August 10, 2015 - JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – The Missouri National Guard had the privilege of hosting U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Bryan Battaglia, the senior enlisted advisor to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, during a recent tour of the Midwest, meeting with enlisted personnel from all branches of service, in an effort to gauge issues that service members may be … [Read more...]

August 7, 2015 - SACRAMENTO, Calif. - In what has become a near-annual mission for the California National Guard (CNG), Army and Air Force aviators are dousing wildfires across Northern California, where they soon may be joined by Army Guard firefighting hand crews on the ground. Army Guard helicopter crews mobilized July 31 to support wildland firefighting efforts as dozens … [Read more...]

August 4, 2015, JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska (AFNS) -- All around Alaska and out into the Pacific, little white domes dot the mountainside, coastlines and islands -- the only tangible evidence of America's invisible armor. The domes are operated 24/7 year-round by a small crew of mostly contracted civilian Airmen. They drive up precarious, ice-covered slopes, … [Read more...]

August 4, 2015, STRATTON AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, N.Y. – Flight medics rushed to stabilize a patient and move the litter onto a waiting LC-130 Hercules aircraft, a life-saving training exercise where minutes and hours can mean life or death for casualties. The event was a training exercise on July 30 at the New York Air National Guard’s 109th Airlift Wing, parent … [Read more...]

July 31, 2015, MARSEILLES, Ill. - Members of Illinois Joining Forces and Illinois communities got a taste of life in uniform July 17, when they participated in “Military Immersion” training at Marseilles Training Center, Marseilles, Illinois. The participants stayed overnight at MTC and experienced military life, interacted with service members and learned about … [Read more...]