Guard News - The National Guard

Florida Guard discusses capabilities for hurricane season
June 12, 2019 — STARKE, Fla. – Ahead of any dangerous hurricane or potential natural disaster, the governor of Florida has the authority to activate the state's National Guard. Since the numbers and specific... MORE

Maj. Gen. James O. Eifert, Florida's adjutant general, meets with Division of Emergency Management Director Jared Moskowitz, left, at Camp Blanding Joint Training Center's post headquarters to discuss the Florida National Guard's natural disaster response capabilities.

Nevada National Guardsmen collaborate with Romanian engineers
June 12, 2019 — CINCU, Romania – Imagine sweltering heat, skin sticking to your uniform, humidity causing sweat to pour out from under your helmet and stinging your eyes as you squint uneasily through a brutal... MORE

Second Lt. Vincent Owyong, of the 240th Engineer Company based in Las Vegas, Nevada, speaks with a soldier from the Romanian Land Forces (who chooses to be unnamed) during a construction project in Cincu, Romania, May 31st, 2019. The project is part of exercise Resolute Castle 2019, a multi-national joint exercise with real-world outputs of completed construction projects that build and enhance training capabilities around Eastern Europe.

North Dakota Guard leaders meet key leaders in Romanian city
June 12, 2019 — SLOBOZIA, Romania – Saber Guardian 19 is an exercise about bringing allies together and working alongside each other to maintain relationships based on trust that are essential for ensuring global... MORE

Col. Jon Erickson, the commander of the 141st Maneuver Enhancement Brigade, stationed out of Fargo, North Dakota, and the police chief of Slobozia, Romania, exchange gifts at the end of a key leader meeting. Erickson gave a plaque with a bison on top that represents an important part of North Dakota while the police chief gave him his hat. Saber Guardian 19 is an exercise about bringing allies together, to work alongside of each other in order to maintain relationships based on trust that are essential for ensuring global security.

Resident opens heart and home to Oklahoma Guard members
June 11, 2019 — SAND SPRINGS, Okla. – Two weeks ago, a man named Bob and the Soldiers of Headquarters Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 279th Infantry Regiment had never met. They would have never met. They would... MORE

Sand Springs, Oklahoma, resident Bob Casebold sits in his garage with Spc. Kailey Bellville, a unit supply specialist in Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 279th Infantry Regiment, 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Oklahoma Army National Guard, after she helped lay sandbags around trees at his Sand Springs home May 30, 2019.

Alaska Guard members rescue bear-attack victim near Galena
June 11, 2019 — JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Airmen with the Alaska Rescue Coordination Center, the Alaska Air National Guard's 210th, 211th, and 212th Rescue Squadrons, as well as Soldiers of the Alaska... MORE

An HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter operated by Alaska Air National Guardsmen with the 210th Rescue Squadron takes off for aerial live-fire gunnery training at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, March 19, 2019. A similar aircraft helped rescue a person mauled by a bear on June 10, 2019.

S.C. National Guard tests Soldiers during night fire drill
June 10, 2019 — EASTOVER, S.C. – The South Carolina National Guard’s 218th Regional Training Institute conducted a fire emergency evacuation drill on Saturday at 1:30 a.m. to test the response of Soldiers staying in... MORE

U.S. Soldiers attending training at the 218th Regional Training Institute, South Carolina Army National Guard, are tested on evacuation, safety and accountability measures during a night-time fire drill held at the McCrady Training Center in Eastover, South Carolina, June 8, 2019.

Minnesota Guard partners with Kuwait peers for terror drill
June 10, 2019 — KUWAIT CITY, Kuwait – Kuwait Special Forces soldiers, armed with automatic weapons, quickly navigate four tactical vehicles through a compound and come to a screeching halt at strategic locations in... MORE

Members of the Kuwait Ministry of Interior’s Special Weapons and Tactics team prepare to breach a building while pulling security on May 2, 2019, during a joint exercise with a simulated terrorist, explosive ordnance, and chemical situation at the Kuwait Special Forces Training Center. The exercise was crafted to build a shared understanding of Kuwait Civil Authorities and U.S. forces procedures while reacting to any disaster, natural and manmade alike.

