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...]
Guard Provides Support to Hurricane Stricken States
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...]
NC Guard Shows Up for Helene Recovery
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...]
Army Fields Latest Artillery Platform
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...]