JULY 24, 2024 — As night fell on the Joint Readiness Training Center July 20, 2024, Task Force Guardian — comprised of Oregon Army National Guard Soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 186th Infantry Regiment and 2nd Battalion, 162nd Infantry Regiment — marked a milestone for the 41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team; initiating force-on-force training with their first encounter against … [Read more...]

Col. Michael 'Shot' Glass, 104th Fighter Wing Operations Group Commander, flew F-15C aircraft 85-101 from Barnes Air National Guard Base, Westfield, Massachusetts, to Bradley Air National Guard Base, East Granby, Connecticut, for its final flight before being retired and donated to the New England Air Museum, July 22, 2024. Donating the F15 to the museum ensures the … [Read more...]

JULY 22, 2024 - Senior Enlisted Advisor Tony Whitehead, senior enlisted advisor to the chief of the National Guard Bureau, toured facilities and met with Soldiers and Airmen of the South Dakota National Guard during their drill weekend July 14-15. Whitehead also conducted town halls at various units in South Dakota, giving hundreds of Guardsmen of all ranks the opportunity … [Read more...]

U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Daniel F. Billingsley, communications chief, 33rd Weapons of Mass Destruction-Civil Support Team (WMD-CST), tests radio transmissions during a training exercise in Lihue, Hawaii, on June 7, 2024. The exercise poised military and civilian response partners to better integrate capabilities when disaster strikes. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. … [Read more...]

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Taylor Johnson, Optometry Specialist, 158th Fighter Wing, Vermont Air National Guard, conducts eye exams at the Tambcounda regional medical center in Tambacounda, Senegal, June 8, 2024. The Vermont National Guard is in Senegal to take part in an annual medical readiness exercise. The Vermont National Guard has been state partners with Senegal since … [Read more...]