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  • National Guard Members Continue LA Wildfire Response

    LOS ANGELES – U.S. Army Sgt. Ricardo Hernandez watched from a cross street as sporadic traffic passed on the Pacific Coast Highway near Pacific Palisades. The late afternoon sun glinted off his sunglasses as a man on a bicycle rode up to his location.  A light-wheeled vehicle mechanic with the 149th

  • California, Nevada, Wyoming Guard Join Firefighting Battle

    MOFFETT AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Calif. - Hundreds of National Guard members are now involved in multiple air and ground firefighting efforts as wildfires rage across the Los Angeles Basin and Southern California.More than 1,850 Guard members from California, Nevada and Wyoming are

  • Tennessee Guardsmen Help Battle East Tennessee Wildfires

    KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – The Tennessee National Guard battled wildfires from the air in Great Smoky Mountains National Park this week.At the request of the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency, the Tennessee National Guard provided four UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters and crews from Knoxville’s 1-230th

  • Texas Air Guard Deploys MQ-9 to help fight wildfires

    HOUSTON - The Texas Air National Guard deployed an uncrewed aerial system in March to help the Texas Department of Emergency Management and local fire departments combat fires that engulfed the Panhandle region.Equipped with advanced sensors and imaging technology, the MQ-9 deployed by the 147th

  • National Guard, DOD Support Hawaii's Long-term Recovery

    WASHINGTON - Defense Department personnel remain ready to support Maui residents for the foreseeable future as local officials plot a course for recovery from the Lahaina wildfire, the Hawaii National Guard’s incident commander says.Army Major Gen. Kenneth Hara, adjutant general for the state of

  • National Guard Fights Louisiana Wildfires From the Air

    NEW ORLEANS – National Guard helicopter crews from Louisiana, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Tennessee and Alabama have dropped more than 1.1 million gallons of water on wildfires in western Louisiana since Aug. 23.The helicopter crews continue the firefighting mission in Beauregard, Sabine and Vernon Parishes

  • Florida National Guard Activated to Assist With Hurricane Response

    WASHINGTON - More than 3,000 Florida National Guardsmen have been activated, with an additional 1,800 on their way to the state to respond to Hurricane Idalia, Pentagon Deputy Press Secretary Sabrina Singh said Tuesday.Idalia made landfall on Florida's West Coast Wednesday morning and, according to

  • Alaska National Guard Firefighters Protect Nenana From Wildfires

    JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska - In May 1920, the Alaska town of Nenana, nestled on the bank of the river of the same name in Alaska’s Interior, suffered great loss of life from the H1N1 influenza.According to a National Park Service article highlighting a historic part of the Nenana South

  • Defense Department Mobilizes to Respond to Hawaii Wildfires

    WASHINGTON - The Defense Department will continue to work closely with state and local officials to protect lives and battle the destructive wildfires that have swept through the Hawaiian island of Maui, Pentagon Press Secretary Air Force Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder said Aug. 11.The National Guard has

  • Alaska National Guard Helps Battle Wildland Fires

    JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska - Thirteen members of the Alaska National Guard deployed to Interior Alaska to help fight wildfires across the region.Eight 207th Aviation Troop Command Soldiers deployed to the Alaska Army National Guard Readiness Center in Fairbanks July 31 for UH-60 Black