Author: National Guard – Top News

The National Guard Bureau has organized a joint planning team to prepare for possible severe flooding in several Midwest states this spring as a result of heavy winter snowfall…

When the commander of Multi-National Battle Group-East was told that his maneuver units would not be allowed to have females, he asked for an exception to the policy and eventually deployed with all of his female Soldiers…

The South Dakota Air National Guard will receive 22 Block 40 F-16 Fighting Falcons from Hill Air Force Base in Salt Lake City, Utah, later this year, Guard officials announced recently…

The governor of Vermont enacted a law on March 3 that will prevent deploying military parents from losing custody of their children…

Two Missouri Air National Guard C-130 Hercules transport aircraft with 47 crewmembers are en route to aid earthquake-ravaged Chile today…

FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt personally presented private pilot certificates with instrument ratings to the first two cadets from the On Wings of Eagles Foundation flight academy as part of the National Guard Youth Challenge Foundation’s conference held here Feb. 23…

A new destination was recently added to the mile marker post outside the Operations Group here…

The “Cowboy Dustoff” troops of the Wyoming National Guard know all too well the rush of excitement and dread that accompanies receiving an urgent medical evacuation call…

Last year at Atlanta Motor Speedway, Jeff Gordon was the runner-up in the No. 24 Dupont/National Guard Chevrolet…

Army Staff Sgt. Tracy Dice was a 12-year veteran of the law enforcement field when she decided to become an explosive ordnance disposal technician in the North Carolina National Guard…

The Defense Department’s review on the potential impact of repealing the ban on gays serving openly in the military will solicit input from troops of every service and rank — as well as their families — through surveys, focus groups and social media tools, the team heading up the review told Congress today…

The initial deployment the Army National Guard’s Task Force Observe, Detect, Identify, and Neutralize or ODIN will come to an end this weekend, when Soldiers from Company B of the 3rd Battalion, 214th Aviation Regiment redeploy to Fort Benning, Ga…

Recommendations from a congressionally directed Defense Department disability review board have resulted in 61 percent of applicants having their status changed from a medical separation to retirement on the permanent disability list, the board president said…

A moment of silence will be observed today by the 203rd RED HORSE Squadron of the Virginia Air National Guard to honor the lives of 18 unit members and three Florida Army Guard aviators, who perished in a military transport crash nine years ago…

Although her military uniform never included a prairie dress or apron, Senior Master Sgt. Brenda West began paving the way for female Airmen more than 36 years ago and is, nonetheless, a pioneer in every respect…

After a yearlong deployment to Afghanistan, it’s time to welcome back the Georgia National Guard’s 48th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (IBCT)…

With tired feet, sore backs and weary hearts, Soldiers from the South Carolina Army National Guard prepared to wrap up Exercise North Wind 2010 and leave the Ojojibara Maneuver Area in Japan to head home…

The 148th Fighter Wing of the Minnesota Air National Guard will receive Block 50 F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft from Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany between mid-April to late-May 2010, Guard officials announced today…

The Puerto Rico National Guard is directly supporting the Puerto Rico Police Department to fight crime after an executive order was signed by Gov. Luis G. Fortuño Feb. 2…

Soldiers from the Florida Army National Guard departing for Kuwait and Iraq this week are some of the most skilled Soldiers who have trained here, said the commanding general of First Army Division West…