Guard News - The National Guard - Year 2025

District of Columbia Guard Returns from Border Mission
February 18, 2025 — WASHINGTON – About two dozen District of Columbia Army National Guard Aviation Command members returned from a 12-month deployment supporting U.S. Customs and Border Protection as part of the federal...

Kentucky, Indiana Guard Evacuate Hundreds Stranded by Floods
February 18, 2025 — LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Kentucky National Guard Airmen and Soldiers evacuated 296 residents from two housing complexes surrounded by floodwaters in Martin County Feb. 17.The troops, including Airmen from...

New Hampshire Guard Aviation Leaders Visit Salvadoran Partner
February 18, 2025 — CONCORD, N.H. - The New Hampshire National Guard’s senior Army and Air aviation commanders met their counterparts from the Salvadoran Air Force during the Ilopango Air Show in El Salvador.The show...

Nebraska Woman is Air National Guard Spouse of the Year
February 14, 2025 — LINCOLN, Neb. - Cara Loken, reserve component transition assistance adviser for the Nebraska National Guard, has been named the 2024 Air Force Association Air National Guard Spouse of the Year.This...

California Air Guard’s 129th Rescue Wing Upgrading Aircraft
February 14, 2025 — MOFFETT AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Calif.- The U.S. Air Force 129th Rescue Wing is replacing the HH-60G Pave Hawk with six newer HH-60W Jolly Green II helicopters.The first two helicopters arrived this...

Washington Guard Linguists Excel at Best Linguist Competition
February 14, 2025 — SALT LAKE CITY - Seven Soldiers with the 341st Military Intelligence Battalion (Linguist), 56th Theatre Information Operations Group, Washington National Guard, competed in the seventh annual Best...

Washington National Guard, Malaysian Partners Share Expertise
February 13, 2025 — CAMP MURRAY, Wash. - The Washington Air National Guard hosted Pacific Air Forces and Royal Malaysian Air Force senior leaders for the seventh annual Airman-to-Airman Talks Feb. 11-13.The talks are an...

Tennessee Aquatic Rescue Team Upgrades Helicopters
February 13, 2025 — NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Tennessee’s Helicopter Aquatic Rescue Team continues to strengthen its lifesaving capabilities with advancements in aviation technology, including a recent upgrade to the UH-60V...

Pennsylvania Guard Civil Support Team Polishes Skills
February 13, 2025 — LANDISVILLE, Pa. - Soldiers and Airmen from the Pennsylvania National Guard’s 3rd Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Team trained Feb. 3-7 at the Lancaster County Public Safety Training...

Air National Guard Conducts Arctic Training in Minnesota
February 11, 2025 — CAMP RIPLEY, Minn. - Seventy Air National Guard Airmen trained and conducted mission-essential tasks in extreme cold during the Air National Guard’s Cold Weather Operations Course at Camp Ripley...

Texas National Guard Operation Lone Star Helps Secure Border
February 11, 2025 — ROMA, Texas - National Guard members continue to play a key role in sealing and securing the southern U.S. border as additional troops join them. Nearly 1,500 Army National Guard Soldiers from more...

NY Wing to Participate in Canadian Arctic Training Exercise
February 11, 2025 — SCOTIA, N.Y. – Fifty-nine Airmen and two LC-130 Hercules aircraft from the New York Air National Guard’s 109th Airlift Wing will participate in a joint military exercise in the Northwest Territories...

National Guard Leaders Bid Farewell to Former Chief
February 11, 2025 — CATHEDRAL CITY, Calif. - Retired Army Lt. Gen. Herbert R. Temple Jr. , former chief of the National Guard Bureau, was laid to rest at Forest Lawn Cemetery Jan. 24 during a ceremony befitting his long...

Pennsylvania Guardsmen Graduate New Hospital Partnership Program
February 11, 2025 — HERSHEY, Pa. – Three Airmen with the Pennsylvania National Guard’s 193rd Special Operations Wing are the inaugural graduates of a new program and partnership between Penn State Health Milton S...

Oregon National Guard Opens Its First Off-Road Tank Trail
February 10, 2025 — UMATILLA, Ore. - The Oregon Army National Guard has unveiled a new six-mile tank driver training course at Raymond F. Rees Training Center, marking a significant upgrade in armor units’ training...

Arkansas Guard’s 189th Airlift Wing Takes 1st C-130J Flight
February 10, 2025 — LITTLE ROCK AIR FORCE BASE, Ark. – The 189th Airlift Wing conducted its first training flight in a J-model C-130 Feb. 7, a key step in the C-130J conversion process. The EC-130J aircraft is one of two...

Louisiana National Guard Upgrades Advanced Radar Systems
February 10, 2025 — NEW ORLEANS - The Louisiana National Guard’s 1-141st Field Artillery Battalion recently completed critical upgrades to its two AN/TPQ-53 radar systems at the Unit Training Equipment Site at Camp...

Alaska Air Guard Rescues 8 People in 4 Missions
February 10, 2025 — JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska - The Alaska Air National Guard’s 176th Wing rescued eight people during four rescue missions in Alaska and Yukon Territory Jan. 26-31.A 210th Rescue Squadron...

56th SBCT Medics Execute Mass Casualty Wargame Exercise
February 10, 2025 — GRAFENWOEHR, Germany - U.S. Soldiers assigned to the Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 28th Infantry Division, Pennsylvania National Guard, supporting the Joint...

West Virginia, DC Guard Compete in Qatar for Best Warrior
February 7, 2025 — UMM SALAL MUHAMMED, Qatar - Sixty-five service members from the West Virginia and District of Columbia National Guard traveled 7,000 miles to Qatar’s National Service Academy for the 2025 Best Warrior...

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