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  • 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

  • Massachusetts National Guard, Kenya Strengthen Partnership

    NAIROBI, Kenya - In 2025, the Massachusetts National Guard and the Kenya Defence Forces commemorate a decade of collaboration through the Department of Defense National Guard Bureau State Partnership Program. Since its inception in 2015, the partnership has demonstrated the profound impact of

  • Michigan Guard, Liberia Mark 15 Years of Partnership

    CAMP GRAYLING, Mich.—The Michigan National Guard and the Armed Forces of Liberia celebrated the 15th anniversary of their partnership in the Department of Defense National Guard Bureau’s State Partnership Program with a series of special events held June 10-13 at Camp Grayling Joint Maneuver

  • Missouri Guard Airmen Play Critical Role in Iran Nuclear Strike Mission

    WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a major display of strategic airpower, the Missouri National Guard’s 131st Bomb Wing played a pivotal role in the U.S. military operation targeting three nuclear weapons development sites in Iran - Fordo, Natanz and Isfahan. Operating alongside Air Force Global Strike Command,

  • New York Guard Trains for Disaster Response

    NIAGARA FALLS AIR RESERVE STATION, N.Y. – One hundred New York National Guard Soldiers and Airmen from across the state participated in Operation Buffalo Falls, a Homeland Response Force (HRF) tabletop exercise held June 4-8 at Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station.The five-day event simulated a

  • 134th MSG strengthens joint readiness in Japan

    OKINAWA, Japan - More than 120 Airmen from the Tennessee Air National Guard’s 134th Mission Support Group deployed to Okinawa for annual field training in June 2025, immersing themselves in a high-tempo, joint environment that included collaboration with U.S. Marines, active-duty Airmen and host

  • Engine troops, heart of A-10

    SELFRIDGE AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Mich. - Aerospace propulsion technicians in the 127th Maintenance Group’s propulsion shop are preparing to make a big change. The Airmen in the shop currently service and maintain the TF34-GE100 turbofan engines that power the A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft that are

  • Alaska Air National Guard Rescues Distressed Boaters

    JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska - Alaska Air National Guardsmen of 176th Wing rescued five distressed boaters stuck in sea ice June 16 about 10 miles east of Deering on the Kotzebue Sound.The boaters used VHF radio to call for help, which was received by Deering residents who called Alaska