National Guard
National Guard deploys to Kosovo
A battalion-sized unit of National Guardsmen from Arkansas, Texas, North Carolina, Oklahoma, California and New York is training at Grafenwoehr, Germany in preparation for their deployment to Kosovo in support of the NATO mission there, according to Stars & Stripes; Tensions rose in June after Kosovo’s elections, in which Albanian nationalist parties made significant gains. […]
Idaho guardsmen lost in resort fire
Someone sent us a link to the sad news that some Idaho National Guardsmen from Boise were killed in a fire at a resort in Donnelly on Friday night. It looks like the fire resulted from a propane tank explosion. Guard spokesman Maj. Chris Borders declined to identify the guard member or members who died; […]
TX National Guard Apache crash kills 2
A fireman in LaPointe, TX messaged us on Facebook at 9:30 AM about a Texas National Guard Apache helicopter that went down killing both crew members; Main rotor came apart, they radioed into Ellington that they knew there was a problem right before getting over the water. Witnesses described a loud bang and watched it […]
GI Bill not keeping pace with deployments
Reservists returning from deployments are discovering that they were activated “on the cheap” by the Pentagon, acording to Military.com. Congress gave the Pentagon the tools to cut their personnel costs by not fully compensating Reservists and National Guard troops. A relatively new and obscure deployment code, a measure the Pentagon created in 2014 to scale […]
SGM Randy M. Kiley Sr. indicted for fraud
AZtoVA sends us a link to the story of 63-year-old Sergeant Major Randy M. Kiley Sr. who retired in 2014 as an Active Guard Reserve soldier in the Louisiana National Guard after 35 years of service. Apparently, he’s been indicted for fraud that he committed during his service; Kiley is accused of lying about his […]
2LT Wyatt Koch and SPC Robert Shook saving the world
Bobo sends us a link from the NationalGuard.mil which tells the story of 2nd Lieutenant Wyatt Koch and Specialist Robert Shook of the North Carolina National Guard’s 151st Engineer Battalion. The pair rescued a nurse who was stranded by Hurricane Matthew’s rising flood waters; Lt. Koch and his team began to drive down a flooded […]
SFC Richard Crossen saving the world
Near Nashville, Tennessee, the other day, a FedEx truck driver seems to have fallen asleep at the wheel of his rig and struck two cars which ended up causing a pile up. One of the cars he hit was driven by Army National Guardsman Sergeant First Class Richard Crossen according to Fox17; Sgt. Richard Crosson […]
Guardsmen win “Best Ranger”
Army.mil reports that for the first time in the 33 year history of the Lt. Gen. David E. Grange Jr. Best Ranger Competition, a team from the National Guard won first place; Capt. Robert Killian, from the Colorado Army National Guard, and Staff Sgt. Erich Friedlein, with the Pennsylvania Army National Guard, were named the […]
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