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WJTV
April 13, 2018
CLINTON, Miss. (WJTV) -- A mom who is a member of the Army National Guard returned home and surprised her daughter Thursday at school. Casey Thornton had been on a yearlong deployment. She stopped by Clinton Park Elementary to surprise her Kindergartner, June, at school. The reunion broughtÃâà...
The Daily Iowan
April 13, 2018
Of those 9,000, 7,000 are Army National Guard troops, and just under 2,000 are with the Air Guard. Wunn said the Iowa National Guard has currently not been requested to deploy to the southern border, but if the troops were, it would require a request from the federal government to the Governor's Office,Ãâà...
Bigbendnow
April 13, 2018
FAR WEST TEXAS – The Texas Tribune on Friday reported that in response to Trump's call to mobilize the U.S. military for border protection, the Texas Army National Guard deployed a handful of troops to the Texas-Mexico border on Friday evening, with plans to send 250 more in the coming days.
San Antonio Express-News
April 13, 2018
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott meets with members of the Texas Army National Guard and Border Patrol at the Sergeant Tomas Garces Texas Army National Guard Armory Thursday April 12, 2018 in Weslaco, Tx. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott meets with members of the Texas Army National Guard and Border Patrol atÃâà...
ArmyTimes.com
April 11, 2018
Chaplain (Brig. Gen.) Kenneth Brandt, the senior Army National Guard chaplain and US Army deputy chief of chaplains for the National Guard, speaks to active, Guard and Reserve unit ministry teams gathered at Fort Drum, N.Y., on June 12, 2017, during a chaplain summit. (Spc. Keegan Costello/Army).
Albany Times Union
April 2, 2018
The detachment normally comes under the command of the New York Army National Guard's Troy-based 42nd Infantry Division. The detachment augments the 10th Mountain Division's command post during combat deployments. It provides staff officers and noncommissioned officers who bring addedÃâà...
Santa Clarita Valley Signal
March 31, 2018
I recently met Breon Johnson at our new Veterans Center at 23222 Lyons Avenue and we had a great time getting to know each other. I actually met Breon through a mutual friend on social media and I'm pleased that we met in person, though Breon wondered who the heck I was and what I wanted. At anyÃâà...
Rockford Register Star
March 25, 2018
A member of the U.S. Army National Guard died Sunday, March 25, 2018, after a single-vehicle rollover accident off Interstate 90 near Loves Park. ... LOVES PARK — A member of the Army National Guard was killed and another was critically injured after they rolled their military vehicle off Interstate 90.
The Daily News Online
March 19, 2018
A CH-47 Chinook helicopter assigned to Bravo Company, 3rd Battalion, 126th Aviation Regiment, New York Army NationalGuard, prepares to land and insert Soldiers of Charlie Troop, 2nd Battalion, 101st Cavalry Regiment, New York Army National Guard, into their landing zone. The exercise testedÃâà...
National Defense Magazine
March 19, 2018
The Army National Guard is looking to increase the number of Apache attack helicopters per battalion after the force level was reduced by top decision-makers earlier this year, according to a service official. The Army announced in January that it had decided to keep four out of eight National Guard ApacheÃâà...
Idaho State Journal
March 19, 2018
Last year, Elgan collaborated with other unit sergeant majors to create a junior leader development course for soldiers rising through the ranks of the Idaho Army National Guard. The course offered participants advice and education on training management, future planning and soldier management andÃâà...
News 12 Westchester
March 17, 2018
Members of the New York Army National Guard are set to leave home and prepare to serve overseas in Afghanistan. 300 members of the New York Army National Guard are spending their last day in New York for awhile at Stewart Air National Guard Base before they are sent off. The hundreds of militaryÃâà...
ArmyTimes.com
March 13, 2018
The head of the National Guard Bureau says he believes the increased training days with the Army National Guard 4.0 initiative are sustainable but predicts some soldiers might need ... “We are changing the operational deployment tempo and the training tempo of the Army National Guard,” Lengyel said.
The News Journal
March 13, 2018
Several local citizens are starting 2018 out the right way. They have stood up and took the oath of enlistment to serve our nation and community in the Kentucky Army National Guard. SFC Kirby Jones and SGT Valerie Kelly welcomed the enlistees into the Kentucky National Guard. The list of enlisteesÃâà...
Task & Purpose
March 12, 2018
8, while on active duty at the Army National Guard Training Center in Richland Township, according to a complaint filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, Johnstown Division. Pence was scheduled to arrive in Johnstown on Sept. 11 and then speak at the Flight 93 NationalÃâà...
