Author: National Guard – Top News

New York Gov. David Paterson today announced that the Adjutant General of New York, Maj. Gen. Joseph Taluto, will retire after a 44-year career with the National Guard in which he rose from private to two-star general…

The bright clothing, smiles and conversation could be taking place in any hospital lobby in the world. Patients are being admitted, treated and released…

Because of the number of miles the Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles log on the roads here in Iraq, the mechanics from the 720th Convoy Security Company of the New Mexico National Guard have an important job keeping their unit’s vehicles fully mission capable…

Mississippi Army National Guard members here conducted a record number of vehicle recovery missions Jan. 18-19…

The Alaska Air National Guard trained two members from the Japanese Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) here Jan. 9-25 on air refueling operations…

National Guard that has been vital to national defense for the past eight years will remain an operational force, according to the Department of Defense’s 2010 Quadrennial Defense Review released today…

The 188th Fighter Wing is no stranger to the spotlight. That light was never more luminous than during a recent partnership with the U.S. Air Force Recruiting Service…

Winter storms created dangerous conditions across the nation’s midsection late last week and into the weekend, and more than 560 National Guard members were called out in seven states to deal with the mess…

As relief supplies and support continue to pour into Haiti, the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Contingency Operations Group has been one of the key elements that has helped to ensure a steady flow of supplies and equipment into the areas that need them…

As about 3,200 Wisconsin Army National Guard Soldiers, who deployed with the 32nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, return from Iraq this month, one mission remains – and a team of state agencies are working to give Soldiers the tools they need to complete that mission…

The rescue squadrons here participate in training missions five days a week, day or night and in temperatures often below freezing…

If you are new to Tricare and eager to learn about your health care benefits or an old hand, who wants to know the latest changes, Tricare University is the place to go…

A new Air National Guard direct-mail recruiting campaign launched this month is educating active duty servicemembers leaving the military on the benefits of continuing their service as part-timers…

More than 3,000 Soldiers of the 86th Brigade Combat Team (Mountain) of the Vermont Army National Guard have trained here in preparation for their upcoming deployment to Afghanistan…

The C-130 Hercules is often described as the workhorse of the airlift fleet…

The recent arrival of Air National Guard air traffic controllers in Haiti has greatly increased the number of flights that are safely entering and leaving the country’s air space…

Brig. Gen. Al Dohrmann, commander of KFOR’s Multi-National Task Force-East, told local press clubs here Jan. 26 that the improved security situation in the area is directly related to positive changes that the people and institution in Kosovo are making every day…

Think interactive video games are a waste of time or more suited for children? Think again. Research under way by the Office of Naval Research indicates that video games can help adults process information much faster and improve their fundamental abilities to reason and solve problems in novel contexts…

Air Force and industry officials joined National Museum of the U.S Air Force officials for the opening of the museum’s new MQ-9 Reaper exhibit Jan. 25 here…

Joined by members of the Georgia, Kansas, South Dakota and Washington National Guard, Missouri’s “Houn Dawgs” are still sniffing out improvised explosive devices in Afghanistan and rendering them harmless…