D-Day anniversary provides a reminder partnerships matter
June 9, 2019 — OMAHA BEACH, NORMANDY, France – From his VIP vantage point high above Omaha Beach, looking out across the sand and the English Channel with eyes wide open, Leonard Jindra sees sand, water and a lone... MORE

Air Force Gen. Joseph Lengyel, chief, National Guard Bureau, book-ended his visit to D-Day 75th anniversary ceremonies with stops in countries where National Guard troops are supporting exercises. "You can draw a straight line from D-Day to the partnerships I saw in action," he said. "Our readiness and our lethality ... are our living tribute to those men who sacrificed so much 75 years ago." In this image, Lengyel is seen visiting Pennsylvania National Guard troops in North Macedonia, June 9, 2019.

New York Soldier is honored for his academic work
June 7, 2019 — ALBANY, N.Y. – For the past couple of years, when Maj. Keith Casserly wasn’t on the job as unit commander of the New York Army National Guard’s Medical Command, he’s been in class, the library, or... MORE

New York Army National Guard Major Keith Casserly with the atmospheric sampler he used to conduct a study of particulate air pollution along bus routes in Albany, N.Y. outside New York National Guard headquarters in Latham on May 15, 2019. Casserly conducted the study as part of his studfies toward a Masters in Public Health and was recognized by the State University of New York, Albany, with an award for Excellence in Scholarship.

Civil engineer Airmen learn disaster skills at Global Dragon
June 7, 2019 — PERRY, Ga. – Civil engineer operations students from the 147th Attack Wing learned route-clearing skills during Exercise Global Dragon 2019, held at the Guardian Centers of Georgia, May 29. In the... MORE

Civil engineer team members participate in a route clearing exercise simulating an after effect of a tornado during Exercise Global Dragon 2019 at the Guardian Centers of Georgia, held in Perry, Ga., May 29, 2019. Global Dragon is a biannual, Air National Guard led joint training exercise focusing on career fields across the Mission Support enterprise in as close to real-world conditions as possible.

Emergency Management Airmen suit up at Global Dragon 2019 
June 7, 2019 — PERRY, Ga. – Emergency Management team members held a Level-A Olympics, donning chemical protective gear before participating in various training games during Exercise Global Dragon 2019, June 3, at... MORE

Emergency Managers from around the country play in Level-A Olympics during Exercise Global Dragon 2019, in Perry, Georgia, May 31, 2019. Global Dragon is a biannual, Air National Guard led joint training exercise focusing on career fields across the Mission Support enterprise in as close to real-world conditions as possible.

Bilateral affairs officer’s work paves the way in Malaysia
June 7, 2019 — CAMP MURRAY, Wash. – Helping servicemembers navigate Malaysian customs processes and meeting with high-ranking military officers and government officials is all in a day's work for Maj. Chyteira Dues,... MORE

Maj. Chyteira Dues, Washington National Guard Malaysian Bilateral Affairs Officer, greets Gen.Tan Sri Dato’ Sri Hj Affendi bin Buang, the Royal Malaysian Air Force Chief, during the Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace Exhibition in Malaysia March 2019.

N.Y. National Guard leaders honor World War II vets on D-Day
June 7, 2019 — ALBANY, N.Y. – New York National Guard leaders honored World War II veterans of the allied landings of Normandy on the 75th anniversary of the D-Day invasion with presentations of state medals at five... MORE

New York Army National Guard Col. Isabel Smith, Chief of Staff of the 53rd Troop Command, greets a World War II veteran at the New York State Veterans Home on Montrose, N.Y. on June 6, 2019 during an event organized by New York Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo to recognize veterans. Smith was one of five National Guard senior leaders who visited the five state veterans home to present New York State Medals to service members who served on D-Day or in the European Campaign.

S.C. Air maintainers overcome harsh conditions in Sweden
June 6, 2019 — KALLAX AIR BASE, SWEDEN – After years of perfecting how to operate in overseas desert environments, the Swamp Foxes from the South Carolina Air National Guard (SCANG) flipped the script by deploying... MORE

U.S. Air Force F-16 aircraft maintainers, assigned to the South Carolina Air National Guard’s 169th Fighter Wing, remove the right wing leading edge flap after the discovery of a damaged actuator on one of their F-16 Fighting Falcons during Arctic Challenge Exercise 2019 at Kallax Air Base, Sweden, May 23, 2019.

