Guard News - The National Guard - Year 2025

Military Education Builds North Dakota Guard, Benin Partnership
March 12, 2025 — MCGHEE TYSON AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Tenn. - For the first time, the I.G. Brown Training and Education Center’s Paul H. Lankford Enlisted Professional Military Education Center brought together two...

New York National Guard Helps Fight Long Island Blaze
March 11, 2025 — WESTHAMPTON BEACH, N.Y. – When a massive wildfire threatened Francis S. Gabreski Air National Guard Base March 8, the New York Air National Guard’s 106th Rescue Wing went into action to defend its...

56th SBCT Welcomes Competition, Marksmanship at Pistol Match
March 11, 2025 — GRAFENWOEHR, Germany – The 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team welcomed 100 firers to a pistol competition featuring a 30-yard slow fire and an excellence-in-competition match March 9.U.S. Soldiers...

New York Guard, Sweden Develop New Partnership
March 10, 2025 — LATHAM, N.Y. - While the New York National Guard’s headquarters staff wrestled with the challenge of deploying 6,500 Guard members to replace striking corrections officers at 38 prisons, members of...

US, Polish Partners Strengthen Interoperability, Modernization
March 10, 2025 — WARSAW, Poland - About 75 U.S. and Polish Armed Forces personnel strengthened NATO interoperability and defense modernization during a military-to-military workshop Feb. 24-25. Brig. Gen. Michael...

109th Airlift Wing Lands LC-130 Hercules on Fresh Water Ice
March 10, 2025 — INUVIK, Canada - Airmen from the New York Air National Guard’s 109th Airlift Wing have landed an LC-130 Hercules on freshwater ice for the first time in the wing’s history during Operation...

South Carolina Army Guard Aviators Help Battle Wildfires
March 10, 2025 — CONWAY, S.C. - The South Carolina Army National Guard helped fight wildfires in Horry County for a week, dropping water from helicopters 975 times. U.S. Army Soldiers from the 1-111th General Support...

Maine National Guard, Montenegro Train Together
March 7, 2025 — GILEAD, Maine - Maine National Guard 251st Engineer Company Soldiers trained with the Armed Forces of Montenegro Support Battalion, Engineer Company, at Bog Brook Training Area March 1-2 as part of...

Kentucky Army Guard Assists with Flood Response
March 7, 2025 — HYDEN, Ky.  –  The Kentucky Army National Guard’s 207th Engineer Construction Company helped respond to floods that damaged Eastern Kentucky, removing debris and clearing roads.Twenty-seven Soldiers,...

Vermont Guard Strengthens Trilateral Airpower at Cope North
March 7, 2025 — ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam – Airmen from the 158th Fighter Wing played a key role in the integration of F-35 aircraft during Exercise Cope North 2025, marking a milestone in multinational airpower...

Tactical Casualty Care Simulators Boost Air Guard Readiness
March 6, 2025 — BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - The constantly evolving battlefield requires service members to adapt through continual training. This is especially true for aerospace medical service technicians — Air Force field...

Updates to National Guard Bureau Social Media Content
March 5, 2025 — ARLINGTON, Va. - In alignment with Department of Defense Instruction 5400.17 and recent executive orders issued by the president, the National Guard Bureau has reviewed and adjusted its social media...

Guard Enlisted Leaders Emphasize Warrior Ethos, Readiness
March 5, 2025 — WASHINGTON - The National Guard’s senior enlisted leaders, representing more than 430,000 Soldiers and Airmen, discussed their insights and priorities during a leadership panel Feb. 24.“Our priorities...

Hawaii Air National Guard Group Enhances Warfighting Skills
March 5, 2025 — JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii - The Hawaii Air National Guard’s 154th Mission Support Group conducted a comprehensive training exercise to enhance warfighting skills and readiness.The Feb...

Florida Air National Guard Wing Welcomes F-35A Lightning II
March 4, 2025 — The Florida Air National Guard officially entered the fifth-generation fighter era with the arrival of its first F-35A Lightning II on March 4, 2025. The milestone makes the 125th Fighter Wing, known as ‘the Thunder’, the fourth Air National Guard (ANG) unit to receive the advanced fighter, marking a pivotal moment in the wing’s history and reinforcing the Air Force’s global defense strategy...

Alaska Army Guard Black Hawk Crew Touches Down on Train
March 4, 2025 — JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska - Alaska Army National Guard aviators assigned to Golf Company, 2nd Battalion, 211th General Support Aviation Battalion, landed an HH-60M Black Hawk helicopter...

Virginia National Guard Conducts Exchange in Tajikistan
February 28, 2025 — DUSHANBE, Tajikistan - Virginia National Guard Soldiers and Airmen conducted an exchange with the Republic of Tajikistan focusing on noncommissioned officer and junior officer development Feb...

Alaska Guard Doctor Creates Innovative Casualty Care System
February 28, 2025 — JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska - Historically, battles are won by the side that carries momentum throughout the fight. Taking casualties can stop that momentum in its tracks. In Alaska, those...

US Air Force Partners with Saudi Arabia to Train Chiefs
February 27, 2025 — AL UDEID AIR BASE, Qatar - A mobile training team of U.S. Airmen assigned to Air Forces Central led the Royal Saudi Air Force in completing its inaugural Chief Leadership Course Jan. 23 at a training...

Iowa Wing Joins International Cyber Defense Competition
February 26, 2025 — AMES, Iowa - Airmen of the 168th Cyberspace Operations Squadron assigned to the 132d Wing, Iowa Air National Guard, participated in the International Cyber Defense Competition Feb. 22 at Iowa State...

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