Story by Lt. Col. Kevin Hynes | Joint Force Headquarters - Nebraska National Guard | 09.13.2018
Nebraska Governor Pete Ricketts announced Sept. 13, 2018, that he is mobilizing two Nebraska Army National Guard helicopters and 13 Soldiers assigned to a Lincoln-based Nebraska Army National Guard aviation unit in support of the Hurricane Florence relief operations....
Story by Pfc. Elyse Lyons | Joint Force Headquarters - Nebraska National Guard | 11.20.2017
While they may not have been in Texas or Florida flying over the flooding, Nebraska Army and Air National Guardsmen assigned to the Nebraska National Guard’s Joint Operations Center played an integral part the organization’s assistance to two hurricane relief operations in August and September....
Story by Sgt. Angela Parady | 121st Public Affairs Detachment | 05.06.2015
A train full of passengers headed to Providence, Rhode Island is attacked by an unknown terrorist cell. Hundreds of individuals are injured and displaced within the wreckage. First responders notice damage to a chemical warehouse storage facility, and chlorine gas is leaking at the wreckage site. After they survey the area, they report their findings to the incident commander, who determines......
Story by Staff Sgt. Jecca Geffre | Colorado National Guard | 07.25.2013
Over the past two years, Colorado has had plenty of real-world experience with natural disasters such as wildfires, which this makes pre-disaster training essential to refine processes and implement lessons learned....
Story by Sgt. 1st Class Jim Greenhill | National Guard Bureau | 11.16.2012
National Guard members have played a key role in the large-scale, coordinated, whole-of-government response to the domestic emergencies triggered by Superstorm Sandy and Winter Storm Athena, saving lives, protecting infrastructure and supporting recovery....
Courtesy Story | National Guard Bureau | 10.30.2012
More than 7,400 citizen-soldiers and airmen had been mobilized in 11 states to respond to Hurricane Sandy by 4:30 a.m. today and more were on the way....
Courtesy Story | National Guard Bureau | 10.28.2012
As more governors declared states of emergency in advance of Hurricane Sandy, the National Guard stood ready to respond to the aftermath of the storm. It was a busy weekend for the National Guard Coordination Center here, as a 7.7 magnitude earthquake that struck British Columbia, Canada, late Saturday triggered tsunami warnings in Alaska and Hawaii and advisories in California and Oregon....
Story by Master Sgt. Cheresa D. Clark | Colorado National Guard | 06.25.2012
When a domestic emergency grows too large for local resources to handle independently, and the state's governor declares a disaster emergency, an incident management team assumes operational control....
