Guard News - The National Guard - Year 2022

Tennessee Hosts Army National Guard Best Warrior Competition
July 25, 2022 — SMYRNA, Tenn. – The Army National Guard will find its best warriors this week in the 2022 Army National Guard’s Best Warrior Competition. Fourteen Soldiers will battle it out to see who will earn the...

Hawaii Air National Guard Supports Arctic Exercise
July 25, 2022 — JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – The Hawaii Air National Guard demonstrated its airlift and controller capabilities in the North American Aerospace Defense Command’s arctic regional exercise...

Pennsylvania Guard, SPP Partner Lithuania Join NATO Exercise
July 22, 2022 — CORAOPOLIS, Pa. – The Pennsylvania Air National Guard’s 258th Air Traffic Control Squadron attended the multinational joint Defender Europe 22 exercise with NATO and other military partners.The...

Minnesota, South Dakota Guard Conduct Wet Gap Crossing
July 22, 2022 — LITTLE FALLS, Minn. – The South Dakota and Minnesota National Guard joined forces to conduct a Wet Gap Crossing exercise at Camp Ripley Training Center July 18-19.Crossing a wet gap means crossing a...

Massachusetts Guard Soldiers Conduct Training Exercise
July 21, 2022 — FORT DRUM, N.Y. - As the smoke hit and the sounds of explosions and small-arms fire rang out, Massachusetts Army National Guard Soldiers did not hesitate. First, they had to neutralize the enemy...

Florida Air Guardsman Named top First Sergeant
July 21, 2022 — JACKSONVILLE AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Fla. – “To the HORSE,” a chant unifying nearly 200 202nd Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operational Repair Squadron Engineers (RED HORSE), can now be rephrased,...

Louisiana Guard Hosts Belize Defence Force for Training
July 21, 2022 — NEW ORLEANS – The Louisiana National Guard hosted six members of the Belize Defence Force for aviation cross-training in Hammond and Belle Chasse July 11-15.The LANG and BDF are partners in the...

Tennessee National Guard Aircrew Rescues Hiker
July 21, 2022 — NASHVILLE, Tenn. – A Tennessee Army National Guard medical flight crew evacuated a hiker suffering a life-threatening illness in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park area.At about noon July 19, the...

Washington Guard Hosts Multinational Cybersecurity Program
July 20, 2022 — CAMP MURRAY, Wash. – Just like in conventional warfare, strong alliances are necessary to battle cyber criminals.“To get just one country here, putting together a cyber plan with our folks is an...

Vermont National Guard Signs Letter of Intent with Republic of Austria
July 19, 2022 — VIENNA, Austria – With a stroke of the pen, the Vermont National Guard and Republic of Austria’s letter of intent formalizing their partnership under the State Partnership Program is official.On July...

New York National Guard Honors Nelson Mandela Day with SPP Partner
July 19, 2022 — EZIDONINI, South Africa – New York Army National Guard Soldiers, U.S. Army Reserves, U.S. Army Africa Command Soldiers and service members from the South Africa National Defense Force honored Nelson...

Idaho 145th Brigade Support Battalion refines field training
July 19, 2022 — BOISE, Idaho – The Idaho National Guard’s 145th Brigade Support Battalion refined its field training at the Orchard Combat Training Center July 9-18, focusing on day and nighttime mission-essential...

Florida, Georgia Guard Airmen Train in Hawaii
July 18, 2022 — HONOLULU – Nearly 50 Airmen assigned to the 125th Medical Group, Florida Air National Guard, and the 165th Medical Group, Georgia Air National Guard, conducted annual medical training at Tripler Army...

New York Army Guard Troops to Help Train Ukrainian Soldiers
July 18, 2022 — SYRACUSE, N.Y. – One hundred and forty New York Army National Guard Soldiers assigned to the 27th Infantry Brigade Combat Team said farewell to their families July 15 and left on a mission to Germany...

Michigan National Guard, Latvia Celebrate Partnership
July 18, 2022 — LANSING, Mich. - For nearly 30 years, the Michigan National Guard and the National Armed Forces of Latvia have collaborated under the Department of Defense National Guard Bureau State Partnership...

Oklahoma Guard Battery Named Best Field Artillery Unit
July 18, 2022 — FORT SILL, Okla. – Soldiers of Battery B, 1st Battalion, 158th Field Artillery Regiment, 45th Field Artillery Brigade, received the 2021 Alexander Hamilton Award July 16 for being the best field...

Washington Guard Aircrew Honored for Actions in Afghanistan
July 15, 2022 — CAMP MURRAY, Wash. – On the night of Nov. 20, 2020, high above the southern desert of Afghanistan, Chief Warrant Officer 3 Ryan Schwend and his CH-47 Chinook helicopter crew found themselves in a...

Guard Soldiers Train in Military Funeral Honors Program
July 15, 2022 — VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. – The Virginia National Guard Funeral Honors Program hosted Level 1 funeral honors training for nine National Guard Soldiers from four states.Soldiers from Maryland, North Carolina...

National Guard Chief Stresses Readiness as key to Homeland Defense
July 15, 2022 — COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – The chief of the National Guard Bureau emphasized the Guard’s readiness to support overseas operations is also a key element in homeland defense and emergency response...

Delaware National Guard Trains at Fort Indiantown Gap
July 15, 2022 — FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, Pa. – More than 100 Soldiers assigned to the 160th Engineer Company of the Delaware Army National Guard performed squad-based reaction training in Pennsylvania July 12.The company...

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