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  • Michigan Guard, Sierra Leone Establish State Partnership

    FREETOWN, Sierra Leone - “You never get a second chance to make a first impression,” the adage goes. However, since the announcement in May that Sierra Leone would partner with the Michigan National Guard, there have been many first impressions between leaders across these organizations, leading to

  • National Guard Continues to Assist with Hurricane Response in Southeast

    ARLINGTON, Va. - More than 5,900 National Guard members from multiple states rescued hundreds of people and cleared roads across the Southeast in the wake of Hurricane Helene.Guardsmen mobilized in Florida, Georgia, North and South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia, with help from the Maryland,

  • National Guard Assists with Hurricane Response in Southeast

    STARKE, Fla. - More than 4,600 National Guardsmen were on duty in Florida and across the Southeast Friday, assisting victims of Hurricane Helene.As the massive storm moved ashore at Florida’s Big Bend area late Thursday night, 3,900 members of the Florida National Guard were staged throughout the

  • Alaska National Guard, Mongolia Strengthen Partnership

    EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska - The Alaska Air National Guard’s 168th Wing and 176th Wing hosted nine members of the Mongolian Armed Forces and the Mongolian National Emergency Management Agency to exchange best practices and plan future engagements as part of the State Partnership Program Sept.

  • Missouri Guard Airman Aids Ailing Firefighter on Plane

    ST. JOSEPH, Mo. - On Sept. 2, while returning from a fire assignment in Oregon, Ben Wagner experienced a terrifying health scare midflight. Wagner, a U.S. Forest Service assistant fire management officer based out of Michigan, had just completed two exhausting weeks leading fire relief efforts in

  • Arkansas National Guard Air Wing Receives C-130J Aircraft

    LITTLE ROCK AIR FORCE BASE, Ark. - The 189th Air Wing officially began its first aircraft conversion in almost 40 years with the arrival of two EC-130J Super Hercules aircraft Sept. 18.The conversion to the C-130J is a major step toward fleet modernization for the Air National Guard in the effort to

  • Air Force Lt. Gen. Steven Nordhaus Confirmed as NGB Chief 

    WASHINGTON – The Senate Tuesday confirmed Air Force Lt. Gen. Steven Nordhaus as the 30th chief of the National Guard Bureau.  Nordhaus, who will also be a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, will be promoted to four-star general and serve as the top officer in the nation’s oldest military

  • Maryland Airmen Train with Logistics Counterparts in Estonia

    PARNU, Estonia - Eight Maryland Air National Guard Airmen partnered with Estonian Defense League members to conduct Operation Baltic Rhino, a convoy operations training exercise, Sept. 13-15 at the Eametsa military base in Parnu.Airmen assigned to the 175th Logistics Readiness Squadron facilitated

  • Hawaii Air Guard Hosts Vulcan Guard Space Exercise

    JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii - The Hawaii Air National Guard’s 154th Wing showcased international military collaboration by hosting the seventh Vulcan Guard space exercise Sept. 16-21 at military installations across Oahu.It was the first time the space event was held in Hawaii and the