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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...

Elk herd tagged for study at Camp Guernsey, Wyoming
February 27, 2018 — CHEYENNE, Wyo. – The Wyoming Military Department's environmental department has partnered with the Wyoming Game and Fish Department to study the elk population at Camp Guernsey Joint Training Center...

Readiness enhanced with Army National Guard 4.0
February 26, 2018 — ARLINGTON, Va. - The Army National Guard has undergone a shift in its training approach and many Army Guard Soldiers in certain critical units have seen an increase in yearly training days and...

New York Airmen finish their Antarctica support mission
February 26, 2018 — SCOTIA, N.Y. - Airmen and aircraft with the New York Air National Guard's 109th Airlift Wing have started their journey back home to Stratton Air National Guard Base in Scotia, New York, from McMurdo...

Soldiering fitness is key to mission and career success
February 26, 2018 — CAMP ARIFJAN, Kuwait – As the Santa Fe division winds down its effort at forging the trail for future divisions to assume command and control of Task Force Spartan, several key enlisted 35th leaders...

In his third Olympics, New York Soldier embraces new role
February 26, 2018 — FORT MEADE, Md. - Justin Olsen had reached a crossroads in his bobsled career following the 2014 World Cup season. After winning a gold medal in the four-man event in the 2010 Olympics, an injury...

Ohio and W.Va. Guard units work on flood preparations
February 26, 2018 — PORTSMOUTH, Ohio - For the second time last week, the Ohio National Guard has activated Soldiers from the 1191st Engineering Company to support Portsmouth, Ohio, by raising additional floodgates as...

Alaska and Wash. National Guard respond to Valdez oil spill
February 23, 2018 — JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska— While in Valdez, taking part in Exercise Arctic Eagle 2018, Guard members from the 103rd Civil Support Team, Alaska National Guard, and Washington National...

Ohio engineer company raises floodgates for its hometown
February 23, 2018 — PORTSMOUTH, Ohio - The Ohio River was rising, it had crested at 53 feet and rain was in the forecast for days to come, putting the city of Portsmouth in jeopardy. On the afternoon of Feb. 19, over...

105th Airlift Wing Airmen hone aeromedical evacuation skills
February 22, 2018 — GULFPORT, Miss.– Airmen assigned to the 105th Airlift Wing participated in PATRIOT South 2018, based out of the Gulfport Combat Readiness Training Center, Mississippi, from Feb. 12 to 15. The PATRIOT...

W. Va. Guard leaders meet with Peruvian counterparts
February 22, 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...

Oregon's 173rd Fighter Wing gets 50-year lease extension
February 21, 2018 — KINGSLEY FIELD, Ore. - The City of Klamath Falls demonstrated an unprecedented level of community support for the 173rd Fighter Wing by extending the lease on the airfield property until 2095—the...

Military chaplains serve nonreligious service members
February 21, 2018 — HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Mass. – During basic training, every Airman and Soldier of the Massachusetts National Guard is issued two oblong stainless steel tags on a beaded chain. Imprinted into these...

South Carolina National Guard Soldiers earn Pathfinder wings
February 21, 2018 — EASTOVER, S.C. – South Carolina Army National Guard Soldiers from across the state came to McCrady Training Center Feb. 2 with one goal in mind; become an Army Pathfinder. This is the first year that...

New York Soldier's heroics recognized with posthumous medal
February 20, 2018 — NEW YORK – Army National Guard leaders came together to honor a New York Soldier who died in a massive fire in the Bronx on Dec. 28, 2017, with the Army's highest award for bravery outside of a combat...

Hot and cold flight training warms up Soldiers in Kuwait
February 16, 2018 — CAMP BUEHRING, Kuwait – The blades of a UH-60 Black Hawk start to swirl as Soldiers assigned to the 1st Battalion, 244th Assault Helicopter Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division...

Nev. adjutant general, SPP officials weather Tonga cyclone
February 16, 2018 — CARSON CITY, Nev. - The Nevada National Guard's adjutant general, Brig. Gen. William Burks, was in the Nevada Guard's State Partnership Program delegation in Tonga during Tropical Cyclone Gita on...

New Hampshire troops train in the cold with Canadian forces
February 15, 2018 — NORTH CONWAY, N.H – A company of mountain infantrymen from the New Hampshire Army National Guard and a platoon of reservists from the Canadian Armed Forces convened here and at Fort Devens,...

Retired Texas Air National Guard Pilot Recalls Protecting Air Force One on 9/11

Nebraska Guard Strengthens Disaster Response Readiness

Kentucky Guard Strengthens Skills During Patriot 2026

113th Wing Recognized for Air Defense, Combat Performance

Washington Guard Concludes Extended Wildfire Response