Guard News - The National Guard - Year 2020

Sisters embark on National Guard careers together
March 10, 2020 — COLUMBUS, Ohio – Hailey and Lexi Ireton are setting out on a new journey together as enlisted members of the Ohio Army National Guard.“I love that my sister is in the Guard with me. It’s an amazing...

Rules restrict political activity by DOD personnel
March 10, 2020 — ARLINGTON, Va. – With the 2020 election season in full swing, Department of Defense officials are reminding military members and civilian employees of limits to what kinds of political activity they...

Oklahoma National Guard Soldier saves woman from fire
March 10, 2020 — OKLAHOMA CITY – Sgt. Darren Watkins, with the 2120th Engineer Battalion, 90th Troop Command, Oklahoma Army National Guard, exhibited Army values when he selflessly saved an older woman and her four...

Competition and camaraderie: A Best Warrior partnership
March 10, 2020 — BASTROP, Texas – Service members arrived at Camp Swift on a rainy morning in March, ready to compete in the Texas Military Department 2020 Best Warrior Competition. Soon, however, the Soldiers would...

NY Air Guard's 109th Airlift Wing completes Antarctic mission
March 9, 2020 — STRATTON AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, N.Y. – The New York Air National Guard's 109th Airlift Wing wrapped up its 32nd season of support for American research in Antarctica as Airmen and aircraft began...

Airmen get hands-on casualty care training
March 9, 2020 — GOWEN FIELD, Idaho – The 124th Medical Group offered Tactical Combat Casualty Care training March 6-8 in preparation for the 124th Fighter Wing’s upcoming deployment. TCCC replaced the training...

Father, three children serve in military
March 9, 2020 — BOISE, Idaho – In 1986, Sid Brown was itching to leave New Plymouth, Idaho. With the financial burden of college heavy on his mind, he met with an Air Force recruiter in Ontario, Oregon, and quickly...

Florida Guard partners with Guyana to boost medical readiness
March 9, 2020 — STARKE, Fla. – When Sgt. Arielle Tango, a Florida Army Guard medic with the 256th Medical Company Area Support (MCAS), arrived for her second mission in Guyana as part of Florida’s State Partnership...

F-16 student pilots take on Cactus
March 9, 2020 — LUKE AIR FORCE BASE, Ariz. – Student pilots assigned to the Air National Guard's 149th Fighter Wing in San Antonio, Texas, arrived in Phoenix Feb. 25 to begin Coronet Cactus, the culminating event in...

Six nations join in cyberspace training exercise in Bangkok
March 6, 2020 — BANGKOK, Thailand – Multinational forces joined with the Royal Thai Armed Forces (RTARF) to conduct the second annual Cyberspace Field Training Exercise as part of Cobra Gold 2020 Feb. 24-March 6.Six...

Combat casualty care prepares Airmen to respond
March 6, 2020 — GULFPORT, Miss. – Sixty Airmen from multiple Air National Guard units trained in Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC) as part of the PATRIOT South 2020 exercise at the Combat Readiness Training Center...

Red Arrow Soldiers in Afghanistan build on legacy
March 6, 2020 — AFGHANISTAN – The Soldiers of the Wisconsin Army National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 128th Infantry, remain hard at work in Afghanistan. The nearly 400 “Red Arrow” Soldiers from the 32nd Infantry Brigade...

R-and-D experts test ideas in frigid Arctic Eagle 2020 exercise
March 6, 2020 — FORT WAINWRIGHT, Alaska – About 70 research and development experts participated in the Alaska National Guard's Arctic Eagle 2020 exercise in Fairbanks to explore innovative ways the military and...

Guard chief stresses strategic use of force, parity with active force
March 5, 2020 — WASHINGTON – The U.S. military cannot do its job without the capabilities inherent in the National Guard, Air Force Gen. Joseph L. Lengyel told the Senate appropriations defense subcommittee...

Kosovo delegates visit Iowa National Guard as part of SPP program
March 5, 2020 — SIOUX CITY, Iowa – Mayors and other delegates from Kosovo visited the Iowa Air National Guard's 185th Air Refueling Wing in February to formalize a sister-city agreement between Sioux City and Gjilian...

188th Airman saves time, money with GIS
March 5, 2020 — FORT SMITH, Ark. – When an EF-1 tornado hit Fort Smith in May 2019, Ebbing Air National Guard Base was right along its path. With winds hitting an estimated peak of 105mph, it was enough to uproot...

Medics train to bring everyone home
March 5, 2020 — JORDAN – Someday you'll be alone, way out there in a combat zoneBullets flying all around, keep your head close to the groundDon't you worry about being alone,Medics will bring you home!This marching...

New Hampshire’s 12th CST trains in frigid Alaskan weather
March 5, 2020 — BETHEL, Alaska – U.S. Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Sara McPherson, the decontamination NCO and acting noncommissioned officer in charge with the 12th Civil Support Team (CST), New Hampshire National...

Sky Devils provide critical link to Soldiers
March 4, 2020 — JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, N.J. – New Jersey Army National Guard Soldiers train daily to operate the RQ-7B Shadow unmanned aerial vehicle for surveillance, targeting and communications...

Connecticut Airmen learn mental health first aid, resilience
March 4, 2020 — EAST GRANBY, Conn. – "If you can remember, if it's not too painful to think about, your darkest, most difficult days … how did you pull through?"Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force Kaleth O. Wright...

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