Author: National Guard – Top News

The Tricare military health plan meets the standards set by the health care reform bill the House of Representatives passed last night, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said in a statement issued yesterday…

Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, will travel to Mexico City next week as part of a U.S. delegation focused on helping the Mexican government fight drug-trafficking cartels and other security threats…

A pioneering National Guard Bureau attorney who was instrumental in founding the life-changing National Guard Youth ChalleNGe Program retired here recently…

NASCAR Sprint Cup series owner Bill Jenkins recently announced that his Latitude 43 Motorsports team and his number 26 Ford Fusion will honor the Air National Guard at the Food City 500 in Bristol, Tenn., this weekend…

The Army Women’s Foundation inducted two new members into its hall of fame following the Army Women in Transition Symposium here March 17, 2010…

A California National Guard member was recognized with one of the DoD Women’s History Month Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Role Model Awards here today…

Three Army and Air National Guard flying units were named “Unit of the Year” by the Joint Operational Support Airlift Center (JOSAC) for 2009…

A new threat environment means a transformed National Guard should maintain its force following drawdowns in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Guard’s highest-ranking general said here Wednesday…

Although the U.S. military and its NATO allies are a capable and lethal force, “hard power” or military might isn’t the only option in today’s environment, the commander of European Command said March 15…

The Colorado Army National Guard assisted in the recovery of a U.S. Coast Guard MH-60TJay Hawk helicopter that crashed in a remote mountainous area of Utah March 3…

Sports superstar Herschel Walker visited Army National Guard members here today to share his story about overcoming a mental illness and to help others understand the stigmas surrounding mental health disorders…

U.S. senators applauded the National Guard’s domestic and overseas contributions at a Thursday morning breakfast here on Capitol Hill…

Irish Defense Force Soldiers from the 58th Reserve Infantry Battalion joined the New York Army National Guard’s 1st Battalion 69th Infantry in the annual march up Fifth Avenue in the world’s largest St. Patrick’s Day Parade…

The National Guard Bureau and the Army National Guard completed the Non-Department of Defense Owned, Non-Operational Defense Site Inventory in December 2009…

Taking care of Soldiers and Airmen is the number one priority for Wisconsin National Guard leaders…

Recent legislative action by Puerto Rico will soon begin affecting U.S. servicemembers from that territory…

Outside the cavalry regiment’s headquarters here, troops from the 1st Squadron, 98th Cavalry Regiment of the Mississippi National Guard, known as “Southern Steel,” transferred their authority to the “Bootleggers” of 3rd Squadron, 278th Armored Cavalry Regiment of Tennessee National Guard…

About 250 veterans visited the National World War II Memorial for the first time Thursday and were honored by producers Tom Hanks and Stephen Spielberg in advance of their new HBO series, ‘The Pacific…’

More than 300 members of the North Dakota National Guard are working side-by-side with community residents to hold back the rising Red River, which fills the border between North Dakota and Minnesota…

A green building certification process that is the industry standard recently recognized the Air National Guard with its highest Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) rating to date…