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Col. Jonathan D. Mumme, incoming commander of the 159th Fighter Wing, receives the unit colors from Brig. Gen. D. Keith Waddell, adjutant general of the Louisiana Army National Guard, during a formal ceremony at Naval Air Station-Joint Reserve Base in Belle Chasse, La., Feb. 5, 2021. (U.S. Air Force National Guard photo by Senior Master Sgt. Dan Farrell) By LANG Public Affairs Office PINEVILLE, La. –The Louisiana National Guard hosted six Change of Command ceremonies last week, to include: 15...

https://www.afinalwarning.com/492185.html (Natural News) 5,000 of the over 26,000 National Guard troops sent to Washington, D.C. to provide security for President Joe Biden’s inauguration will remain in the capital, after the rest have been sent home or redeployed. Now, a retired military intelligence officer has commented that these units are turning into an “occupation force,” and that their continued presence is unacceptable. As of Jan. 26, there are currently around 7,000 National ...

8 When our nation called for Guardsmen to defend the U.S. Capitol, nearly 400 Soldiers from the 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team thunderbirds answered the call and rapidly mobilized, arriving in Washington on Sunday, January 17, 2021. The Oklahoma Army National Guard Soldiers, along with attached security forces personnel from the Oklahoma Air National Guard’s 137th Special Operations Wing and 138th Fighter Wing are serving alongside 25,000 Guard members from multiple states ...

At least 200 soldiers with the Delaware Army National Guard are on duty in Washington D.C. since Friday ahead of the 59th presidential inauguration, and they are set to be there until the end of this

2,000 lives lost; Central Falls fights for recovery Michael McDermott, The Providence Journal © David DelPoio/The Providence Journal Swan Cemetery, Recent burial place for one of Rhode Islands covid victims Elizabeth Freethy. Providence Journal / David DelPoio] Good afternoon and welcome to This Just In. Im Mike McDermott, managing editor of The Providence Journal.  They came from all walks of live, and from almost every city and town in the state. Today Rhode Island surpass...

Members of the Rhode Island National Guard will deploy to Washington, D.C., to help keep order during the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden next week amid heightened security concerns after the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol. As many as 100 members of the 142d Airlift Wing and 56th Troop Command will travel to Washington to "support the inauguration and provide traffic control, logistics, planning and other support functions," said Guard spokesman Capt. Mark A. Incze. The Rhode Isla...

War clouds began building in fall 1990. Iraq’s army, under orders from its strongman President Saddam Hussein, rolled across the border into Kuwait on Aug. 2, 1990. Hussein made the unsubstantiated claim Iraq’s neighbor to...

Dave Dixon, a retired Nevada Army National Guardsman, remembers how dedicated his longtime friend was to serving both his nation and state. Like so many soldiers who knew Don Gable, Dixon and others referred to...

Photos Circulate of National Guard Members in Riot Gear Sleeping in Capitol On 1/13/21 at 12:07 PM EST Photos circulated across social media on Tuesday and Wednesday show National Guard members sleeping on the floors of the U.S. Capitol, ahead of the Houses debate on an article of impeachment against President Donald Trump. "Right now [Monday], we have approximately 6,200 National Guard soldiers and airmen from six states and the District of Columbia on the ground in the NCR [National Capitol R...

By SLOBODAN LEKIC, JOHN VANDIVER AND KARIN ZEITVOGEL | STARS AND STRIPES Published: January 2, 2021 Twelve service members died on overseas deployments to designated combat zones in Africa, Kosovo and the Arabian peninsula region, including waterways, in 2020. One other soldier was killed in a terrorist attack in Kenya, which is not a designated combat zone. The most deadly of the incidents was a helicopter crash in the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt in November, in which five American troops died...