Guard News - The National Guard - Dec 2025

Pennsylvania Guard Mobilizes for Europe Deployment
December 15, 2025 — FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, Pa. – Ten Soldiers with the Pennsylvania National Guard’s 109th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment, or MPAD, were honored during a deployment ceremony Dec. 13 at the Keystone...

Alaska Guard’s Snowstorm Response Inspires Local Police Officer to Enlist
December 12, 2025 — JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — What began as a chance encounter during a severe Yakutat snowstorm set Spc. Brad Adams on an unexpected path to the Alaska Army National Guard and toward a...

National Guard Mobilizes in Support of Floods in Western Washington
December 11, 2025 — CAMP MURRAY, Wash. – As catastrophic flooding continues to cause damage across the state, the Washington National Guard will mobilize up to 300 personnel to help local agencies respond to the ongoing...

Spc. Sarah Beckstrom Laid to Rest at West Virginia National Cemetery
December 11, 2025 — GRAFTON, W.Va. – U.S. Army Spc. Sarah Beckstrom, a military police officer with the 863rd Military Police Company, West Virginia Army National Guard, was laid to rest with full military honors during...

Illinois Army National Guard Soldiers Return from Overseas Deployment
December 10, 2025 — ROCKFORD, Ill. – Approximately 265 Soldiers from the Illinois Army National Guard’s 2nd Battalion, 130th Infantry Regiment, headquartered in Marion, Illinois, with units based in Effingham,...

Connecticut Airmen Conclude High-Tempo Deployment in East Africa
December 10, 2025 — CAMP LEMONNIER, Djibouti – The heat settled over the flightline as the sun dipped toward the horizon, casting a deep orange glow across the open ramp and reflecting off the water beyond the perimeter...

Fiji Military Forces and Nevada Army Guard Conduct Multinational Training
December 10, 2025 — SUVA, Fiji – It was hard to overlook the timing of Veterans Day this year for many attending Exercise Cartwheel, the annual training exercise that brought together military participants from...

Idaho Guardsman Captures State’s History, Wins Emmy
December 8, 2025 — GOWEN FIELD, Idaho – Snow fell silently on the Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness as Senior Airman Dan Noakes pressed forward, his feet blistered and numb, a GoPro his only companion.What...

134th Air Refueling Wing Welcomes KC-46A Pegasus in Ceremony
December 8, 2025 — MCGHEE TYSON AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Tenn. – After more than six decades, a new military aircraft will soon dominate the Smoky Mountain skyline of East Tennessee.In a seminal moment for the Tennessee...

California Guard Enters State Partnership Program with Mexico's Secretariat of National Defense
December 8, 2025 — MEXICO CITY – The California National Guard and Mexico’s Secretariat of National Defense (Secretaría de la Defensa Nacional) held a signing ceremony Oct. 28 to formalize their partnership in the...

Indiana National Guard Soldiers Arrive in DC
December 8, 2025 — INDIANAPOLIS – Approximately 300 Indiana National Guard Soldiers arrived in Washington Dec. 6 to support the D.C. Safe and Beautiful mission.Hoosier Guard members will assist local and federal law...

Iowa Air Guard Stands Up New 133rd Combat Training Squadron
December 8, 2025 — DES MOINES, Iowa – The Iowa Air National Guard officially activated the 133rd Combat Training Squadron, or CTS, during a ceremony Dec. 6 at the 132d Wing, marking a major milestone in the state’s...

Georgia Army Guard Participates in Vigilant Guard Exercise
December 5, 2025 — ANNISTON, Ala. – Members of the 201st Regional Support Group’s Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, or CBRN Task Force, Georgia Army National Guard, and the Georgia State Defense Force...

New York Air Guard’s 109th Airlift Wing Annual Antarctic Support Mission Underway
December 5, 2025 — SCOTIA, N.Y. — The New York Air National Guard’s 109th Airlift Wing kicked off its 38th year of supporting American science research in Antarctica as four LC-130H “Skibirds” and 45 Airmen departed...

New York Army Guard Honors Martin Van Buren, Nation's 8th President
December 5, 2025 — KINDERHOOK, N.Y. – New York Army National Guard Maj. Gen. Michel Natali paid tribute to the nation’s eighth president —Martin Van Buren— as he laid a wreath from President Donald J. Trump at Van...

Utah Guard Opens Medical Simulation Training Center at Camp Williams
December 4, 2025 — CAMP WILLIAMS, Utah – The Utah Army National Guard is rapidly evolving in the field of combat medicine with the introduction of one of the most advanced medical training facilities in the country, the...

Louisiana Guard Supports State Police During Bayou Classic
December 3, 2025 — NEW ORLEANS – The Louisiana National Guard assigned Soldiers from the 61st Troop Command, headquartered in Carville, and the 256th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, headquartered in Lafayette, to assist...

New York Guard Volunteers Give Lift to Trees for Troops
December 2, 2025 — BALLSTON SPA, N.Y. – Seven New York National Guard Soldiers and Airmen joined local veterans in loading 150 Christmas trees earmarked for military bases around the country onto a truck at Ellms Tree...

New York Air Guard, Police Department Sharpen Rescue Skills in Exercise
December 2, 2025 — FLOYD BENNETT FIELD, N.Y. — Airmen of the New York Air National Guard's 103rd Rescue Squadron, a part of the 106th Rescue Wing, recently partnered with the New York Police Department's Emergency...

Pennsylvania Guard Soldiers Selected for International Best Squad Competition
December 1, 2025 — FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, Pa. – Seven Pennsylvania Army National Guard Soldiers recently completed tryouts and earned their place in a best squad competition scheduled for March 2026 in Lithuania.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