The newly deployed service members will join roughly 2,500 National Guard troops already assigned to assist U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents.

Military and local officials across western Florida and into southern Georgia were preparing Tuesday for damaging wind and rains as Hurricane Idalia grew to a Category 1 hurricane and appeared poised to quickly strengthen ahead of landfall Wednesday.

The Texas Military Department confirmed Monday that a service member discharged a weapon in a “border-related incident” Saturday.

Northern Lightning Counterland is a 12-day development session primarily for members of the United States Air Force and Air National Guard, in which possible adversarial attacks are simulated with military aircraft.

National Guard activities in Mississippi have been moved indoors amid a recent heat wave that left one soldier dead and another in a hospital for more than one week, a Guard official said Monday.

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer was on hand to witness the Northern Strike military readiness exercise Monday as soldiers from national guards throughout the U.S., along with military allies from allied nations, convened at Camp Grayling for the twice yearly training.

Saria Hildabrand, a combat medic with the Alaska National Guard, was last seen Aug. 6 in the area of the couple's apartment complex. She wasn't reported missing until Aug. 7, police said.

Both components of the National Guard expect to come at least very close to their goals for troops by the end of fiscal 2023, Army Gen. Daniel Hokanson said.

The military for years has underreported the time reservists and National Guard members served on active duty, which a new study says could in many cases affect eligibility for benefits such as the Post 9/11 GI Bill.

The founding father of Camp Rapid, South Dakota’s First State Command Chief Warrant Officer and three brothers who served in the military were among those honored in a ceremony July 6 at Joint Force Headquarters on Camp Rapid.