Guard News - The National Guard - Year 2022

Pennsylvania National Guard Leaders Visit SPP Partner Lithuania
June 7, 2022 — FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, Pa. – Senior Pennsylvania National Guard leaders visited Lithuania to meet with Lithuanian military leaders and visit Pennsylvania National Guard members deployed there.Maj. Gen...

152nd CSSB Hosts Battalion-wide Field Training Exercise
June 7, 2022 — BROOKINGS, S.D. – The 152nd Combat Sustainment Support Battalion hosted its first field training exercise April 30-May 1 at Camp Ripley, Minnesota, bringing the battalion headquarters and all...

Guard Soldiers, Airmen Participate in Cyber Shield Exercise
June 7, 2022 — NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – More than 800 National Guard Soldiers and Airmen, civilian experts, and other military services from throughout the nation are conducting exercise Cyber Shield this month...

Idaho Air National Guard Engineers to Build Homes in Oklahoma
June 6, 2022 — TAHLEQUAH, Okla. – The Idaho Air National Guard’s 124th Civil Engineer Squadron arrived in Oklahoma with nearly 25 Airmen June 5 to conduct an Innovative Readiness Training mission while building...

Idaho Air National Guard Airmen Begin Agile Rage Exercise
June 6, 2022 — ALPENA, Mich. – Airmen from the 124th Fighter Wing, Boise, Idaho, and eight A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft from the 190th Fighter Squadron arrived at the Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center to...

Washington National Guard, Malaysia Conduct Joint Exercise
June 6, 2022 — KUANTAN, Malaysia – The eighth annual Bersama Warrior exercise began June 6 with a ceremony presided over by First Admiral Baharudin bin Wan Md Nor, Malaysian Armed Forces Joint Force Headquarters...

New Hampshire National Guard, El Salvador Build on SPP Relationship
June 6, 2022 — SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador – After two years of sporadic correspondence, it only took a few minutes of face time for New Hampshire Adjutant Gen. David Mikolaities and Salvadoran Defense Minister René...

Land at Your own Risk: Air Guardsmen Honored for Valor During Operation Allies Refuge
June 4, 2022 — NEWBURGH, N.Y. – Flying into a “hornet’s nest” is how one of the crew members of Reach 824 described the scene as their C-17 Globemaster military transport aircraft approached Hamid Karzai...

National Guard Leaders Emphasize Value of State Partnership Program
June 3, 2022 — ARLINGTON, Va. – The adjutants general from California, Florida, Nebraska and Vermont discussed the value of the Department of Defense National Guard Bureau State Partnership Program during a media...

Utah National Guardsman is Regional Soldier of the Year
June 3, 2022 — GUAM – Seven states and the territory of Guam sent their strongest, fittest and most capable Soldiers to compete in the Region VII Best Warrior Competition on Guam, May 23-26. The competition crowned...

Pennsylvania Army National Guard Supports Defender Europe 22
June 3, 2022 — FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, Pa. – About 250 Pennsylvania Army National Guard Soldiers deployed to Lithuania in May to support Defender Europe 22 and NATO exercise Flaming Thunder. The Soldiers, assigned to...

Guard, Royal Thai Army Take Part in Stryker Leaders' Course
June 2, 2022 — YAKIMA TRAINING CENTER, Wash. – Through 20 years of partnership, the Washington National Guard and the Royal Thai Armed Forces have shared knowledge and best practices on many topics. The latest...

National Guardsmen Complete French Desert Commando Course
June 2, 2022 — CAMP LEMONNIER, DJIBOUTI – French Armed Forces stationed in Djibouti alongside U.S. service members with Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa completed the four phases of the grueling French...

Alabama Air National Guard Refuels Romanian Air Force
June 2, 2022 — BUCHAREST, ROMANIA – Airmen from the Alabama National Guard’s 117th Air Refueling Wing and 187th Fighter Wing conducted capability exercises in the Black Sea region with the Romanian Air Force as part...

National Guard strengthens NATO readiness in Europe
June 1, 2022 — ARLINGTON, Va. – More than 20,000 service members from over 20 countries supporting NATO, including the National Guard, showcased their integrated military capabilities during large-scale exercises...

Illinois Guard Boosts Interoperability for V Corps, Polish Army
June 1, 2022 — KRAKOW, Poland – The 244th Digital Liaison Detachment, Illinois National Guard, provided a valuable information bridge between V Corps and the Polish army during the DEFENDER-Europe 22 exercise. The...

Army National Guard signal conference highlights data, data transport modernization
June 1, 2022 — LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A theme echoed throughout May’s 2022 Army National Guard G-6 Tactical Communications Conference stressed the importance of data and rapid resilient data transport as the Army...

142nd Wing Guardsmen hone skills in WSEP/Checkered Flag 22-2
May 31, 2022 — TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla.- Roughly 200 142nd Wing Guardsmen and a fleet of 123rd Fighter Squadron F-15 Eagles flew from Oregon to Florida in May to participate in a two-week exercise known as WSEP...

Minnesota medics care for Alaskans in remote communities
May 31, 2022 — KODIAK ISLAND, Alaska – The Minnesota National Guard’s 204th Medical Company Area Support Company mobilized to Alaska for Arctic Care 2022 May 3-14.Arctic Care is an annual Innovative Readiness...

Kentucky National Guard participates in Tradewinds 22
May 31, 2022 — PRICE BARRACKS, Belize - Kentucky National Guard Soldiers traveled out of the country to support Operation Tradewinds 22 in Belize Apr. 29-May 25.Almost 40 Soldiers from Headquarters and Headquarters...

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