Army Gen. Daniel Hokanson, chief, National Guard Bureau, and SEA Tony Whitehead, senior enlisted advisor to the CNGB, visit National Guardsmen deployed within the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility March 15, 2024. (Courtesy Photo) MARCH 28, 2024 - The National Guard’s most senior officer and enlisted leader visited Guardsmen deployed across the Middle East in … [Read more...]
Air Guard Unit Tests Battle Management System
Connecticut Air National Guard Master Sgt. Jonathan Wolff, an expeditionary warfighting communications airman assigned to the 103rd Air Control Squadron, or 103rd ACS, cranks the handle of an antenna mast, part of the Tactical Operations Center - Light, or TOC-L, at Camp Nett, Niantic, Connecticut, March 5, 2024. Airmen from the 103rd ACS are conducting incremental testing of … [Read more...]
“Rigorous” Program Allows Young Recruits to Become Pilots
MARCH 20, 2024 – Earlier this month, the Pennsylvania National Guard swore in a unique recruit who, at just 19 years old, will join the Army as a CH-47 Chinook helicopter pilot. The recruit joined the Pennsylvania Army National Guard through a program affectionately known as “streets to seats” or “high school to flight school.” As those names imply, the program allows a … [Read more...]
National Guard Brings Fallen Warrant Officers Home
MARCH 20, 2024 -The New York National Guard brought home the remains of two helicopter pilots killed in a Texas helicopter crash on Monday, March 18, 2024. The caskets containing the bodies of Army National Guard Chief Warrant Officers 2 Frankoski, and John M. Grassia III were ferried from Kelly Field, Texas to the Army Aviation Support Facility at Albany International … [Read more...]
Ukraine Delegation Visits National Guard Leaders
MARCH 19, 2024 - A delegation from Ukraine visited Washington National Guard leaders March 15 to thank them for supporting the country. “We know your unit deployed to Ukraine in 2021 to help our military and we want to take this time to thank them for their support of the people of Ukraine,” said Ruslan Kravchenko, head of the Kyiv Regional State … [Read more...]