Guard News - The National Guard - Year 2022

Task Force Red Dragon Soldiers Help Crash Victims in Kenya
August 2, 2022 — CAMP SIMBA, Kenya – Going out on patrol is not an uncommon occurrence for Task Force Red Dragon Soldiers stationed at Kenya’s Camp Simba. It’s part of the mission to help protect and provide security...

Dutch Wrap up 32 Years of Flying with Tucson Air Guard
August 2, 2022 — MORRIS AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Ariz. – U.S. and Dutch dignitaries and Air National Guard Airmen and Royal Netherlands Air Force personnel celebrated the end of an era as the RNLAF landed their last...

Wyoming Guard Civil Support Team Returns from Tunisia Training
August 1, 2022 — BIZERTE, Tunisia – While training in Tunisia last month, the Wyoming National Guard’s 84th Civil Support Team witnessed their Tunisian counterparts spring to action to support civilian authorities.The...

Kentucky Air National Guard Rescues Flood Victims
August 1, 2022 — HAZARD, Ky. – Airmen from the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Special Tactics Squadron rescued 19 stranded residents and two dogs after historic flooding that claimed at least 28 lives in Eastern...

‘Keep Truckin’: Army National Guard Finds its Best Warriors
August 1, 2022 — TULLAHOMA, Tenn. – Right before a rope climb, Sgt. Tyler Holloway, a fire support specialist with the Wyoming Army National Guard’s 115th Field Artillery Brigade, decided to add some levity to what...

Pennsylvania Guard Joins Dense Urban Terrain Exercise
August 1, 2022 — PHILADELPHIA – Pennsylvania National Guard members joined numerous military and civil agencies for a large-scale Dense Urban Terrain exercise in Philadelphia.The exercise was conducted by Task Force...

‘We’ll Stay as Long as We’re Needed,’ National Guard Chief Says in Kentucky
July 31, 2022 — FRANKFORT, Ky. – With more rain expected, the National Guard is continuing to support civil authorities responding to catastrophic flooding in Eastern Kentucky.“We’ll stay as long as we’re needed,”...

Virginia National Guard’s 3647th Supports New Jersey Guard
July 29, 2022 — FORT DRUM, N.Y. – The Virginia National Guard supports more than 2,500 Soldiers assigned to the New Jersey Army National Guard’s 44th Infantry Brigade Combat Team on their three-week eXportable...

National Guard Assists with Flood Rescue in Kentucky
July 28, 2022 — ARLINGTON, Va. – The Kentucky, Tennessee and West Virginia National Guard deployed aircraft and troops to Eastern Kentucky to help search for and rescue victims of the severe flash flooding caused by...

158th Fighter Wing Airmen Demonstrate ACE in Estonia
July 28, 2022 — VERMONT AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Vt. – Thirty-five multicapable Airmen from the 158th Fighter Wing, Vermont Air National Guard, deployed from Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, to Amari Airbase, Estonia,...

Lessons Learned at JRTC Will Last a Lifetime, National Guard Chief Says
July 28, 2022 — FORT POLK, La. – In oppressive heat with humidity thicker than a wool blanket, Army National Guard Soldiers are training to build combat readiness and capacity. The theme at the Joint Training...

New York National Guard Helps Provide Medical Care in South Africa
July 27, 2022 — RICHARDS BAY, South Africa - Fifteen U.S. Soldiers, including five from the New York Army National Guard, provided medical care to about 3,000 South African villagers during a medical readiness...

Long-term Relationships Drive State Partnership Program Success
July 26, 2022 — PRAGUE, Czech Republic – When Daryl Bohac came here in 1998, he didn’t just help advance a young partnership between the Czech Republic and the Nebraska National Guard – he returned to his ancestral...

In Central Europe, Guard Chief Sees Enduring Partnerships and Growth
July 26, 2022 — VIENNA, Austria – In the heart of Europe, as a new security cooperation partnership takes its first steps, another prepares to celebrate its 30th anniversary.Here in Austria, Army Gen. Daniel Hokanson...

Kentucky Guard’s 2/147th Bravo Co. Trains in Michigan
July 26, 2022 — GRAYLING, Mich. - Fifty-six Kentucky National Guard Soldiers from Bravo Co. 2/147th and two medics from Headquarters and Headquarters Company loaded five UH-60 helicopters in Frankfort, Kentucky, July...

California Guard Team Trains for Hazmat Event
July 26, 2022 — ANAHEIM, Calif. - The California National Guard’s 9th Civil Support Team conducted a training exercise July 14 to prepare for an evaluation next March.The simulated hazmat event covered different...

Oregon, California Air Guard Pilots Practice Water Survival
July 26, 2022 — CULTUS LAKE, Ore. – U.S. Air Force F-15C pilots from the 173rd Fighter Wing, Oregon Air National Guard, and the 144th Fighter Wing, California Air National Guard, conducted water survival skills...

New York Army Guard Trains with South African Partners
July 25, 2022 — RICHARDS BAY, South Africa – Thirty-three New York Army National Guard Soldiers from the 107th Military Battalion spent a week training with their counterparts in the South African National Defense...

Washington Guard Member Makes History at Sapper Leader Course
July 25, 2022 — CAMP MURRAY, Wash. – Spc. Lillyanne Clarke didn’t let second-guessing stop her from making history.As a 19-year-old female combat engineer with the 898th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 81st Stryker...

Pennsylvania Army Guard Door Gunners Sharpen Skills
July 25, 2022 — FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, Pa. – Door gunners with Alpha Company, 2-104th General Support Aviation Battalion, 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade, practiced air gunnery skills July 21 in the...

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