JULY 1, 2026 — Thousands of Soccer fans from around the world have gathered at stadiums throughout North America to view the world’s best soccer players compete in the FIFA World Cup. In Foxboro, Sgt. 1st Class Timothy Gallant from the 972 Military Police Company, along with more than 50 other MPs from the Massachusetts National Guard, has experienced the international … [Read more...]

JUNE 30, 2026 – Millions of years ago, pterosaurs roamed the skies. In June, UH-60 Black Hawk and UH-72 Lakota helicopters assigned to the 2-211th Aviation Regiment, Utah Army National Guard, along with a CH-47 Chinook from the 1st Battalion, 189th Aviation Regiment, Nevada National Guard, took flight over Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument for a unique mission: … [Read more...]

JUNE 28, 2026 – The last of 500 New York National Guard Soldiers who deployed to the Middle East with the headquarters of the 42nd Infantry Division returned to New York from their deployment at the beginning of June. The Soldiers mobilized at the end of May 2025 to serve as the command headquarters for Task Force Spartan, the Army’s 10,000-Soldier force in the … [Read more...]

JUNE 26, 2026 — A heavy-lift drone climbed into 25 mph gusts above the high desert June 22, carrying a live Bangalore torpedo toward a wire obstacle. For combat engineers, breaching that kind of obstacle is one of the most dangerous missions on the battlefield. Army doctrine accounts for that risk with a 50 percent casualty planning factor for a deliberate breach. This … [Read more...]

JUNE 26, 2026 - During a media roundtable discussion with multiple news outlets yesterday, a senior National Guard leader said that domestic missions like the one currently taking place in Washington, D.C., are helping build troop readiness rather than detracting from it. At present, there are approximately 4,700 guardsmen from 19 states who are part of the D.C. Safe and … [Read more...]