Guard News - The National Guard - Year 2022

Airmen lead way in F-35 transition for 115th Fighter Wing
April 19, 2022 — BURLINGTON, Vt. – The 115th Fighter Wing’s drive to accelerate, change or lose couldn’t be more pronounced as it transitions from the F-16 Fighting Falcon to the F-35 Lightning II.In preparation for...

Norway, Minnesota Guard celebrate 49th troop exchange
April 19, 2022 — CAMP RIPLEY, Minn. – The 49th Norwegian Reciprocal Troop Exchange came to a close in April as more than 100 Soldiers and Airmen from the Minnesota National Guard departed Norway to return to...

Arizona FSRT Airmen return to in-person, combined training
April 18, 2022 — LAS VEGAS, Nevada - An 11-person Fatality Search and Recovery Team from the Arizona Air National Guard’s 162nd Force Support Squadron trained in person this week in Las Vegas with other Air and Army...

Georgia, Alabama, Puerto Rico Airmen exercise communications
April 18, 2022 — SALINAS, Puerto Rico – Several combat communications squadrons across the Air National Guard converged on Puerto Rico for a 15-day exercise, Tropic Thunder, April 1-15.The Puerto Rico Air National...

Cold Steel Brigade trains California National Guard Soldiers
April 18, 2022 — FORT HOOD, Texas – The command team of the 40th Infantry Division, California Army National Guard, conducted a War Fighter Exercise with direct support from observer, coach and trainers of the 189th...

Contingency Response Forces conduct multi-agency training
April 18, 2022 — FORT HUNTER LIGGETT, Calif. – The sun hasn’t risen yet as U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jeff Allen of the 146th Contingency Response Flight wipes the ice from the windshield of his government 4x4 truck...

Texas Guard Airmen Strengthen SPP Partnership With Chile
April 18, 2022 — SANTIAGO, Chile – The Texas Air National Guard joined more than a hundred Airmen to participate in the FIDAE (Feria Internacional del Aire y Espacio) international air and space show April 5-10. Two...

158th Civil Engineers hone skills at Silver Flag
April 15, 2022 — TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. – Tyndall Air Force Base welcomed 14 Green Mountain Boys from the Vermont Air National Guard’s 158th Civil Engineer Squadron to Florida for the annual Silver Flag exercise...

Portland Air National Guard Base puts robot dog to work
April 15, 2022 — PORTLAND, Ore. - In December 2021, the Portland Air National Guard Base became the first Air National Guard base to house the innovative technology known as the Quadrupedal Unmanned Ground Vehicle...

Pennsylvania Army Guard Soldiers compete to be Best Warrior
April 15, 2022 — FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, Pa. – Fifteen Pennsylvania Army National Guard Soldiers from around the state competed in the 2022 state Best Warrior Competition April 11-14.The Soldiers competed in nine events...

Nebraska National Guard battles wildfire by air and ground
April 14, 2022 — ARAPAHOE, Neb. - The Nebraska National Guard activated 38 Airmen and Soldiers to help battle wildfires from the air and ground in Gosper and Furnas counties April 8-12.Two UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter...

NYNG Soldiers compete to be Best Warrior in Empire State
April 14, 2022 — CAMP SMITH TRAINING SITE, N.Y. - Heavy rain and cold winds descended on Camp Smith, and gunfire echoed across the wood line as six Soldiers competed to be the New York Army National Guard 2022 Best...

Michigan ANG firefighters aid county with training resources
April 13, 2022 — ALPENA, Michigan – Firefighters from Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center have spent dozens of off-duty hours this winter building live-fire training props to aid 12 county fire departments. An...

Michigan’s Upper Peninsula gears up for Northern Exposure
April 13, 2022 — LANSING, Mich. – The Michigan National Guard is participating in exercise Northern Exposure, bringing together partners in a record 12 counties to train to respond to natural disasters and other...

Army and Air Guard members compete in fitness contest
April 13, 2022 — CONCORD, N.C. – The National Guard’s All Guard Endurance Team sent more than 40 service members to the Spartan Sprint 5k with over 20 obstacles at a 600-acre farm April 9-10.From California, Maj...

2 Ohio National Guard Soldiers awarded Purple Heart
April 13, 2022 — NORTH CANTON, Ohio – Two Ohio National Guard Soldiers were awarded the Purple Heart April 10 during a ceremony in front of their families and fellow Soldiers at the Army Aviation Support Facility #1...

West Virginia Guard unit receives 1st new medevac Black Hawk
April 13, 2022 — WILLIAMSTOWN, W.Va. – The West Virginia National Guard’s Company C, 2-104th General Support Aviation Battalion, Aeromedical Evacuation Company, received its first of six new HH-60M “Mike” model Black...

Hokanson: State Partnership Program critical to national security
April 12, 2022 — DENVER – A three-decade security cooperation program with almost half the world’s nations is critical to America’s national security, the National Guard’s most senior general said last week.Army Gen...

National Guard brigade takes on Army modernization mission
April 12, 2022 — FORT STEWART, Ga. – The Citizen-Soldiers of the 130th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade, North Carolina National Guard, have a lot on their plates, from civilian careers to responding to emergencies in...

Kentucky, New Jersey Guard aid Ecuador demining operation
April 12, 2022 — SANGOLQUí, Ecuador – Ecuadorian civil engineers recently welcomed a team of Air National Guard, active-duty Air Force and civilian personnel from U.S. Southern Command to observe, train and equip a...

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