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  • Michigan Guard, partners practice cyberattack response

    GRAYLING, Mich. – The Michigan National Guard worked with law enforcement and industry partners to respond jointly to cyberattacks in a Cyber Strike exercise at the National All Domain Warfighting Center (NADWC).Participants at the Camp Grayling Joint Maneuver Training Center event addressed the

  • South Carolina Air National Guard wraps up successful Top Gun drill meet

    MCENTIRE JOINT NATIONAL GUARD BASE, S.C. -- The South Carolina Air National Guard (SCANG) hosted 20 high school Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps (JROTC) teams for the “Top Gun” drill meet competition, March 26. This competition is considered the state championship. The SCANG has held the drill

  • Deployed Vermont National Guard MPs provide base security

    COLCHESTER, Vt. – Thirty-three Vermont National Guard Military Police Soldiers of the 172nd Law Enforcement Detachment conducted a law enforcement and inner-base security training mission at the Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base in Romania from March to November.According to Staff Sgt. Zachary Hunt, this

  • Guard incorporates women, peace and security initiatives

    ARLINGTON, Va. – The National Guard is playing a key role in integrating a Department of Defense initiative to reinforce the importance of equal gender participation in all aspects of global peace and security.The 2020 Women, Peace and Security Strategic Framework and Implementation Plan stresses

  • 165th Airlift Wing Guardsmen wrap up COVID-19 response

    SAVANNAH, Ga.– More than 30 Airmen from the 165th Airlift Wing, Georgia Air National Guard, demobilized March 18 after volunteering to serve on the Georgia Coronavirus Response Task Force.These multi-capable Airmen from various career fields have served more than 60 days spread out across 15 COVID

  • Alaska Guard conducts exercise on Arctic sea ice

    JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – During a routine flight deep in the Alaska Interior, a small jet crashes with a dozen passengers.All survive without serious injury, but now they’re facing subzero temperatures with the sprawling and towering Alaska Range separating them from rapid rescue by

  • Minnesota, Norway resume troop exchange after 2-year break

    CAMP RIPLEY, Minn. – Nearly 100 service members from the Norwegian military’s Home Guard, known as the Heimevernet, arrived at the Minnesota National Guard’s 133rd Airlift Wing in St. Paul March 25.The Norwegian Home Guard members are participating in the U.S.-Norwegian Reciprocal Troop Exchange

  • California Guard officer honored for space work at Beale AFB

    BEALE AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – U.S. Air Force 2nd Lt. Roy Davis of the California Air National Guard’s 234th Intelligence Squadron is the 2021 Space Operations Command Company Grade Officer of the Year. Davis earned the award for outstanding performance while assigned to the 7th Space Warning

  • Vermont Air National Guard to Resume Tour Program

    SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt.,- The Vermont Air National Guard will resume their public tour program in April."Last year we launched our official base tour program and it was extremely well received." said Col Daniel Finnegan, 158th vice wing commander. "Based on the positive reception at the end of last

  • DC Air Guard conducts readiness exercise

    JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Md. – The District of Columbia Air National Guard’s 113th Wing participated in a four-day readiness exercise during the regularly scheduled drill, which started March 17 at Joint Base Andrews.The inspector general team evaluated the wing’s ability to survive and operate in a