APRIL 2, 2024 - Washington Army National Guard Soldiers supported the 16th Annual Pacific Rim Regional Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition at South Puget Sound Community College March 22-24. “Events like PRCCDC are critical for bridging the gap between academic theory and real-world cyber threats,” said Maj. Sameer Puri, chief information officer, Washington Army National … [Read more...]

U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class. Robert Williams, second from left, from the Washington Army National Guard, receives the Recruiting and Retention Non-Commissioned Officer of the Year award from Lt. Gen. Jon Jensen, far left, Director of the Army National Guard, at the Director’s Strength Maintenance Awards Conference in Houston, TX, Mar. 14, 2024. The Director’s Strength Maintenance … [Read more...]

Army Gen. Daniel Hokanson, chief, National Guard Bureau, and SEA Tony Whitehead, senior enlisted advisor to the CNGB, visit National Guardsmen deployed within the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility March 15, 2024. (Courtesy Photo) MARCH 28, 2024 - The National Guard’s most senior officer and enlisted leader visited Guardsmen deployed across the Middle East in … [Read more...]

Connecticut Air National Guard Master Sgt. Jonathan Wolff, an expeditionary warfighting communications airman assigned to the 103rd Air Control Squadron, or 103rd ACS, cranks the handle of an antenna mast, part of the Tactical Operations Center - Light, or TOC-L, at Camp Nett, Niantic, Connecticut, March 5, 2024. Airmen from the 103rd ACS are conducting incremental testing of … [Read more...]

MARCH 20, 2024 – Earlier this month, the Pennsylvania National Guard swore in a unique recruit who, at just 19 years old, will join the Army as a CH-47 Chinook helicopter pilot. The recruit joined the Pennsylvania Army National Guard through a program affectionately known as “streets to seats” or “high school to flight school.” As those names imply, the program allows a … [Read more...]