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  • Southern Strike Joint Combat Exercise Concludes in Mississippi

    GULFPORT, Miss. - Military members from all departments of the U.S. armed forces participated in the Southern Strike 2024-1 joint combat exercise at Gulfport Combat Readiness Training Center March 4-15.The two-week exercise included approximately 425 military personnel from all over the United

  • Montana National Guard Hosts Regional Cooperation Exercise

    HELENA, Mont. - The Montana National Guard hosted an exercise with Guardsmen from five states and international partners to enhance stability and cooperation on counterterrorism and joint, combined capabilities among U.S. and Central and South Asian nations.More than 230 people from the United

  • Montana National Guard Hosts Regional Cooperation Exercise

    HELENA, Mont. - The Montana National Guard is hosting Regional Cooperation 23, a U.S. Central Command-sponsored exercise for military personnel from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, and the Arizona, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Montana and Virginia

  • Alaska National Guard Rapidly Deploys for Exercise ORCA 23

    NOME, Alaska – About 530 miles northwest of Anchorage, two survey team members from the Alaska National Guard’s 103rd Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Team monitor handheld detectors scanning for radiation and nerve, blister and blood agents as they prepare to enter a notional biological

  • Joint, International Southern Strike 2023 Exercise Wraps Up

    GULFPORT, Miss. – U.S. military members across every branch of service trained with international forces on Mississippi’s coast for two weeks during Exercise Southern Strike 2023, hosted by the Mississippi National Guard.“Southern Strike is an effective way for National Guard and Reserve as well as

  • Guard Saved Lives, Property, Responding to 2022 Disasters

    ARLINGTON, Va. – With approximately 450,000 members, the National Guard plays a role in every element of the National Defense Strategy, including defending the homeland. Over half of its members were involved in lifesaving natural disaster responses in 2022.Throughout the year, 142,000 Guard members

  • Mississippi, Republic of Uzbekistan Celebrate 10-Year Partnership

    WASHINGTON - The Mississippi National Guard and the Republic of Uzbekistan celebrated the 10th anniversary of joining forces under the State Partnership Program during a reception at the Uzbekistan Embassy Dec. 12. Maj. Gen. Janson D. Boyles, adjutant general, and other senior leaders from the

  • National Guard Trains with Partner Nations in Tajikistan

    DUSHANBE, Tajikistan – About 300 troops from the United States, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Mongolia and Pakistan trained together for the exercise Regional Cooperation 22 Aug. 6-18.The annual exercise, sponsored by U.S. Central Command and primarily conducted by National Guard

  • Southern Strike 2022 joint exercise concludes

    GULFPORT, Miss. – More than 2,000 U.S. Soldiers, Marines, Sailors, Airmen and Coast Guardsmen from throughout the country gathered at the Gulfport Combat Readiness Training Center for Exercise Southern Strike 2022 in April and May.It was the 11th year the CRTC hosted the exercise.“Southern Strike is