U.S. Army National Guard Spc. Diamond Espinoza, a water treatment specialist assigned to Alpha Company 169th Divisional Sustainment Support Battalion, pumps water for a local in Mountain City, Tennessee, Oct. 6, 2024. The Tennessee National Guard continues to support the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency and the state, county and local first responders in the areas impacted … [Read more...]

Tennessee Air National Guardsmen dropping debris into an Army truck in Hampton, Tennessee, on Oct. 2, 2024. The Tennessee Air National Guard Civil Engineer Squadron members were activated to assist with recovery efforts after Hurricane Helene hit East Tennessee. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Airman Xaviera Stevens.) OCTOBER 7, 2024 – More than 450 Soldiers and … [Read more...]

OCTOBER 4, 2024 - More than 6,600 National Guard members from a dozen states rescued hundreds of people and cleared roads across the Southeast in the wake of Hurricane Helene. As of Friday, Guardsmen in 17 states are responding to disaster recovery in Alabama, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi, North and South Carolina, … [Read more...]

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Elizabeth Sailer, a firefighter with the 169th Civil Engineer Squadron, South Carolina Air National Guard, carries tree branches to assist with debris removal in Gaffney, South Carolina, following Tropical Storm Helene, Oct. 2, 2024. The South Carolina National Guard has more than 900 Airmen and Soldiers deployed across the state, responding to … [Read more...]

OCTOBER 3, 2024 — “Call out the Guard”, a cliché in 1950’s movies, but a call to action for hundreds of North Carolina National Guard Soldiers and Airmen deployed for the North Carolina Government's Hurricane Helene response. Their mission, provide military capabilities in support of state authorities in order to protect the lives and properties of fellow citizens. “Help is … [Read more...]