Guard News - The National Guard

Virginia National Guard’s 3647th Supports New Jersey Guard
July 29, 2022 — FORT DRUM, N.Y. – The Virginia National Guard supports more than 2,500 Soldiers assigned to the New Jersey Army National Guard’s 44th Infantry Brigade Combat Team on their three-week eXportable... MORE

National Guard Assists with Flood Rescue in Kentucky
July 28, 2022 — ARLINGTON, Va. – The Kentucky, Tennessee and West Virginia National Guard deployed aircraft and troops to Eastern Kentucky to help search for and rescue victims of the severe flash flooding caused by... MORE

158th Fighter Wing Airmen Demonstrate ACE in Estonia
July 28, 2022 — VERMONT AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Vt. – Thirty-five multicapable Airmen from the 158th Fighter Wing, Vermont Air National Guard, deployed from Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, to Amari Airbase, Estonia,... MORE

Lessons learned at JRTC Will Last a Lifetime, National Guard Chief Says
July 28, 2022 — FORT POLK, La. – In oppressive heat with humidity thicker than a wool blanket, Army National Guard Soldiers are training to build combat readiness and capacity.The theme at the Joint Training... MORE

New York National Guard Helps Provide Medical Care in South Africa
July 27, 2022 — RICHARDS BAY, South Africa - Fifteen U.S. Soldiers, including five from the New York Army National Guard, provided medical care to about 3,000 South African villagers during a medical readiness... MORE

Long-term Relationships Drive State Partnership Program Success
July 26, 2022 — PRAGUE, Czech Republic – When Daryl Bohac came here in 1998, he didn’t just help advance a young partnership between the Czech Republic and the Nebraska National Guard – he returned to his ancestral... MORE

In Central Europe, Guard Chief Sees Enduring Partnerships and Growth
July 26, 2022 — VIENNA, Austria – In the heart of Europe, as a new security cooperation partnership takes its first steps, another prepares to celebrate its 30th anniversary.Here in Austria, Army Gen. Daniel Hokanson... MORE

Kentucky Guard’s 2/147th Bravo Co. Trains in Michigan
July 26, 2022 — GRAYLING, Mich. - Fifty-six Kentucky National Guard Soldiers from Bravo Co. 2/147th and two medics from Headquarters and Headquarters Company loaded five UH-60 helicopters in Frankfort, Kentucky, July... MORE

California Guard Team Trains for Hazmat Event
July 26, 2022 — ANAHEIM, Calif. - The California National Guard’s 9th Civil Support Team conducted a training exercise July 14 to prepare for an evaluation next March.The simulated hazmat event covered different... MORE

Harlem Armory Time Capsule Reveals Snapshot of 1923
July 26, 2022 — SARATOGA SPRINGS, New York - Contractors replacing a 99-year-old granite cornerstone plaque at the New York National Guard’s Harlem Armory drill floor found a sealed copper box inside the stone Feb... MORE

Oregon, California Air Guard Pilots Practice Water Survival
July 26, 2022 — CULTUS LAKE, Ore. – U.S. Air Force F-15C pilots from the 173rd Fighter Wing, Oregon Air National Guard, and the 144th Fighter Wing, California Air National Guard, conducted water survival skills... MORE

New York Army Guard Trains with South African Partners
July 25, 2022 — RICHARDS BAY, South Africa – Thirty-three New York Army National Guard Soldiers from the 107th Military Battalion spent a week training with their counterparts in the South African National Defense... MORE

Washington Guard Member Makes History at Sapper Leader Course
July 25, 2022 — CAMP MURRAY, Wash. – Spc. Lillyanne Clarke didn’t let second-guessing stop her from making history.As a 19-year-old female combat engineer with the 898th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 81st Stryker... MORE

Pennsylvania Army Guard Door Gunners Sharpen Skills
July 25, 2022 — FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, Pa. – Door gunners with Alpha Company, 2-104th General Support Aviation Battalion, 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade, practiced air gunnery skills July 21 in the... MORE

Tennessee Hosts Army National Guard Best Warrior Competition
July 25, 2022 — SMYRNA, Tenn. – The Army National Guard will find its best warriors this week in the 2022 Army National Guard’s Best Warrior Competition. Fourteen Soldiers will battle it out to see who will earn the... MORE

Hawaii Air National Guard Supports Arctic Exercise
July 25, 2022 — JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – The Hawaii Air National Guard demonstrated its airlift and controller capabilities in the North American Aerospace Defense Command’s arctic regional exercise... MORE

Pennsylvania Guard, SPP Partner Lithuania Join NATO Exercise
July 22, 2022 — CORAOPOLIS, Pa. – The Pennsylvania Air National Guard’s 258th Air Traffic Control Squadron attended the multinational joint Defender Europe 22 exercise with NATO and other military partners.The... MORE

Minnesota, South Dakota Guard Conduct Wet Gap Crossing
July 22, 2022 — LITTLE FALLS, Minn. – The South Dakota and Minnesota National Guard joined forces to conduct a Wet Gap Crossing exercise at Camp Ripley Training Center July 18-19.Crossing a wet gap means crossing a... MORE

Massachusetts Guard Soldiers Conduct Training Exercise
July 21, 2022 — FORT DRUM, N.Y. - As the smoke hit and the sounds of explosions and small-arms fire rang out, Massachusetts Army National Guard Soldiers did not hesitate. First, they had to neutralize the enemy... MORE

Florida Air Guardsman Named top First Sergeant
July 21, 2022 — JACKSONVILLE AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Fla. – “To the HORSE,” a chant unifying nearly 200 202nd Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operational Repair Squadron Engineers (RED HORSE), can now be rephrased,... MORE