Guard News - The National Guard - Jun 2021

Illinois Soldier joins 38th ID from aligned-for-training unit
June 8, 2021 — EDINBURGH, Ind. – An Illinois National Guardsman headed east to gain experience, professional growth and development. Maj. Andrew Salmo now wears the 38th Infantry Division's CY patch and serves as...

Alaska Air National Guardsman excels in marksmanship
June 8, 2021 — JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – Alaska Air National Guard Staff Sgt. Matthew Larson, a security forces member with the 268th Security Forces Squadron, Clear Air Force Station, was awarded...

Michigan National Guard drives Operation Patriot Press
June 8, 2021 — AUGUSTA, Mich. – Michigan National Guard Soldiers drove a half-million miles through more than 15 states, transporting almost 6 million pounds of ammunition as part of Operation Patriot Press.The...

167th Airlift Wing BASH program vital to airfield safety
June 7, 2021 — MARTINSBURG, W.Va. – At the 167th Airlift Wing, airfield management ensures a safe, efficient and effective airfield and responds to safety hazards affecting the airfield environment.Safety threats...

Kansas Guard partnership helps Soldiers earn degrees
June 7, 2021 — SALINA, Kan. – Active-Duy, Reserve and National Guard Soldiers who take military occupational specialty conversion courses at the Kansas Army National Guard Regional Training Site for Maintenance now...

152nd Airlift Wing, Navy conduct water survival training
June 7, 2021 — RENO, Nev. – The 152nd Airlift Wing conducted water survival training with the Naval Air Station Fallon Search and Rescue (SAR) Team at Lahontan Reservoir June 5.More than 85 Airmen from the 152nd...

Virginia National Guard tests hurricane response tools
June 4, 2021 — RICHMOND, Va. – Aviators from the Virginia National Guard participated in an exercise managed by the Virginia Department of Emergency Management to test the state’s hurricane response air operations...

VTNG Soldier completes French desert commando course
June 4, 2021 — DJIBOUTI – Vermont National Guard Spc. Caylen De Los Reyes completed the demanding French Desert Commando Course. An 11B infantry Soldier with Charlie Troop, 1st Squadron, 172nd Cavalry (Mountain),...

Cal Guard helps vaccinate nearly 1.5 million Californians
June 3, 2021 — SACRAMENTO, Calif — “One shot, one arm at a time,” boasted U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Donald McKinney Jr., a California National Guard combat medic, while inoculating a Tehama County resident with the...

Alaska National Guard rescues stranded mountaineers
June 2, 2021 — JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – Alaska Air and Army National Guardsmen rescued 12 stranded mountaineers on Klutlan Glacier southeast of Mt. Bona in Wrangell-St Elias National Park June 1.The...

466th Medical Company returns from Middle East deployment
June 2, 2021 — QUEENSBURY, N.Y. – Forty-seven New York Army National Guard Soldiers from the 466th Medical Company-Area Support returned from a nine-month deployment to Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Iraq.The...

142nd Civil Engineers get valuable training in Hawaii
June 2, 2021 — OAHU, Hawaii – The 142nd Civil Engineer Squadron's firefighters and Explosive Ordnance Disposal technicians completed two weeks of annual training on the island of Oahu in May.Many of the Oregon...

Alaska Air National Guard rescues two men after plane crash
June 2, 2021 — JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – Alaska Air National Guardsmen of the 176th Wing rescued a pilot and passenger May 31, two days after they were in an aircraft crash on Mount Hawkins in...

Michigan Air Guard member follows path to England
June 1, 2021 — RAF MOLESWORTH, England – With four stars on his shoulder, he was the highest-ranking officer U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Sydney Suwannarat had ever seen. The staff was called to attention, the room...

Vermont seeks to expand partnership with North Macedonia
June 1, 2021 — COLCHESTER, Vt. – Maj. Gen. Greg Knight, the state adjutant general, traveled to North Macedonia May 29 with Vermont Lt. Gov. Molly Gray and Lindsay Kurrle, the state secretary of commerce and...

WING helps administer almost 100,000 COVID-19 vaccines
June 1, 2021 — MADISON, Wis. – Wisconsin National Guard Citizen-Soldiers and -Airmen have helped local health departments administer nearly 100,000 COVID-19 vaccines since establishing the first mobile vaccination...

NY Guard Airmen plant 'Survivor Tree' to commemorate 9/11
June 1, 2021 — ROME N.Y. – Airmen of the Eastern Air Defense Sector marked the anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, attack on the World Trade Center by planting a seedling from a tree that survived the attack outside...

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