Guard News - The National Guard

Pennsylvania Guardsman zeroes in on President’s 100 award
November 14, 2018 — PITTSBURGH - Imagine lying in a large open field, supporting a long-range rifle. You gaze down the barrel through iron sights attempting to hit a target 600 yards away while using just your hands to... MORE

Juggling fires and families: Calif. aviators make it work
November 14, 2018 — MATHER, Calif. – U.S. Army Sgt. Greg Fernandez stepped Monday into the hall of the Sacramento Army Aviation Support Facility to check on fires burning 400 miles away. Fernandez, a UH-60M Black Hawk... MORE

Guard oxygen Airmen help 176th Wing aircrew breathe easy
November 13, 2018 — JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska - When Alaska Air National Guard Staff Sgt. Connie Camama deployed to Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, it was the security forces Airman's job to keep aircrew... MORE

Ohio Air Wing recruiter finds success in innovation
November 9, 2018 — MANSFIELD, Ohio – Tech. Sgt. Nicholas M. Alexander, recruiter from the 179th Airlift Wing, is using innovation to bring awareness of the Ohio Air National Guard to the local area. Although Alexander... MORE

Vermont again a finalist for Army Communities of Excellence
November 8, 2018 — COLCHESTER, Vt. - The Vermont Army National Guard was selected as an Army Communities of Excellence finalist from the 54 states and territories that submitted ACOE applications to the National Guard... MORE

Alaskan village welcomes Santa on his early rounds
November 8, 2018 — JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – The Alaska National Guard and the Salvation Army united Nov. 1 to take Operation Santa Claus to the village of Emmonak. An HC-130J Combat King II aircraft... MORE

Prairie Assurance quake drill preps Guard, first responders
November 8, 2018 — SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – Imagine that a subtle shaking awakens you from a sound sleep. You step out of bed to investigate and as you move through your house, the rumble intensifies to a shake, then a... MORE

133rd Army National Guard Band provides more than just music
November 7, 2018 — CAMP MURRAY, Wash. - “Where words fail, music speaks,” said Danish author Hans Christian Andersen, who was particularly noted for his fairy tales. Chief Warrant Officer 3 Scott Pierson, commander of... MORE

History: National Guard assisted WWI allies in ending war
November 7, 2018 — ARLINGTON, Va. - At 11 a.m. Greenwich Mean Time on Nov. 11, 1918 ("the eleventh hour of the eleventh month"), an Armistice took place between the Allied and Central powers across all battle zones. It... MORE

Guam National Guard, Navy join forces for relief efforts
November 7, 2018 — NAVAL BASE GUAM, Guam - Naval Beach Unit (NBU) 7 and the 1224th Engineering Support Company, Guam Army National Guard worked together to load heavy equipment vehicles onto the amphibious dock landing... MORE

167th Airlift Wing officers participate in exchange program
November 5, 2018 — MARTINSBURG, W. Va. - Once opponents, the United States and Germany have grown a close alliance since the end of World War II. For more than three decades, their respective military members have... MORE

State cyberspace protection units gear up for Election Day
November 5, 2018 — JOINT BASE LEWIS-McCHORD, Wash.—An elite cyberspace operations unit within the Washington Air National Guard is working in support of the state's Office of the Secretary of State through Election Day,... MORE

Maj. Gen. John Gronski visits Battle Group Poland
November 2, 2018 — BEMOWO PISKIE, Poland — U.S. Army Maj. Gen. John Gronski, the U.S. Army Europe, deputy commanding general for the Army National Guard, visited Soldiers from the Tennessee Army National Guard's 2nd... MORE

Neb., Texas Guard form unique color guard for Czech parade
November 2, 2018 — PRAGUE, Czech Republic - Sgt. 1st Class Robb Miller admits that when he was first handed the mission from his sergeant major, he was left with a somewhat queasy feeling. To say that the mission... MORE

100th Missile Defense Brigade marks 15 years of service
November 2, 2018 — COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado - The Soldiers of the 100th Missile Defense Brigade are the ground-based midcourse missile defense experts and have provided the nation's protection from intercontinental... MORE

Alaska Air Guard members rescue downed pilot
November 2, 2018 — JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Airmen with the Alaska Air National Guard’s 210th and 212th Rescue Squadrons rescued a pilot of a Piper PA-12 Thursday on a sandbar of the Susitna River... MORE

Exchange program offers overseas experience to N.Y. Soldiers
November 2, 2018 — LATHAM, N.Y. – New York Army National Guard 2nd Lt. Christian Larrabee normally leads an infantry platoon in Bravo Company of the 2nd Battalion, 108th Infantry. His unit training frequently takes him... MORE

North Dakota Guard Soldier helps his former school in Ghana
November 1, 2018 — ACCRA, Ghana — When he first left Ghana for the United States at age 20, Spc. Dennis Duku had no idea that his life would come full circle. Or that he would find himself giving back to his... MORE

Citizen-Warrior: Military, police work go hand-in-hand for Guard member
October 31, 2018 — ARLINGTON, Va. – Air Force Staff Sgt. Rodrigo Acosta, a security forces specialist with the Arizona Air National Guard's 162nd Wing, said he felt fortunate to belong to an Arizona-based unit when he... MORE

U.S. Soldiers host Halloween fall festival in Ukraine
October 31, 2018 — YAVORIV, Ukraine - Soldiers from the Tennessee Army National Guard along with Canadian and Lithuanian counterparts hosted a Halloween fall festival Oct. 27 for Ukrainian soldiers and their families. ... MORE