Guard News - The National Guard - Year 2018

N.Y. cavalry members brave wintry woods for recon training
March 13, 2018 — JAVA CENTER, N.Y. — More than 40 Soldiers assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 101st Cavalry Regiment of the New York Army National Guard endured harsh winter weather to conduct reconnaissance training with...

Lone female competitor battles for title of 'Best Warrior'
March 13, 2018 — BASTROP, Texas, —Of the more than 3,200 Airmen serving in the Texas Air National Guard, only eight were selected to compete at Camp Swift as part of the 2018 Texas Military Department Best Warrior...

Alaska Guardsmen conduct operations in frozen Beaufort Sea
March 12, 2018 — JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska - More than 50 Alaska National Guard members are supporting the U.S. Navy's Ice Exercise several hundred miles north of the Alaskan coastline. The training is...

Boy struck by car recuperates after Air Guard member's aid
March 12, 2018 — SWANTON, Ohio – "9-1-1; what's your emergency?""I'm here at Laskey and Oakridge," a woman replied, her words spilling out in a panic. "A little boy ran across the street and I didn't see him and I hit...

Pa. National Guard assisting state agencies in latest storm
March 8, 2018 — HARRISBURG, Pa. – More than 500 members of the Pennsylvania National Guard were placed on state active duty to assist the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency (PEMA) and other state agencies in...

WWI trenches tested New York's 'Fighting 69th' in 1918
March 8, 2018 — SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – The first weeks of WWI combat service for the New York National Guard's 69th Infantry Regiment provided cause for both celebration and sorrow for the regiment's Irish heritage...

N.Y. Army Guard aircrew teams with Army Reserve for training
March 7, 2018 — COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — Members of the New York Army National Guard’s 3rd Battalion 142nd Aviation teamed up with Soldiers from the U.S. Army Reserve for air assault training on a snowy morning here on...

Wisconsin Guard medics train alongside first responders
March 7, 2018 — WAUKESHA, Wis. — A company of Wisconsin Army National Guard medical specialists worked alongside their civilian first responder counterparts Sunday to build valuable relationships and enhance their...

Alaska drill had extreme cold-weather training opportunities
March 7, 2018 — FORT GREELY, Alaska — Approximately 600 Guard members from the United States and Canada participated in training at the Donnelly Training Area as part of Exercise Arctic Eagle 2018, from Feb. 25 to...

Utah Guard members enhance urban fighting skills
March 6, 2018 — CAMP BUEHRING, Kuwait - Utah National Guard's Delta Battery, 1st Battalion, 145th Field Artillery Regiment had an opportunity to get out from behind their cannons and prove themselves on other...

138th Field Artillery Brigade mission cites communication
March 5, 2018 — GRAFENWOEHR TRAINING AREA, Germany - Mark McNeilly wrote the book "Sun Tzu and the Art of Modern Warfare." The book was his reflection and application of Sun Tzu's "The Art of War." McNeilly arranged...

Whodunit? 137th MPs learn how to crack the case
March 5, 2018 — LAS VEGAS — A kicked-in door. A room with missing jewelry. A handprint on the window. It's only a scenario, but the people piecing these clues together aren't visiting Las Vegas' newest "escape...

200 New York Guard members on duty following nor'easter
March 5, 2018 — CAMP SMITH, N.Y-Two hundred members of the New York Army and Air National Guard, and New York's state defense forces, were on duty Monday after New York Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo declared a state of...

Ohio Airmen team up with state troopers in flood missions
March 2, 2018 — SPRINGFIELD-BECKLEY AIR GUARD STATION, Ohio - Soggy fields of farmland stretched for miles in the flood-ravished region of southern Ohio. Staff Sgt. John, an analyst with the 178th Wing Incident...

Virgin Islands, Michigan National Guards begin partnership
March 1, 2018 — LANSING, Mich. - Following devastation from back-to-back hurricanes, the Virgin Islands National Guard and the Michigan National Guard have developed a partnership to support recovery of the Virgin...

Army Guard member mixes military service with love of history
March 1, 2018 — ARLINGTON, Va. – The office of Miranda Summers Lowe is non-descript in its functional ubiquity. It mirrors many other offices along the same narrow, behind-the-scenes corridors of the Smithsonian...

Exercise Arctic Eagle tests radiological response in Valdez
March 1, 2018 — JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska —More than 200 Air and Army National Guard members travelled by ferry, plane and vehicle to the outlying community of Valdez, Alaska, to participate in a...

Fla. senior leader summit highlights disaster cooperation
February 28, 2018 — TALLAHASSEE, Florida – The Florida National Guard hosted its annual Senior Leader Summit on Monday, drawing participation not only from leadership within the state but from top brass in the active...

S.C. Guard partners with first responders to combat opioids
February 28, 2018 — WEST COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA – South Carolina Army National Guard Soldiers from the 43rd Civil Support Team conducted a multi-agency micro lab training Feb. 20-22. First responders from the South...

Colorado National Guard troops take biathlon training
February 27, 2018 — CENTENNIAL, Colo. —Every state has a National Guard and it's not surprising that a state such as Colorado - known for snowy mountaintops and a thriving ski industry - would have a biathlon team. When...

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