Guard News - The National Guard

Washington Guard, Singapore Team Up for Tiger Balm 2025
May 30, 2025 — SINGAPORE – Washington Army National Guardsmen traveled to Mandai Hill, Singapore, this month to participate in exercise Tiger Balm 2025. It was the 44th iteration of the bilateral exercise between...

Kentucky Army Guard Completes Exercise with V Corps
May 30, 2025 — POZNAN, Poland — Soldiers from the 138th Operational Fires Command (OFC), Kentucky Army National Guard, recently participated in a corps-level Command Post Exercise (CPX) with U.S. Army V Corps, held...

Washington Airman Selected for Direct Commission in Cyber
May 30, 2025 — JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Washington – Capt. Isaac Tian, a cyber operations officer with the 262nd Cyber Operations Squadron, is among the first Air National Guard members selected under a newly...

Washington Air Guard’s Warrant Officers Pave Way
May 29, 2025 — CAMP MURRAY, Washington – The 194th Wing’s warrant officers are not only breaking new ground — they’re laying the foundation for generations to come.For the first time in more than 65 years, the Air...

Royal Thai Air Force, Washington Guard Finalize Plans for Enduring Partners 2025
May 29, 2025 — SPOKANE, Wash. – Airmen with the Washington Air National Guard and the Royal Thai Air Force assembled in western Washington May 19-24 to finalize plans for Enduring Partners 2025, an exercise...

Louisiana Guard Rehearses Emergency Plans for Hurricane Season
May 28, 2025 — NEW ORLEANS – The Louisiana National Guard conducted its annual Hurricane Rehearsal of Concept (ROC) Drill at the Armed Forces Reserve Center in Baton Rouge May 21, uniting key personnel across...

New Hampshire Guard Teams with Morocco for Sling Load Training at African Lion 2025
May 28, 2025 — TAN TAN, Morocco – Soldiers assigned to the 744th Forward Support Company (744TH FSC), 3rd Battalion, 197th Field Artillery Regiment, New Hampshire Army National Guard partnered with the Royal...

Guam Guard Participates in Balikatan 2025 Cyber Defense Exercise
May 28, 2025 — MANILA, Philippines – A team of cyber professionals and an intelligence analyst from the Guam National Guard attended Balikatan 2025, participating in the three-week Cyber Defense Exercise alongside...

Minnesota Guard Soldier Competes on the All-Army Softball Team
May 27, 2025 — SAINT PAUL, Minn. – As a veteran with nearly two decades of service, Army 1st Sgt. Steven Cox has had plenty of experience, but his latest achievement took him to a different kind of field – a...

Oregon Guard Soldier Sets New World Record for Hand Release Push-Ups
May 27, 2025 — WEST SALEM, Ore. – Oregon Army National Guard Physician Assistant Maj. Tommy Vu set a new world record May 23 for the most hand-release push-ups completed in one hour, achieving 1,422 repetitions at...

Exercise Grindstone Tests Kentucky Air Guard’s Earthquake Response
May 27, 2025 — PADUCAH, Ky. – The Kentucky Air National Guard staged a major earthquake-response exercise here last week, deploying more than 30 Airmen and three aircraft to establish a regional cargo hub, process...

Ohio Army National Guard Hacking a Recruiting Challenge
May 23, 2025 — PITTSBURGH – The Ohio Army National Guard Recruiting and Retention Battalion partnered with four Hacking for Defense students at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) to increase Armed Services Vocational...

Pennsylvania Guard Medical Training Sites Consolidate, Aligning Training Efforts
May 23, 2025 — FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, Pa. — In a significant step toward streamlining Army medical training operations and enhancing readiness, the Medical Simulation Training Center (MSTC) here has consolidated under...

Nordhaus to Senate: ‘National Guard Delivers Incredible Value to America’
May 23, 2025 — WASHINGTON —Appearing before the Senate Appropriations Committee Subcommittee on Defense Thursday, the National Guard Bureau’s senior leader emphasized the Guard’s value to America.Air Force Gen...

Maryland Army National Guard Trained in Estonia in Exercise Hedgehog 25
May 23, 2025 — VÕRU, Estonia – U.S. Army Soldiers with Battery A, 3rd Battalion, 321st Field Artillery Regiment, Task Force Voit; Apache Troop, 5th Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division; and the...

Alaska Air Guard's 168th Wing Helps Deliver Connectivity to Remote Alaska
May 23, 2025 — SHISHMAREF, Alaska — In the icy expanse of Northwest Alaska under the biting chill of Arctic winter conditions, a team of communications specialists from the Alaska Air National Guard's 168th Wing and...

Puerto Rico Air Guard Hosts Emergency Management Deployment for Training
May 22, 2025 — SALINAS, Puerto Rico - The Puerto Rico Air National Guard’s 156th Civil Engineer Squadron recently hosted 14 Air National Guard units for an emergency management Deployment for Training. Air Guard...

Kentucky Army Guard Soldiers Qualify for 2025 CrossFit Games
May 22, 2025 — FRANKFORT, Ky. – U.S. Army Col. Eddie Simpson and 1st Lt. Erik Thomas, both Kentucky Army National Guard Soldiers, have qualified for the 2025 CrossFit Games, one of the most elite distinctions in...

Maryland Air Guardsmen Support NATO Cyber Exercise
May 22, 2025 — TALLINN, Estonia – Eleven Airmen from the Maryland Air National Guard’s 175th Cyberspace Operations Group participated in Locked Shields 2025, an international defensive cybersecurity exercise...

New Hampshire Guard Medical Readiness Detachment Leads Arctic Mission
May 22, 2025 — KOTZEBUE, Alaska — The New Hampshire Army National Guard Medical Readiness Detachment led a groundbreaking joint-service humanitarian mission, Operation Arctic Care 2025, this spring to deliver...

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