Senior Enlisted Advisor Tony L. Whitehead, the SEA to the Chief of the National Guard Bureau, visited Hawaii National Guardsmen on March 07, 2023, to meet with command teams and observe their operations along the Pacific region. During the visit, Whitehead toured Joint Base Pearl Harbor–Hickam and Wheeler Army Airfield facilities to meet with soldiers and airmen, hear about … [Read more...]

MARCH 27, 2023 – The Virginia National Guard’s Fort Pickett was officially redesignated Fort Barfoot in honor of Col. Van T. Barfoot, a World War II Medal of Honor recipient with extensive Virginia ties, during a March 24 ceremony at the Blackstone Army Airfield. During the ceremony, invited guests heard remarks from Barfoot’s daughter, Margaret Nicholls; Sen. Tim Kaine; Lt. … [Read more...]

U.S. Army and Canadian Soldiers practiced and conducted tactical insertion on an open ice skiway delivered by an LC-130 Hercules skiplane of the 109th Airlift Wing, New York Air National Guard, on frozen oceanic Arctic ice near Cornwallis Island, Nunavut, Canada, March 15, 2023. U.S. and Canadian Soldiers and U.S. Airmen participated in Guerrier Nordique 23 in Resolute Bay, … [Read more...]

Idaho Army National Guardsman Pfc. Bailey Craig attends her first drill at the Orchard Combat Training Center, Feb. 8, with the organization's 937th Engineer Detachment. She is the unit's first female to earn the 12M firefighter military occupational specialty after graduating in December 2022 from the Department of Defense's 68-day basic firefighting training academy at … [Read more...]