Guard News - The National Guard - Year 2022

North Dakota ANG regional training site hosts CBRN training
March 17, 2022 — FARGO, N.D. – Chief Master Sgt. Kristi Erickson, the 119th Civil Engineer Squadron emergency management superintendent, hosted 10 emergency management members from units across the country to test...

Son follows father, family's lineage of military service
March 17, 2022 — SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – The son of a former South Dakota National Guard Soldier is following in the footsteps of his father by becoming the newest member of the organization he once served. Connor Briest,...

Connecticut National Guard ends COVID response mission
March 17, 2022 — NEW BRITAIN, Conn. – The Connecticut National Guard handed over the keys to the state commodities warehouse in New Britain to the Connecticut Department of Health March 15, effectively ending its...

Tennessee Guard rescues ill hiker on Appalachian Trail
March 17, 2022 — KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – A medical flight crew from the Tennessee National Guard conducted an emergency air evacuation of a hiker who suffered a severe illness on the Appalachian Trail March 15.Shortly...

Washington Guard helps out at veterans’ homes, prisons
March 16, 2022 — PORT ORCHARD, Wash. – While restrictions begin to ease following the latest surge of the COVID-19 omicron variant, the Washington National Guard continues to support people in need. A Washington...

Technology helps 173rd FW runners avoid injury, run faster
March 16, 2022 — KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. – Master Sgt. Justin Lafon stares intently at an image of a skeleton striding along, watching legs, feet and knees working in concert. The knee sweeps forward, rolling the foot...

Wisconsin National Guard CST trains with first responders
March 16, 2022 — MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin National Guard’s 54th Civil Support Team (CST) completed a collective lanes training exercise last week in Madison and DeForest organized by evaluators from U.S. Army...

Tennessee Guard honors Andrew Jackson’s 255th birthday
March 16, 2022 — HERMITAGE, Tenn. – The Tennessee National Guard honored former President Andrew Jackson on what would have been his 255th birthday March 15 with a wreath-laying ceremony at Jackson’s home, The...

Alaska Army Guard rescues 2 injured people
March 15, 2022 — JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – The Alaska Army National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 207th Aviation Regiment, rescued an injured skier and snowmachiner with a UH-60L Black Hawk helicopter in...

Oregon Air Guard’s 116th ACS joins Exercise Red Flag
March 15, 2022 — NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. – The Oregon Air National Guard’s 116th Air Control Squadron (ACS) is participating in Exercise Red Flag, a two-week advanced aerial combat training exercise for military...

109th Airlift Wing builds 3.5 engine for LC130 Hercules
March 15, 2022 — SCHENECTADY, N.Y. – LC-130 Hercules aircraft will have a smoother takeoff from Antarctica and Greenland thanks to the 109th Maintenance Squadron.Propulsion specialists with the 109th assembled the...

Illinois Guardsman helps fellow vets battle suicide with song
March 15, 2022 — SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – As a kid, David Allen Stone always wanted to be in the military and serve his country. Enlisting in a post-9/11 era, Stone knew he would be deployed overseas. However, he never...

Oregon Guard winds down hospital support mission
March 15, 2022 — ACROSS OREGON – With declining infection rates from the COVID-19 omicron variant and the indoor mask mandate ending, Soldiers and Airmen from the Oregon National Guard wrapped up their mobilization to...

National Guard’s digital air-ground range fully certified
March 14, 2022 — BOISE, Idaho – The Idaho Army National Guard completed its Government Acceptance Test on its Digital Air Ground Integration Range — the only National Guard-run DAGIR — March 5-11 at the Orchard Combat...

Wisconsin Guard highlights 2-year COVID response mission
March 14, 2022 — MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Military Affairs took a few minutes March 10 to commemorate its two-year effort supporting the state’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.“It’s not ‘mission...

Ho'oikaika strengthens total force integration
March 14, 2022 — JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii – The Hawaii Air National Guard’s 154th Wing executed a first-of-its-kind exercise partnering with the Nevada Air National Guard, 15th Wing, and 354th Fighter...

86th IBCT (MTN) completes KFOR mission
March 14, 2022 — FORT BLISS, TEXAS - The 29th U.S. deployment to Kosovo Force (KFOR) is at an end, and with it comes reflection and a glance at what is next. For the 86th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Mountain), the...

In Guam and Hawaii, Hokanson visits Guardsmen supporting U.S. Indo-Pacific Command
March 12, 2022 — BARRIGADA, Guam – More than 7,000 miles from the continental United States, Guardsmen stand “Always Ready, Always There” where America’s day begins.Far away – on the other side of the world, and...

167th Airmen assist in West Virginia hospitals
March 11, 2022 — MARTINSBURG, W.Va. – For two years, the West Virginia National Guard has assisted with multiple roles and capacities in the fight against COVID-19 within the state.In January, Gov. Jim Justice...

Senior enlisted advisor stresses readiness in Hawaii visit
March 11, 2022 — HONOLULU – Ohana is a Hawaiian word that refers to one’s extended family, friends and other close, intentional associations.Tony Whitehead, senior enlisted advisor to the chief of the National Guard...

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