Guard News - The National Guard - Year 2023

Iowa, Minnesota Guardsmen Win Regional Best Warrior Title
May 8, 2023 — NEWTON FALLS, OHIO – Soldiers from across the Midwest and from Hungary and the Republic of Serbia tested their mental and physical fortitude in the five-day regional Best Warrior Competition at Camp...

Air Guard-Army Team Funded for Maintenance Innovation
May 8, 2023 — MIDDLE RIVER, Md. – Airmen from three Air National Guard Wings and a U.S. Army civilian from the U.S. Special Operations Command received $1.8 million from the U.S. Air Force to develop software to...

Tennessee National Guard Rescues Injured Hunter
May 5, 2023 — KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – A Tennessee Army National Guard medical flight crew performed an emergency air evacuation mission for a hunter in Tennessee’s Cherokee National Forest on May 4.At approximately 1...

Ohio National Guard Trains with NATO Partners
May 5, 2023 — BLUE ASH, Ohio – Airmen assigned to the Ohio National Guard’s 123rd Air Control Squadron hosted a two-week combined training exercise with six service members from NATO allies Lithuania, Latvia and...

New York, New Jersey Officer Candidates Train with Albanian Counterparts
May 4, 2023 — DURRES, Albania - New York and New Jersey Army National Guard officer candidates honed their leadership skills with their Albanian Armed Forces Academy counterparts April 10-24.“Training with the...

Five ANG Wings Train at Operation Hoodoo Sea
May 4, 2023 — HOMESTEAD AIR RESERVE BASE, Fla. - Five Air National Guard wings are conducting agile combat training during Operation Hoodoo Sea along the southeast U.S. coast. The exercise, led by the Virginia ANG,...

Guard Provides Short-Range Air Defense at Exercise Balikatan
May 3, 2023 — SAN NARCISO, Philippines - “We are the eyes in the sky,” said U.S. Army Spc. Breanna Olivieri, a Mississippi Army National Guard air defense battle management systems operator who participated in...

Virgin Islands Guard Helps Sustain Exercise Vibrant Response
May 3, 2023 — CAMP ATTERBURY, Ind. – Indiana is a long way from home base for Soldiers stationed with the 786th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, Virgin Islands National Guard, and 512th Movement Control Teams,...

Ohio Guard Airmen Participate in Counter-Narcotics Training
May 3, 2023 — SWANTON, Ohio - Ohio Air National Guard Airmen assigned to the 180th Fighter Wing Security Forces Squadron took part in counter-narcotics training with the Defiance Police Department in March.Airmen...

Psychological Health Directors Discuss Readiness Impacts
May 2, 2023 — ARLINGTON, Va. - More than 75 Air National Guard directors of psychological health focused on best practices, trends and changes to psychological health needs for Guard Airmen at a workshop April...

Cal Guard, CAL FIRE Team up for Wildland Firefighting Training
May 2, 2023 — SACRAMENTO, Calif. - California National Guard members participated in annual wildland firefighting training alongside the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection near Ione April 23.The...

Air National Guard Leaders Host 2023 Wing Leader Conference
May 2, 2023 — NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. - U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Michael A. Loh, director, Air National Guard, and Chief Master Sgt Maurice L Williams, command chief, Air National Guard, hosted ANG senior leaders and...

National Guard Excels in U.S. Army Small Arms Championship
May 2, 2023 — FORT BENNING, Ga. - Army and Air National Guardsmen from across the country dominated the 2023 U.S. Army “All Army” Small Arms Championships.The week-long competition in March brought together 260...

Western Air Defense Sector Conducts Exercise at Oregon Beach
May 1, 2023 — SUNSET BEACH, Ore. - For the past month, Airmen from the Western Air Defense Sector’s 225th Air Defense Squadron have been innovating mobile tactical command and control planning and exercises to inch...

Hoist Training Helps Idaho Guardsmen Maintain Readiness
May 1, 2023 — BOISE, Idaho - The training Idaho Army National Guard Citizen-Soldiers complete to be ready to fight and win our nation’s wars also makes them valuable when called upon to support domestic operations...

National Guard Leaders Urge Leveraging Enlisted Force in SPP
May 1, 2023 — DENVER - The National Guard Bureau hosted its annual State Partnership Program Conference April 17-21, welcoming Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force Joanne Bass, senior enlisted leaders from Air Force...

Arizona Guard, Partner Kazakhstan Compete to be Best Warrior
May 1, 2023 — PHOENIX - Early mornings, long days and late nights were all part of the grueling three-day experience of over 30 Arizona National Guard members and Republic of Kazakhstan soldiers who competed to be...

Gold Star Family Member is Nevada Army Guard Soldier of Year
April 28, 2023 — RENO, Nev. – Motivated by memories of family members who never made it home from combat, Gold Star Family member Spc. Jake Evans returned from the Nevada Army Guard’s Best Warrior Contest with the...

New York Guard Completes Ukrainian Troop Training Mission
April 28, 2023 — GRAFENWOEHR, Germany - New York Army National Guard Soldiers from the 27th Infantry Brigade Combat team oversaw the training of 9,600 Ukrainian troops since taking charge of NATO’s Joint Multinational...

Wisconsin Air National Guard Receives F-35s
April 28, 2023 — MADISON, Wis. - The Wisconsin Air National Guard’s 115th Fighter Wing received its first F-35 Lightning II aircraft April 25, making it only the second Air National Guard unit with the advanced...

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