MAY 23, 2025 — In the icy expanse of Northwest Alaska under the biting chill of Arctic winter conditions, a team of communications specialists from the Alaska Air National Guard's 168th Wing and Alaska Tribal Spectrum completed a telecommunications installation that will bring modern connectivity to one of Alaska's remote communities. Through a partnership with Alaska Tribal … [Read more...]
Ten Guard Soldiers Receive Purple Heart
Ten New York Army National Guard Soldiers who received the Purple Heart on May 10, 2025 at the Purple Heart Hall of Honor in New Windsor, New York display their certificates following the ceremony. The ten Soldiers were injured during a January 28, 2024 drone attack on a military outpost in Jordan known as Tower 22. the Soldiers were among 14 from Charlie Company of the 101st … [Read more...]
Guard Aviation Partners with Coast Guard
MAY 15, 2025 – U.S. Soldiers with the Pennsylvania National Guard’s 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade crewed a CH-47 Chinook helicopter to assist the U.S. Coast Guard by transporting three buoys May 7 in the Chesapeake Bay and Delaware Bay. During the winter, buoys are often displaced and washed up on beaches inaccessible to Coast Guard boats. The Chinook can move … [Read more...]
Guard’s Task Force SAFE Strengthens Border Security
A U.S. Soldier with the Arizona Army National Guard inspects a vehicle within a rail car entering the U.S. at the Dennis DeConcini Port of Entry in Nogales, Arizona, April 30, 2025. The Arizona National Guard and U.S. Customs and Border Protection are working together under Task Force Stopping Arizona's Fentanyl Epidemic to interdict drugs at Arizona’s ports of entry. (U.S. … [Read more...]
Guard Aircrews Train with Forest Rangers to Prep for Wildfires
MAY 13, 2025 - New York Army National Guard helicopter crews partnered May 8 with state Department of Environmental Conservation Forest Rangers to hone their firefighting skills along the Hudson River near Schuylerville. The dozen Army aircrewmembers included Soldiers assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 142nd Aviation Regiment, flying two UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters from the … [Read more...]