Guard News - The National Guard - Year 2025

Air Guard, Reserve Medics Help Clear Recruiting Bottleneck
February 26, 2025 — FALLS CHURCH, Va. - Thirty-five Air National Guard and 10 Reserve component Airmen executed a surge initiative to address severe backlogs at military entrance processing stations across the United...

Colombia, Germany Join South Carolina Best Warrior Events
February 26, 2025 — EASTOVER, S.C. – Twenty competitors from every corner of the Palmetto State, Colombia and Germany are participating in South Carolina’s Best Warrior Competition Feb. 24-28 to determine the next...

Kendrick is 14th Army National Guard Command Sergeant Major
February 25, 2025 — ARLINGTON, Va. – Surrounded by family, friends and National Guard leaders from the 54 states, territories and the District of Columbia, Command Sgt. Maj. James Brian Kendrick officially assumed the...

COVID-19 Vaccine Refusal Reinstatement
February 24, 2025 — ARLINGTON, Va. - Former Army National Guard Soldiers: You can continue your service in the Army National Guard.If you are a Soldier who separated solely due to refusing the COVID-19 vaccine...

172nd Airlift Wing Opens State-of-the-Art Small Arms Range
February 24, 2025 — JACKSON, Miss. - Members of the 172nd Airlift Wing celebrated the opening of a state-of-the-art small arms range in Jackson Jan. 24.The fourteen-lane, fully enclosed facility is rated for munitions up...

Hawaii Air Guard, Indonesian Air Force Advance Partnership
February 24, 2025 — DENPASAR, Indonesia – Hawaii Air National Guard personnel from the 154th Wing participated in air-to-air refueling with the Indonesian Air Force to support F-16 recertification requirements identified...

Guardsmen Display Hand-to-Hand Combat Skills
February 24, 2025 — CAMP SMITH, N.Y. - In a display of strength, agility and technical prowess, 21 New York and Massachusetts National Guard Soldiers and Airmen competed in the Minutemen Combative Competition Feb. 2-3...

140th Medical Group Trains on Combat Casualty Care
February 24, 2025 — BUCKLEY SPACE FORCE BASE, Colo. – Members of the 140th Medical Group, Colorado Air National Guard, participated in tactical combat casualty care training Jan. 28-31.TCCC replaced Self-Aid and Buddy...

North Carolina Guard Soldier Completes Dozens of Missions
February 24, 2025 — GREENSBORO, N.C. – For many, serving in the North Carolina National Guard means answering the call when their state and nation need them most. Few exemplify this commitment more than Sgt. 1st Class...

Indiana National Guard Aids Kentucky Flood Response
February 21, 2025 — INDIANAPOLIS - Four Indiana National Guard Soldiers with the 38th Infantry Division’s combat aviation brigade helped their southern neighbors in Kentucky with flood relief efforts.With Indiana’s...

Guardsman Surmounts Combat Trauma to Command Infantry Battalion
February 21, 2025 — JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska - “I wasn’t going to leave that fight unless it was in a body bag.”Alaska Army National Guard Lt. Col. Luke Bushatz, 297th Regional Support Group operations...

Air National Guard Medics Keep Airmen in the Fight
February 21, 2025 — CAMP RIPLEY, Minn. - When 70 Airmen from 37 Air National Guard wings participated in a Cold Weather Operations Course, three aerospace medical technicians, or medics, and a physician assistant...

Wyoming, California Air Guard Conduct MAFFS Training
February 21, 2025 — FORT HUACHUCA, Ariz. – Airmen from the Wyoming and California Air National Guard participated in Modular Airborne Firefighting System training Feb. 13-15.The annual training exercise ensured aircrews...

From Frozen Foxholes to Lasting Bonds: Nebraska Guard in Bastogne
February 20, 2025 — BASTOGNE, Belgium – Five Nebraska National Guard members traveled to Europe to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge and honor the legacy of their predecessors who fought there...

Minnesota National Guard, Norway Strengthen Training Ties
February 20, 2025 — STJØRDAL, Norway - The Minnesota National Guard and the Heimevernet, the Norwegian Home Guard, joined forces for the 52nd Annual Norwegian Reciprocal Troop Exchange Feb. 5-19, continuing a tradition...

DC Guardsman Credits Lifesaving Action to Military Training
February 20, 2025 — WASHINGTON - A District of Columbia National Guard Soldier’s quick thinking and training proved lifesaving when she rescued a teenage driver trapped in a car after a devastating crash near Annapolis,...

Louisiana Guard 256th Infantry Brigade Combat Team to Deploy
February 20, 2025 — PINEVILLE, La. - Approximately 600 Soldiers from the Louisiana National Guard’s 256th Infantry Brigade Combat Team conducted annual training to prepare to deploy to Europe and Africa.“Pre-mobilization...

Guard Builds Readiness, Interoperability in Doha Competition
February 19, 2025 — DOHA, Qatar - The West Virginia and District of Columbia Army National Guard joined the Qatar armed forces in a historic, readiness-focused military training exchange Feb. 2-5 at Qatar’s National...

Washington Guard, Thai Partners Share Disaster Response Tips
February 19, 2025 — PRACHINBURI, Thailand - Washington National Guard and Royal Thai Army Soldiers participated in their annual Homeland Assistance Disaster Relief subject matter exchange from Jan. 30 to Feb. 8, in...

Hawaii Air Guard’s Sentry Aloha Exercise Boosts Readiness
February 19, 2025 — JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii - The Hawaii Air National Guard’s 154th Wing concluded its long-running readiness exercise, Sentry Aloha, Feb. 12.Designated Sentry Aloha 25-1, this iteration...

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