MAY 25, 2021 - The 1st Battalion, 113th Field Artillery Regiment (1-113th FA), 30th Armored Brigade Combat Team (ABCT) conducted an artillery live-fire exercise with the newly fielded M109A7 Self-Propelled Howitzer System at Fort Bragg May 20-21. The 30th ABCT was the first National Guard brigade to receive the newest iteration of the Paladin and trained for almost two weeks … [Read more...]
Capitol Hill Guard Personnel Prepare to Go Home
MAY 25, 2021 - For the nearly 1,000 National Guardsmen who have remained in Washington, D.C., and who have been providing security assistance to the Capitol Police for the last five months, it's now time for the mission to end and to return home. Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III thanked the service members in a statement released today. "They came here from all 54 … [Read more...]
Guard Paints P-47 Scheme On Thunderbolt
MAY 6, 2021 - A heritage paint scheme on a U.S. Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II from the Idaho Air National Guard was revealed this week at the National Guard paint facility in Sioux City, Iowa. The historical paint scheme was designed as a tribute to the Thunderbolt’s World War II predecessor. The design on the A-10 was conceived by the 124th Fighter Wing of the Idaho ANG in … [Read more...]
National Guardsmen Shine at Best Ranger Competition
APRIL 26, 2021 - Idaho Army National Guardsman Capt. John Bomsta and his teammate, Sgt. 1st Class Nathan Smith from the West Virginia Army National Guard, were the top National Guard team and 10th out of 51 U.S. Army teams at the Best Ranger Competition on April 18. 1st Lt. Christian Briggs, also in the Idaho Army National Guard, competed and placed 28th with his teammate, … [Read more...]
Synchronization a Must In Continued Guard Support of Capitol
APRIL 8, 2021 — When discussing the most recent rotation of National Guard members providing support to the U.S. Capitol Police following the events of Jan. 6, Army Col. Kevin Crawford doesn’t go by his official title as Chief of the Army National Guard’s operations division. “Synchronizer-in-chief,” he said, is a more fitting description. “At the end of the day, there … [Read more...]