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  • National Guard Defends the Cyber Front

    ARLINGTON, Va. – The National Guard is the nation’s oldest military service, yet uniquely adaptable to a relatively new warfighting domain: cyberwarfare.“The cyber skills that many members of the National Guard bring to the fight are unique within the Department of Defense and can be brought to bear

  • Pennsylvania Air Guard Firefighters Train at Joint Base Andrews

    MIDDLETOWN, Pa. – Five firefighters from the 193rd Special Operations Civil Engineer Squadron completed joint training May 1-7 with their active-duty counterparts at the 316th Civil Engineer Squadron at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland.The goal of this training was to strengthen the relationship between

  • New Hampshire National Guard, Cabo Verde Build Emerging Partnership

    CONCORD, N.H. – The New Hampshire National Guard hosted a delegation from the Republic of Cabo Verde for a State Partnership Program workshop June 8-10.Visitors from the African archipelago country, including Minister of Defense Janine Lélis and Harold Tavares, chief of staff to the prime minister,

  • Maine Air National Guard, Montenegro Partner in SPP Event

    SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine – The Maine Air National Guard hosted members of the Montenegrin military during a communications familiarization event the first week of June.The 243rd Engineering Installations Squadron and the 265th Combat Communications Squadron provided activities ranging from antenna

  • National Guard Members Conduct Innovative Readiness Training

    TAHLEQUAH, Okla. - Oklahoma National Guard Soldiers and Airmen are building homes and treating patients in health clinics in Eastern Oklahoma.They are helping fellow Oklahomans thanks partly to the Innovative Readiness Training program – a Department of Defense initiative.While Soldiers of the

  • Looking to the Future with 190th Medical Group’s Top Eye

    FORBES FIELD ANG BASE, Kan. -- Fourteen optometrists from across the Air Force, Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard traveled to the 190th Air Refueling Wing, 22-27 May, 2022. This is the second year that the 190th Medical Group has hosted the Top Eye professional development course.Top Eye is

  • 156th Wing begins construction on $34.6 million mission essential facilities

    MUÑIZ AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, PR -- The 156th Wing held a “Groundbreaking” ceremony, June 8, 2022, to officially recognize the beginning of a series of military construction projects on base. The $34.6 million project will positively impact the island’s economy and provide more than 100 jobs during

  • National Guard Supports Armed Forces of Ukraine

    ARLINGTON, Va. – Pinned down by a Russian tank and armed with only a failed anti-tank missile, a Ukrainian soldier recently turned to an unlikely source as the most effective weapon available — his cell phone. On the other end was a member of the Washington Army National Guard. Because they had

  • NY, Minnesota Airmen Hone Ice Runway Construction Skills

    STRATTON AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, N.Y. – Ten Airmen assigned to the 109th Airlift Wing deployed to Greenland to support Exercise Polar Reach May 11-27.The exercise, a joint international training event conducted by the 109th with the Canadian Royal Air Force, allowed the 109th to test the