Guard News - The National Guard - Year 2018

Prosecutors get new tools to attack malicious sexual posts
February 13, 2018 — FORT GEORGE G. MEADE, Md. - The 2018 National Defense Authorization Act, which became law in December, provides the military justice system new tools to prosecute service members who maliciously...

CID: Beware of Soldier social media impersonations accounts
February 13, 2018 — QUANTICO, Va. - U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command's (CID) Computer Crime Investigative Unit (CCIU) is once again warning Soldiers and the Army community to be on the lookout for "social media...

Alaskan Guard member debuts in K-300 dogsled race
February 12, 2018 — BETHEL, Alaska — His hands trembled with anticipation, soaked in a mixture of anxiety and excitement. The room was quiet as the mushers of the Kuskokwim 300 waited to pick a bib number that would...

N.Y. Guard chaplain shares U.S. experience dealing with PTSD
February 12, 2018 — LVIV, Ukraine – New York Army National Guard Maj. Andrew Ayres, the chaplain for the Joint Multinational Training Group Ukraine, was on hand to share the American military's experience in coping with...

Alaska engineers practice ice bridging for emergency use
February 12, 2018 — JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — The Alaska National Guard has fortified its longstanding relationship with its local population by striving to be ready in the event of a disaster requiring...

Texas Guard looks back on lessons learned from Harvey
February 9, 2018 — SAN ANTONIO, Texas - It’s been several months since Hurricane Harvey devastated Texans residing in the Rockport region. A local police officer there, Nathan Ward, is now reflecting on the days leading...

Soldier escorts Gold Star daughter to father-daughter dance
February 9, 2018 — SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - 1st Sgt. Joseph Bierbrodt of Sheridan, Illinois, an Illinois Army National Guard Soldier, escorted Winthrop Harbor, Illinois, kindergartener; Cayleigh Hinton to her first...

Colorado Special Forces Soldiers honored for acts of valor
February 9, 2018 — CENTENNIAL, Colo. – Local and national leaders will honor Colorado Army National Guard Soldiers from Bravo Company, 5th Battalion, 19th Special Forces Group (Airborne) Feb. 10, with valor awards they...

S.C. Guard prepares to support Operation Atlantic Resolve
February 8, 2018 — WEST COLUMBIA, S.C. - The 678th Air Defense Battalion, South Carolina Army National Guard, headquartered in Eastover, South Carolina, held a deploying and casing of the colors ceremony, Feb. 1, 2018...

Soldiers use their Olympics experience to bring home gold
February 7, 2018 — FORT MEADE, Md. -- Heading into the 2018 Olympic Winter Games in PyeongChang, South Korea, the U.S. bobsled team members don't plan to take anything for granted. The U.S. men know one slip-up could...

Michigan’s Citizen-Airmen put focus on readiness
February 7, 2018 — SELFRIDGE AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Mich. - Michigan’s Citizen-Airmen have refreshed and renewed their fundamental war-fighting skills after four days of highly focused training at Selfridge Air...

West Virginia leaders plan engagements with Peruvian forces
February 6, 2018 — LIMA, Peru - West Virginia National Guard senior leaders and members of the State Partnership Program met with Peruvian military leadership in Lima, Peru recently to develop a path forward for future...

Developing future Army leaders requires flexibility
February 6, 2018 — CAMP ARIFJAN, Kuwait – Like any great U.S. Army Sergeant Major, the 35th Infantry Division chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear sergeant major, Andre Lawhorn, is as serious as they come when...

Arizona Guard prepares Soldiers for air assault operations
February 6, 2018 — FLORENCE, Ariz. - Members of the Arizona Army National Guard's 1st Battalion, 158th Infantry Regiment combined forces with 1st and 2nd Battalions, 285th Aviation Regiment for an air assault training...

Wyoming's 133rd engineers ready to help law enforcement
February 6, 2018 — LARAMIE, Wyo. – Wyoming National Guard members are on call to support civil authorities in a myriad of ways, including firefighting, flood mitigation and even riot control.The state always has a unit...

More than 400 Minn. Guard members supported Super Bowl LII
February 5, 2018 — MINNEAPOLIS – More than 400 Minnesota National Guard members supported security efforts in Minneapolis ahead of Super Bowl LII. The game, played Sunday, resulted in a win by the Philadelphia Eagles...

Oklahoma Army National Guard trains on unmanned aircraft
February 2, 2018 — LEXINGTON, Okla. - Oklahoma Army National Guard members flew an Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) called the RQ-7 Bravo or Shadow, for the first time Monday at the Muldrow Army Heliport in Lexington,...

N.C. Aviation Soldiers arrive in Lakota U-72 for career day
February 2, 2018 — RALEIGH, N.C. – Wednesday was a regular school day for the kids and teachers at Rogers Lane Elementary School - until their guests arrived in a helicopter. Soldiers with the North Carolina National...

Pa. special operations wing conducts combat-aid training
February 1, 2018 — MIDDLETOWN, Pa. – The 193rd Special Operations Wing completed its first Tactical Combat Casualty Care course, certifying 12 Airmen on Jan. 12 at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania. In addition to...

Citizen-Warrior: Mass. Guard member teaches next generation
February 1, 2018 — HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Mass. - Standing at the front of a classroom filled with roughly two-dozen eighth-grade students, a man in his late twenties with Kennedy-esque features teaches a lesson on how...

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