DECEMBER 26, 2025 – For many Guard members, 2025 was a busy year. Soldiers and Airmen deployed overseas. They took part in missions along the southern border. Teams responded to natural disasters and other emergencies at home, and continued tough, challenging training to remain ready for missions yet to come, all working toward achieving peace through strength. For U.S. … [Read more...]
Archives for December 2025
Guard Supports NORAD’s Annual Santa Tracking
DECEMBER 24, 2025 – The North American Aerospace Defense Command defends the North American airspace 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year, and includes the New York Air Guard members of the Eastern Air Defense Sector in Rome, New York. On Dec. 24, NORAD will add one more element to its mission list as it tracks Santa Claus on his around-the-world flight. The … [Read more...]
Coast Guard Cutter Returns From Counterdrug Patrol
DECEMBER 24, 2025 – The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Active (WMEC 618) returned to its home port of Port Angeles Sunday, concluding a 60-day counternarcotics deployment to the Eastern Pacific Ocean in support of Operation Pacific Viper. The Active's crew of 75 Coast Guard men and women patrolled 10,000 nautical miles and interdicted two suspected drug-smuggling vessels, seizing … [Read more...]
Marines Deliver Holiday Hope from the Skies
DECEMBER 24, 2025 – The roar of Marine Corps aircraft engines is a familiar sound across the Hawaiian Islands, often signaling rigorous training or rapid response. But this holiday season, that sound brought a different kind of cargo to the children of Hawaii: hope, delivered in the form of thousands of toys. Since 1947, the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots Program … [Read more...]
Operation Santa Spreads Holiday Cheer
DECEMBER 24, 2025 — For nearly 70 years, the Alaska National Guard has worked with partner agencies to spread holiday cheer to rural Alaskan communities. For the first time in recent memory, Op Santa came to Anchorage to serve Western Alaska families displaced by Typhoon Halong. The Alaska Native Heritage Center hosted the community event with additional support from the … [Read more...]