The incident involved members of the South Carolina Youth ChalleNGe program at the McCrady Training Center, U.S. National Guard Major Gen. Van McCarty said.
An investigation uncovered leadership failures and mismanagement by state officials who oversaw a program plagued by a history of violent episodes, of which the October melees were the largest.
When the plane became grounded at the Amundsen-Scott scientific station, three National Guard airmen — from New York, Pennsylvania and Kentucky — were sent in to fix the LC-130.
An estimated 150 members of the Indiana National Guard have been called in to assist state and local authorities in their response to the potentially severe winter storm predicted to move into the state Thursday.
The troops are expected to be mission ready by Monday afternoon and trained to respond to civil disturbances and mass migration, state military officials said.
The new plan would allow military training flights in parts of Grayling, the Thumb and off the shores of Alpena to dip as low as 300 to 500 feet in altitude.
Five members of the 235th Military Police Company of the South Dakota National Guard received the Marechaussee Award, which recognizes exceptional dedication, competence and contribution to the Military Police Corps Regiment.
The soldiers returned home following a 10-month deployment to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, where they provided detention operations support at the U.S. Joint Task Force facility there.
The new buildings will replace four existing structures built in 1924 and are expected to achieve certified Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design or LEED Silver status upon completion.
A National Guard soldier who was killed last month during a training accident in Pennsylvania was crushed when the vehicle that she was driving ran into the back of another vehicle, according to new details from Army officials.
Supporters say the move will give the Missouri-based military force more of a direct line to state leadership, considering its head will serve as a member of the governor’s cabinet.
Bianca Farmer is charged with intoxication manslaughter for the death of Spc. Nashyra S. Whitaker, 23, and intoxication assault with a vehicle causing serious bodily injury for Claude Cecil Berry, whose arm needed to be amputated following the crash.
The 38th Infantry Division's 76th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, which includes approximately 20 soldiers from Northwest Indiana, departed Camp Atterbury on Saturday as Task Force Nighthawk and initially stopped in Germany en route to Kosovo.
One hundred sixty-four New Hampshire National Guard soldiers from the 941st Military Police Battalion Headquarters are being deployed to the southern border for the next year.
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker is signing a disaster proclamation to secure resources for the asylum-seekers bused to Illinois from Texas and has deployed 75 National Guard members to assist with the logistics of receiving the migrants.
The C-130 Hercules, a Connecticut Air National Guard plane based at Bradley Airport in Windsor Locks, reported engine trouble just after 11 a.m. Monday.
The Army’s new personnel management system needs to be in place before leaders can begin fulfilling a promise to ease the transition of an active-duty soldier into a Reserve status, Lt. Gen. Jon Jensen, Director of the Army National Guard, said Monday.
Many members of the 1st Battalion, 175th Infantry Regiment (5th Maryland) of the Maryland Army National Guard split from the Union during the Civil War and took up arms for the South.
Col. Sonya Morrison obtained the highest rank of her career when she was officially installed as the first female commander of the Iowa Air National Guard's 185th Air Refueling Wing in Sioux City.
A former National Guard member who admitted in pleading guilty to a weapons charge that he sought out violent extremists and discussed a potential attack on Virginia Beach police was sentenced Monday to four years and nine months in prison.
More than half of the Texas National Guard members deployed along the state’s border with Mexico have said they would be willing to volunteer for another year of the same duty, the mission’s commander told state lawmakers
July 20, 2022
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