Kentucky Air Guard to airdrop troops for 75th D-Day event
June 6, 2019 — LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Airlift Wing deployed more than 30 Airmen and two C-130 Hercules aircraft to Europe on June 1, where they will participate in the 75th... MORE

Members of the 123rd Airlift Wing board a C-130 Hercules aircraft at the Kentucky Air National Guard Base in Louisville, Ky., June 1, 2019, en route to France, where they will participate in the 75th-anniversary reenactment of D-Day. Two Kentucky C-130s will airdrop U.S. Army paratroopers over Normandy on June 9 as part of the commemoration. The aircraft has been striped with historically accurate Allied Forces livery in honor of the event.

Missouri Air National Guard members support flood relief
June 6, 2019 — JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri – Since Memorial Day, members of the Missouri National Guard have been supporting local communities in Missouri respond to historic flooding in the region. In Hardin, about... MORE

Citizen-Airmen from the Missouri Air National Guard’s 131st Bomb Wing, headquartered at Whiteman Air Force Base, and 139th Airlift Wing, headquartered at Rosecrans Air National Guard Base, near St. Joseph, fill sandbags at Norborne High School, Missouri, June 1, 2019. Approximately 100 Airmen were part of a flood response effort ordered by Missouri Gov. Mike Parson.

105th Airlift Wing Airmen conduct annual escape training
June 5, 2019 — STEWART AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, N.Y. – Among the mountains, woods, and water of the Hudson Valley, aircrew members with the 137th Airlift Squadron of the 105th Airlift Wing completed combat survival... MORE

Airmen assigned to the 105th Airlift Wing participate in combat survival training at Plum Point County Park, New Windsor, New York, June 1, 2019. The training equips aircrews with the skill necessary to survive in hostile environments.

Ohio National Guard veterans remember D-Day
June 5, 2019 — COLUMBUS, Ohio – On June 6, 1944, more than 160,000 Allied troops landed along a 50-mile stretch of beaches at Normandy, France, for the D-Day invasion. Two Ohio National Guard units, the 112th Combat... MORE

First Lt. Clinton S. Learn and Capt. Grandison K. Bienvenu are included in this portion of a photograph taken of the 112th Combat Engineer Battalion officers in France in August 1944. Learn is seated, second from the right and Bienvenu is standing second from the left. The Ohio National Guard Soldiers were among more than 160,000 Allied troops who landed along a 50-mile stretch of beach in Normandy on D-Day.

Kansas Army National Guard engineers support 116th CBCT
June 4, 2019 — FORT IRWIN, Calif. – Two companies from the Kansas Army National Guard’s 891st Engineer Battalion are completing a rotation at the National Training Center in Fort Irwin, California, to prepare to... MORE

Idaho Army National Guard Lt. Col. Lee Rubel, commander, 116th Brigade Engineer Battalion, discusses his task force’s National Training Center mission with Brig. Gen. Anthony V. Mohatt June 1, 2019, at Fort Irwin, California. Mohatt, commander, Kansas Army National Guard, was at the National Training Center to visit Soldiers from the 891st Engineer Battalion’s 242nd Engineer Company and 772nd Engineer Mobility Augmentation Company. The two companies are supporting the 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team’s National Training Center rotation.

New York National Guard responds to Lake Ontario flooding
June 4, 2019 — ROCHESTER, N.Y. - Members of the New York Army and Air National Guard, the New York Naval Militia and the New York Guard have filled 230,730 sandbags and emplaced 78,966 of them since being placed on... MORE

Service members assigned to the New York Army National Guard and New York Naval Militia, along with employees from the Department of Transportation, fill sandbags at Sodus Point, N.Y., May 20, 2019. The sandbags are being used to mitigate the effects of flooding along Lake Ontario as a result of rising water levels, that followed up with the activation of the troops by Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

Louisiana Guard, Active Component Airmen Complete Air-to-Air Integration Training

Air National Guard Leaders Host 2025 Wing Leader Fly-In

Colorado Army National Guard Conducts Aviation Training for Wildfire Season

Lt. Gen. Jon Stubbs Highlights Virginia National Guard Excellence at Military Ball

Oregon Air Guard Participates in Sentry Aloha Exercise