Guard News - The National Guard

National Guard Members Conduct Innovative Readiness Training
June 10, 2022 — TAHLEQUAH, Okla. - Oklahoma National Guard Soldiers and Airmen are building homes and treating patients in health clinics in Eastern Oklahoma. They are helping fellow Oklahomans thanks partly to the... MORE

Idaho Guard’s 2-116th CAB Trains for Deployment to Mideast
June 9, 2022 — BOISE, Idaho – The Idaho Army National Guard’s 2nd of the 116th Combined Arms Battalion conducted annual training to prepare for deployment later this year to support Operation Spartan Shield. The... MORE

National Guard Supports Armed Forces of Ukraine
June 8, 2022 — ARLINGTON, Va. – Pinned down by a Russian tank and armed with only a failed anti-tank missile, a Ukrainian soldier recently turned to an unlikely source as the most effective weapon available — his... MORE

NY, Minnesota Airmen Hone Ice Runway Construction Skills
June 8, 2022 — STRATTON AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, N.Y. – Ten Airmen assigned to the 109th Airlift Wing deployed to Greenland to support Exercise Polar Reach May 11-27.The exercise, a joint international training... MORE

Delaware Air Guard Demonstrates Readiness in Graded Exercise
June 8, 2022 — NEW CASTLE, Del. – After years of preparation, the 166th Airlift Wing performed the Air Mobility Command graded exercise Operation Gemini to demonstrate its Total Force Readiness and ability to... MORE

Pilot Deployed with Vermont Guard Reaches 1,000-hour Milestone a 3rd Time
June 8, 2022 — SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. – U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Christopher J. White, the 315th Fighter Squadron commander assigned to the 158th Fighter Wing, Vermont Air National Guard, reached his 1,000th flight... MORE

Continued Investments Make Guard Effective, Chief Says
June 7, 2022 — ARLINGTON, Va. – The chief of the National Guard Bureau told senators June 7 that continued investments in the National Guard mean it will be able to effectively support the Joint Force while quickly... MORE

New Air National Guard Exercise Tests Agility in Michigan
June 7, 2022 — ALPENA, Mich. – Air National Guard Airmen and aircraft from around the country are conducting the first Air National Guard Readiness Exercise Program event, Agile Rage 22. This exercise is hosted by... MORE

Task Force Red Dragon Hosts D-Day Remembrance in Africa
June 7, 2022 — CAMP LEMONNIER, Djibouti. – U.S. Army National Guard Soldiers assigned to Task Force Red Dragon, Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa, hosted a D-Day commemoration and ruck march June 6 to... MORE

Pennsylvania National Guard Leaders Visit SPP Partner Lithuania
June 7, 2022 — FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, Pa. – Senior Pennsylvania National Guard leaders visited Lithuania to meet with Lithuanian military leaders and visit Pennsylvania National Guard members deployed there.Maj. Gen... MORE

152nd CSSB Hosts Battalion-wide Field Training Exercise
June 7, 2022 — BROOKINGS, S.D. – The 152nd Combat Sustainment Support Battalion hosted its first field training exercise April 30-May 1 at Camp Ripley, Minnesota, bringing the battalion headquarters and all... MORE

Guard Soldiers, Airmen Participate in Cyber Shield Exercise
June 7, 2022 — NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – More than 800 National Guard Soldiers and Airmen, civilian experts, and other military services from throughout the nation are conducting exercise Cyber Shield this month... MORE

Idaho Air National Guard Engineers to Build Homes in Oklahoma
June 6, 2022 — TAHLEQUAH, Okla. – The Idaho Air National Guard’s 124th Civil Engineer Squadron arrived in Oklahoma with nearly 25 Airmen June 5 to conduct an Innovative Readiness Training mission while building... MORE

Idaho Air National Guard Airmen Begin Agile Rage Exercise
June 6, 2022 — ALPENA, Mich. – Airmen from the 124th Fighter Wing, Boise, Idaho, and eight A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft from the 190th Fighter Squadron arrived at the Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center to... MORE

Washington National Guard, Malaysia Conduct Joint Exercise
June 6, 2022 — KUANTAN, Malaysia – The eighth annual Bersama Warrior exercise began June 6 with a ceremony presided over by First Admiral Baharudin bin Wan Md Nor, Malaysian Armed Forces Joint Force Headquarters... MORE

New Hampshire National Guard, El Salvador Build on SPP Relationship
June 6, 2022 — SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador – After two years of sporadic correspondence, it only took a few minutes of face time for New Hampshire Adjutant Gen. David Mikolaities and Salvadoran Defense Minister René... MORE

Land at Your own Risk: Air Guardsmen Honored for Valor During Operation Allies Refuge
June 4, 2022 — NEWBURGH, N.Y. – Flying into a “hornet’s nest” is how one of the crew members of Reach 824 described the scene as their C-17 Globemaster military transport aircraft approached Hamid Karzai... MORE

National Guard Leaders Emphasize Value of State Partnership Program
June 3, 2022 — ARLINGTON, Va. – The adjutants general from California, Florida, Nebraska and Vermont discussed the value of the Department of Defense National Guard Bureau State Partnership Program during a media... MORE

Utah National Guardsman is Regional Soldier of the Year
June 3, 2022 — GUAM – Seven states and the territory of Guam sent their strongest, fittest and most capable Soldiers to compete in the Region VII Best Warrior Competition on Guam, May 23-26. The competition crowned... MORE

Pennsylvania Army National Guard Supports Defender Europe 22
June 3, 2022 — FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, Pa. – About 250 Pennsylvania Army National Guard Soldiers deployed to Lithuania in May to support Defender Europe 22 and NATO exercise Flaming Thunder. The Soldiers, assigned to... MORE