Guard News - The National Guard

Ga. Guard participated in 1958 Labor Day road safety blitz
August 31, 2018 — MARIETTA, Ga. - For more than 120 years, Georgia National Guard Citizen-Soldiers, operating out of armories across the state, have partnered with state and local responders in times of emergency. But...

New Hampshire Airman lends Spanish skills in El Salvador
August 31, 2018 — NEWINGTON, N.H. - Surrounded by the lush, green, hilly terrain of San Salvador, one 157th Air Refueling Wing command post controller worked as a bilateral affairs representative and translator in the...

For two Kentucky Guardsmen, service is the family business
August 31, 2018 — CAMP ARIFJAN, Kuwait - Soldiers in the National Guard and Army Reserve bring unique capabilities from their civilian occupations when they deploy. At Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, a couple brothers with the...

Ore. Airmen respond to Hurricane Lane during summer training
August 31, 2018 — HONOLULU, Hawaii — What started out as a typical summer training deployment for the men and women of the 142nd Medical Group (MDG), Oregon Air National Guard, turned anything but, when the Hawaiian...

Flu outbreak killed 45,000 U.S. Soldiers during World War I
August 30, 2018 — SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - In September 1918 there were two killers in the world. World War I, which would claim 20 million lives by its end, and the flu pandemic known as the Spanish Flu, is estimated...

Ill. Guard member honored for saving woman from car in pond
August 29, 2018 — HUNTLEY, Ill. – An Illinois Army National Guard corporal helped save a woman's life by diving into the murky water of a retention pond and pulling her from the overturned submerged vehicle, according...

HIANG brings high level air defense expertise to Philippines
August 29, 2018 — MANILA, Philippines - A team of Hawaii Air National Guard (HIANG) air defense experts traveled to various air bases in the Philippines to conduct subject-matter expert exchanges with the Philippine...

New York Guard school turns Soldiers into infantry members
August 29, 2018 — CAMP SMITH, N.Y. - Ten Army National Guard Soldiers from the Northeast who were not infantrymen are now qualified to wear the sky blue cord and crossed rifles of the infantry after completing a...

Idaho, Montana Soldiers practice live-fire with Thai troops
August 29, 2018 — FORT ADISORN, Thailand - Idaho Army National Guard and Montana Army National Guard Soldiers from the 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team conducted a live-fire exercise with Royal Thai Army soldiers at...

Iowa Airman is direct descendant of Davy Crockett
August 28, 2018 — DES MOINES, Iowa - At the 132d Wing here, Master Sgt. David "Davy" Crockett, the 132d Medical Group lab non-commissioned officer in charge (NCOIC), tends to the medical needs of Iowa Guard members...

New York's 27th Division fought first battle in August 1918
August 28, 2018 — SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - On Aug. 31, 1918, the New York National Guardsmen of the 27th Division entered their first big fight. From Aug. 31 to Sept. 2, 1918, Guardsmen fought the Battle of Vierstaat...

National Guard aviators converge at Northern Strike 18
August 28, 2018 — ALPENA, Mich. – Soldiers from the Colorado National Guard joined other Guard, Reserve, and active-duty military units from across the U.S. and multiple allied countries at the Alpena Combat Readiness...

Florida Air Guard nurse practitioner aids feathered patient
August 27, 2018 — KIHEI,Hawaii — Air Force Capt. Mike Yarbrough, a nurse practitioner in the Florida Air National Guard's 125th Fighter Wing, had an unexpected patient this week at Saint Theresa's Church here. He was...

Wisconsin National Guard continues sandbagging in Madison
August 27, 2018 — MADISON, Wis. — Approximately 85 Wisconsin National Guard troops continue to assist local emergency crews with sandbagging operations in Monona and Madison today as floods resulting from heavy rain...

Mattis: Guard integral to DoD effort to build lethality
August 27, 2018 — WASHINGTON - Enhancing lethality and restoring readiness is at the heart of the National Security Strategy and the National Guard is an integral part of that strategy, Defense Secretary James N...

Kentucky Guard members share training practices with Djibouti
August 24, 2018 — GREENVILLE, Ky. – Soldiers with the 238th Regiment hosted senior instructors from the Djiboutian Armed Forces (FAD) at the Wendell H. Ford Regional Training Center, Aug. 15-17, as part of Kentucky's...

ESGR is backbone of Guard-employer alliance
August 24, 2018 — ARLINGTON, Va. – As many National Guard members rely on their full-time, civilian jobs for their primary source of income, the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve program continues to build...

Colo. and Minn. National Guard troops assist in fire battles
August 24, 2018 — CENTENNIAL, Colo. – The Colorado National Guard completed aviation firefighting in support of the incident commander overseeing the Cache Creek Fire in Garfield County, Colorado. As of Tuesday, crews...

Hawaii braces as Hurricane Lane threatens
August 24, 2018 — WASHINGTON --The Hawaii National Guard and active-duty military personnel are standing by in case they are needed as Hurricane Lane approaches the island state, National Guard Bureau officials said.As...

Idaho Army National Guard and Royal Thai Army work together
August 23, 2018 — FORT ADISORN, Thailand – Soldiers from the headquarter companies of the Idaho Army National Guard's 2-116th Combined Arms Battalion and the Royal Thai Army's 2nd Infantry Battalion are conducting a...

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