Guard News - The National Guard - Year 2019

Idaho Guard Soldier, law student making her own history
January 25, 2019 — BOISE, Idaho – As a college student, Idaho Army National Guard Sgt. Melissa Baney was interested in getting a doctoral degree in history and becoming a college professor. While interviewing female...

Washington National Guard remembers Medal of Honor recipient
January 25, 2019 — CAMP MURRAY, Wash. – A medical aid Washington National Guardsman made the ultimate sacrifice during World War II, but not before pulling to safety many of his fellow Soldiers and saving the lives of...

Army National Guard director at Pennsylvania training review
January 24, 2019 — FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, Pa. – Lt. Gen. Timothy J. Kadavy, director of the Army National Guard, led an after action review of the 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 28th Infantry Division, Pennsylvania...

Alaska Air National Guard rescuers save injured pilot
January 24, 2019 — JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Airmen with the Alaska Air National Guard's 210th and 212th Rescue Squadrons rescued a pilot of a Piper PA-22 aircraft Tuesday at Chickaloon Flats after the...

Top enlisted National Guard leader visits Djibouti
January 23, 2019 — CAMP LEMONNIER, Djibouti – The command sergeant major of the National Guard Bureau, U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. Christopher Kepner, visited Army and Air National Guard members working for the Combined...

Guard cyber units evolve as cyber threats continue
January 22, 2019 — ARLINGTON, Va. – Just as the cyber threat has continued to evolve and grow, so too have the National Guard’s cyber teams and cyber capabilities, said Guard officials during a cyber roundtable...

Fort Indiantown Gap finishes No. 1 in nation for 2018
January 22, 2019 — FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, Pa. - Fort Indiantown Gap, run by the Pennsylvania National Guard and Pennsylvania Department of Military and Veterans Affairs, finished first out of 48 National Guard training...

N.Y. Guard troops on duty for year's first major snow storm
January 18, 2019 — LATHAM, N.Y. – The New York National Guard placed over 450 Soldiers and Airmen on duty Friday, at the direction of New York Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, as the first major snow storm of 2019 headed for New...

N.Y. Guard Airmen and Soldiers assist police with security
January 18, 2019 — NEW YORK – New York National Guard Soldiers and Airmen went up in the air and down in the ground Jan. 10 and 14 as part of their mission to help law enforcement agencies deter terrorism in New York...

173rd FW vehicle maintenance braces for heavy winter snows
January 17, 2019 — KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. – The Klamath Basin sits at more than 4,000 feet of elevation and gets its fair share of snow during the winter months. Thanks to plowing operations the 173rd Fighter Wing...

A family affair: Wyoming brothers share military experience
January 16, 2019 — CHEYENNE, Wyo. – When your father has spent the last 35 years dedicated to military service, following in his footsteps by joining the Air National Guard is hard to shake.Despite claiming he would...

Pa. Guard leads testing on new Army personnel and pay system
January 16, 2019 — FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, Pa. – Pennsylvania Army National Guard Soldiers are playing a major role in the development and testing of a new personnel and pay system that will transform the Army's human...

Fries to cybersecurity: Military gave Airman a new field
January 16, 2019 — NASHVILLE, Tenn. – For people who need a career change, the military is often a great choice for finding that new calling.One Airman proved this concept to the fullest, using the Air National Guard as...

126th Aviation Reg. flies winter skies of western New York
January 15, 2019 — YOUNGSTOWN, N.Y. – Two CH-47 Chinook aircrews of the New York Army National Guard from Rochester gave a lift to troopers from a Buffalo-based cavalry squadron during cold-weather training at the...

From the streets to the military: Service changed his life
January 14, 2019 — SHELLEY, Idaho – As a homeless kid, Idaho Army National Guard Capt. Adam Rios broke into an abandoned building in Utica, New York, where he found an old cigar box. Inside the box were various small...

North Carolina Guard team enhances Antarctic communications
January 14, 2019 — McMURDO STATION, Antarctica – When December rolls around all eyes are traditionally focused on the North Pole. That was not the case this year however, for four members of the 263rd Combat...

Working on Bush funeral train was 'a chance of a lifetime'
January 11, 2019 — LITTLE ROCK AIR FORCE BASE, Ark. – Having served in the Arkansas Air National Guard as a member of the 189th Services Flight for the past 19 years, a police officer with the North Little Rock police...

Oklahoma Guard’s civil support team practices rope rescues
January 10, 2019 — WOODWARD, Okla. – "Rescuer on the ground!" shouts a Soldier with the Oklahoma National Guard's elite 63rd Civil Support Team as he safely reaches the surface. "Up on main!" the rest of the 63rd CST...

Wash. military intelligence battalion focuses on languages
January 10, 2019 — JOINT BASE LEWIS-McCHORD, Wash. – The Washington National Guard routinely trains and prepares for all sorts of disasters. Guard members get Red Card-certified for fires, helicopter pilots recertify...

N.Y. Army Guard lieutenant creates free map graphics app
January 10, 2019 — ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Need an easy and quick way to turn your operations plan into map graphics? Thanks to New York Army National Guard 1st Lt. James Pistell, there's an app for that! Pistell, the...

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