Guard News - The National Guard - Year 2023

Tennessee National Guard Prepares for Joint Bulgarian Exercise
March 3, 2023 — NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The Tennessee National Guard will conduct the international joint readiness exercise Thracian Sentry 2023 throughout Bulgaria June 12-30.More than 170 military personnel from the...

Cal Guard Stands with Ukraine a Year After Russian Invasion
March 3, 2023 — SACRAMENTO, Calif. - One year ago, Russia invaded Ukraine to try to overthrow the democratically elected government of Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine.“It’s truly a grim milestone,” U.S. Army Maj. Gen...

Former Tanker Recalls his Past During Promotion Ceremony in Germany
March 2, 2023 — GRAFENWOEHR, Germany - In 2004, Staff Sgt. Angelo Gelster enlisted in the New York Army National Guard to be an M1 Abrams main battle tank crewman.However, in 2006, his unit, the 1st Battalion, 127th...

Persistence Pays off for History-Making Air Guardsman
March 2, 2023 — BRADLEY AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Conn. - “I never thought that I couldn’t do anything,” said Tech. Sgt. Petra Chesanek.Thinking back to her childhood, Chesanek, an aeromedical technician with the...

Alaska Air Guard Flies Severely Injured Child to Hospital
March 2, 2023 — JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska - Alaska Air National Guardsmen overcame severe weather conditions to fly a pediatric trauma patient to a hospital Feb. 22-23.Midafternoon Feb. 22, the Alaska...

Fallen Army Guard Sniper Honored in Memorial Competition
March 1, 2023 — ARLINGTON, Va. – When Jane Horton laid her husband, Spc. Christopher Horton, to rest in Arlington National Cemetery, she had just two lines to describe the love of her life. She chose “valiant...

ACE Exercise Expands Illinois Air Guard’s Capabilities
March 1, 2023 — SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. - The 126th Operations Group deployed 44 personnel to Hunter Army Airfield, Georgia, Feb. 6-10 for Agile Combat Employment training to increase survivability while...

New York Air Guard Supports Canadian Forces’ Arctic Exercise
March 1, 2023 — RESOLUTE, Nunavut, Canada - The New York Air National Guard’s 109th Airlift Wing and 105th Airlift Wing are partnering with the Vermont Army National Guard and Canadian Armed Forces to support...

Kansas National Guard Combat Medic Puts Her Training to Use
February 28, 2023 — Sgt. 1st Class Tiffany Alligood is the readiness noncommissioned officer and a combat medic with the Kansas Army National Guard's 1077th Ground Ambulance Company at the Lenexa armory. As a combat...

NY Guard Soldiers Complete French Desert Commando Course
February 27, 2023 — CAMP LEMONNIER, DJIBOUTI – Thirty-one Army National Guard Soldiers and one Air Force Airman assigned to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa completed the arduous French Desert Commando Course...

177th Fighter Wing Hosts Integrated Combat Turnaround Training
February 27, 2023 — ATLANTIC CITY AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, N.J. - The 177th Fighter Wing of the New Jersey Air National Guard, part of Air Combat Command, hosted Integrated Combat Turnaround training for members of Air...

Wisconsin Air Guard Meeting Deployment Challenges in Guam
February 27, 2023 — MADISON, Wis. - More than 100 members of the Wisconsin Air National Guard’s 128th Air Refueling Wing have been deployed to Andersen Air Force Base in Guam since December, supporting the 506th...

Vermont Army Guard Leads Training Exercise in Arctic Circle
February 27, 2023 — COLCHESTER, Vt. – The Vermont Army National Guard will participate in the winter training exercise Guerrier Nordique in Resolute Bay, Nunavut, Canada, March 4-20.The Vermont Soldiers will work with...

175th Wing Sharpens CSAR Skills During Sunshine Rescue
February 24, 2023 — SAVANNAH, Ga. - The Maryland Air National Guard conducted Combat Search and Rescue training while exercising Agile Combat Employment during Exercise Sunshine Rescue 23 at the Savannah Combat Readiness...

US, Senegal launch medical exercise in Thies
February 24, 2023 — THIES, Senegal - U.S. Army and Air Force medical professionals from the Vermont National Guard began a two-week medical readiness exercise with their Senegalese partners Feb. 20.The 40-person U.S...

Virginia National Guardsmen Return From Overseas Duty
February 24, 2023 — VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. – Virginia National Guard Soldiers assigned to the 576th Engineer Utilities Detachment, 276th Engineer Battalion, 329th Regional Support Group, returned to Virginia Feb. 10 after...

West Virginia Army Guard Wins Top Environmental Award
February 23, 2023 — CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The West Virginia Army National Guard received the U.S. Army National Guard’s top environmental award in January after scoring highest in the nation in the ARNG G-9’s four...

Minnesota, Norway Partner for 50th Troop Exchange
February 23, 2023 — TRØNDELAG, Norway - More than 100 Minnesota National Guard Airmen and Soldiers partnered with the Heimevernet, the Norwegian Home Guard, for two weeks of winter warfare training during the 50th...

Wisconsin Air Guard Firefighter Earns National Honors
February 22, 2023 — MADISON, Wis. - Whether a civilian or military firefighter, ensuring the safety of others isn’t always easy. Luckily, for Master Sgt. Colin Pierce, the assistant fire chief of training with the 115th...

Arctic Guardians Honored for Al Asad Evacuation
February 22, 2023 — JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska - A small armada of Iranian Qiam 1 precision theater ballistic missiles speared over the Arabian Desert, bound for targets on Al Asad Air Base in Iraq.In 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