Guard News - The National Guard - Year 2024

Puerto Rico Air Guard, 52nd Fighter Wing Train Together
July 1, 2024 — SPANGDAHLEM AIR BASE, Germany - U.S. Airmen assigned to the 156th Logistics Readiness Squadron and the 156th Wing Staff, Puerto Rico Air National Guard, integrated with the 52nd Fighter Wing as a...

Senior Enlisted Leader Officiates at Deployed Niece’s Promotion
June 28, 2024 — CAMP BONDSTEEL, Kosovo - Deployments typically require a service member to leave their home, family and friends for an extended period, missing birthdays, holidays and significant occasions to serve...

Massachusetts Air Guard Helps Upgrade Comms at Joint Base Langley-Eustis
June 28, 2024 — JOINT BASE LANGLEY-EUSTIS, Va. - The communications squadron at Joint Base Langley-Eustis had a challenge. The unit had identified hundreds of network switches on the base’s network that needed...

177th Fighter Wing Enhances Readiness at Sentry Aloha Exercise
June 28, 2024 — JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii - The 177th Fighter Wing of the New Jersey Air National Guard, alongside aviation units from across the United States, participated in Sentry Aloha 24-2 from May...

Retired NY Army Guardsman Honored for 2004 Iraq Actions
June 28, 2024 — LATHAM, N.Y. - A retired New York Army National Guard Soldier was recognized for his heroic actions 20 years ago in Iraq during a ceremony at the Division of Military and Naval Affairs headquarters...

Pennsylvania Air Guard Enhances Ops at Iron Keystone Exercise
June 28, 2024 — FORT DRUM, N.Y. – Nearly all Airmen assigned to the Pennsylvania Air National Guard’s three wings participated in Exercise Iron Keystone 2024 across the commonwealth, with more than 90 from the 193rd...

West Virginia, North Carolina Guard Test NextGen Army Weapons
June 27, 2024 — FORT LIBERTY, N.C. – Soldiers with the West Virginia and North Carolina Army National Guard are among those testing what may become the Army’s new standard-issue rifle and machine gun.“To be able to...

South Carolina Airmen Join 2nd Joint Fox EMBER Training
June 27, 2024 — EASTOVER, S.C. - Eighteen South Carolina Air National Guard Airmen and 44 military personnel from seven states and one territory conducted Emergency Management Battlefield Expeditionary Response...

Kentucky Guard Engineers Support Djibouti Armed Forces
June 27, 2024 — CAMP DODGE, Iowa – Engineers from the Kentucky Army National Guard welcomed their counterparts from the Djibouti Armed Forces during the unit’s annual training event at Camp Dodge.The Kentucky...

National Guard Members Test Skills at Cyber Shield 2024
June 27, 2024 — VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. - Almost 1,000 participants flooded the Virginia National Guard State Military Reservation in Virginia Beach for the longest-running and largest Department of Defense cyber defense...

North Carolina Guard, Moldova Join Forces for Cyber Shield 2024
June 27, 2024 — VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. - Moldovan officers returned to America for a second consecutive year to join North Carolina National Guardsmen during the annual Cyber Shield training event at Virginia National...

Alaska Air Guard Rescue Triad Demonstrates Capabilities
June 27, 2024 — JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska - Alaska Air National Guardsmen from the 176th Wing’s 210th, 211th and 212th Rescue Squadrons conducted a rescue capabilities exercise June 25.The training at...

North Dakota Guard, Togo Reinforce Resilience, Disaster Response
June 27, 2024 — LOMÉ, Togo - Senior Togolese officials from the Ministry of Security and the National Civil Protection Agency — called ANPC, based on its official name in French - l’Agence Nationale de la Protection...

F-15 EX Eagle II Makes Debut Landing at Portland Base
June 26, 2024 — PORTLAND, Ore. - Don’t mess this up. Those words raced through 142nd Wing fighter pilot Maj. Calvin Conner’s head as he landed the first F-15EX Eagle II at Portland Air National Guard base June 5.The...

Guam National Guard Trains with Armed Forces of Philippines
June 26, 2024 — MACTAN, Philippines - The Guam National Guard and the Armed Forces of the Philippines, partners in the State Partnership Program, conducted a mass-casualty field training exercise June 6-10.After four...

New York Army Guard Medics Train to Become PAs and Officers
June 25, 2024 — WEST POINT, N.Y. - Two New York Army Guard medics are now officers and physician assistants after completing an intensive 29-month program run by the Army’s Medical Center of Excellence at Fort Sam...

Las Vegas Student Corrects Course at Youth ChalleNGe Academy
June 25, 2024 — CARLIN, Nev. - The recipient of this semester’s Battle Born Youth ChalleNGe Academy’s Director’s Award for Excellence, Ayla Lain, came very close to never seeing her academic potential blossom...

South Carolina Guard Modernizes with NextGen Squad Weapons
June 24, 2024 — FORT STEWART, Ga. – Soldiers assigned to 4th Battalion, 118th Infantry Regiment, 218th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade, South Carolina Army National Guard, conducted an integrated training weapons...

Hybrid SATCOM Successfully Tested at Sentry Aloha Exercise
June 24, 2024 — JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii - The Air National Guard/Air Reserve Command Test Center conducted a force development evaluation on the HC-130J Ku/Ka communications suite during the Sentry...

Army, Air Medics Train Together for Operation Guardian Angel
June 24, 2024 — FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, Pa. - Medics from the Pennsylvania Army and Air National Guard trained together recently to simulate a real-life medical emergency while in the field.Over 30 medics from the 628th...

Retired Texas Air National Guard Pilot Recalls Protecting Air Force One on 9/11

Nebraska Guard Strengthens Disaster Response Readiness

Kentucky Guard Strengthens Skills During Patriot 2026

113th Wing Recognized for Air Defense, Combat Performance

Washington Guard Concludes Extended Wildfire Response