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33 YOUNGSTOWN, N.Y. — Soldiers of the New York Army National Guard’s 152nd Engineer Company dumped the virtual training from 2020, and got down to being combat engineers again May 9-23 during annual training at an 840-acre training site in western New York. The company, part of the 204th Engineer Battalion, was tasked with upgrading the Youngstown Local Training Area as their two-week mission. The Soldiers constructed an Army Combat Fitness Course, a Situational Training Exercise lanes course, improved the area’s road network, and set up a land navigation course. The eng...

10 According to the U.S. Army War College, through the 2004 National Defense Authorization Act, Congress passed legislation allowing National Guard officers to temporarily hold a state and federal commission simultaneously. Hence the term “dual status.” The goal of this legislation was to streamline civil support operations and establish a unified front between the National Guard and active-duty forces. Since 2004, dual status commanders have been authorized to command nationally significant events such as summits and national political conventions. However, in more dir...

Meet the Guard’s one-year pandemic vets 1 hour ago Nebraska Army National Guard Soldiers secure cargo after delivering essential supplies to a mobile testing site at the Seward County Fairgrounds in Seward, Nebraska, May 27, 2020. (Nebraska National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Heidi McClintock) The National Guard’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic began before dawn. In the early morning hours of March 5, 2020, a pararescue team from the 129th Rescue Wing of the California Air National Guard boarded a helicopter bound for virus-stricken cruise ship Grand Princess to administer COVID-19...

9 COLUMBUS, Ohio — Two members of the 121st Air Refueling Wing Weather Flight at Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base recently stepped up to support the 73rd Troop Command as part of the Homeland Response Force at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania. Staff Sgt. Jordan Sheppard and Senior Airman Jordan Johnston, both weather specialists at the 121st ARW, were a part of this mission to help ensure the Capitol was was safe and secure for the inauguration of President Joe Biden. “Our job as a weather flight was to provide forecasts for our location and for those in DC,” said J...

Illinois Army National Guard Brig. Gen. Mark Jackson of Frankfort, Illinois, has been selected as the Deputy Commanding General of Operations for First Army and will be promoted to Major General. “As First Army’s Deputy Commander, Mark Jackson will greatly influence how National Guard and Reserve Soldiers are trained for deployment,” said Maj. Gen. Rich Neely, the Adjutant General of Illinois and Commander of the Illinois National Guard. “He is a strategic leader and combat veteran who truly cares for those who serve under him. I cannot think of a better officer to help prepare Sold...