Guard News - The National Guard - Year 2021

167th Airmen are force multipliers in fight against COVID-19
April 16, 2021 — MARTINSBURG, W.Va. – Approximately 60 Airmen from the 167th Airlift Wing are supporting COVID-19 relief efforts throughout West Virginia, a key component in the fight against the pandemic.Since the...

Connecticut Guard members vaccinate nursing home residents
April 16, 2021 — NEW HAVEN, Conn. – As the sun peeks through the clouds on an early spring day, Mary Wade Home resident Marilyn Degnan reflects on the previous year and the shot of hope she felt hearing that the...

Hundreds of Pennsylvania Guard members support vaccinations
April 16, 2021 — FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, Pa. – More than 300 Pennsylvania National Guard members are supporting COVID-19 vaccination centers across the commonwealth.Five teams, totaling about 313 Soldiers and Airmen, are...

Georgia Air Guard vaccinates 3rd Infantry Division Soldiers
April 15, 2021 — ATLANTA – Georgia Air National Guard Airmen gave a shot in the arm to the active component, administering the COVID-19 vaccine to U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd...

Northern Thaw exercise concludes at Volk Field
April 15, 2021 — VOLK FIELD, Wis. – Volk Field Combat Readiness Training Center, known for lighting up the skies with the annual Northern Lightning exercise, hosted multiple units from around the country for the...

California Guardsman honors mother with vaccination mission
April 15, 2021 — LOS ANGELES – As deaths due to COVID-19 surpass half a million in the United States, it’s difficult to find someone not personally affected by the pervasive contagion. Daughters lost fathers, brothers...

California Guard security force begins Alaska mission
April 14, 2021 — FORT GREELY, Alaska – Trading the warm sunshine of Southern California for the frozen snowscape of the Alaska Interior, a detachment of Soldiers with the California National Guard’s 330th Military...

NYNG ships over 10 million COVID test kits statewide
April 14, 2021 — TROY, N.Y. – Since last April, the New York National Guard has assembled and shipped more than 10.4 million COVID-19 test kits to public testing sites, nursing homes, schools, universities and...

Guard helps vaccinate thousands of Detroit residents
April 14, 2021 — DETROIT – The city of Detroit’s effort to vaccinate all residents who want the COVID-19 vaccine requires an all-hands-on-deck approach. At the mass vaccination clinic at TCF Center, the Michigan...

Louisiana Guard trains with partners on disaster response
April 14, 2021 — NEW ORLEANS – The Louisiana National Guard worked with local and state agencies in an annual disaster response exercise to test and reinforce the capabilities and coordination between government...

Course gives WING leaders tools to help troops find balance
April 13, 2021 — FORT MCCOY, Wis. – Wisconsin National Guard leaders now have another tool to address challenges Soldiers and Airmen face in their military and civilian lives that affect readiness for state and...

NVNG mobile vaccination units facilitate access to vaccines
April 13, 2021 — LAS VEGAS – Nevada National Guard Soldiers and multiple partners helped launch mobile vaccination units to support equitable distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine for the Las Vegas Paiute Indian Tribe...

KYNG supports site capable of 4,000 daily COVID vaccinations
April 13, 2021 — LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The largest drive-through clinic for COVID-19 vaccinations in Kentucky officially opened at Cardinal Stadium April 12 with the help of 35 Kentucky National Guard Airmen and Soldiers...

Tennessee National Guard supports joint water rescue exercise
April 12, 2021 — SMYRNA, Tenn. – Members from the Tennessee National Guard, Tennessee Emergency Management Agency, Nashville Fire Department, Rutherford County's StormPoint Emergency Response team and others...

UTNG KC-135 modernizing for the future
April 12, 2021 — SALT LAKE CITY – The KC-135 Stratotanker, the backbone of the U.S. Air Force’s strategic aerial refueling fleet, recently gained new capabilities that enable it to continue to carry out its mission of...

Colorado National Guard trains for fire season
April 12, 2021 — CENTENNIAL, Colo. – The Colorado Army National Guard's 2nd Brigade, 135th General Support Aviation Battalion, is hosting an annual wildland fire training conference in partnership with local, state...

145th Airlift Wing prepares for readiness exercise
April 12, 2021 — CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Airmen from the 145th Airlift Wing prepare for a large-scale readiness exercise (LRE) conducted in Gulfport, Mississippi, throughout 2021. The large-scale readiness exercise is a...

Hawaii Air Guard wraps up temporary deployment to Japan
April 9, 2021 — JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii – Dozens of operations, maintenance and support Airmen and a contingent of F-22 Raptors returned home April 4 following almost a month of temporary duty at...

National Guard tops 6 million people vaccinated
April 9, 2021 — ARLINGTON, Va. – As the National Guard surpassed 6 million COVID-19 vaccinations administered to the public this week, Soldiers and Airmen reflected on their contributions to the pandemic fight and...

Maryland National Guard, state partners renew SPP ties
April 9, 2021 — COLUMBUS, Ga. – The COVID-19 pandemic prevented the Maryland National Guard from working with its partners Estonia and Bosnia-Herzegovina for more than a year as travel restrictions and other...

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