U.S. Army Soldiers from 3rd Battalion, 172 Infantry (Mountain) Headquarters Company and C Company, Vermont National Guard, conduct mountain training with Royal Saudi Land Forces at the RSLF Mountain Warfare School in Saudi Arabia. Between October and November 2021, approximately 70 U.S. Army Soldiers attended the training. APRIL 4, 2022 - For the first time, a conventional … [Read more...]

Maj. Christine Pierce, Defensive Cyber Operations Element Team Chief for the Pennsylvania Joint Force Headquarters, observes and assists Penn State students competing the PA National Guard Wi-Fighter event at Penn State University on March 16, 2022. More than 40 students competed in a series of hacking and cyber security challenges to win the competition (U.S. Army by Sgt. 1st … [Read more...]

MARCH 29, 2022 – The National Guard is playing a key role in integrating a Department of Defense initiative to reinforce the importance of equal gender participation in all aspects of global peace and security. The 2020 Women, Peace and Security Strategic Framework and Implementation Plan stresses the inclusion of women in preventing and resolving conflicts, peace … [Read more...]

MARCH 29, 2022 – Five AH-64E model Apache attack helicopters were delivered to the South Carolina National Guard at McEntire Joint National Guard Base March 24. The South Carolina National Guard is updating a 34-year-old fleet of 24 aircraft with the new E-model, which will be assigned to and flown by the 1-151st Attack Reconnaissance Battalion, 59th Aviation Troop … [Read more...]

MARCH 28, 2022 – During a routine flight deep in the Alaska Interior, a small jet crashes with a dozen passengers. All survive without serious injury, but now they’re facing subzero temperatures with the sprawling and towering Alaska Range separating them from rapid rescue by a 210th Rescue Squadron HH-60G Pave Hawk and other military helicopters. Help is on the way in … [Read more...]