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  • South Dakota Air Guard’s New Therapy Dog Lends a Pawsitive Touch

    JOE FOSS FIELD, S.D. – At the 114th Fighter Wing, the commitment to Airmen extends beyond physical readiness and now includes a four-legged presence focused on mental wellness. Captain, a 2-year-old yellow Labrador retriever, officially joined the Wing on May 28 as its first-ever facility therapy

  • Relentless Valor: 178th Wing enhances battlefield readiness across forces

    SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — The 178th Wing recently played a vital role in Exercise Relentless Valor, a major joint training operation that brought together more than 200 service members from the U.S. Air Force, Army, Navy, and Marine Corps. Spanning Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Calamityville in

  • West Virginia Guard Continues Flood Cleanup Efforts

    WHEELING, W. Va. – The West Virginia National Guard continues to work with local, state and volunteer partners on flood recovery operations in the severely damaged communities of Marion and Ohio counties.Maj. Gen. Jim Seward, adjutant general of West Virginia, visited Ohio County on June 24,

  • lowa Airmen Take Training to New Heights

    JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – More than 75 Airmen from the Iowa Air National Guard’s 132d Logistics Readiness Squadron, 132d Communications Squadron and 132d Wing Staff traveled to Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, or JBER, this month for a total-force training mission that reinforced

  • Missouri Airmen Provide Airlift in Central American Exercise

    ST. JOSEPH, Mo. - The 139th Airlift Wing completed its first-ever support of CENTAM GUARDIAN 2025, a multinational exercise hosted by U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) and the Guatemalan Ministry of Defense from May 12–23, 2025. The exercise focused on improving collective response capabilities to

  • Tennessee Guard Participates in Bulgaria’s Best Warrior Competition

    VELIKO TARNOVO, Bulgaria – Members of the Tennessee Army and Air National Guard competed in the Bulgaria Armed Forces’ first multinational Best Warrior Competition at the National Military University.The June 23-26 competition featured 12 five-member teams representing the Tennessee National Guard,

  • State Partnership Program Enables Global, Shared ‘Peace through Strength’

    WASHINGTON, D.C.  – For more than 30 years, the National Guard has helped bolster the capabilities of foreign militaries, effectively broadening the pool of partners who are willing and able to support defense and security cooperation objectives across the globe.Now, lawmakers are assessing how to