Guard News - The National Guard - Year 2021

Louisiana Guard shoring up levee damaged by Hurricane Ida
September 29, 2021 — NEW ORLEANS – The Louisiana National Guard's 225th Engineer Brigade is working nonstop to fill a breached levee in Grand Isle.Grand Isle is Louisiana's only inhabited barrier island, with a little...

176th Wing recognized for heroic rescue mission
September 29, 2021 — JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska - The 176th Wing’s operations and maintenance groups were recognized with the 2021 Jolly Green Rescue Mission of the Year accolade. Over Memorial Day weekend,...

Vermont Guardsman solves M17 training round extraction issue
September 28, 2021 — COLCHESTER, Vt. – Shortly after the U.S. Army adopted the M17 service pistol in 2017, new individual weapons qualifications required the use of dummy, drilled, inert (DDI) practice rounds before...

Cyber units secured joint networks during Northern Strike
September 28, 2021 — LANSING, Mich. – The Michigan Air National Guard's 272nd Cyber Operations Squadron trained with the Texas National Guard's 273rd COS to secure networks during Northern Strike 21."An exercise like...

New York National Guard funeral honors Korean War MIA
September 28, 2021 — SCHUYLERVILLE, N.Y. – Maj. Gen. Michel Natali, the assistant adjutant general of New York, joined New York Army National Guard Soldiers Sept. 20 to salute a Korean War Soldier whose remains were laid...

Virginia National Guard officer assumes post in Colombia
September 27, 2021 — RICHMOND, Va. – A Virginia National Guard officer has taken up a unique post in South America after graduating from the Spanish-immersive Command and General Staff College course at the Western...

Michigan Army Aviation partners with first responders
September 27, 2021 — IONIA, Mich. – Soldiers with the Michigan National Guard (MING) Army Aviation Support Facility (AASF) conducted cold-load and aircraft familiarity training with local fire and EMS personnel Sept...

Tennessee National Guardsman revives pedestrian with CPR
September 27, 2021 — LAREDO, Texas – On Sept. 20, Tennessee Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Christopher Hurley rushed to resuscitate a person on the Gateway to the Americas port of entry bridge.While conducting...

La. Guard builds bridges, clears roads to recovery after Ida
September 24, 2021 — NEW ORLEANS - Hurricane Ida blew ashore Aug. 29th, the 16th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, the 2005 storm that breached New Orleans’ levees and devastated the Gulf Coast. Ida made landfall as a...

Indiana Guardsman serves as link between Americans, Afghans
September 23, 2021 — EDINBURGH, Ind.— An Indiana National Guard Soldier, who’s working in support of Operation Allies Welcome at Camp Atterbury, serves as a critical link between his fellow Soldiers and Afghan...

Louisiana Guard continues to distribute supplies after Ida
September 23, 2021 — NEW ORLEANS – Behind every disaster response operation to help community members affected by Hurricane Ida stands the Unified Logistics Element (ULE). This Louisiana National Guard element ensures...

Oregon Airmen conduct joint familiarization training
September 22, 2021 — PORTLAND AIR GUARD STATION, Ore. – Members of the U.S. Navy Patrol and Reconnaissance Wing (CPRW) 10 joined up with the 123rd Fighter Squadron of the Oregon Air National Guard’s 142nd Wing to conduct...

Nebraska, Texas ANG participate in Ample Strike 2021
September 22, 2021 — PARDUBICE, Czech Republic – Airmen from the Nebraska and Texas Air National Guard participated in exercise Ample Strike 2021 with the Czech Air Force and seven NATO countries in the Czech Republic...

US, NATO, Ukraine enhance interoperability with Rapid Trident exercise
September 22, 2021 — YAVORIV, Ukraine — Allied and partner service members from 15 nations officially started Rapid Trident 21, an annual Ukrainian-led, American-assisted training exercise, Sept. 20, with an opening...

North Macedonia delegation visits Vermont
September 22, 2021 — COLCHESTER, Vt. – The Vermont National Guard hosted a press conference today with North Macedonia Defense Minister Radmila Shekerinska. Vermont Lt. Gov. Molly Gray and Secretary of Commerce and...

Pa. Guard, Lithuanians train together in platoon exchange
September 22, 2021 — FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, Pa. – Fort Indiantown Gap hosted 33 Soldiers from Lithuania’s land forces reserve component Sept. 6-17 for an annual platoon exchange, part of the Pennsylvania National Guard’s...

National Guard teams up with active duty, reserve to support Operation Allies Welcome
September 21, 2021 — JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, N. J. – Since August 2021, Afghan evacuees have been arriving at several U.S. military installations across the country. These secure locations are an entry point for...

Hawaii National Guard, Indonesia strengthen relationship in training
September 21, 2021 — JAKARTA, Indonesia – A team of military planners from the Hawaii National Guard kicked off an operational design workshop with the Tentara Nasional Indonesia (TNI) in Jakarta, Indonesia, on September...

Air Guard Airmen assist in emergency delivery of baby born to Afghan guest
September 20, 2021 — McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst Air Force Base, N.J.—The symbol of our country is a woman, a mother, who would sacrifice anything for the sake of her children. This symbol is no accident. Through a stroke of...

Texas National Guard Soldiers enhance combat readiness during NATO exercise
September 20, 2021 — ARNHEM, Netherlands – Participants from 12 NATO allied forces and local citizens paid homage to the 77th Anniversary of Operation Market Garden by gathering at a series of drop zones across the...

Retired Texas Air National Guard Pilot Recalls Protecting Air Force One on 9/11

Nebraska Guard Strengthens Disaster Response Readiness

Kentucky Guard Strengthens Skills During Patriot 2026

113th Wing Recognized for Air Defense, Combat Performance

Washington Guard Concludes Extended Wildfire Response