 years ago
June 8, 2018 — FRANKFORT, Ky. -This year and next mark the 50th anniversary of the activation of the Kentucky Air National Guard's call-up and 17 months of federal service in support of the Pueblo crisis. On Jan...

Air National Guardsmen provide no-cost healthcare in Alabama
June 7, 2018 — MONROEVILLE, Ala. - About 60 Air National Guard members from the 187th Fighter Wing in Montgomery, Alabama, the 115th Fighter Wing in Madison, Wisconsin, and the 128th Air Refueling Wing in Milwaukee,...

Michigan Army Guard State Safety Program earns perfect score
June 7, 2018 — LANSING, Mich. –The Michigan Army National Guard State Safety Office recently received the first, across-the-board 100 percent rating in every category of the National Guard Bureau, Composite Army...

Army Secretary Esper announces 'Army Vision' for 2028
June 7, 2018 — WASHINGTON - A new "Army Vision" spells out how the Army intends to prepare for possible warfare against near-peer competitors such as China and Russia, while simultaneously conducting irregular...

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