JUNE 15, 2022 – The Utah National Guard’s 65th Field Artillery Brigade, “America’s Thunder,” is participating in Western Strike 22, a large-scale, multistate field artillery training exercise, June 7-16. The eXportable Combat Training Capabilities exercise provides National Guard units with highly immersive and fully instrumented training comparable to a combat training … [Read more...]

JUNE 14, 2022 – The National Guard is the nation’s oldest military service, yet uniquely adaptable to a relatively new warfighting domain: cyberwarfare. “The cyber skills that many members of the National Guard bring to the fight are unique within the Department of Defense and can be brought to bear in protecting the military’s own networks,” said George Battistelli, the … [Read more...]

JUNE 10, 2022 - Oklahoma National Guard Soldiers and Airmen are building homes and treating patients in health clinics in Eastern Oklahoma. They are helping fellow Oklahomans thanks partly to the Innovative Readiness Training program – a Department of Defense initiative. While Soldiers of the 2120th Engineer Company, 120th Engineer Battalion, 90th Troop Command, are in … [Read more...]

JUNE 8, 2022 - As Congress mulls over the president's fiscal year 2023 budget request, the way the National Guard will use its portion of the funding to prepare for near-peer competition was of interest to some lawmakers. "When we look at the threats that we face, the biggest thing we want to do is deter that [threat] so we do not get into a fight," said Army Gen. Daniel R. … [Read more...]

Soldiers with the 1st Battalion, 109th Field Artillery Regiment, 55th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade, 28th Infantry Division, Pennsylvania Army National Guard, drive M109A6 Paladins, M992A2 Field Artillery Ammunition Supply Vehicles, and M572 Armored Mortar Carriers from the Army Prepositioned Stock (APS) area to their cantonment area May 10, in Pabrade, Lithuania. The Soldiers … [Read more...]