JUNE 15, 2026 — A 60-year-old Army Guard warrant officer with 40 years of service, and a 17-year-old high school junior who enlisted in April, celebrated the Army’s 251st birthday during a June 12, 2026, cake-cutting ceremony at New York National Guard headquarters in Latham, New York. New York Army National Guard Chief Warrant Officer 5 William J. Solmo, New York’s command … [Read more...]
Guard Tests New Brigade Design in Louisiana
FORT POLK, La. – The Virginia National Guard’s Staunton-based 116th Mobile Brigade Combat Team is testing its combat readiness during a Joint Readiness Training Center, or JRTC, rotation May 31-July 1. The rotation marks a historic milestone for the brigade and the Army National Guard. The 116th is the first Army National Guard brigade to conduct a JRTC rotation as a mobile … [Read more...]
Guard Moves Cargo, Passengers for Operation Epic Fury
JUNE 5, 2026 – Air Transportation Function Airmen with the Maine National Guard’s 101st Air Refueling Wing, supported by tenant unit partners, have moved more than 747,000 pounds of cargo and assisted 312 passengers since the start of Operation Epic Fury, an effort that helps keep vital supplies flowing to U.S. Central Command operations. Since the operation began, the … [Read more...]
Guardsmen Tests Their Combat Fitness
JUNE 5, 2026 - Arkansas National Guardsmen with the 239th Brigade Engineer Battalion took a break from digging trenches in the training area at Fort Chaffee to conduct a combat field test, June 3, 2026. The CFT was offered as a diagnostic fitness test over the first few days of annual training, and it was open to any Soldier regardless of their occupational specialty or … [Read more...]
Guard Begins ‘Drone Dominance’ Training
JUNE 5, 2026 – There’s a lot of buzz at Fort Indiantown Gap right now. Some of it is literally coming from the numerous unmanned aircraft systems – commonly known as drones – that are flying over the installation. A lot is figuratively surrounding a new drone training program that began this week. As part of the Department of War’s “Drone Dominance” program, the Fort … [Read more...]