AUGUST 3, 2021 – Virginia and Kentucky Army National Guard Soldiers assigned to the 116th Infantry Brigade Combat Team trained on and fielded new M110A1 squad designated marksman rifles July 12-15 at Fort Pickett. The new weapon is a 7.62 mm rifle, which gives Soldiers greater range and accuracy than the standard M4 rifle. It makes use of an advanced targeting system and … [Read more...]
Guard Well-Equipped to Handle West Coast Wildfires
JULY 30, 2021 - When wildfires happen out west, National Guard service members are there to fight those fires. And for now, they've got a good handle on the effort, the director of the National Guard said. "We've got 500 people and about 19 aircraft," on the firefighting mission, Army Gen. Daniel R. Hokanson said. "I think we have the capability to put over 200 aircraft ... … [Read more...]
UH-60V Black Hawks Delivered to Army National Guard
JULY 29, 2021 - The Program Executive Office Aviation’s Utility Helicopters Project Office (UHPO) began fielding the first Army National Guard unit with UH-60V Black Hawk helicopters July 27. The UHPO delivered five UH-60Vs to the Pennsylvania Army National Guard Eastern ARNG Aviation Training Site (EAATS) at Fort Indiantown Gap, which becomes the first unit equipped and … [Read more...]
Joint Training Reinforces Cyber Defense
JULY 26, 2021 - Soldiers with the Oklahoma National Guard defensive cyber operations element, in partnership with team members from the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation and the Office of Management Enterprise Services, conducted joint training at the Norman Armed Forces Reserve Center, July 10-23. Cyber Shield 21, an annual training exercise, focused on identifying and … [Read more...]
Disasters Fail to Stop Guard Unit From Successful Deployment
JULY 26, 2021 - Soldiers with the 30th Armored Brigade Combat Team overcame significant challenges to prepare and complete an 11-month deployment to the Middle East in support of Operation Spartan Shield, its commander said Wednesday. Over a three-year span, the National Guard unit proved its durability by adapting to flooding in two locations, earthquakes in the training … [Read more...]