Guard News - The National Guard - Year 2018

S.C. Guard leads the way with new missile training program
January 16, 2018 — COLUMBIA, S.C. – The South Carolina National Guard held a graduation ceremony for its Patriot missile system training program, a first of its kind for the National Guard. The program provides...

Guard Soldiers do their part for Operation Clean Sweep
January 16, 2018 — KUWAIT - Across the Arabian Gulf and the Levant, Soldiers assigned to Operation Spartan Shield are doing their part to create cleaner, safer work environments for themselves and the units that will...

W.V. Guard provides support to Big Sandy River oil spill
January 12, 2018 — KENOVA, W.V. - The West Virginia National Guard’s 35th Civil Support Team is providing support to local responding agencies working an oil spill from a sunken towboat along the Big Sandy River. The...

Young patriot given chance to be a 'Soldier for a day'
January 12, 2018 — NORMAN, Okla. - Since 19-year old Adrian Hinton was a little girl, she had a dream of becoming a member of the armed services. Specifically, she wanted to be a rifleman. During a career fair at the...

Air National Guard supports SoCal mudslide rescue efforts
January 11, 2018 — MOFFETT AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Calif. – California Air National Guardsmen from the 129th Rescue Wing are providing search and rescue support in Southern California for those impacted by the recent...

N.Y. Air Guard honors former President and Buffalo native
January 10, 2018 — NIAGARA FALLS AIR RESERVE STATION, N.Y. – With temperatures below zero, the 107th Attack Wing here honored the nation’s 13th president with a wreath laying ceremony at his grave at Forest Lawn...

Luge athlete overcomes obstacles for 2018 Olympics
January 10, 2018 — LAKE PLACID, New York -- Whether she'd posted a personal-best time, or suffered a collision on the track, Emily Sweeney would flash her trademark smile to fans, media, or anyone who watched her...

Illinois Guard supported over 4,500 funeral honors in 2017
January 9, 2018 — SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – Whenever a Soldier dies, military funeral honors have traditionally been provided, and today that tradition is law if the family requests it. Providing those honors is a solemn...

Georgia National Guard recalls bitter winter of 1973
January 8, 2018 — ATLANTA - With brutally cold temperatures impacting the East Coast and with fresh memories of the snowfall accumulation that covered north Georgia in December, winter weather has been foremost in many...

Senior planner urges Guard leaders to prepare for next war
January 8, 2018 — LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - The Army's senior logistician told National Guard leaders to ensure their units are ready for the next war, because wherever and whenever it is, it will take the total force to...

'Dear Dorie' letters tell the story of World War II love
January 5, 2018 — NIAGARA FALLS AIR RESERVE STATION, N.Y.— The skies above Europe during World War II are cold and deadly but set the stage for a love story that spans more than two years. Nine months of that is spent...

PAMBALA forges new friendships, provides hope for future
January 5, 2018 — BENGO PROVINCE, Angola — Henry Ford once said,"Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success." It was that spirit that abounded at PAMBALA 2017, which took...

Vet, 92, receives WWII recognition 70 years after the fact
January 4, 2018 — NORTH LAS VEGAS – More than seven decades after participating in some of the most harrowing battles of World War II, William Grant Jr.'s heroic and meritorious Army service was recognized with his...

Va. National Guard stages nearly 100 troops as snow falls
January 4, 2018 — SANDSTON, Va. - The Virginia National Guard has nearly 100 personnel staged and ready to assist with the state's multi-agency response to possible heavy snow that was expected to start Wednesday.The...

N.Y. Guardsman died saving residents from huge Bronx fire
January 3, 2018 — NEW YORK - A New York Army National Guard Soldier who died in a massive apartment house fire in the Bronx on Dec. 28, is being credited with saving four lives, rescuing people three times before he...

Citizen-Warrior: Idaho Guard member keeps patients healthy in air, on ground
January 1, 2018 — BOISE, Idaho - As an undergraduate student, Army Capt. Derek Derkacs, an aeromedical physician assistant with the Idaho Army National Guard's 1st Battalion, 183d Aviation Regiment, was studying to...

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