OCTOBER 3, 2024 — The 1-148th Field Artillery Regiment, Idaho Army National Guard, has upgraded its combat capability with 18 new Paladin M109A7 next-generation artillery systems. The regiment conducted its first live-fire exercises using the long-range guns in September at the Orchard Combat Training Center. The new Bradley Fighting Vehicle chassis-mounted howitzer … [Read more...]
WWII POW Returned Home for Burial
OCTOBER 3, 2024 - Illinois Army National Guard Pfc. Harry Jerele of Berkeley, Illinois, is finally home, nearly 84 years after Company B, 192nd Tank Battalion, based in Maywood, was activated for federal service on Nov. 25, 1940. The flag-draped coffin containing his remains arrived Oct. 1 at Chicago O’Hare International Airport aboard American Airlines Flight 2412. A … [Read more...]
Guard Using Drones to Fight Wildfires
Sgt. Donald Underwood, an unmanned aerial systems operator with Delta Company, 545th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Oklahoma Army National Guard, operates a UAS during a multi-agency wildland firefighting unmanned aerial systems integration exercise at Crowder Lake near Weatherford, Oklahoma, Sept. 25-26. The exercise brought the Oklahoma … [Read more...]
NC Guard Delivers Food, Water to Hurricane Victims
Members of the North Carolina Air National Guard transport more than 100,000 pounds of essential goods to Western North Carolina in support of humanitarian efforts following Helene. The cargo, delivered aboard a C-17 Globemaster III, consisted of more than 48 pallets of water, Meals Ready to Eat (MREs), and other vital supplies. (Photo by US Air National Guard Technical … [Read more...]
Wisconsin Guard Deploys More Than 300 Soldiers
More than 300 Wisconsin Army National Guard Soldiers board charter flights Sept. 28 at Volk Field Air National Guard Base, Camp Douglas, Wis., following a formal sendoff ceremony. The Soldiers, who are a part of the 1st Battalion, 128th Infantry Regiment, the 1st Battalion, 120th Field Artillery Regiment, the 132nd Brigade Support Battalion and the 457th Chemical Company, will … [Read more...]