Guard News - The National Guard

Guard family gets Extreme dream home
December 19, 2007 — ARLINGTON, Va. - Spc. Michael Lucas received an extra-special homecoming during his mid-tour leave from Iraq recently when he and his family discovered they had been selected for a total-home... MORE

Washington National Guard goes door-to-door, shore-to-shore in December storms
December 18, 2007 — TACOMA, Wash. - The National Guard conducts phone alerts regularly to make sure they can contact unit members in case of an emergency, but they usually don't call the day after drill weekend.But... MORE

Air Guard Recruiters Press on Through Major Changes
December 17, 2007 — ARLINGTON, Va. - Tech. Sgt. Dianna Bowen understands and embraces the challenges of recruiting people into a transforming Air National Guard.Bowen became one of the Air Guard's top recruiters in the... MORE

NY National Guard marks National Guard Birthday
December 14, 2007 — The New York National Guard celebrated the 371st Birthday of the United State's force of Citizen Soldier Thursday, Dec. 13, with a traditional military cake-cutting ceremony.Major General Joseph... MORE

Congratulating the National Guard on its 371st Birthday
December 14, 2007 — I congratulate the National Guard on its 371st birthday. These devoted citizen-soldiers are tremendous partners in helping to secure the homeland. The men and women of the National Guard have enabled... MORE

Deployed units celebrate 371st birthday
December 14, 2007 — CAMP VICTORY, Iraq - The National Guard turned 371 on Dec. 13, and the occasion was not forgotten at Camp Victory, Iraq. At the Al-Faw Palace a ceremony was held to commemorate the event.The event... MORE

Guardmembers respond to Midwest ice storms
December 13, 2007 — ARLINGTON, Va. - More than 140 National Guard members in the Midwest responded to a band of deadly, mid-December storms that stretched from eastern Texas to the Ohio Valley and into northern New York... MORE

Former National Guard Bureau chief, Lt. Gen. Emmett Walker, Jr. dies
December 13, 2007 — ARLINGTON, Va. - Lt. Gen. Emmett (Mickey) H. Walker, Jr., a Silver Star recipient who served as the chief of the National Guard Bureau for four years in the early 1980s, died on Dec. 11 after a... MORE

National Guard learns lessons from a city under fire
December 12, 2007 — HAIFA, Israel - Studying how to respond to sustained terrorist attacks against a U.S. city, National Guard leaders visited Haifa, which in late summer 2006 was an Israeli city under fire.LTG H Steven... MORE

National Guard to help Afghan agriculture
December 11, 2007 — ARLINGTON, Va. - Give a man a fish, feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.Such is the philosophy behind the Army National Guard's use of an all-Soldier team of... MORE

Operation Deep Freeze main season underway
December 11, 2007 — McMURDO STATION, Antarctica (AFPN) - Active duty, Guard and Reserve Airmen from McChord Air Force Base, Wash., and the New York Air National Guard's 109th Airlift Wing, combined efforts to support the... MORE

Five Guard brigades alerted for 2009 deployments
December 5, 2007 — WASHINGTON - Defense officials announced today the deployment of five National Guard brigade combat teams to begin in summer 2009.These units will replace units that have not yet deployed. Pentagon... MORE

Oregon National Guard rescues hundreds, provides ongoing support
December 5, 2007 — The Oregon National Guard mobilized the 125th Special Tactics Squadron Dec. 3 to assist first responders in the rescue of citizens of Vernonia. By the time the mission was completed, between 200 and... MORE

Governor tours coastal towns damaged by widespread flooding
December 4, 2007 — SALEM, Ore. - Oregon Gov. Theodore R. Kulongoski and other state officials visited coastal towns in the northwest part of the state hit hard by widespread flooding.They arrived in Vernonia, Ore., via... MORE

Alaska Guard Conducts Operation Santa Claus
November 30, 2007 — WASHINGTON - The Alaska National Guard is bringing Christmas a month early to children in remote Alaskan villages, some of whom might otherwise not get to see a Santa Claus or receive a holiday... MORE

Trees for Troops program gets boost from National Guard veterans
November 30, 2007 — CHARLTON, N.Y. - Volunteers from the New York Army National Guard's 42nd Infantry (Rainbow) Division helped spread holiday cheer this season by helping to load donated Christmas trees bound for... MORE

Colorful F-16 represents 90 years of history
November 29, 2007 — AUSTIN, Texas (AFPN) - An F-16C Fighting Falcon from the Texas Air National Guard's 111th Fighter Squadron is flying with a special paint job in honor of the squadron's 90th anniversary. All the... MORE

Guard film tells Soldier's story
November 28, 2007 — ARLINGTON, Va. - Like many Soldiers deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan, the Soldiers from the Oregon National Guard's 2nd Battalion, 162nd Infantry, brought their personal cameras along during their... MORE

One family, five Guardmembers, one deployment â€“ and one strong wife and mother
November 28, 2007 — ARLINGTON, Va. - This West Virginia National Guard family readiness assistant ought to know a thing or two about her job: five members of Cathy Hammack's family are serving in Iraq.Her husband, two... MORE

Aircraft name now honors a precious payload
November 27, 2007 — JACKSON, Miss. - One of the Air Force's most modern cargo aircraft was named after the nation's oldest military decoration Nov. 20 in a ceremony here attended by Medal of Honor and Purple Heart medal... MORE

Vermont Soldiers hone mountain skills with Saudi Special Forces

Nevada, Hawaii Air Guard conduct airpower exercise in Hawaii

Alaska National Guard hosts Arctic Interest Council

Air Force leaders talk total force integration

Navajo life helped forge NGB diversity director's passion