Author: National Guard – Top News

Georgia Air National Guardsmen assigned to the 165th Air Support Operations Squadron
have teamed up with Soldiers from the 48th Infantry Brigade of the Georgia Army
National Guard here in eastern Afghanistan…

It’s been a long deployment for 3,200-plus soldiers of the Wisconsin National
Guard’s 32nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, but it is finally coming to an
end…

Virginia Guardsman Mike Kohn was victorious in four out of five competitions in the
Lake Placid America’s Cup competitions held from Dec. 18-20…

A Nevada National Guardsman received a surprise New Year’s Day gift in the form of a
battlefield promotion here Jan. 1…

Soldiers in Iraq fly dozens of donated U.S. flags each day outside of Multinational
Division South’s headquarters here as part of the “Fly the Flag”
program…

In addition to the thousands of Soldiers and Airmen currently activated for ongoing
federal missions, the Guard provides significant response to planned events and
unexpected contingencies…

Defense officials are hailing passage of the fiscal 2010 budget that funds military
programs and wartime operations in Afghanistan and Iraq and provides a military pay
raise…

An Army general in Iraq is going beyond the typical protocol to ensure every able-bodied soldier in his unit stays fit to fight, even if it means punishing troops for engaging in sexual activities while deployed…

As the rest of Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport bustled
with holiday travelers yesterday, its USO Lounge offered military travelers — many
returning home from overseas deployments — a welcome sanctuary of
solace…

The Defense Department has launched a study on the possible long-term effects of the
smoke emitted from burn pits used in overseas locations such as
Iraq…

When meteorologists predicted more than a foot of snow, high winds and impossible
travel across South Dakota in the days before Christmas, Guardmembers here prepared
and waited to respond…

Providing pay and benefits during deployments, sending care packages to deployed
employees, allowing time off, and celebrating military service with send-off and
homecoming ceremonies are just a few commitments that the Guard and Reserve’s top
employers are honored for each year….

As New Yorkers and visitors gear up for New Year’s Eve celebrations, the Citizen
Soldiers and Airmen of the New York National Guard remain on duty in support of
homeland security missions across the state…

Dressed in Army combat uniforms, red and white hats, elf ears, red elf shoes adorned with bells and sunglasses, two Task Force 38 Soldiers accompanied the cotton ball-bearded, sunglass-wearing “Santa Wootten” as they walked from office to office distributing holiday cheer here, Dec. 4…

Members of Task Force 38, with the 38th Combat Aviation Brigade of the Indiana
National Guard put their own spin on the movie “It’s a Wonderful Life,” addressing
suicide while making their audience laugh Dec. 4 here at the Freedom
Chapel…

Jolly Ol’ St. Nick and wife, Mrs. Claus, helped Brig. Gen. Al Dohrmann of the North
Dakota National Guard deliver a special holiday message back to North Dakota to
families of Kosovo Forces (KFOR) Soldiers serving here Dec. 13…

On the western side of the Pentagon, at the memorial to those who died during the
Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attack, volunteers had mounted 184 evergreen wreaths on
the fence — one for each person who died there…

National Guardsmen in seven states were called to duty over the weekend after a
record snowfall blanketed the Northeast…

More than 100 National Guard Soldiers and Airmen responded over the holiday and
through the weekend to support callouts by governors in four Midwest states hit by a
string of severe winter weather…

National Guardsmen in seven states were called to duty over the weekend after a
record snowfall blanketed the Northeast…