Guard News - The National Guard - Year 2019

Soldiers train how to exit an overturned vehicle
September 16, 2019 — FORT BLISS, Texas – To an outsider, it looks like an indoor amusement park, with people strapped into a car that flips and turns, with an attendant at the controls. But, to Soldiers getting ready to...

Army Guard EOD Soldier disarms life’s challenges
September 16, 2019 — ARLINGTON, Va. - Father. Husband. Community volunteer. Yale Student. Army National Guard member. Army Staff Sgt. William Eisenhart, the explosive ordnance disposal operations noncommissioned officer...

Guard members teach lifesaving care to Qatari soldiers
September 13, 2019 — DOHA, Qatar – Medical experts from the West Virginia and New Jersey National Guards trained Qatari soldiers how to care for the wounded Sept. 8-12. Guard members from the two states spent a week at...

Kentucky Air Guard member received Air Force Cross
September 13, 2019 — LOUISVILLE, Ky. - A special operations Airman from the Kentucky Air National Guard Friday received the nation's second-highest medal for combat valor for his actions on an Afghanistan battlefield...

NY National Guard cavalry troopers earn their spurs
September 13, 2019 — YOUNGSTOWN, N.Y. – Twenty New York Army National Guard Soldiers from 2nd Squadron, 101st Cavalry Regiment, had their mental and physical toughness put to the test in a grueling squadron spur ride at...

US, Japanese armies train in sniper tactics
September 12, 2019 — YAKIMA, Wash. – As a crackle echoes through the sun-drenched valley, a strong male voice can be heard. “Hit.” Another crack. “Miss.” Another three rounds land, a voice with a Japanese accent asks,...

Family safe, NCNG members mission continues
September 12, 2019 — CLINTON, N.C. – A North Carolina National Guard High-Water Vehicle team from 105th Engineer Battalion Headquarters and Headquarters Company rescued a family of four from their flooded mobile home...

New system lets Syracuse MQ-9s fly without chase planes
September 11, 2019 — SYRACUSE, N.Y. – Remotely piloted MQ-9 aircraft flying into and out of Syracuse International Airport no longer fly with piloted airplanes, thanks to the installation of a military Ground-Based Detect...

JROTC cadets become Flying Yankees for the day
September 11, 2019 — EAST GRANBY, Conn. – Christine Libbey had seen C-130H Hercules aircraft flying over Connecticut and was familiar with the thunderous roar of the plane’s Rolls Royce T-56 engines. She had even been...

Uruguay military visits Connecticut Guard
September 11, 2019 — NIANTIC, Conn. – The Connecticut National Guard hosted Uruguayan military officers at Camp Nett to celebrate the 20th anniversary of their State Partnership Program (SPP). "When we were assigned to...

103rd firefighters practice confined space rescue
September 10, 2019 — EAST GRANBY, Conn. – How would an Airman trapped inside a C-130 fuel tank be rescued?This is the question firefighters from the 103rd Civil Engineer Squadron answered during a confined space rescue...

National Guard practices homeland disaster response
September 10, 2019 — ORISKANY, N.Y. – More than 600 National Guard members from New York and New Jersey rehearsed their readiness to respond to chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear incidents Sept. 6-8. The New...

Maryland Guard, Bosnia-Herzegovina police trade techniques
September 10, 2019 — SARAJEVO, BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA - The Maryland Army National Guard’s 115th Military Police Battalion’s course on criminal investigation procedures for the Armed Forces of Bosnia-Herzegovina morphed into...

North Carolina National Guard medics train to save lives
September 9, 2019 — EL PASO, Texas – Fort Bliss Soldiers and agencies exercised the ability to deliver patients to level one trauma care for the first time in four years, September 4.Soldiers assigned to 5th Armored...

Oregon Guard participates in Joint Exercise Sentry Aloha
September 9, 2019 — HONOLULU, Hawaii – Five F-15 Eagles and more than ninety Airmen from Kingsley Field flew to Hawaii for three weeks to support Sentry Aloha 19-2, a large-scale exercise with both American and...

Tenn. Wing uses satellites to support humanitarian relief for Bahamas
September 6, 2019 — NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The 118th Wing is applying its expertise to aid the islands of Abaco and Grand Bahamas by assessing the condition of its airfields and hospitals for access in the wake of Hurricane...

West Virginia Guard Airmen mobilize for Hurricane Dorian support
September 6, 2019 — CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Six members of the 130th Airlift Wing’s 167th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron mobilized today to support Hurricane Dorian relief efforts over the next two weeks.The aeromedical...

Rhode Island National Guard supports Dorian relief in Bahamas
September 5, 2019 — CRANSTON, RI – The Rhode Island National Guard is mobilizing three C-130Js to assist in Hurricane Dorian relief efforts in the Bahamas. The three aircraft will each be equipped with a full crew and...

National Guard combat medics maintain skills, techniques
September 5, 2019 — FORT BLISS, Texas – U.S. combat medic Soldiers in the 30th Armored Brigade Combat Team joined a Medical Evacuation (MEDEVAC) crew from 5th Armored Brigade, First Army Division West, to train on the...

West Va. Air Guard and Qatar share insights through exchange
September 5, 2019 — AL UDEID AIR BASE, Qatar – Four members of the West Virginia Air National Guard's (WVANG) 167th Airlift Wing (167th AW) and 130th Airlift Wing (130th AW) recently took part in a current operations...

Three Components, One Army: LaNeve Stresses Guard’s Role in Army’s New Priorities

Pennsylvania Guardsmen Demonstrate Drone Innovation Project

Nordhaus, Raines Outline a National Guard Focused on the Future

Alaska Air National Guard Rescues Four From Plane Crash

Modular Airborne System Delivers One Million Gallons of Fire Retardant