Guard News - The National Guard

New York National Guard honors Korean War MIA
May 27, 2022 — ELMIRA, N.Y. – Nine New York Army National Guard members ensured that a Korean War Soldier who went unidentified for 70 years was laid to rest with full military honors May 27.An Army National Guard... MORE

Idaho Army National Guard fires precision-guided munitions
May 27, 2022 — BOISE, Idaho – The Idaho Army National Guard’s 1st of the 148th Field Artillery Regiment conducted its first live-fire training and certification using the Army’s modernized M1156 Precision Guidance... MORE

Alabama National Guard, Romania strengthen SPP ties
May 27, 2022 — CAMP SHELBY, Miss. – Romania’s 72nd Chemical Biological Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) Defense Battalion trained with the Alabama National Guard’s 31st CBRN Brigade at Camp Shelby in April,... MORE

Pennsylvania National Guard aviators find lost hikers
May 27, 2022 — FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, Pa. – A helicopter crew from the Pennsylvania National Guard’s Eastern Army National Guard Aviation Site located a group of lost hikers.At about 9:30 p.m. May 24, Dauphin County... MORE

Arizona National Guard delivers for Operation Patriot Press
May 27, 2022 — FLORENCE, Ariz. – Soldiers from the Arizona Army National Guard’s 222nd Transportation Company hauled about 2 million pounds of munitions over 5,100 miles of desert, mountains and plains to support... MORE

New York Air Guard conducts mid-ocean medical supply drop
May 26, 2022 — F.S. GABRESKI AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, N.Y. – New York Air National Guard’s 106th Rescue Wing flew 1,200 miles east over the North Atlantic May 20, found a 32-foot sailboat heading toward the Azores,... MORE

Oregon National Guard Airmen save lives in Idaho
May 26, 2022 — BOISE, Idaho – Two Idahoans are alive today thanks to the quick and skillful reaction of some of America’s most elite service members. After completing a day of small arms training, Airmen with the... MORE

Hawaii Air Guard helps deliver baby formula from Europe
May 26, 2022 — JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii – Hawaii Air National Guard pilots helped fly 78,000 pounds of baby formula from Germany to Indianapolis aboard a Hickam-based C-17 Globemaster III, completing... MORE

Fighting wildfires almost year-round, Guard preps for more
May 26, 2022 — ARLINGTON, Va. – The Hermit’s Peak Fire in New Mexico is now the largest fire in state history, scorching more than 310,000 acres and prompting the governor to activate nearly 180 New Mexico National... MORE

Idaho Army Guard conducts joint medevac, casualty training
May 26, 2022 — BOISE, Idaho – Medics from the Idaho Army National Guard’s Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 1st of the 148th Field Artillery Regiment, conducted air medical evacuation and casualty treatment... MORE

Sentry Savannah builds warfighter readiness, lethality
May 25, 2022 — SAVANNAH, Ga. – About 1,300 Total Force Airmen, joint personnel and civilian partners and more than 50 airframes participated in exercise Sentry Savannah May 2-15.Hosted by the Air Dominance Center at... MORE

Recent events, past decades have transformed Guard, chief says
May 24, 2022 — ARLINGTON, Va. – The past 20 years have proven the National Guard has transformed from a strategic reserve to an operational force, the chief of the National Guard Bureau told lawmakers... MORE

144th Fighter Wing trains for fighter jet integration in Alaska
May 24, 2022 — ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Ten U.S. Air Force F-15s and more than 200 Airmen assigned to the California Air National Guard’s 144th Fighter Wing deployed to Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, to support... MORE

Solar project begins on Los Alamitos joint base
May 24, 2022 — LOS ALAMITOS, Calif. – A 100-acre solar project that will bolster the power grid in Southern California and provide two weeks of emergency power for Joint Forces Training Base, Los Alamitos, broke... MORE

Alabama Air National Guard, Romania complete exercise
May 24, 2022 — BUCHAREST, ROMANIA - Alabama Air National Guard members from the 117th Air Refueling Wing conducted a week-long joint exercise with the Romanian Ministry of Defense and Romanian Air Force.U.S. Airmen... MORE

Audacious Warrior EOD exercise boosts joint service ties
May 24, 2022 — FORT MCCOY, Wis. – Airmen, Marines and Soldiers from a range of units and career fields participated in an exercise focusing on explosive ordnance disposal at Fort McCoy and Volk Field May 15-25.The... MORE

Indiana CSM gives his Legion of Merit to doctor
May 24, 2022 — INDIANAPOLIS – Command Sgt. Maj. Joshua Brown, senior enlisted adviser of the 76th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, was awarded the Legion of Merit in a ceremony at the Indiana University Health Cancer... MORE

Nebraska Air National Guard provides aerial refueling along Eastern flank
May 24, 2022 — PARDUBICE, Czech Republic – The Nebraska Air National Guard’s 155th Air Refueling Wing deployed a KC-135 Stratotanker to Pardubice Air Base in Czechia to support real-world missions this month.The... MORE

Four Lao brothers serve in same Tennessee Air Guard wing
May 24, 2022 — NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The record for the number of siblings serving at the same time at the same wing is difficult to determine, but the Tennessee Air National Guard’s 118th Wing is probably getting... MORE

New York Guard partner South Africa signs West Point pact
May 23, 2022 — WEST POINT, N.Y. – New York National Guard leaders attended the signing of an agreement launching a cadet and faculty exchange program between the U.S. Military Academy and South Africa’s Stellenbosch... MORE