Story by Capt. James Mason | National Guard Bureau | 08.28.2023
Lt. Gen. Jon Jensen, the 22nd director of the Army National Guard, recently joined senior National Guard and Defense Department leaders at the annual National Guard Association of the United States general conference August 18-21, 2023. Jensen, who has commanded at the company, battalion, brigade, and division levels since commissioning as an infantry officer in 1989, told National Guard......
Story by Capt. James Mason | National Guard Bureau | 05.12.2023
The Army National Guard (ARNG) recently hosted its annual G1 Military Personnel Office training symposium in Orlando, Fla. May 2 to May 4, 2023, marking the first time the group has met in-person since before the COVID-19 pandemic began three years ago. Director of the ARNG Lt. Gen. Jon Jensen joined the more than 250 Army Guard officers and senior noncommissioned officers for the......
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....
Story by Cpl. Hannah Baker | 109th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 08.17.2018
FORT IRWIN, Calif. – Lt. Gen. Timothy J. Kadavy, the Director of the Army National Guard, visited Soldiers of the 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 28th Infantry Division, Pennsylvania Army National Guard Aug. 16-17 at the National Training Center here....
Story by Sgt. 1st Class Jim Greenhill | National Guard Bureau | 11.30.2016
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (11/30/16) – During Thanksgiving visits with troops serving in four countries, Air Force Gen. Joseph Lengyel saw how fully National Guard members are integrated in the Joint Force as part of One Army and the Total Air Force. The chief of the National Guard Bureau led a delegation of National Guard senior leaders to thank troops serving in Afghanistan, Kuwait, the......
Story by Sgt. 1st Class Jim Greenhill | National Guard Bureau | 03.23.2016
The Army, Army National Guard and Army Reserve are working together well to assess recommendations from a national commission on the service’s future and fully implement the Army’s Total Force Policy....
Story by Staff Sgt. Darron Salzer | National Guard Bureau | 08.14.2015
Earlier this year a challenge was issued to Army National Guard recruiters across the country: enlist nine new recruits in 90 days....
Story by Sgt. 1st Class Jim Greenhill | National Guard Bureau | 03.17.2015
Continuing to invest in the National Guard to ensure it remains accessible, responsive and capable will provide the nation a force that is proven on the battlefield and in the homeland....
