AUGUST 5, 2020 - Maj. Gen. Michael A. Loh assumed responsibility as the 13th director of the Air National Guard and promoted to the rank of lieutenant general during a Change of Responsibility ceremony at the Pentagon July 28, 2020. Loh succeeds Lt. Gen. L. Scott Rice, who served as the ANG’s director since 2016. Upon accepting responsibility, Loh took to the podium to … [Read more...]
Army National Guard to Realign Into Eight Divisions
AUGUST 4, 2020 - The Army National Guard is turning back the clock reminiscent of World War I and World War II when it trained to deploy as a division-aligned force for large-scale combat operations. The Director of the Army National Guard, Lt. Gen. Daniel Hokanson, said the plan will align existing subordinate elements under the ARNG’s eight division headquarters to increase … [Read more...]
Guardsmen Go to New Heights for Jump Training
JULY 23, 2020 - Two New York Army National Guard CH-47F Chinook helicopters crewed by nine Soldiers took 15 West Virginia Army National Guard Special Forces members to new heights to support paradrop training July 11 at Camp Dawson. The paradrop mission included a High Altitude Low Opening (HALO) military free fall jump for the West Virginia Green Beret Soldiers. The jumpers … [Read more...]
New Jersey National Guard Supports Primary Election in Historic First
JULY 17, 2020 - For the first time in New Jersey Army National Guard's history, more than 120 of its soldiers, reported in civilian clothes to county election boards and polling sites in seven counties in support of the state's primary election. The state mission came in response to concerns about a shortage of poll workers and volunteers for the July 7 election due to the … [Read more...]
No Sign of Operations Tempo Slowing, National Guard Bureau Chief Says
JULY 3, 2020 - Some 120,000 members of the National Guard have responded this year to natural disasters — floods in Michigan, wildfires in Kansas and tornadoes in Tennessee, just to name a few; — and have participated in global military operations and responded to civil disturbances and to COVID-19, the chief of the National Guard Bureau said. "It has been a crazy year, and … [Read more...]