DECEMBER 2, 2025 – Seven New York Army National Guard Soldiers and Airmen joined local veterans to load 150 Christmas trees earmarked military bases around the country on board a truck at Ellms Tree Farm in Ballston Spa on Dec. 1. This was the 21st year tree farmers in the area donated to the “Trees for Troops” program. The donated trees are destined for service members and … [Read more...]

DECEMBER 2, 2025 – Friends, family and Oklahoma National Guard leaders gathered Monday at the Armed Forces Reserve Center in Mustang, Oklahoma for a ceremony held for members of the Oklahoma National Guard’s Task Force Thunder. The approximately 160 Guardsmen will depart for Washington, D.C. in the coming days in support of the D.C. Safe and Beautiful mission. Governor … [Read more...]

NOVEMBER 29, 2025 - Secretary of War Pete Hegseth met with National Guard troops at the D.C. Armory to both express gratitude for the work they have done to curb violent crimes in the nation's capital and to also acknowledge the tragic loss of one of their own, following a shooting in the city, Nov. 26. Army National Guard Spc. Sarah Beckstrom, 20, of Summersville, West … [Read more...]

NOVEMBER 28, 2025 - The West Virginia National Guard, under the command of West Virginia Adjutant General Maj. Gen. Jim Seward, announces the names of the two Guardsmen shot while serving on the D.C. Safe and Beautiful Mission. At approximately 2:15 p.m., on November 26, 2025, U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe, assigned to the Force Support Squadron, 167th Airlift Wing, … [Read more...]

NOVEMBER 28, 2025 – Nearly 50 Guardsmen with the 168th Military Police Battalion recently completed a yearlong deployment to the U.S. southern border. For the past 12 months, these Tennessee National Guardsmen were headquartered at the U.S. Border Patrol’s Rio Grande Valley Sector near Edinburg, Texas, where they supported U.S. Customs and Border Protection in detecting, … [Read more...]