ARLINGTON, Va., (3/6/2014) - The use of social media has made it easier for many to stay connected to friends and family. It often provides the opportunities to give near instant communications via text or images and can help ease stresses when servicemembers are deployed. The benefits of social media are nearly endless and often far reaching. “Social media spreads … [Read more...]

ARLINGTON, Va. (3/3/14) - While heavy snow continued falling Monday on some East Coast states, more than 300 National Guard members from five states were at the ready to assist local governments and their fellow citizens. As of Monday morning, Guard members in Arkansas, Delaware, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia were prepared to help out if needed. The storm, the … [Read more...]

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...]

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...]

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...]