Guard News - The National Guard - Year 2022

New York Army Guard medics compete against the Army's best
February 3, 2022 — LATHAM, N.Y. - Two New York Army National Guard medics assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 108th Infantry, were among 44 Soldiers competing to be the Army’s best medics at Fort Hood, Texas, Jan...

Daughter commissions into Idaho Guard as her father retires
February 3, 2022 — BOISE, Idaho – 2nd Lt. Marah Sharpe’s father has served in the Idaho Army National Guard for longer than she’s been alive. But despite commissioning into the organization Jan. 28, she will only have...

Wisconsin Guard conducts ‘Winter Strike’ forward observation
February 2, 2022 — GRAYLING, Mich. – Round after round hits the impact zone at Camp Grayling Joint Maneuver Training Center. Some rounds — air bursts with white phosphorous — detonate seconds before impacting the frigid...

New Army Guard company, battalion headquarters activated at NGB
February 2, 2022 — ARLINGTON, Va. – A new company and battalion headquarters were activated in the Army National Guard directorate at the National Guard Bureau in a ceremony at the Herbert R. Temple Army National Guard...

48th Infantry Brigade Soldier earns Ranger tab with honor
February 2, 2022 — MACON, Ga. – U.S. Army 2nd Lt. Jared Pate graduated from the U.S. Army’s Ranger School at Fort Benning Jan. 28. On his way to attaining the coveted Ranger tab, Pate earned the title of distinguished...

Minnesota Guard, Navy, Coast Guard partner for dive training
February 2, 2022 — LITTLE FALLS, Minn. – Camp Ripley is hosting the U.S. Coast Guard and Navy in under-ice water diving training.“As our focus shifts to a different environment, Camp Ripley is proud to work together...

New Hampshire Guardsmen come to aid of hospital workers
February 1, 2022 — PETERBOROUGH, N.H. – Health care workers are experiencing COVID fatigue at facilities across the state, and Monadnock Community Hospital, which serves seven towns, is no exception. “It has been really...

Pennsylvania Guard expands assistance at care facilities
February 1, 2022 — FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, Pa. – The Pennsylvania National Guard has activated 64 Soldiers and Airmen to assist at long-term care facilities in the commonwealth.These service members are from units across...

Alaska Air National Guard rescues two hikers
February 1, 2022 — JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – Alaska Air National Guardsmen of the 176th Wing rescued two hikers in distress Jan. 30 at Hatcher Pass on the Gold Mint Trail.The hikers notified Alaska State...

Wisconsin Guard medical unit returns from Mideast deployment
January 31, 2022 — FORT HOOD, Texas - More than 50 members of the Wisconsin Army National Guard’s 135th Medical Company returned to Fort Hood from a deployment to multiple locations in the Middle East, where they...

National Guard Olympians ready for 2022 Beijing Games
January 31, 2022 — ARLINGTON, Va. – When the XXIV Olympic Winter Games begin the first week of February, several National Guard members will be among the hundreds of athletes and coaches representing Team USA in...

Hawaii ANG, Navy Reserve fighters enhance joint lethality
January 31, 2022 — JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii – The Hawaiian skies cleared for Total Force Airmen and Navy Reserve exercise participants as they took part in a first-of-its-kind fighter exercise Jan...

West Virginia Guard members serve in their local hospitals
January 31, 2022 — CHARLESTON, W.Va. – “Always ready, Always there” is proving to be the undeniable truth, not just a motto, for West Virginia Army National Guard members serving on the COVID-19 response mission in...

Latvia-Michigan SPP partnership on display at Winter Strike
January 28, 2022 — GRAYLING, Mich. – As ice, snow and wind blow across the National All-Domain Warfighting Center in northern Michigan, hundreds of military personnel from across the Department of Defense and allied...

Operation SPACECAT focuses on electromagnetic warfare
January 28, 2022 — CAPE CANAVERAL SPACE FORCE STATION, Fla. - Near the end of 2021, members of the Florida Air National Guard’s 114th Space Control Squadron hosted the U.S. Navy’s Electronic Attack Squadron 139...

Maryland National Guard delivers masks, COVID test kits
January 27, 2022 — BALTIMORE – The Maryland National Guard’s 729th Quartermaster Composite Supply Company is delivering COVID-19 test kits and masks from a Strategic National Stockpile warehouse to Maryland nursing...

Vermont Guard to help hospitals facing COVID surge
January 26, 2022 — COLCHESTER, Vt. – Vermont National Guard members will support hospitals struggling to handle a surge of patients sick with the Omicron variant of COVID-19. The Vermont Department of Health has asked...

Massachusetts Guard, first responders train in ‘ice bath’
January 26, 2022 — GRAYLING, Mich. – Members of the 20th Special Forces Group, Massachusetts Army National Guard, conducted hypothermia training with Michigan first responders Jan. 24 at Lake Margrethe.The event was...

Utah National Guard Soldiers to compete in the 2022 Olympics
January 26, 2022 — DRAPER, Utah – Two Utah National Guard Soldiers are going to China on the 2022 U.S. Olympic Nordic Combined Team.Spc. Jasper Good of Steamboat Springs, Colorado, and Spc. Benjamin Loomis of Eau...

Connecticut Air Guard fire department trains with partners
January 25, 2022 — EAST GRANBY, Conn. – The Connecticut Air National Guard Fire Department is collaborating with mutual aid partners to conduct familiarization training exercises at Bradley Air National Guard Base.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