Three plane crash survivors stand on the wing of a PA-12 Super Cruiser aircraft during a recent AKARNG 207th Aviation Troop Command rescue mission, March 24, 2025 (Courtesy photo) MARCH 27, 2025 - Alaska Army National Guard Soldiers with G Company, 2-211th General Support Aviation Battalion, rescued three people from the wreckage of a crashed PA-12 Super Cruiser aircraft … [Read more...]
Guard Provides Lift for Army Futures Command
MARCH 26, 2025 - On a chilly and dusty morning at Fort Irwin, aka the “Sandbox,” four Oregon Army National Guard CH-47F Chinook helicopters are loaded up with Soldiers from the 82nd Airborne Division’s Combat Aviation Brigade and equipment from the Army Futures Command, as they begin testing on a field training exercise March 9-14. The Army Futures Command, headquartered in … [Read more...]
Guard Rescues Great Smoky Mountains Hiker
MARCH 26, 2025 – A Tennessee Army National Guard flight crew based at Joint Base McGhee-Tyson rescued an injured hiker in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park March 22. Shortly after 5:30 p.m. Eastern time, the Tennessee National Guard and the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency were notified an injured hiker needed medical assistance and rapid transport to a nearby … [Read more...]
Training Institute Graduates Military Police
Military Police students attending the Tennessee Army National Guard’s Military Police Basic Course conduct tactical training at Smyrna’s Volunteer Training Site on March 19. The students graduated from the 4-week-long Military Police transition course on March 21 and are now U.S. Army law enforcement officers and the newest members of the Military Police Corps. (photo by Spc. … [Read more...]
National Guard Seeks Reform, Innovation
MARCH 19, 2025 - In this era of complexity and uncertainty, innovation is not just an option for the National Guard — it's a must, National Guard Bureau Chief Air Force Gen. Steven S. Nordhaus said today during the McAleese Defense Programs Conference in Washington. "We are at a pivotal moment in history, a time when the security of our homeland faces challenges from … [Read more...]