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  • Oregon Guard Engineers Sharpen Deployment Skills

    LAJES FIELD, Portugal – Members of the Oregon National Guard’s 142nd Civil Engineer Squadron sharpened their deployment skills during a recent Deployment for Training, or DFT, at Lajes Field, Portugal, designed to boost upgrade training and team readiness.A DFT is a critical readiness strategy

  • Oregon Guard Supports Grasshopper Wildfire Response

    TYGH VALLEY, Ore. – Oregon Air National Guard hand crews moved into their second day of wildland firefighting operations Aug. 9, shifting from structure protection to mop-up, monitoring and patrol of existing containment lines on the Grasshopper Fire.Chief Master Sgt. Brian Brown, 173rd Fighter

  • Oregon Guard, Local Responders Conduct Aviation Rescue Training

    SANDY, Ore. – With simulated floodwaters cutting off neighborhoods and covering access roads, Oregon National Guard rescue crews flew low above the Sandy River June 5 to practice lifesaving helicopter operations in Clackamas County.Since late February, the Oregon National Guard, along with other

  • Oregon Guardsman Innovates to Maintain Jets

    PORTLAND, Ore. – Staff Sgt. Kenneth Fritz, an avionics integrated systems technician at the 142nd Wing, Portland Air National Guard Base, Oregon, spends his days solving problems with jets most people never see.When an aircraft system fails, the broken component is removed from a jet and sent to the

  • Oregon Guard Member Rises Toward Powerlifting Nationals

    PORTLAND, Ore. — In October 2024, U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Stepfanie Glidewell was preparing for surgery. For years, Glidewell had struggled with a debilitating pain that made even walking a challenge. While the cause had remained a mystery for years, the reality, while awaiting surgery, was

  • Specialized Oregon Guard Unit Conducts Training at Camp Rilea

    WARRENTON, Ore. - Airmen and Soldiers from the Oregon Air and Army National Guard completed a week-long annual training at Camp Rilea in Warrenton, Oregon, in mid-August.These Airmen and Soldiers are part of a National Guard initiative known as CERFP, an acronym within an acronym that stands for

  • The Guard in 2024: Deployments, hurricanes, wildfires and new leadership

    ARLINGTON, Va. –  As 2024 began, Soldiers with 1st Squadron, 221st Cavalry Regiment, Nevada Army National Guard, were on duty along the Las Vegas Strip supporting state and local law enforcement as more than 400,000 people celebrated the New Year. “People love to see us out here,” said U.S. Army

  • Oregon Air Guard Fighter Wing Honors Native Americans

    KINGSLEY FIELD, Ore. - The 173rd Fighter Wing welcomed members of the Klamath Tribes and others of American Indian descent to a ceremony during Native American Heritage Month Nov. 15.The event commemorated a locally designed Native American aircraft nose art. Local members of the Klamath Tribes and