Story by Master Sgt. Roland Sturm | 181st Intelligence Wing | 06.13.2023
Airmen from the 181st Security Forces Squadron conducted a multi-day exercise designed to refine emerging skills expected from security forces defenders during training at Muscatatuck Urban Training Center and Camp Atterbury Joint Maneuver Training Center from May 30 through June 4....
Story by Joseph Siemandel | Joint Force Headquarters - Washington National Guard | 04.05.2023
In an effort to strengthen relationships with law enforcement partners, the Washington National Guard held a multi-agency table-top exercise focused on a civil unrest...
Story by Staff Sgt. Amber Mullen-Schweitzer | 178th Wing | 02.21.2021
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio— In 2020, our nation faced an era of great uncertainty. A global pandemic plagued nations worldwide. Many countries went into lockdowns while frontline workers worked tirelessly to control the spread of the virus. America was not spared as the virus swept across the states. In the midst of battling a deadly virus, civil unrest unraveled. Protesters speaking out against......
Story by Joseph Siemandel | Joint Force Headquarters - Washington National Guard | 01.26.2021
For 10 days in January, Washington National Guard airmen and soldiers supported multiple civil unrest activations in Olympia and Washington D.C....
Story by Master Sgt. Jessica Roles | 189th Airlift Wing | 01.21.2021
Recently, the 189th Security Forces Squadron held a presentation in which 27 defenders received Army achievement and commendation medals. The presentation was held during the January unit training assembly in the Security Forces building for their direct support of the Arkansas National Guard’s Quick Reaction Force during the civil unrest events in downtown Little Rock last summer....
Story by Spc. Simone Lara | California National Guard Primary | 01.19.2021
U.S Army Soldiers with the California National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 184th Infantry Regiment, provided aid at the scene of a car accident while guarding the Robert T. Matsui United States Courthouse in Sacramento, Jan. 19, 2021....
Story by Sgt. Jeron Walker | 201st Regional Support Group | 08.17.2020
The Georgia Army National Guard with the Decatur-based, 170th Military Police (MP) Battalion and the Macon based, 48th Infantry Combat Brigade Team assisted several law enforcement agencies in mitigating hazards during the protests in Stone Mountain, Ga. on Aug. 15, 2020. Both brigades set up tactical operations in the Stone Mountain Park Perimeter, stood alert with riot gear and helped clear......
Story by Maj. Kyle Key | National Guard Bureau | 08.10.2020
During one of the most tumultuous times in our nation’s history, the former head of the Minnesota National Guard stood at the epicenter of a national tempest, balancing response efforts to the COVID-19 pandemic and civil unrest following the death of George Floyd. Today, Army Lt. Gen. Jon A. Jensen takes the helm of the Army National Guard, placing inclusion and diversity at the forefront....