KRASNAYA POLYANA, Russia (2/18/14) - Team USA Olympic skeleton coach Vermont Army National Guard Sgt. 1st Class Tuffy Latour helped coach Team USA's Noelle Pikus-Pace to an Olympic silver medal and Matt Antoine to a bronze at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. Latour, 45, a four-time Olympic coach from Saranac Lake, N.Y., who is attached to the … [Read more...]
Soldiers and Airmen in Nine States Helping as Storm Pummels South and Middle-Atlantic
GAFFNEY, S.C. (2/13/14) - The mammoth winter storm that sliced through southern and middle-Atlantic states Wednesday was keeping about 3,000 National Guard members busy in nine states and the District of Columbia. Soldiers and Airmen were assisting local authorities in Alabama, the District of Columbia, Delaware, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South … [Read more...]
National Guard Units Preparing for Potential Widespread Storm Operations
ARLINGTON, Va. (2/12/14) - National Guard personnel from Alabama through Pennsylvania and the Northeast were gearing up for duty today due to predicted ice and snow storms. In Georgia, where ice and a snowfall paralyzed Atlanta earlier this month, troops were ready for such possible missions as removing debris and assisting stranded motorists. Snow was to start tonight in the … [Read more...]
New York National Guard Launches Citizens’ Emergency Training Program
NEW YORK (Feb. 6, 2014) - New York National Guard Soldiers and Airmen are on the front lines New York's program to help citizens prepare for emergencies. Guard members trained more than 1,200 people Feb. 1, as Gov. Andrew Cuomo's initiative to provide basic disaster response training to 100,000 New Yorkers kicked off at New Dorp High School in the borough of Staten Island, … [Read more...]
Virginia National Guard Schoolhouse Named One of Army’s Best in the Nation
SANDSTON, Va. (2/4/14) - The Virginia National Guard's Fort Pickett-based 183rd Regiment, Regional Training Institute has been declared an "Institute of Excellence" following an accreditation process conducted by U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command. The schoolhouse earned an overall score of 98 percent, marking it as one of the best U.S. Army learning centers in the … [Read more...]