Guard News - The National Guard - Year 2023

Oklahoma Army Guard Headed to Horn of Africa
April 19, 2023 — OKLAHOMA CITY - More than 800 Oklahoma Army National Guard members bid farewell to their families before beginning a year-long deployment to the Horn of Africa April 15.The Citizen-Soldiers are part...

Air Guard Units Practice Aerial Wildland Firefighting
April 18, 2023 — CHANNEL ISLANDS AIR NATIONAL GUARD STATION, Calif. - The 152nd Airlift Wing and 153rd Airlift Wing participated in Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System spring training April 11-16.Several flight...

Alaska Air Guard Demonstrates ACE Readiness
April 17, 2023 — VOLK FIELD AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Wis. – Multiple teams from the Alaska National Guard’s 168th Wing demonstrated the Air Force’s priority of Agile Combat Employment during a flyaway readiness...

Lithuanian Partners Complete U.S. Army Flight Course
April 17, 2023 — FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, Pa. – Lithuania air force Capt. Matas Leckas and Capt. Valius Urbonas became the first Lithuanian pilots to graduate from the UH-60M Aviator Qualification Course at the U.S. Army...

Pennsylvania Guard Aviators Train First Responders
April 17, 2023 — COVINGTON, Pa. - U.S. Soldiers with the 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade, 28th Infantry Division, Pennsylvania National Guard, instructed civilian first responders on proper procedures...

Hawaii, Arizona Air Guard Conduct Readiness Training
April 17, 2023 — JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii - Hawaii and Arizona Air National Guard members completed Home Station Readiness Training at Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam on April 7.The weeklong training...

Wisconsin Guard Black Hawks Respond to Large Wildfire
April 14, 2023 — MADISON, Wis. - Two Wisconsin Army National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters from the Army Aviation Support Facility #2 helped battle a wildfire near Necedah in Juneau County April 12.The Wisconsin...

National Guard Helps Mitigate White Earth Flooding
April 13, 2023 — BISMARCK, N.D. - The North Dakota National Guard assisted flood mitigation efforts by placing 1-ton sandbags by helicopter near White Earth east of Tioga on April 12.At the request of the Mountrail...

New York Air Guard Begins ’23 Support for Greenland Research
April 13, 2023 — STRATTON AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, N.Y. - Three LC-130 “Skibirds” and 75 Airmen from the New York Air National Guard’s 109th Airlift Wing are supporting National Science Foundation research in...

Wisconsin Army Guard Conducts Aerial Firefighting Training
April 13, 2023 — FORT MCCOY, Wis. - Wisconsin Army National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk aircrew members with the 1st Battalion, 147th Aviation Regiment, trained to drop water on wildfires April 10 while the Fort...

Washington Guard, Royal Thai Army Aviators Share Expertise
April 13, 2023 — CAMP MURRAY, Wash. - Washington Army National Guard aviators conducted a State Partnership Program exchange with counterparts from the Royal Thai Army in Lopburi, Thailand, in March.“The aviation...

173rd FW Deploys to Florida for Missile Live-fire Training
April 12, 2023 — PANAMA CITY, Fla. - Nearly 120 Airmen and six F-15C Eagles from the Oregon Air National Guard’s 173rd Fighter Wing traveled to Tyndall Air Force Base in the Florida panhandle to train with live...

Driving Simulator Boosts Readiness for Connecticut Guard
April 12, 2023 — EAST GRANBY, Conn. - The Connecticut National Guard’s 103rd Airlift Wing at Bradley Air National Guard Base is using computer-generated imagery to enhance readiness.In 2021, the wing used innovation...

Army Lab Provides Upgraded Mobile Labs to National Guard
April 12, 2023 — ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. - The U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Chemical Biological Center has created and distributed to the National Guard 68 state-of-the-art emergency response...

Iowa Guard CH-47 Delivers Historic F-80 via Sling Load
April 12, 2023 — SIOUX CITY, Iowa - An Iowa Army National Guard CH-47 helicopter flew to Sioux City this week to pick up a Korean War-era F-80 fighter jet from the Air National Guard paint facility.After being...

In Edelweiss Raid, the Competition Is Seriously Steep
April 12, 2023 — INNSBRUCK, Austria - When a U.S. team competed in the international military mountaineering contest for the first time in 2019, it made history as the first team ever to finish the competition on its...

California, Wyoming, Nevada Guard Train on Aerial Firefighting
April 12, 2023 — CHANNEL ISLANDS AIR NATIONAL GUARD STATION, Calif. - The USDA Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management and other federal wildland fire agencies are conducting annual training for Modular Airborne...

Major Instills Sexual Assault Response Practices in Guard
April 11, 2023 — NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - There’s a tourniquet and a Warrior Skills: Skill Level 1 book on the table. The book is a manual of everyday Soldier tasks with step-by-step instructions. A red tab marks...

Kentucky National Guard, SPP Partner Ecuador Conduct Seminar
April 10, 2023 — QUITO, Ecuador - Kentucky National Guard members participated in a senior enlisted leader seminar with 21 members of the Armed Forces of Ecuador March 20–24.The engagement, the first of its kind in...

ANG Top Leader Hosts Air Defender ’23 Media Visit
April 7, 2023 — JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Md. - U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Michael A. Loh, director, Air National Guard, welcomed German air force senior leaders and media to the National Capital Region April 3-6 to learn...

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