SEPTEMBER 3, 2021 – Raymundo Morales can't remember how many fires he's worked or what their names were. "Camp Fire, Carr Fire, Santa Barbara, Oroville…," the 25-year-old U.S. Army specialist recounted aloud. This week, he's adding another one to the list: Caldor. Morales is one of 150 military police activated this week by the California Army National Guard to support … [Read more...]

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021 - Hundreds of National Guardsmen with the Georgia National Guard assembled and mobilized out of hometown armories and bases across the state Sept. 1, 2021, in response to Hurricane Ida’s impact in Louisiana. The units of the Georgia National Guard are departing 16 years to the day after mobilizing to Louisiana in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. Georgia’s … [Read more...]

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021 - Twenty years ago, New York Air National Guard Technical Sgt. Jeremy Powell was the first member of the United States military to realize Sept. 11, 2001 was not going to be an ordinary fall day. Powell was a full-time Air Guardsman assigned to the Northeast Air Defense Sector in Rome, New York. The unit's mission was to control the air defense of the … [Read more...]

AUGUST 31, 2021 – More than 5,600 National Guard members from five states are activated to assist with rescue and relief efforts in the wake of Hurricane Ida's destructive path through Louisiana and Mississippi. The hurricane made landfall in Louisiana Sunday with 150 mph winds, dumping rain throughout the region, causing widespread flooding and power outages. About 5,000 … [Read more...]

AUGUST 27, 2021 – When Fahim Masoud was born in Kabul, Afghanistan in 1988, the country was at war with the Soviet Union. Fast forward 17 years, Masoud graduated from high school and faced one of three options for his future – study in India on a scholarship, go to a local university in Afghanistan, or apply for a risky job as an interpreter for the U.S. military. Masoud … [Read more...]