Author: National Guard – Top News

Maj. Michael D. “BOK” Schaner, a weapons officer and F-22 Raptor pilot with the 149th Fighter Squadron of the Virginia Air National Guard was recently selected as the F-22 Outstanding Graduate for the elite United States Air Force Weapons School…

Leadership of the Arkansas Army and Air National Guard visited with troops from the Arkansas Agricultural Development Team (ADT) as they trained in preparation for deployment to Afghanistan Feb. 26…

Today the Army announced its first internal applications development challenge, dubbed Apps for the Army or A4A…

Soldiers from the Route Clearance Platoon, 162nd Engineer Company, 105th Engineer Battalion of the Oregon National Guard worked to remove any IEDs on Route “Cowboys” here in the Garmsir District, Feb. 14-16…

When the Virginia National Guard has a weather-related state emergency, it calls on the expertise of the internal weather forecasters from the Virginia Air National Guard…

Holding a folded American flag at eye level, an Oregon Airman pauses for a moment as he slowly inspects the colors…

U.S. Soldiers with Kosovo Forces (KFOR) 12 Multi-National Battle Group-East’s Task Force Aviation have been busy this rotation taking students to new heights…

Attention all Facebookers, Twitter tweeters and YouTubers: a new Defense Department policy authorizes you to access these and other Web 2.0 platforms from nonclassified government computers, as long as it doesn’t compromise operational security or involve prohibited activities or Web sites…

Attention all Facebookers, Twitter tweeters and YouTubers: a new Defense Department policy authorizes you to access these and other Web 2.0 platforms from nonclassified government computers, as long as it doesn’t compromise operational security or involve prohibited activities or Web sites…

Army National Guard Outstanding Athlete Program bobsled pilot Sgt. Shauna Rohbock teamed with Michelle Rzepka to finish sixth in the Olympic women’s bobsled event Feb. 24 at the Whistler Sliding Centre here…

After finishing sixth in the two-man Olympic bobsled competition Feb. 21, former Army World Class Athlete Program bobsled driver Steven Holcomb said he looks forward to the upcoming four-man event and ending the U.S. drought of 62 years with no gold…

Air Force officials here selected the top 11 Air Force entertainers from 74 Airmen who gathered for the annual Air Force Worldwide Talent Search Jan. 17-25 at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas…

U.S. Army North’s Team B, West Division, Civil Support Training Activity, evaluated the Soldiers and Airmen of the Nevada National Guard’s 92nd Civil Support Team during a certification exercise Feb. 10 at the National Guard Readiness Center in Las Vegas…

He represents a small percentage of the force, but as the new command chief warrant officer of the Army National Guard, Gary Nisker, has the huge task of looking out for the interests of the corps…

A mere six months after officially taking on the A-10C Thunderbolt II flying mission, the 127th Wing successfully completed its first deployment to Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., for a winter-basing exercised dubbed, Operation Demons to DM…

Soldiers of Mississippi National Guard’s 1st Squadron, 98th Cavalry Regiment conducted their final escort missions across northern Iraq safeguarding vital supplies for service members and civilians Feb. 20…

An unsecure hard drive containing personally identifiable information on a currently unknown number of current and former Arkansas National Guard Soldiers was reported missing on Feb. 22…

A new initiative designed to keep Airmen and their families alive and well is currently being implemented as part of Operation Deep Freeze here…

A new source of information for news about the National Guard is scheduled to debut March 1…

As a former trial court judge, Air Force Lt. Gen. Harry M. Wyatt knows the trouble that kids can get into…