Guard News - The National Guard - Year 2019

VA, Guard partner for on-site training weekend counseling
August 27, 2019 — WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the Department of Defense formalized a partnership June 28 between VA's Vet Centers and the National Guard Bureau, to provide Vet Center...

106th Rescue Wing gives tour to Scout troop after tragedy
August 27, 2019 — WESTHAMPTON BEACH, N.Y. – Members of Boy Scout Troop 161 were welcomed last Friday to the 106th Rescue Wing's base in a show of support after the loss of one of their scouts, Andrew McMorris,...

Indiana sisters support Task Force Spartan
August 27, 2019 — GARY, Ind. – Two 38th Infantry Division Citizen-Soldiers, sisters from Gary, Indiana, wake up most mornings to face 110-plus degree heat in the Kuwaiti desert ready to serve in support of Task...

Multiple Guard units sharpen combat skills at Fort Pickett
August 27, 2019 — FORT PICKETT, Va. – Virginia and Kentucky National Guard Soldiers assigned to the 116th Infantry Brigade Combat Team and enabler units from Guard units in Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana,...

Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands Guard units prepare for storm
August 27, 2019 — SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Rains from Tropical Storm Dorian began pelting Caribbean islands Tuesday afternoon, as officials in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands closely monitored the situation...

Hawaii Guard teams with Indonesia on mission planning
August 26, 2019 — JAKARTA, Indonesia – The Hawaii National Guard State Partnership Program facilitated an operation design seminar recently in Jakarta, Indonesia. Participants from the Hawaii Army and Air National...

Ohio’s State Partners gain knowledge in disaster management
August 26, 2019 — COLUMBUS, Ohio – Two Hungarian Defence Forces members and four members of the Serbian Ministry of Interior visited Ohio Aug. 5-8, to observe the statewide Vigilant Guard 19-4 joint disaster response...

Friendship at center of U.S.-Jordan Exercise Eager Lion 19
August 26, 2019 — AMMAN, Jordan – Friendship, or “sidaqa” in Arabic, serves as the foundation for the more than 8,000 multinational troops converging in the Levant sub-region of Jordan as part of Exercise Eager Lion...

Massachusetts Airman always wondered how things worked
August 23, 2019 — OTIS AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Mass. – As a child living in Hong Kong, young Wing Ng had an interest in how things worked. This became evident when his father came home with a toy airplane as a...

Guard cyber teams called in to get schools, agencies back online
August 22, 2019 — ARLINGTON, VA - National Guard cyber response teams are responsible for getting thousands of school children in Texas and Louisiana back online and into the classrooms. The cyber response effort...

New DoD program to catch repeat sexual assault offenders
August 22, 2019 — WASHINGTON – The Department of Defense now has a new investigative tool to help identify perpetrators of sexual assault. The new Catch a Serial Offender–or "CATCH"–Program, fully operational as of...

Pa. Guard aviation supports full-scale hurricane exercise
August 22, 2019 — HARRISBURG, Pa. – Pennsylvania National Guard members joined with partners in the Helicopter Aquatic Rescue Team (PA-HART) and other civilian first responders in a full-scale exercise at Fort Hunter...

Alaska Army and Air Guard members help fight wildfires
August 22, 2019 — JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — The Alaska Army and Air National Guard have been assisting the Division of Forestry with fire suppression and additional support on the McKinley and Swan Lake...

Idaho Guard demonstrates joint capabilities to governor
August 21, 2019 — BOISE AIR TERMINAL AIR GUARD STATION, Idaho – Idaho Gov. Brad Little met with several key military leaders Monday at the Orchard Combat Training Center to receive an update on Idaho National Guard...

More than 2,500 Fla. Guard members complete combat training
August 21, 2019 — CAMP SHELBY, Miss. – More than 2,500 Florida National Guard members with the 53rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team (IBCT) endured two weeks of intense training through oppressive humidity and long hours...

Conference: Inspectors general live 'to teach and train'
August 21, 2019 — ARLINGTON, Va. – Embracing the motto “to teach and train,” over 100 inspectors general from the 50 states, three territories, and District of Columbia met at the 2019 National Guard Bureau Inspectors...

National Guard Counterdrug Program celebrates 30 years
August 21, 2019 — AUSTIN, Texas — The National Guard Counterdrug Program this year celebrates 30 years of support to more than 300 federal, state, local, tribal and territorial law enforcement agencies across all 54...

Virginia cyber unit hosts security exercise using ShadowNet
August 21, 2019 — PEMBROKE, N.H. — The Virginia Army National Guard’s Bowling Green-based 91st Cyber Brigade completed the process of hosting Cyber Yankee ’19 via its ShadowNet enterprise solution, a custom-built...

Maine National Guard combined heat and power - four years later
August 20, 2019 — WASHINGTON, D.C. – A Maine National Guard project came online four years ago, and the Combined Heat and Power (CHP) system provides energy resilience and enhances Army readiness to directly support...

Pennsylvania, Tennessee Soldiers do water training in Poland
August 20, 2019 — GIZYCKO, Poland - Members from NATO's enhanced Forward Presence Battle Group Poland, alongside members from the Polish 15th Mechanized Infantry Brigade participated in a water survival course Aug...

Washington Guard Strengthens Fiscal Readiness

Kentucky Guard Prepares Incoming Command Teams for Leadership

New PSYWAR Course Strengthens Guard Capabilities

Idaho Guard Strengthens Wildland Firefighting Capabilities

West Virginia Air Guard Trains for Complex Trauma Response