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  • Kentucky Civil Response team Hosts Multi-agency Exercise

    LOUISVILLE, Ky. – If there were ever an incident at Churchill Downs requiring the specially trained chemical unit of the National Guard, thanks to training done this week, they’d be ready.About 20 Soldiers from the 75th Troop Command’s 41st Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Team, National

  • Siblings create total force success stories

    WILL ROGERS AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Okla. -- Framed on the wall of her brother’s office is the most impactful car ride taken by now-Lt. Col. Alecia Campbell, commander of the 81st Contracting Squadron, Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi — in the form of a letter.Campbell had been recruited to play

  • Oklahoma Guard, Azerbaijan Celebrate 20-year Partnership

    OKLAHOMA CITY – Oklahoma National Guard leaders and an Azerbaijan delegation gathered at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art to celebrate the 20th anniversary of their partnership under the State Partnership Program.“Over the last 20 years, Oklahoma has been proud and remains proud to serve next to you

  • Oklahoma Guard Hosts Cybersecurity Exchange with Azerbaijan

    As global challenges evolve, strategists are turning their attention to cyberspace and developing the tactics, techniques and procedures to safeguard the future.That focus on cybersecurity served as the backdrop of the latest Oklahoma National Guard-Azerbaijan military knowledge exchange. In late

  • Oklahoma Special Operations Wing Supports Northern Strike

    ALPENA, Mich. – Airmen from the 137th Special Operations Wing deployed to support Northern Strike 22-2 at the Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center Aug. 6-19.Nearly 50 Oklahoma Air National Guard members supported operations during the exercise, including a 13-person Mission Sustainment Team

  • Oklahoma National Guard Hosts German Officers in Exchange

    OKLAHOMA CITY – This year might mark the “Longest Exchange Ever” of the Military Reserve Exchange Program.Two officers from the German Air Force, Lt. Col. Alex Frick, mission support squadron commander of Helicopter Wing 64, Laubheim, and Maj. Alex Schroth, troop driver with Air Command, Berlin,

  • Oklahoma National Guard Conducts SPP Visit to Azerbaijan

    BAKU, Azerbaijan – The 137th Special Operations Medical Group conducted a combat casualty care knowledge exchange with Azerbaijan during a State Partnership Program visit to Baku June 20-24.The visit was the second between doctors with the Azerbaijan Ministry of Defense Operational Capabilities

  • Historic Highway Landing Advances Agile Combat Employment

    ALGER COUNTY, Michigan – Air National Guard A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft, Air Force Special Operations Command MC-12W, C-145A and U-28A aircraft, and a C-146A aircraft from the Air Force Reserves landed, took off and performed integrated combat turns on a closed 9,000-foot section of Michigan

  • 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

  • New Air National Guard Exercise Tests Agility in Michigan

    ALPENA, Mich. – Air National Guard Airmen and aircraft from around the country are conducting the first Air National Guard Readiness Exercise Program event, Agile Rage 22. This exercise is hosted by the Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center, part of the National All-Domain Warfighting Center in