Guard News - The National Guard - Year 2019

Against the odds: Ohio Airman battling extremely rare cancer
May 21, 2019 — DAYTON, Ohio – She has endured level-10 pain virtually head to toe. She has experienced partial paralysis, and she has endured her spinal cord stripped down to seemingly bare wire. Now, however,...

Kentucky Guard and civilians rescue Natural Bridge hiker
May 20, 2019 — FRANKFORT, Ky. – Kentucky National Guard members with 2nd Battalion, 238th Aviation rescued a hiker suffering a medical emergency Saturday at Natural Bridge State Park near Slade, Kentucky. Guard...

Tennessee Guard Airmen train Soldiers on heavy equipment
May 17, 2019 — CATOOSA SPRINGS, Ga. – A crowd of Army National Guard Soldiers gather around a giant piece of heavy equipment as an Airman in a hard hat explains the purpose and function of the various knobs and...

Soldiers honored in Cincinnati for saving man's life
May 17, 2019 — CINCINNATI, Ohio – Two New Mexico Army National Guard Soldiers were honored Thursday by The Christ Hospital in Cincinnati for saving a man's life. Spc. Roberto Sandoval and Pfc. RaeJean Lucero, both...

Partnership builds frontline leaders in Colorado and Jordan
May 17, 2019 — BUCKLEY AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. — Royal Jordanian Air Force senior enlisted leaders met with Colorado National Guard members at Buckley Air Force Base, for a Non-commissioned Officer National Guard...

Air Guard member gets Utah Cross for rescuing motorist
May 16, 2019 — SALT LAKE CITY – Tech. Sgt. Sean Price, a boom operator assigned to the 151st Air Refueling Wing at Roland R. Wright Air National Guard Base, Salt Lake City, was awarded the Utah Cross by Utah Gov...

Virginia Soldiers conduct historic waterborne artillery exercise
May 15, 2019 — CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. – Virginia National Guard Soldiers assigned to the Norfolk-based 1st Battalion, 111th Field Artillery Regiment, 116th Infantry Brigade Combat Team conducted a historic waterborne...

Maryland Guard forces join Estonian military in exercise
May 14, 2019 — ESTONIA – Approximately 50 Airmen and Soldiers from the Maryland National Guard deployed to Estonia to participate in Spring Storm (Kevadtorm), an Estonian Defense Force annual exercise. Members from...

N.Y. Air Guard firefighters meet South African counterparts
May 14, 2019 — CAPE TOWN, South Africa – Four senior New York Air National Guard firefighters spent April 29 to May 5 in Cape Town to learn from, and share their experiences with, firefighters in South Africa's...

Florida's 50th Regional Support Group preps for hurricanes
May 13, 2019 — HOMESTEAD, Fla. – As Floridians get ready for summer, the Florida National Guard is preparing for the start of a new hurricane season. In South Florida, Soldiers of the 50th Regional Support Group...

New York Guard putting more troops on flood control duty
May 12, 2019 — SODUS POINT, N.Y. – A week after deploying 130 troops to help control flooding along the Lake Ontario shoreline, the New York National Guard was preparing to bring on an additional 100 personnel by...

103rd uses first virtual-reality loadmaster training system
May 10, 2019 — BRADLEY AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Conn. – Loadmasters at the 103rd Airlift Wing helped develop the first Virtual Loadmaster Training System (VLTS), that recently became fully operational at Bradley Air...

Combat Shield assesses 124th Fighter Wing’s readiness
May 10, 2019 — BOISE, Idaho – The 124th Fighter Wing participated in Combat Shield to assess electronic warfare readiness on Thursday at Gowen Field.Combat Shield assesses all combat Air Force wings to ensure they...

Florida National Guard rehearses with civilian rescuers
May 10, 2019 — STARKE, Fla. – When disaster strikes, personnel from various civilian agencies across the state unite with members of the Florida National Guard’s Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and...

Ohio Air Guard nurse cares for Airmen and cancer patients
May 9, 2019 — SWANTON, Ohio – A cancer diagnosis can leave patients reeling, frightened and uncertain of the future, especially when it is an aggressive form of cancer or one that doesn’t respond to traditional...

Oklahoma Guardsmen take flight in aircraft recovery training
May 8, 2019 — TULSA, Okla. –It’s a quiet and cloudy day in Tulsa. An abundance of dark clouds hang low in the sky, but no rain is forecasted. The breeze is cooler than you would expect for a day in May. In the...

Va. National Guard Soldiers join multi-state Cyber Shield
May 8, 2019 — CAMP ATTERBURY, Ind. — Virginia National Guard cyber warriors joined more than 800 National Guard personnel from 40 states and territories for Cyber Shield 2019 to test their skills in response to...

Ky. medical staff share knowledge with Djiboutian hospital
May 8, 2019 — DJIBOUTI CITY, Djibouti – Several Soldiers and Airmen from Kentucky National Guard medical units joined together to offer their expertise to the military medical staff at the Ah-Bashir Military...

Nevada Air and Army Guard participate in exercise with Navy
May 8, 2019 — RENO, Nev. – Aircrew and two C-130s from the 152nd Airlift Wing’s 192nd Airlift Squadron (192AS) and 152nd Operations Support Squadron in Reno provided support to the Naval Aviation Warfighting...

North Carolina officer candidates learn battlefield lessons
May 7, 2019 — FREDERICKSBURG, Va. – The tradition of the staff ride dates back to the early 1900s when Maj. Eben Swift, the assistant commandant of the General Service and Staff School Fort Leavenworth, Kansas took...

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