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  • Guard Leaders Stress NCOs Role in State Partnership Program

    LAS VEGAS – Developing NCOs has long been a strategy in the U.S. military to build capability and maintain readiness by providing the education and training required to operate in complex environments.While the professional development of NCOs is varied in focus internationally, many countries

  • Massachusetts Guard Helps Host Crisis Leadership Seminar

    CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - The Massachusetts National Guard, in collaboration with the National Guard Bureau Homeland Security Institute, hosted the annual General and Flag Officer Seminar designed by Harvard Kennedy School’s program on Crisis Leadership April 23-26.Strategic-level leaders across the

  • Massachusetts Air Guard Airmen Test New Air Combat Tactics

    BARNES AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Mass. – Members of the 104th Fighter Wing attended the U.S. Air Force weapons school integration exercise April 6-20 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada. The two-week exercise combined multiple squadrons to test new air combat tactics via offensive and defensive

  • Nebraska National Guard Assists with Tornado Response

    LINCOLN, Neb. – The Nebraska National Guard is assisting state and local first responders after a tornado caused widespread damage.Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen authorized the Nebraska National Guard to fulfill multiple requests for resources by Douglas County officials and the Federal Emergency

  • Enduring Partners 2024 Begins with Thai-US Airmen Exchange

    CAMP MURRAY, Wash. - The second iteration of Enduring Partners commenced April 30 with an opening ceremony officiated by Royal Thai Air Force Group Captain Sithipol Pomtri, exercise director, and U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Gent Welsh, Washington Air National Guard commander.Although the ceremony

  • Virginia National Guard Formalizes Partnership with Finland

    RICHMOND, Va. – The Virginia National Guard has been selected as the U.S. partner to the nation of Finland for the Department of Defense National Guard Bureau State Partnership Program, Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced May 2.The official signing ceremony occurred at the Finnish Ministry of Defense in

  • Hokanson: Nation’s Investment in National Guard Comes at Pivotal Moment

    WASHINGTON – The National Guard is a dynamic operational force integral to the National Defense Strategy, the Guard’s most senior officer told lawmakers April 30, emphasizing that sustained mission readiness requires continued and deeper investment in the Guard. In his annual testimony to the House

  • Guam National Guard launches State Partnership with Palau

    KOROR, Palau – In a historic ceremony at the Ngarachamayong Cultural Center in downtown Koror, Palau President Surangel Whipps Jr., Guam Gov. Lou Leon Guerrero and Col. Michael Cruz, adjutant general of the Guam National Guard, signed a declaration formalizing the nation’s newest state partnership

  • Maryland Air Guardsman Wins Innovation Award

    MIDDLE RIVER, Md. - The Air National Guard has recognized a Maryland Air National Guard Airman for innovation that helps improve efficiency and operational readiness at the 175th Wing.Capt. Kerry Guy, the 175th Wing base contracting officer, was named the Air National Guard’s General Larry O.

  • Barnes Airman makes crucial detection in oil, receives inspector general coin

    BARNES AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, MA – Staff Sgt. Pavel Chumak, 104th Maintenance Group aircraft electrical and environmental technician, received the Air Combat Command Inspector General coin after the Wing’s Capstone Unit Effectiveness Inspection on March 21, 2024, here. Chumak was awarded this coin