AUGUST 15, 2025 - On Aug. 11, President Donald J. Trump declared a crime emergency in the nation's capital and vowed to make streets there safe again. The National Guard is now playing a big part in that effort, assisting both federal and local law enforcement personnel in enforcing existing laws and taking violent criminals off the streets. "I think there's no more … [Read more...]

AUGUST 14, 2025 — In modern warfare, battles are not only fought with rifles, tanks and artillery. Some of the most decisive victories are won across the electromagnetic spectrum. At Northern Strike, the National Guard’s premier readiness exercise held this month at Michigan’s National All-Domain Warfighting Center, Soldiers trained in a high-intensity environment that … [Read more...]

AUGUST 13, 2025 - Montana National Guard’s 1-189th General Support Aviation Battalion members rescued a hiker Aug. 9 from Old Scraggy Peak in the Little Rockies. A man fell off a cliff north of Zortman and had severe injuries. Local authorities were unable to reach him and called the Montana Army National Guard for assistance. A Black Hawk helicopter piloted by Cpt. Otis … [Read more...]

AUGUST 11, 2025 – Soldiers with the Pennsylvania National Guard’s 1-109th Infantry Regiment are using artificial intelligence and unmanned aerial system technology to make one particular challenge less stressful for their Soldiers on the battlefield. Calling for artillery fire is typically a race against time and chaos, every second a matter of life and death. Fire … [Read more...]

AUGUST 11, 2025 - The New Mexico National Guard swiftly responded to a devastating flooding event July 8 in Ruidoso, with two teams of two Guard members performing nine total rescues. Senior Master Sgt. Marci Salmon, assigned to the 150th Special Operations Wing, and Spc. Daniel Daly, assigned to the 920th Engineer Battalion, was the two-person team who saved eight people … [Read more...]