Guard News - The National Guard - Year 2019

Alaska Air Guard members rescue hikers at Crow Pass
July 3, 2019 — JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Airmen with the Alaska Rescue Coordination Center and Alaska Air National Guard’s 210th and 212th Rescue Squadrons rescued two distressed hikers Tuesday at...

Idaho and Oregon security Airmen try new firearms training
July 2, 2019 — BOISE, Idaho – Members of the 124th Security Forces Squadron, Idaho Air National Guard, and the 173rd Security Forces Squadron, Oregon Air National Guard, participated in a new combat arms training...

Ohio Guard field artillery units train with Hungary partners
July 2, 2019 — VARPALOTA, Hungary – Ohio National Guard Soldiers of A and B Batteries, 1st Battalion, 134th Field Artillery Regiment participated in Breakthrough 2019, a training exercise hosted June 4-15 by the...

Sisters enlist, serve and retire together after 34 years
July 2, 2019 — LATHAM, N.Y. – Two sisters who began their Army National Guard careers together, went to war in Afghanistan together and share a house together, are now planning their retirements from the New York...

National Guard responds to flooding in eastern West Virginia
July 1, 2019 — CHARLESTON, W. Va. – Gov. Jim Justice has directed the West Virginia Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management (WVDHSEM) and the West Virginia National Guard (WVNG) to use all available...

Citizen-Warrior: Pa. Guard Soldier keeps comm lines open
July 1, 2019 — FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, Pa. – Spc. Courtney Petrauskas serves as an information technology specialist with Pennsylvania Army National Guard’s Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 28th Expeditionary...

Washington Guard intel unit takes part in Panther Strike
July 1, 2019 — JOINT BASE LEWIS-McCHORD, Wash. – For eight years, Panther Strike has set the standard for military intelligence training for the U.S. Army. The multi-national, multi-echelon military intelligence...

W. Va. engineer officer earns dual tab recognition
June 28, 2019 — CHARLESTON, W. Va. – It's no surprise when first seeing U.S. Army Capt. Richard Payne that he is the 'go-getter' type. He exudes confidence through his demeanor and is physically ready to meet and...

Iowa National Guard Soldiers participate in Saber Guardian
June 28, 2019 — JOHNSTON, Iowa – Rain pelted the tarmac of an airport in Bucharest, Romania. Weary, jet-lagged Soldiers descended from the Boeing 747 hauling their equipment; they piled into two charter buses toward...

Airmen reinforce stateside skills at Audacious Warrior 2019
June 28, 2019 — VOLK FIELD AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Wis. – Explosive Ordnance Disposal technicians from 14 Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve units attended Audacious Warrior 2019 here and at Fort McCoy,...

Kentucky Guard Soldier posts highest ACFT score yet
June 27, 2019 — FRANKFORT, Ky. – The U.S. Army is transitioning to a new physical fitness test, the Army Combat Fitness Test (ACFT), to better prepare Soldiers in readiness and lethality. To date, no Soldier yet has...

Hawaii Guard joins state partner to improve pandemic response
June 26, 2019 — JAKARTA, Indonesia – Hawaii Air National Guard (HIANG) Airmen from the 154th Medical Group detachment 1 conducted a Subject Matter Expert Exchange (SMEE) with counterparts from the Indonesian Armed...

Military Police conduct training with Alabama National Guard
June 26, 2019 — FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. – For two weeks in June, Soldiers of the 152nd Military Police Company, 203rd Military Police Battalion, Alabama National Guard, will be working hand-in-hand with Soldiers of the...

Pennsylvania Guard takes on ambitious training at XCTC
June 26, 2019 — FORT PICKETT, Va. - For the past few weeks, Pennsylvania and Maryland Guard Soldiers of the 2nd Brigade, 28th Infantry Division has been training day and night, sharpening their collective and...

Ore. National Guard hosts civil authorities support training
June 25, 2019 — CLATSOP COUNTY, Ore. – The U.S. Navy launched two Landing Craft, Air Cushioned (LCAC) hovercrafts from the USS Anchorage on June 3 as part of ongoing Defense Support of Civil Authorities (DSCA)...

Airmen hone use-of-force skills with simulator in Alaska
June 25, 2019 — ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Members of the 145th and 159th Security Forces Squadrons wait in anticipation in a dark room in the 176th Security Forces Squadron building at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson...

NGB Vice Chief Hokanson takes over as Army Guard director
June 24, 2019 — ARLINGTON, Va. – Army Lt. Gen. Daniel Hokanson took the reins as director of the Army National Guard in a ceremony Friday at the Herbert R. Temple Army National Guard Readiness Center, Arlington Hall...

New option for Army officers’ professional military classes
June 24, 2019 — FORT BELVOIR, Va. - Army field grade officers now have a new, shorter option for completing their Command and General Staff Officer Course phase two. "We are taking a portion of a course that is...

Colorado hosts National Guard Arctic Interest Council
June 24, 2019 — CENTENNIAL, Colo. – The Colorado National Guard will host the National Guard Arctic Interest Council June 25-27 in Golden. About 50 National Guard representatives from 16 states and the National Guard...

Natural disasters inspire Guard members to re-enlist
June 21, 2019 — TOPEKA, Kansas – No one wants bad things to happen, especially in their communities. However, for two Kansas National Guard members, the devastation of recent floods was a rejuvenating experience...

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