JULY 21, 2025 - As the Army transitions from a focus on Counter-Insurgency Operations to Large Scale Combat Operations, First Army Observer Coach/Trainers are tailoring their approach to meet this new need while maintaining close relationships with their Reserve Component partners. Those partners include the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 34th Infantry Division, which this summer … [Read more...]

Air Force Gen. Steve Nordhaus, 30th Chief of the National Guard Bureau, and Senior Enlisted Advisor John Raines, SEA to the CNGB, join Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and Air Force Maj. Gen. Thomas Suelzer, the adjutant general of Texas, for an aerial assessment of flood affected areas in Central Texas and to visit Guardsmen on duty supporting civil authorities with response efforts, … [Read more...]

JULY 16, 2025 – Two hundred forty-six New York Army National Guard Soldiers will go to Fort Irwin, California, the home of the Army’s National Training Center in the Mojave Desert, starting July 15. The Soldiers will serve with members of the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment as the training center’s opposing force, or OPFOR. At the National Training Center, an Army brigade … [Read more...]

JULY 16, 2025 – Operational Support Airlift Command (OSACOM) Maine State Flight Detachment recently conducted a training flight to Iceland. Iceland is a “cool” place to visit, but the flight crew were on a mission. The Maine unit is building a training plan to aid other Army C-12 units with learning the planning and logistical considerations for transatlantic flights. The … [Read more...]

An Oregon Army National Guard HH-60M Black Hawk helicopter, assigned to the 641st Aviation Regiment, conducts a search and rescue mission on July 13, 2025, in the caldera at Crater Lake National Park, Oregon. The same Black Hawk later in the day conducted a second rescue mission at Lake Harriett, Southeast of Crater Lake, when three hikers were injured from a falling tree limb. … [Read more...]