Guard News - The National Guard - Year 2020

North Carolina Guard conducts airborne operations
June 19, 2020 — NEW LONDON, N.C. – North Carolina Army National Guard Soldiers from three units conducted airborne operations at the Stanley County Regional Airport June 18.The 403rd Quartermaster Rigger Support Team...

Indiana National Guard helps with COVID-19 study
June 19, 2020 — INDIANAPOLIS – The Indiana National Guard is assisting Indiana University researchers and the Indiana State Department of Health with the second wave of a COVID-19 study. Hoosier Guard members first...

National Guard faces pivotal time, CNGB nominee Hokanson says
June 19, 2020 — WASHINGTON – Today is an important and pivotal time in the history of the National Guard, the nominee to be the next chief of the National Guard Bureau told the Senate Armed Services Committee...

California, Nevada Guard fly MAFFS training missions
June 19, 2020 — SACRAMENTO, Calif. – California and Nevada Air National Guards brought out their heavy assets June 15-19 to prepare for each state’s annual enemies – wildfires.C-130 Hercules aircraft from both states...

Alaska Guard airlifts 'Into the Wild' bus from Stampede Trail
June 19, 2020 — JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – A 1940s-era bus featured in the book and movie, "Into the Wild," was extracted from the Stampede Trail west of the Teklanika River by the Alaska National...

NY Guard resizes COVID-19 response for steady-state missions
June 18, 2020 — LATHAM, N.Y. – With the number of COVID-19 cases in the state continuing to decline, the New York National Guard is transforming the 2,959 troops on duty to a steady-state operations posture.Six...

Alaska Guard maintenance Airmen critical to Africa deployment
June 18, 2020 — JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – An eagle swallowing a dragonfly whole is what it looks like when an HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter is loaded into the cargo hold of a C-17 Globemaster III...

Guam National Guard, ROTC train together despite COVID-19
June 18, 2020 — BARRIGADA, Guam – They emerge from the 6-foot-high sword grass one by one, carrying carbine paintball guns and wearing different uniforms. Command Sgt. Maj. Celso Leonen, commandant of the Guam...

Michigan National Guard helps boost food bank distribution
June 18, 2020 — LANSING, Mich. – Since March, the Michigan National Guard has helped the Food Bank Council of Michigan distribute more than 26 million pounds of food, feeding hundreds of thousands of Michigan...

Texas Guard team wins first NGB innovation competition
June 17, 2020 — ARLINGTON, Va. – A Texas National Guard team emerged the winner in the inaugural National Guard Innovation Competition, besting three other finalists.“I’m humbled, to be honest,” said Air Force Maj...

Deployed officer sees newborn via smartphone
June 17, 2020 — ARIFJAN, Kuwait – New York Army National Guard Maj. Michael C. Costello, a Guilderland, N.Y., resident deployed to the Middle East with the 42nd Infantry Division, expected to miss the birth of his...

Service members, civilians bound by DOD election rules
June 17, 2020 — ARLINGTON, Va. – It’s election season again, when federal, state and local political campaigns kick into high gear. Defense Secretary Dr. Mark T. Esper’s latest ethics video lays out the importance of...

NY Guard aviators team with Rangers on water bucket training
June 17, 2020 — RIVERHEAD, N.Y. – New York Army National Guard UH-60 pilots and crew chiefs teamed with New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Rangers June 12 to practice using the $21 million...

Washington Guard trains for wildfire season amid COVID-19
June 17, 2020 — JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. – As one disaster peaks, another waits on the horizon.While 1,500 members of the Washington National Guard help with the COVID-19 response, another 1,100 were activated...

Pandemic won't slow Soldier training for overseas deployment
June 17, 2020 — CAMP SMITH TRAINING SITE, N.Y. – Preparing for an overseas deployment is always tough and demanding, according to New York Army National Guard Maj. Jason Cossey, the commander of the 466th Area...

Michigan Guard engineers balance COVID-19 risk, readiness
June 16, 2020 — MARQUETTE, Mich. – Michigan National Guard Lt. Col. Lucas Lanczy anticipated this. On June 5, six days into his unit’s annual training, Lanczy, commander of the 107th Engineer Battalion based in...

COVID-19: Guam National Guard mother, son in this together
June 16, 2020 — BARRIGADA, Guam – During a time of great uncertainty, when the world is navigating to define a new normal, members of the Guam National Guard (GUNG) find comfort in service knowing their loved ones...

Nevada Guard helps fight COVID-19 in historic response
June 16, 2020 — LAS VEGAS - In early spring, thousands of Nevada Army Guard Soldiers answered the call to serve during the nation’s fight against COVID-19.The response mission has been the largest state activation in...

Nurse joins Ohio National Guard amid COVID-19 pandemic
June 15, 2020 — COLUMBUS, Ohio – Joining the military is a big decision. Many people would say the same thing about the health care profession. However, when registered nurse Brandi Purdy received the Air National...

Cal Guard celebrates milestone with 6-ship formation flight
June 15, 2020 — PORT HUENEME, Calif. – Amid the challenges serving in the Air National Guard during the COVID-19 pandemic, California Air National Guard maintainers from the 146th Maintenance Group (146 MXG) and...

New York Guardsmen Earn Danish Military March Ribbon

Kentucky Guard Builds Portable Air Base for Patriot 26

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