Author: National Guard – Top News

A group of Wyoming Army National Guard command and support staff recently visited Soldiers with the 115th Fires Brigade currently serving here in an effort to proactively approach the demobilization process for the state’s largest deployment…

By any measure, Mike Woodgerd is a patriot. And by any measure, U.S. forces are going to benefit from his patriotism and his innovative spirit…

Janell Kellett has found that moving forward and giving back can bring satisfaction and purpose to her Family Readiness Group – and a special invitation to the nation’s capitol…

Air Force officials have announced the 2009 United States Air Force unit awards, naming 40 units among the Air Force’s best in two categories…

The National Guard responded to severe weather in the Dakotas, Minnesota and Arizona on Monday…

‘After Afghanistan, we thought our Coronet Oak assignment would be a two-week vacation,’ said 1st Lt. Casey Fallon, a 35th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron co-pilot, assigned to the Ohio Air National Guard’s 179th Airlift Wing…

With the number of U.S. forces in Haiti expected to rise to more than 18,000 in coming days, a top military reserve official yesterday reflected on reservists’ role in the immediate aftermath of the Jan. 12 earthquake that devastated the Caribbean nation…

Most high school seniors spend their final months before graduation thinking about prom, getting their diploma and maybe college…

Today, as the Colorado National Guard celebrated its 150th birthday, Air Force Gen. Craig R. McKinley, chief of the National Guard Bureau, thanked the Soldiers and Airmen in the state and around the country for all that they do…

As humanitarian relief continues in Haiti, the Army National Guard stands ready to provide personnel and equipment to support the mission, senior Army Guard officials said today…

Indianapolis Colt Kelvin Hayden’s interception in the AFC championship game on Sunday allowed Indiana National Guard Soldiers of the 38th Combat Aviation Brigade to breathe a sigh of relief as the game was finally in hand for the Colts…

Since August, the Kentucky National Guard Agri-business Development Team has educated the local farmers and government on how to increase productivity, increase their market share and manage natural resources in the Parwan, Panjshir, Kapisa and Bamyan provinces…

Two Combat Controllers from the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123d Special Tactics Squadron have been hard at work since arriving here last week, setting up drop zones, helicopter landing zones and providing airfield operations and air traffic control at the international airport…

For the first time ever, the 200th Airlift Squadron of the Colorado Air National Guard is preparing to deploy 35 percent of its pilots to Al Udied, Qatar…

Sharing ramp space with the decades old UH-60 Blackhawks and even older OH-58 Kiowas sits two helicopters so new they still have that new helicopter smell…

Maybe they were a little more pumped up because their adjutant general was watching. Maybe the long hours of training paid off. Maybe it’s the added excitement of an Olympic year…

In response to the devastation caused by the Jan. 12 earthquake in Haiti, there’s been an outpouring of goodwill and a desire to help victims….

The National Guard’s top officer encouraged a “healthy debate” on the use of social media by the U.S. military today….

Three Army National Guard installations will receive Secretary of the Army awards
for their environmental and sustainability program achievements during fiscal year
2009, the Army announced Jan. 15…

With the recent earthquake destroying so much of Haitia’s infrastructure,
communication between military units remains vital to supporting the relief
effort…