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...]

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...]

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...]

JUNE 22, 2020 - North Carolina Army National Guard Soldiers from three units conducted airborne operations at the Stanley County Regional Airport June 18. The 403rd Quartermaster Rigger Support Team and B Company, 3rd Battalion, 20th Special Forces Group, were supported by a Black Hawk helicopter team from the 449th Theater Aviation Brigade to help the units perform … [Read more...]

JUNE 20, 2020 - A 1940s-era bus featured in the book and movie, "Into the Wild," was extracted from the Stampede Trail west of the Teklanika River by the Alaska National Guard June 18. In a coordinated effort with the Department of Natural Resources, 12 Alaska Army National Guardsmen assigned to 1st Battalion, 207th Aviation Regiment, airlifted the abandoned bus to a secure … [Read more...]