The Livingston County News
March 11, 2018
Dedicated service. Major General Anthony German, the Adjutant General of New York, presents New York Army National Guard Chief Warrant Officer Jeffrey Schirmer, left, with a Meritorious Service Medal to mark the completion of 36 years of service in the New York Army National Guard during a Feb.
Fox17
March 10, 2018
CALHOUN CO., Mich. -- More than 100 National Guard soldiers are in West Michigan this weekend training for the possibility of a catastrophic event. The unit is going through mock exercises at Fort Custer in Augusta that center around a nuclear attack. "Units like this have been doing this mission for wellÃâà...
Meridian Star
March 9, 2018
Gloria Gill holds her daughter, Adleigh, during a send off for the 150th Brigade Engineer Battalion, part of the Mississippi Army National Guard Friday on the lawn at City Hall. Gill and her husband, David, will deploy together, leaving behind Adleigh, who will be 2 next month. Military Sendoff. Photo by PaulaÃâà...
SaukValley.com
March 3, 2018
SPRINGFIELD – Pvt. Seth Buckert of Sterling and Pvt. Austin Handel of Rock Falls recently joined the Illinois Army National Guard. Buckert was sworn in Jan. 31 and Handel on Feb. 20 at the Chicago Military Entrance Processing Station. Buckert enlisted as an 88M, motor transport operator, and isÃâà...
Westword
March 2, 2018
Soldiers at nearby Camp George West used the north slope of Green Mountain as an artillery range from 1930 to 1945, firing fist-sized 75mm munitions packed with lead balls. But because of poor historical documentation by the Army National Guard, the federal government has no records or maps of theseÃâà...
ArmyTimes.com
March 1, 2018
Lucas Warren, son of Georgia National Guard Spc. Jason Warren, was chosen as the 2018 Gerber Spokesbaby out of more than 140,000 children. (Courtesy photo). Every year, Gerber holds a contest to find a cute baby to represent the company. This year, 1-year-old Lucas Warren was picked fromÃâà...
WISH-TV
February 28, 2018
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Funeral services will be this weekend for an Army National Guard veteran killed in a hit-and-run crash on the southeast side of Indianapolis. Sgt. Joseph Nordstrom died Saturday and will be laid to rest at 10 a.m. Saturday at Flanner Buchanan–Decatur Township on KentuckyÃâà...
CNN
December 31, 1999
(CNN) Texas is preparing to deploy National Guard troops and vehicles to the border with Mexico, the state's top military commander said Friday. About 250 troops will be sent by Monday to the state's 1,254-mile long border with Mexico, Army National Guard Brig. Gen. Tracy Norris said. "This mobilizationÃâà...
East Oregonian
December 31, 1999
Rees most recently served as the Strategic Plans Officer (G-5) for the Oregon Army National Guard (Land Component Command), assisting with planning operations and training for more than 6,000 soldiers. Prior to his most recent assignment, he commanded the Recruiting and Retention Command forÃâà...
KPTV.com
December 31, 1999
Oregon Army National Guard Soldiers with Company G, 1st Battalion, 189th Aviation Regiment, stand in formation during a demobilization ceremony honoring their return from overseas deployment, March 4, in Salem, Oregon. (Photo by Sgt. 1st Class April DavisÃâà...
KSN-TV
December 31, 1999
GREENWOOD COUNTY, Kan. (KSNW) – As wild fires continue to crop up across the state, two Kansas Army National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters, which had been at work in Greenwood County, have been pulled back to Salina to prepare for a possible deployment to Hamilton County on theÃâà...
Kennebec Journal & Morning Sentinel
December 31, 1999
The command chief warrant officer is responsible to address warrant officer management, education, development and to improve the strength management of the Warrant Officer Corps within the Maine Army National Guard. The individual serves as warrant officer advisor to the state Adjutant General as aÃâà...
Dayton Daily News
December 31, 1999
Two CH-47 Chinook helicopters with the Ohio Army National Guard were set to fly to South Carolina in 2017 to prepare for Hurricane Irma relief efforts in Florida. CONTRIBUTED. The Ohio Army National Guard has landed top honors for the sixth time in the Army Communities of Excellence contest.
Chicago Tribune
December 31, 1999
A Chicago-based medic in the Illinois National Guard was killed when an ambulance he was in crashed near Rockford on Sunday morning, according to authorities. Illinois Army National Guard Sgt. Marcos Leonardo Gudino, 30, was a passenger in a military ambulance that crashed in the eastbound lanesÃâà...
KTVA
December 31, 1999
"The best advice i could give anybody who is looking to change career fields or go to something new would be to make the commitment of talking to one of our recruiters with the Alaska Army National Guard", said Lomboy, "Seeing what best fits them, whether that be a one year, three-year, six-year".
