APRIL 8, 2021 — When discussing the most recent rotation of National Guard members providing support to the U.S. Capitol Police following the events of Jan. 6, Army Col. Kevin Crawford doesn’t go by his official title as Chief of the Army National Guard’s operations division. “Synchronizer-in-chief,” he said, is a more fitting description. “At the end of the day, there … [Read more...]
Infantry Leads Downsized St. Patrick’s Day Parade
MARCH 18, 2021 - Fifty New York Army National Guard Soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 69th Infantry Regiment, donned face masks and fell into formation early March 17 to take part in an abbreviated version of New York City’s annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade. Since 1851 the 69th, which was formed as a militia regiment for Irish Catholic immigrants, has led the St. Patrick’s Day … [Read more...]
2020: The Year of the Guard
MARCH 12, 2021 - To describe 2020 as unprecedented would be an understatement. “This past year has been a trying year,” said Maj. Gen. Bret Daugherty, the Adjutant General. “We not only continue to support the COVID mission, we were called up for two of the worst civil unrest rounds in our state’s history, we saw wild fires spread in eastern and western Washington, had … [Read more...]
DoD Approves Continued Guard Presence on Capitol
MARCH 10, 2021 - Nearly 2,300 National Guard personnel will continue providing support to the U.S. Capitol Police until May 23, said Pentagon press secretary John F. Kirby in a statement from the Defense Department released Tuesday evening. Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III approved the extension. More than 5,000 National Guardsmen are currently assigned to Washington … [Read more...]
ANG Delivers Water, Aid After Texas Winter Storm
FEBRUARY 26, 2021 - A winter storm without a name is just chilly weather. But when the National Weather Service names it, it becomes the winter storm of a lifetime … or at least in the eyes of Texas. From Feb. 14-20, Winter Storm Uri ー the worst polar vortex to hit Texas since 1989 ー spread cataclysmic damage and sent temperatures plummeting into the teens and single digits … [Read more...]